Skylanders Giants

Outside of the menus, players will be able to view their Skylander's statistics on the GamePad screen, which is a nice bonus. But other than a few menu options, there isn't much of a difference for the Wii U's edition. The combination of the Portal of Power's light show and the glowing cores of the Giants alone are almost enough to want to collect every one of the new characters. While the gameplay hasn't received many updates, the entire package is definitely enough to keep your collection growing.

Skylanders Giants is a great adventure game for its target audience and the perfect excuse for the rest of us to collect the toys. It's hard to shake the feeling of déjà vu though, with Skylanders Giants looking, feeling and playing almost identical to the original. It's also a shame that the obvious potential of it RPG mechanics haven't been realised yet. But like they say: if it ain't broke.

Ja: Es gibt immer noch kaum einen Level, den man ohne zusätzliche Ausgaben für neue Figuren nicht zu 100 Prozent lösen kann - vor allem, wenn man das "alte" Starterpack nicht besitzt und ein Quereinsteiger in die Sammelwelt der Skylanders ist. Dennoch hat man auch mit einem nur eingeschränkten Figurenstab deutlich mehr Möglichkeiten zur Verfügung, um Spaß in der knallbunten Fantasiewelt zu haben.