9th July 2015, 1:06 AM
... So Skylanders is actually good, I like the game. So, while the 50% off sale is still ongoing at Gamestop... I got some more. Doubt I'll get any more at least from those stores, I got the figures that were interesting (for the first three games, that is).
DS
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Tsumiki: Block Drop Mania - card only, $3
Wii
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Skylanders: Giants - complete, $5
Skylanders: Swap Force - complete, $5
Why the Wii versions? Well, Giants costs twice as much for 360 at Gamestop, and they didn't have any copies of 360 Swap Force either (and apparently they want $20 for the 360 version of that game, versus $5 on Wii!), plus that'd require the Swap Force or Trap Team portal, and they have no 360 Trap Team portals around here, only Wii/Sony ones, for some reason. Plus I want to try the Wii versions. After playing some of Giants, the 360 game (I got the 360 version of the first one, remember) has better graphics, but I like the controls better on Wii -- motion for the little QTE-ish and turret-shooting segments is definitely more fun than dual analog. And the graphics aren't THAT much worse; Skylanders does not exactly push the 360, that's for sure. Apparently for the upcoming fifth game the Wii version (yes, there is one) will be a port of the 3DS game, but the first four are the same as the PS360 games.
Anyway, the figures and such. Everything below was 50% off; the listed prices are what I paid.
Wii / Wii U / PS3 / PS4 Skylanders Trap Team portal - $5 - This will work with all four of the Wii Skylanders games that currently exist.
Figures: Dino Rang (SA) - $2.69; Tree Rex (Giants; Giant fig, works with Giants and beyond) - $1.34; Stealth Elf Ninja (TT; works with all 4 games) - $1.34; Cynder (Giants; works with all 4 games)- $1.34; Hex (Giants; works with all 4 games, it's not the Lightcore verison) - $2.69; Wash Buckler (SF; for Swap Force and up only, swappable-halves figure) - $2.24; Blast Zone + Eruptor Lava Barf (SF figs; Eruptor works on all 4 games, Blast Zone is a swappable-halves fig so it's SF and up only) - $3.59; Star Strike (SF; SF and up only) - $3.19; Hot Head (Giants; Giant fig) - $2.24; Trigger Happy (SA) - $2.24.
I got Hex and Cynder (for Undead) and Dino Rang (for Earth) to have all the categories covered for the first Skylanders -- there are many doors that require a fig from that element, and those cover the last two elements. I got two Giants to have some for Giants, you don't need all of them. I got the two swappable figs to have some of those for Swap Force, though I'll probably need more of those eventually annoyingly (doors that require specific combos or something)... that can wait, I'll play the first two games first. The other figs were ones that were cheap and looked interesting -- Ninja Stealth Elf, Star Strike, Trigger Happy.
DS
--
Tsumiki: Block Drop Mania - card only, $3
Wii
--
Skylanders: Giants - complete, $5
Skylanders: Swap Force - complete, $5
Why the Wii versions? Well, Giants costs twice as much for 360 at Gamestop, and they didn't have any copies of 360 Swap Force either (and apparently they want $20 for the 360 version of that game, versus $5 on Wii!), plus that'd require the Swap Force or Trap Team portal, and they have no 360 Trap Team portals around here, only Wii/Sony ones, for some reason. Plus I want to try the Wii versions. After playing some of Giants, the 360 game (I got the 360 version of the first one, remember) has better graphics, but I like the controls better on Wii -- motion for the little QTE-ish and turret-shooting segments is definitely more fun than dual analog. And the graphics aren't THAT much worse; Skylanders does not exactly push the 360, that's for sure. Apparently for the upcoming fifth game the Wii version (yes, there is one) will be a port of the 3DS game, but the first four are the same as the PS360 games.
Anyway, the figures and such. Everything below was 50% off; the listed prices are what I paid.
Wii / Wii U / PS3 / PS4 Skylanders Trap Team portal - $5 - This will work with all four of the Wii Skylanders games that currently exist.
Figures: Dino Rang (SA) - $2.69; Tree Rex (Giants; Giant fig, works with Giants and beyond) - $1.34; Stealth Elf Ninja (TT; works with all 4 games) - $1.34; Cynder (Giants; works with all 4 games)- $1.34; Hex (Giants; works with all 4 games, it's not the Lightcore verison) - $2.69; Wash Buckler (SF; for Swap Force and up only, swappable-halves figure) - $2.24; Blast Zone + Eruptor Lava Barf (SF figs; Eruptor works on all 4 games, Blast Zone is a swappable-halves fig so it's SF and up only) - $3.59; Star Strike (SF; SF and up only) - $3.19; Hot Head (Giants; Giant fig) - $2.24; Trigger Happy (SA) - $2.24.
I got Hex and Cynder (for Undead) and Dino Rang (for Earth) to have all the categories covered for the first Skylanders -- there are many doors that require a fig from that element, and those cover the last two elements. I got two Giants to have some for Giants, you don't need all of them. I got the two swappable figs to have some of those for Swap Force, though I'll probably need more of those eventually annoyingly (doors that require specific combos or something)... that can wait, I'll play the first two games first. The other figs were ones that were cheap and looked interesting -- Ninja Stealth Elf, Star Strike, Trigger Happy.