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.
Shout Factory sent me a copy of the forthcoming DVD Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters Dawn of the Beast to watch and review. Opinions are 100% my own.
Transformers Prime is, hands down, the best Transformers series ever created. That is my complete and honest opinion. So much attention was paid to character design, character story arcs, character development and production of a visually stunning show. Pairing down the cast to a few Autobots and legions of Decepticons force the Autobots into the role of the underdog throughout the entire run of the series. This DVD takes the first 4 episodes of the third season and makes it more of a movie.
When I first watched the episodes I watched them one at a time and they weren’t so compelling watching them that way. However, when taken together in one shot it was so compelling. Here are the Autobots who were moments away from rebuilding their entire homeworld, something that has been the driving force behind the lore of the Transformers forever. So they are seconds from making this a reality at the end of Season 2 and Megatron and the Decepticons show up and ruin those plans plus they destroy the Autobots base on Earth and begin to Cyberform Earth. This group that has been outnumbered and outgunned for two seasons was about to triumph and then get completely and utterly defeated and scattered to the winds. Optimus himself is on death’s door after being caught in the explosion that destroys the base. This is where we begin season 3. Continue reading Review: Transformers Prime: Dawn of the Beast→
