Skylanders: Ring of Heroes

Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
Developer(s):	Com2Us
Publisher(s):	Activision
Released:	December 12, 2018 (AUS) December 13, 2018 (NZ, CAN) February 27, 2019 (Global)
Platform:	Mobile

Skylanders: Ring of Heroes is an upcoming mobile role-playing game in the Skylanders series. It is developed by Com2Us of Summoners War fame, and like its predecessor, it is a turn-based RPG using a team of various Skylanders facing against other known enemies from the series.

Story

Skylanders Ring of Heroes features a story where players assume the role of a Portal Master. Having actually landed in Skylands for the first time ever, they will need to go after Kaos who has disrupted time and space using the Book of Dark Magic. Players are able to customize their Portal Master, embark on various PVE and PVP adventures throughout Skylands, and collect and raise Skylanders to battle against countless villains. Players will also be able to Evolve and Awaken Skylanders to increase their stats, and gain new skills. All Skylanders are separated into 10 different elements. The semi-turn-based battle system allows players to plan their combat strategically through elemental synergies, elemental weaknesses and strengths, and unique Skylanders’ skills. In addition, players are able to trap Companion Villains and bring them along to fight side by side with the Skylanders against Kaos and the Doom Raiders.

Gameplay

Reassemble the Squad. Master your Skills. Awaken your Champion.

The ALL-NEW Skylanders mobile RPG is finally here. Join Spyro, Stealth Elf, and many more of your favorite Skylanders in this epic adventure of Skylanders Ring of Heroes.

Build the ultimate Skylanders team

• Collect from more than 60+ Skylanders.
• Level up, evolve, and awaken your Skylanders to make them stronger than ever before.
• Equip your Skylanders with up to 10 magical Rune abilities.
• Summon Skylanders and Villains alike to fight by your side

Become the #1 champion

• Mix and match Skylanders with unique skills and abilities to create the ultimate team.
• Time your attacks and use mana wisely to overcome your enemies.
• Knock down your enemies defenseless, use elements to your advantage, trigger the status effects.
• Intuitive game play for on-the-go: just tap on skills and your Skylanders are ready to fight.
• Test your strength against Portal Masters from all over the world.

Watch the Skylands come to life

• Experience the rich and colorful world of Skylanders.
• Reimagine Skylands and give it your personal touch.

Plot

After many skirmishes between villains and Skylanders, Skylands appeared to have a rare time of peace. However, it didn't last, as Kaos discovered the vault holding the Book of Dark Magic and attempted to use its power to gain control over every Portal at once. Instead, his spell backfired, and instead blocked off the Portals and once again spread unstable Rifts, with new realms shattered and brought over - including parts of Earth, dragging the Earth Portal Master into Skylands.

Their rift dropped them in the middle of a friendly skirmish between Awakened Skylanders in the Arena, right after Kaos attempted to strike and destroyed the structure. Helped awake by Awakened Whirlwind, they directed the Skylanders to fight back, causing him to run away with Glumshanks not far behind; and without noticing, Kaos lost the Book of Dark Magic in his escape.

With the immediate threat resolved, the Portal Master was guided to Sky Island, where Master Eon introduced them in person to Hugo, Cali and Flynn, who agreed to help them find the Book before it caused more destruction, and discover a way to return the human home. With the unstable Portals, they couldn't go directly to his lair, and had to instead go through each of the Shattered Islands to take short trips between them safely, fighting off villains with summoned Skylanders.

In the Singing Forest, they discovered Chompy Mage scheming something, but the wizard refused to explain why he was working for Kaos despite the conflict between him and the Doom Raiders, and escaped. Suspicious, the group proceeded to the Misty Bog and fought The Gulper, but were unable to get anything out of the clueless Doom Raider and continued to Infernal Volcano.

There, once Chef Pepper Jack and his spicy concoctions were defeated, he slipped that the Doom Raiders would harness dark power, giving away to the heroes that they found Kaos' lost Book of Dark Magic and intended to use it to alter reality as they saw fit. With Master Eon's guidance of their next target, Dreamcatcher, the group proceeded to the Highland of Mirrors, but were too late and she had already passed the artifact to her leader in The Golden Desert.

Taking the portal to the Desert themselves, Cali was initially taken aback by the memory of being turned into gold in the same place by the Golden Queen, but they continued on regardless knowing that they would have an advantage getting to her before Kaos.

Gallery

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  A banner for Skylanders: Ring of Heroes
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  Eruptor's abilities and his Awakened Form
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  Stealth Elf's abilities and her Awakened Form
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  Gem Chest artwork

Videos

• File:Skylanders™ Ring of Heroes Beta Test Official Trailer(in-game footage)
• File:Skylanders Ring of Heroes Official Full Trailer
• File:Skylanders™ Ring of Heroes Hand Drawing - Share it

Trivia

• The characters' Awakened forms is similar to the SuperChargers versions of older Skylanders, where they gain a new outfit.
  • However, some characters have awakened forms of their SuperCharger counterparts instead or both appearances, despite Supercharging being a temporary form change.
• The game's plot mixes elements from both the game canon and the Skylanders Academy canon.
  • In the game's beta, the story mixed up and contradicted elements of both, but these plot holes were fixed in the final release.
• This is the first game to show art of the human Earth Portal Masters, giving the players a "canon" appearance. The Portal of Power was also given a redesign, being turned into a pocket watch-like amulet rather than the slightly big and heavy acessory it is in real life.
• Several character relationship bonuses are references to previous stories in the series.
  • You Make Me Smile is a reference to a short story in Book of Elements: Life and Undead, where Trigger Happy made Hex laugh for the first time since her zombification, when he tricked Slam Bam into getting shot into a pile of snowballs.
  • We Believe in You! and its description are a reference to the events of Cynder Confronts the Weather Wizard.
  • Queen and Knight is a reference to Chef Pepper Jack's relationship with the Golden Queen in Skylanders Academy, where he is shown to be protective of her in their first appearance.
  • Together, We Fly is a reference to Spyro and Cynder's relationship in The Legend of Spyro game series, as they are the only Skylanders who aren't original to the Skylanders games.
  • Day and Night is a reference to Light in the Dark, where Knight Light and Knight Mare helped save Blackout and Spotlight despite their mischievous arguing.
• Malefor, who previously appeared in the IDW comics, the Academy spinoff TV series, and as a Skystone in Skylanders: SuperChargers, will make his full game debut in Ring of Heroes.
• This game's boss battle theme comes from the Alpha version of Glacier Gully's level theme with new instruments.
• This is the only game other than Skylanders: Trap Team 3DS to acknowledge the events of the Mask of Power book series and its characters, except for a brief mention of the Eternal Archives in SuperChargers.
  • By extension, this is also the first game to bring up Portal Masters other than Eon, his predecessor Nattybumpo and the player, with a cameo from Portal Master Wizbit.
• The game's beta had the mechanic of Portal Master Powers (which debuted in SuperChargers), increasing stats overall for certain Elements using Cubes obtained from the Distorted Dimensions. However, the mechanic was scrapped for the final released and replaced with the Elemental Surge Statues, which grant a tiny status buff to the Skylanders of that element.

External Links

• Official website: http://skylanders.com2us.com/en/
• Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/Skylanders-Ring-of-Heroes-2131805163719317/
• Official Pre-Registration Page: https://event.withhive.com/ci/skylanders/pre_register

References

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