I ordered and purchased the Wii U Pro Controller because I was tired of using the Wii Remote and the Nunchuck when playing games with the family. I saw that Disney Infinity and Skylanders Giants both show support for this controller. But, guess what, the Wii U Pro Controller is not supported by Disney Infinity at this time even though it is listed on the packaging. So, until they fix it we are back to the wiimote and nunchuck for that game.
Although, the Wii U Pro Controller has been great for Skylanders Giants. I’m still working on the quests for each character. I started working on each and every one of the figures that we have and started with the Life Skylanders. The new controller is great for playing the battle modes of the game. This works well because each figure needs to win 10 battles to completely finish all quests. I’ve got to put together a video about each of the elements and figure how best to show people how to complete those quests quickly for each figure.
With Skylanders Swap Force being released in October for PS3, XBox 360, Wii and Wii U you might not realize that a Nintendo 3DS version is also being released. With each release of a Skylanders Game there has been a separate 3DS game put out as well. In the past the 3DS game had the same figures that the full console games had except they had one special figure not found in those sets. For Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure there was Dark Spyro. For Skylanders Giants there was Punch Pop Fizz. Those figures eventually got released in very limited quantities as single pack character but when the game is initially released that is the only way to get the character.
With the release of Skylanders Swap Force the 3DS version is going to come with two two Swap Force characters, Rattle Shake and Free Ranger that can swap their tops and bottoms as well as Volcanic Eruptor (A series 3 figure which is a repose of a character that has been in all 3 releases of the game). The full console game is going to come with Swap Force characters Blast Zone and Wash Buckler. So I am really excited that by getting both the console game and the 3DS game you are not getting any duplicate characters. The full details about this game can be found after the jump.
