Skylanders: Imaginators

Overview

Skylanders: Imaginators is a 2016 toys-to-life platform video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Activision. It is the sixth installment of the Skylanders series, a successor to Skylanders: SuperChargers, and was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It allows players to create their own characters, known as Imaginators. The game received generally positive reviews, but its sales were below Activision's expectations. It is the sixth and most recent Skylanders game released on consoles, as the franchise went into hiatus after its release.

Similar to its predecessors, the core gameplay of Imaginators revolves around solving puzzles, platforming, and fighting enemies. Being a toys-to-life game, players can put a figurine onto a Portal of Power, which allows them to control the represented character in-game. It also features Creation Clash, a remake of Skystones, which was introduced in Giants. The game supports local multiplayer.

In the past, the Ancients used Mind Magic to create anything they could imagine. However, one of the Ancients, known as Brain, tried to use Mind Magic to brainwash all of Skylands, so the Ancients sealed him away along with the power of Mind Magic to prevent evil from using it.

Development of the game began after completion of Skylanders: Trap Team, with a development cycle of approximately two years. With SuperChargers not being a commercial success, and Disney's decision to shut down its own toys-to-life developer Avalanche Software and its franchise, Disney Infinity, Activision, which had grossed $3 billion with the franchise, remained hopeful and believed that the genre still has potential for continuous game development. As the game's target audience is kids, many development team members suggested ideas to their own children to see whether they resonate with them, and pitched these ideas to other members to see whether their children are equally interested in order to ensure that these gameplay ideas appeal to them.

Skylanders: Imaginators received "generally favorable" reviews for most platforms on review aggregator website Metacritic; the Nintendo Switch version received "mixed or average" reviews. Despite the generally positive reception, the game sold only 66,000 copies during its launch month.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Developer

Toys for Bob

Publisher

Activision

Series

Skylanders

Engine

Vicarious Visions Alchemy

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

PEGI

7

USK

6

ACB

G

ESRB

E10+

CLASS IND

L

Release dates

Trophies

Trophies43

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

9

Bronze

30

Total

43

Points

1290

• Prolander Earn all other trophies. Platinum 3.16% of players
• Off and Running! Complete Cradle of Creation on any difficulty Bronze 4.18% of players
• Two Down! Complete Mushroom River on any difficulty Bronze 3.99% of players
• Road Scholar Complete Scholarville on any difficulty Bronze 3.9% of players
• Storm Stopper Complete Shellmont Shores on any difficulty Bronze 3.84% of players
• Battleship Borrower Complete Sky Fortress on any difficulty Bronze 3.78% of players
• Fizz Fixer Complete Fizzland on any difficulty Bronze 3.71% of players
• Hardcore Gamer Complete Golden Arcade on any difficulty Bronze 3.65% of players
• Brainwash Buster Complete Dragon Temple on any difficulty Bronze 3.61% of players
• Cake Maker Complete Abandoned Amusement Park on any difficulty Bronze 3.56% of players
• Foiled Again Complete The Lair of Kaos on any difficulty Bronze 3.54% of players
• No Madness For You! Complete 3 Adventures in Mausoleum of Madness or Danger Dungeon Silver 3.38% of players
• Great Gladiator Complete 3 Adventures in Battlefield Blitz, the Battleship, or Operation: More War Silver 3.44% of players
• Local Liberator Complete 3 Adventures in Calamity City or Trouble Town Silver 3.4% of players
• Just Getting Started Unlock your first Sensei Elemental Realm Bronze 3.89% of players
• What? No Damage??? Cradle of Creation: Complete the Gong Challenge without taking any damage Silver 3.47% of players
• I'll Take the Next One Mushroom River: Leave Eruptor on a raft to ride down the river alone Bronze 3.73% of players
• Demolitionist Scholarville: Explode 15 Exploding Barrels and Crates Bronze 3.92% of players
• Banananas! Shellmont Shores: Eat five bunches of bananas Bronze 3.4% of players
• Wrecking Baller Sky Fortress: Use the wrecking ball to destroy every crate on the Vulture Cargo Ship Bronze 3.29% of players
• Fizzy Landscaping Fizzland: Remove 9 trees with fizzy bottles Bronze 3.36% of players
• King of Cake Golden Arcade: Score over 4000 points in the Candy Cake Gumdrop Land video game Bronze 3.49% of players
• The Ultimate Tourist Dragon Temple: Visit every island when descending from the temple Bronze 3.23% of players
• No Hill Too Steep! Abandoned Amusement Park: Destroy 25 falling boulders Bronze 3.31% of players
• Big Winner! The Lair of Kaos: Break Kaos' Gameshow scoreboard by scoring too many points Silver 3.22% of players
• Savior of Skylands VI Complete Story Mode on any difficulty setting Gold 3.53% of players
• Self Reflection Take a Selfie on the Hall of Selfies Bronze 3.66% of players
• Star Voyager Complete all three Star Objectives on any chapter Bronze 3.66% of players
• K-TROLL King Beat 10 Troll Radio challenges Bronze 3.38% of players
• Lock YES! Solve 10 Lock Puzzles Bronze 3.66% of players
• Clash Titan Win 10 Creation Clash Matches Bronze 3.53% of players
• Gong Bonger Complete 3 Battle Gong challenges Silver 3.84% of players
• Secret Spelunker Go down a rabbit hole on the M.A.P. Bronze 3.74% of players
• No Longer a Noob! Earn 5 Objective Stars Bronze 3.93% of players
• Getting Serious Here Earn 10 Objective Stars Bronze 3.74% of players
• Whoa! That's High! Earn 20 Objective Stars Gold 3.33% of players
• Black Belt Level up any Sensei to level 20 Silver 3.59% of players
• Sky-Chi for Ye Open a Sensei Shrine Bronze 4.12% of players
• Imagine All That Imaginite! Open 50 Imaginite Chests Silver 3.88% of players
• Ooh - rare! Acquire a Rare weapon and equip it to an Imaginator Bronze 3.62% of players
• Really is Epic Acquire an Epic weapon and equip it to an Imaginator Bronze 3.62% of players
• Not a Myth Anymore! Acquire an Ultimate weapon and equip it to an Imaginator Silver 3.63% of players
• Fear the Gear! Equip an Imaginator with all Ultimate Gear Gold 3.43% of players

Credits

Publisher

Activision

Developer

Toys for Bob

Released

2016-10-16

Age rating

ESRB E10+

Region

US

Time to beat

about 9.6 hours