Skylanders: Imaginators

Skylanders: Imaginators
Developer(s):	Toys for Bob
Publisher(s):	Activision
Released:	October 13, 2016 (AU/NZ) October 14, 2016 (EU) October 16, 2016 (NA) March 3rd, 2017 (Switch)
Genre:	Platform
Modes:	Single-player Co-op
Rating(s):	E+10
Platform:	Xbox 360 PS3 Wii U PS4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

“Unleash Imagination, Create Your Own Skylanders!”

– Imaginators tagline

Skylanders: Imaginators is the sixth installment in the Skylanders series.

Story Summary

The story of Skylanders Imaginators takes place long ago when the Ancients used a mysterious power known as Mind Magic to create everything in Skylands. With it, they conjured into existence anything that they could imagine. However, they soon learned that in the wrong hands, it could be very dangerous, and so they sealed it away so that it could never be misused. After discovering this ancient secrete, Kaos has unleashed the power of Mind Magic into Skylands once again - and he is using it to create an unstoppable army of Doomlanders, the likes of which have never been seen! Now it's up to Portal Masters to create Skylanders Imaginators from their own imagination to stop Kaos and his evil Doomlanders before it is too late. And to help train them, Eon is sending the greatest mystic warriors of all time - the Senseis!

Gameplay

Skylanders: Imaginators supports the 300+ character toys from all previous Skylanders games that kids can enjoy in the real world and in the virtual game world. When players add new Skylanders to their collection, they expand their in-game experiences.

Create your own Skylander

For the first time, their imaginations to life and create their own Skylanders, called Skylanders Imaginators. With endless creation options of powers, abilities, catchphrases, appearance and much more, kids can build their very own creations out of their imaginations, or use the randomize feature to allow the game to choose parts for them.

Creation Crystal

Skylanders Imaginators introduces a new toy type - a Creation Crystal. This vessel allows players to create and transport their unique Skylanders to consoles at anytime, anywhere! Creation Crystals are elementally aligned. Portal Masters can create one character per Creation Crystal.

Meet the Senseis

The Skylanders franchise continues to offer engaging characters that kids love to discover as they play the game. Skylanders: Imaginators will introduce new guest stars to Skylanders called Senseis to fans. Senseis include 20 new characters and 11 former villains. Each Sensei is a master of one of 10 powerful Battle Classes (e.g. Knight, Sorcerer, Brawler, and more).

Being the master of these Battle Classes, only Senseis have the ability to unleash Sky-Chi - the ultimate Battle Class super move. Sensei Skylanders have a master-to-apprentice relationship with newly created Imaginator Skylanders. This is supported in-game through the Sensei unlocking of unique Imaginator weapons, the increase of Imaginator level caps, providing access to special areas in the game, as well as the unlocking of new Secret Techniques for Imaginators of the same class.

New Storyline and Gameplay

Skylanders: Imaginators features an all-new adventure-filled, comedic and charming story with fun new characters, as well as returning franchise favorites. The game delivers a diverse and dynamic story-driven gameplay experience, focused on the magic of sparking imagination, inspiration, and excitement of kids as they create their own superheroes - all set within a variety of compelling new environments. Additionally, Skylanders Imaginators will support local co-op multiplayer. Players can place two Creation Crystals or two toys or a combination of the Crystals and toys on the Portal of Power to maximize the fun!

Returning Core Characters

Skylanders Imaginators also will feature fan-favorite characters who make an appearance in both the storyline of the game - and the upcoming Skylanders Academy television series! These characters include Spyro, Stealth Elf, Eruptor, and Jet-Vac.

List of Sensei Skylanders

Master Senseis

Sensei		Element	Battle Class
	Air Strike Egg Bomber Air Strike
	Ambush
	Aurora Solar Flare Aurora
	Barbella
	Boom Bloom
	Buckshot Heartbreaker Buckshot
	Chain Reaction
	Chopscotch Candy-Coated Chopscotch
	Ember
	Flare Wolf Hard-Boiled Flare Wolf
	King Pen Dark King Pen
	Mysticat
	Pit Boss Legendary Pit Boss
	Ro-Bow
	Starcast
	Tidepool
	Tri-Tip Legendary Tri-Tip
	Wild Storm

Villain Senseis

Sensei		Element	Battle Class
	Bad Juju Mystical Bad Juju
	Blaster-Tron
	Chompy Mage Jingle Bell Chompy Mage
	Dr. Krankcase
	Golden Queen Dark Golden Queen
	Grave Clobber
	Hood Sickle Steel Plated Hood Sickle
	Kaos (Sensei)
	Pain-Yatta
	Tae Kwon Crow Mystical Tae Kwon Crow
	Wolfgang Dark Wolfgang

Guest Star Senseis

Sensei		Element	Battle Class
	Crash Bandicoot
	Dr. Neo Cortex

Cast

• Brad Abrell -
• Charlie Adler - Chain Reaction
• Laura Bailey - Persephone, Ninjini, Bazooker Doomlander
• J.B. Blanc - Spy Rise, Hood Sickle, Ambush
• Jocelyn Blue -
• Edward Bosco -
• Cameron Bowen -
• Kimberly Brooks - Echo, Bad Juju
• Joey Camen - Boomer
• Cam Clarke - Blobbers
• Chris Cox - Glumshanks
• Sara Cravens - Aurora
• Hunter Davis - Snuckles
• Darin de Paul - Gill Grunt
• Trevor Devall - 
• Greg Eagles - Aku Aku
• Keythe Farley - Eruptor
• Alex Fernandez - Uka Uka
• Crispin Freeman -
• Bob Glouberman -
• Bobcat Goldthwait - Pop Fizz
• Daniel Hagen - Master Eon
• Jennifer Hale - 
• Jess Harnell - Crash Bandicoot, Flip Wreck
• Richard Steven Horvitz - Kaos
• Peter Jessop -
• Keston John -
• Neil Kaplan -
• J.P. Karliak - Wolfgang, Sal
• John Kassir - Imaginators, Ghost Roaster, Rizzo, Pit Boss, Sorcerer Doomlander, Dr. Krankcase
• Lex Lang - Dr. Neo Cortex
• Misty Lee - Spotlight
• Yuri Lowenthal - Imaginators, Mysticat, Softpaw
• Cynthia McWilliams -
• Matthew Mercer - Spyro, Tae Kwon Crow
• Dave B. Mitchell - Imaginators, Knight Doomlander
• Max Mittelman - Pandergast
• Xander Mobus - Imaginators, Ninja Doomlander
• Sumalee Montano - Cali
• Julie Nathanson -
• Alex Ness - Blaster-Tron, Chompy Mage, Lightning Rod, Broccoli Guy
• Elle Newlands - Avril
• Nolan North - 
• Erol Otus -
• Tara Platt -
• C.C.H. Pounder - Golden Queen
• Jamieson Price - Tri-Tip, Imaginators, 
• Greg Proops - Imaginators, Brain, Baron von Shellshock, Ro-Bow, Brawler Doomlander
• Moira Quirk -
• Jonny Rees - Jet-Vac
• Rino Romano - King Pen
• Sean Schemmel -
• Charlie Schlatter -
• Eliza Schneider - Mags, Swashbuckler Doomlander
• Kevin Schon - Lob-Star
• Stephanie Sheh - Ember
• Fred Tatasciore - Snap Shot, Starcast, Grave Clobber
• Brittany Uomoleale - Boom Bloom 
• Kari Wahlgren - Tessa
• Hynden Walch - Chopscotch
• Patrick Warburton - Flynn
• Audrey Wasilewski - Stealth Elf/Whisper Elf
• Scott Whyte - Funny Bone
• Michael Yurchek - Hugo

Crew

• Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - Voice Director
• Amanda Wyatt - Voice Director

Gallery

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• Regular Starter Pack and its contents
  Regular Starter Pack and its contents
• The Crash Edition Starter Pack and its contents
  The Crash Edition Starter Pack and its contents
• Contents of the Dark Edition Starter Pack
  Contents of the Dark Edition Starter Pack
• Special Portal Owners Pack, only including the game and the standard Fire Creation Crystal
  Special Portal Owners Pack, only including the game and the standard Fire Creation Crystal

Videos

• File:Official Skylanders Imaginators Reveal Gameplay Trailer
• File:Official Skylanders Imaginators Crash Bandicoot E3 Trailer
• File:Official Skylanders Imaginators Overview Trailer
• File:Let’s Play Skylanders Imaginators Official Mushroom River, Sky Fortress, and Thumpin’ Wumpa Islands
• File:Official Skylanders Imaginators Launch Gameplay Trailer
• File:Official Skylanders Imaginators Creation Crystal Overview Trailer

Reception

Skylanders Imaginators received positive reviews, averaging an 81 Metascore for the Playstation 4 version, and a 78 metascore for the Xbox One version.

Trivia

• Imaginators is the first game to have the title logo not connected to the secondary logo.
  • The logo also includes the elemental symbols of the Light and Dark element for the first time.
  • However, they still have smaller rosters than other elements, as well as much smaller symbols in the logo.
• This is the first installment that does not include the Wii and 3DS versions.
• Imaginators is the first game in the series to include Skylanders (in this case, fan-favorites) as non-playable characters in story mode.
  • This is also the first game to have an Adventure Pack for its Guest Characters.
• This is the first game to have multiple references to religion or religious concepts:
  • The Angel Sword weapon for Knights and the Angel set for Light Creation Crystals.
  • The Light default color scheme Golden God and Chain Reaction's Soul Gem, "Lightning God".
  • Bad Juju's catchphrase is based on a Bible quote.
  • It is also the first game to reference demons since the Book of Elements series, with the Dark creation crystal set and the Demon Staff.
  • The chant used by the Dragons of Dragon Temple to activate their magic is the sacred sound Om, used in most Indian religions.
• Due to the Performance Matters game voice actor strike from SAG-AFTRA , several voice actors for recurring characters have been replaced or uncredited, such as Tara Strong, Kevin Michael Richardson and Cree Summer.
  • Unlike in the previous games, Spyro is not voiced by Josh Keaton. Instead, he is voiced by Matthew Mercer. However, Keaton's recordings of Spyro were still used for Spry.
• This is the first Skylanders game not to introduce a new Skylander with a hammer for a weapon (although there are several hammer options for the Imaginators).
• Several old Skylanders have new or replaced battle cries when used in-game.
• Players can emote certain Skylanders - old and new - by using the directional buttons on the controller. The emotions are happy (left), sad (right), angry (down) and shock (up). This feature was probably included for use with taking selfies.
• With its backwards compatibility, this is the first game where Crash Bandicoot crossovers with the Mario franchise.