Activision revealed Skylanders Creator, a companion application for the upcoming Skylanders Imaginators console game. The app will allow users to create their own special Skylanders, called Imaginators, which they can bring to life in the console game by purchasing 3-D printed figures or Imaginator Cards.
In the Skylanders Creator app, users will be able to customize each Imaginator’s appearance, weapons, catchphrase and more. The app will feature a Creation Gallery, where users will be able to browse all of their created Imaginators. Users will also be able to share their Imaginators with others.
In addition to creating new Imaginators within the app, users will be able to transfer their Imaginators from the console game to the app using audio technology.
Elsewhere, the app will allow players to open Timed Chests, which will include new creation parts for their Imaginators. These Timed Chests will only be available at certain times during the day.
Finally, each day, one of the Senseis from the Skylanders Imaginators console game will give players a special Sensei Chest, which will contain special parts that are unique to that Skylander.
Once a user creates an Imaginator, they will have the option to “immortalize” their character in the real-world in three different ways. First, a user will be able to purchase a 3-D printed figure of their Imagintor. Each figure will be created in full color, and will be posed on a base. These figures ...