ACTIVISION Skylanders Giants Starter Pack - Nintendo Wii

We have both Spyro's Adventure and Giants on the Xbox, and we have the Giants for the IOS devices and the 3DS, but I thought it would be interesting to have it for the Wii-U since it uses the pad in ways the other platforms can't. Since it was also my first time crossing platforms with figures, it was a surprise to me since it was only now that I learned that the stats and abilities of the characters were saved in the figures. I had anticipated having to level things up on the new console, and was shocked when we dropped Trigger Happy on it from our collection and he came fully loaded and leveled. Gameplay has been very smooth for us, and I really like seeing the status of both the character and the quest items on the pad when playing on the TV, and it's VERY nice to be able to play the "full console version" on just the pad without the TV since the other options for small portable devices like that (and the 3DS) aren't quite as full flavored or as easily done. We have problems swapping characters out on the 3DS, so here it works just fine for him to play a portable version while I can do something else on the TV. Graphics look great, but I can't compare it to the standard non HD version of the Wii since we didn't have skylanders for that, so it looks the same as the Xbox 360 we do have though. A fun game, and now that I know we can transfer characters to other consoles, we'll have even more fun now.

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I will start by saying, I am an adult who started off buying skylanders for my little cousin who had never played b4 I introduced him to them. Started off w/ Swap Force cuz that was the new 1 at the time & we got it for an insanely low price for a just released starter kit. He was absolutely thrilled & we played together that Xmas. Found Spyros starter pk for cheap right after Xmas & gave that for his Bday. Again, thrilled. This past Xmas we got him Giants starter pk & a bunch of Giants characters for another great deal. Trap team for bday. We (my parents & I) r officially amazing gift givers. I didn't get to play Giants w/ him & it left me kinda bummed. Being the gamer that I am, I thought, "If I find Giants starter pk for super cheap, I'm getting it for myself". Well, I did. I love it! I felt kind of goofy for being into this kid's game until I saw online just how many adults w/o kids play skylanders. Why? It's a clever game w/ lots to offer & a genius marketing plan for toy sales. While it seems like overkill to have so many characters, they r really fun to have & experiment w/ each 1's powers & upgrades. It's devilish indeed, but not w/o it's purpose & does add to the game's fun & activities. New characters do help u along & give u more variety of attacks, speed etc. U don't have to buy more than starter kit, but it is helpful to have at least 1 character from each element (life, air, magic, undead, tech, earth, fire & water) to get u into each area. Starter kit comes w/ Tree Rex (giant, life element), Jet Vac (air) & Cynder (undead). Spyros Adventure characters work w/ Giants game, so if u have any of those, they'll assist u in this game. Swap force & Trap Team characters won't work since they r newer. Only previous & current game characters work for each installment. It is a lot of fun tho & levels can get challenging as u progress. Great fun for families & the fact u can drop in & out of co op games is helpful. Say u r playing w/ your son or daughter & u get a phone call, u can simply remove your character from portal & they can continue playing uninterrupted. Great fun for kids & adults & perhaps kids can work for new characters. Maybe good grades earn a new skylander, doing chores etc. Kids will work for Skylanders! Enjoy!

Game is not detected when inserted in 3ds figures work though

Everything else in good condition Just not reading the disc