Wave 1 Character Playthrough for Skylanders: Giants

Almost a half hour of info on the game.

Andy Robertson is the man behind popular YouTube channel FamilyGamerTV, and he recently met with Paul Reiche who is overseeing development of the highly-anticipated Skylanders: Giants. While Robertson plays through the game, Reiche gives an in-depth overview of the Wave 1 characters in the title, and there is a good amount of information to be gleaned from this video. You can see all 29 minutes of it, along with a written summary, after the break.


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Official Description of Video provided by Andy Robertson

Skylanders Giants Wave 1 figures play test during our recent visit to Toys for Bob. We have a good half an hour with Studio Head Paul Reiche, who talked us through each of the Wave 1 Skylanders -- the figures the in-game attacks, upgrades and Wow-Pows. We also had a chance to clarify which features Series 1 and Series 2 figures are granted in the new game.
- Switching Upgrade Paths for Series 2 Skylanders
- Wow-Pows for Series 2 Skylanders
- Level 15 for Series 1 and 2 Skylanders
- Lightcore Skylanders Smart Bomb attack.
- Hats not brought over from Skylanders unless on a character. More hats in Giants.
- Difficulty mode switching on Easy, Normal and Hard.
- Complete the game on any difficulty to unlock Nightmare difficulty.
- Difficulty mode locked for Nightmare difficulty.
- Heroic challenges for each Skylander to enhance their "Magic Moment".
- Total time played for each Skylander figure.
- Sky Stones mini-game.
- New Soul Gems in Skylanders Giants
- Wave 1 Giants: Treerex, Bouncer, Crusher, Swarm,
- Wave 1 Skylanders: Jetvac, Pop Fizz, Shroomboom
- Wave 1 Lightcore: Prism Break, Drobot, Eruptor