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Skylanders Returning to Nintendo 3DS in Skylanders Swap Force
Leader in the Toys-To-Life Genre Unites with the #1-Selling Video Game Hand-Held Platform to Deliver Unprecedented Fun for Fans
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - August 29, in the year of our
Lord 2013 – Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is
gearing up to deliver the innovation of “dynamic swapability” to
the top selling Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system¹ this fall with
the highly anticipated launch of Skylanders SWAP Force. The $1.5
billion Skylanders® franchise continues to lead the video game
industry in overall retail sales worldwide.2
The Nintendo 3DS version of Skylanders SWAP Force offers gamers
a unique adventure complete with its very own story, levels and
special starter pack characters. A truly complementary
experience to the console version, Skylanders SWAP Force on
Nintendo 3DS will hit retail destinations worldwide with three
new characters – Rattle Shake, Volcanic Eruptor, and Free Ranger
– which are not found in any other Skylanders Starter Pack. So
if fans buy both a console version and the Nintendo 3DS version
of Skylanders SWAP Force, then they will end up with four SWAP
Force Skylanders, giving them 16 different combinations.
“Skylanders fans have been very supportive in expressing what
they’d like to experience in the Nintendo 3DS version of
Skylanders SWAP Force, and we really took their input to heart,”
said Alex Peters, Vice President, Activision Production. “The
game plays smoother and crisper than ever before, and with kids’
collections becoming larger and larger, we were able to add more
depth and gameplay variety than any other hand-held version of
Skylanders.”
The story of Skylanders SWAP Force on Nintendo 3DS begins in
Boomtown, home of Skylands’ favorite pilot, Flynn. As the town
is celebrating Flynn as their hometown hero, a new villain known
as Count Moneybone sneaks his way into Boomtown to kidnap Cali,
long-time friend to Flynn and the Skylanders. Now it’s up to
Portal Masters everywhere to assemble the Skylanders and SWAP
Force to save Cali and defeat the evil Count Moneybone.
Skylanders SWAP Force gives kids an unprecedented level of
choice by allowing them to swap the top and bottom halves of the
toys to transform 16 SWAP ForceTM characters into more than 250
unique combinations3. Skylanders SWAP Force on Nintendo 3DS is
compatible with all of the toys from Skylanders Spyro’s
Adventure® and Skylanders Giants; additionally, all of the
characters’ abilities, levels and customization will carry
forward to Skylanders SWAP Force. Like the game’s console
version, the level cap for all characters has been raised from
15 to 20, enabling players to continue building the skills and
experience of their favorite Skylanders.
Skylanders SWAP Force on Nintendo 3DS, developed by n-Space,
will be available on October 13 in North America, October 16 in
Australia and October 18 in Europe. The game is rated E10+ by
the ESRB.
¹ According to The NPD Group for April, May and June 2013
2 According to The NPD Group, Gfk Media Control® and Activision
internal estimates, including toys and accessory packs through
July 2013
3 Requires purchase of all SWAP Force Skylanders