For instance, while playing the Xbox 360 version I managed to level up my character to a level 5 and found a funny looking tin pot hat for my character. What makes Skylanders a truly one of a kind experience, and something I have yet to see in a game, is the cross platform abilities of the characters. This is certainly a nice added bonus for those figure collector hounds like me. For those like myself who do not like to remove the toy figures from the packaging, the Portal can still read your toy figure even when it remains in the packaging. It is really that simple and works like a charm. Just pull your existing toy off and place another one on the Portal. There was no hitting the pause menu and accessing a separate screen. I was amazed with how easy and seamless this process was.

If you get sick of playing with that character, simply take the toy off the portal and replace him with one of your other characters. You are then free to control your player in the game just as you would any other character in any other ‘run-of-the-mill’ kid game.

Once you place a toy figure on the Portal, the screen starts to illuminate and instantly your character appears on screen. So in order to play with all the characters in the game and take advantage of their unique character skill set, you need to acquire those characters in toy form. Each character in the game is locked that is until you place a character on the Portal.

Skylanders features a total of 32 toy figures which are all playable characters in the game.

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