a b c O'Brien, Lucy (June 1, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators Announced". IGN . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Pearce, Alanah (October 14, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators Review". IGN . Retrieved March 29, 2022.

Balancing: Some of the enemies have way too much health and hit way too hard, a way of getting more money out of you, because you basically need to buy additional figures Hannley, Steve (March 7, 2017). "Review: Skylanders Imaginators (Nintendo Switch)". Hardcore Gamer . Retrieved March 29, 2022. Robertson, Andy (January 3, 2017). "Skylanders Imaginators Review (Wii U)". Nintendo Life . Retrieved March 29, 2022. a b Takahashi, Dean (August 17, 2016). "Hands-on with Skylanders Imaginators' zany user-generated characters". VentureBeat . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Ken lifts weights every day of the week to somehow justify spending the remainder of his free time playing video games, reading comic books, watching movies, and not getting nearly enough sleep.a b Stuart, Keith (June 1, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators: Activision pins its hopes on player creativity". The Guardian . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Despite reports to the contrary, Activision has decided to keep its Skylanders series on life-support. The franchise's most recent instalment Skylanders: Imaginators flopped hard, prompting speculation that the company was about to cull the series. But during an earnings call, the organisation outlined its plans... McFerran, Damien (February 12, 2016). "Activision's 2015 Figures Show Slight Growth, But Skylanders And Guitar Hero Underperform". Nintendo Life . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Scammell, David (June 1, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators lets you create your very own Skylanders". VideoGamer.com . Retrieved August 26, 2016. Blain, Louise (October 18, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators review: "A genuine pleasure to explore" ". GamesRadar+ . Retrieved March 29, 2022.

Talbot, Ken (October 20, 2016). "Skylanders: Imaginators Review (PS4)". Push Square . Retrieved March 29, 2022. Award-Winning Skylanders Imaginators Lands on Highly-Anticipated Nintendo Switch" (Press release). Activision Publishing, Inc. January 13, 2017 . Retrieved 2017-01-14. In the past, the ancients used powerful Mind Magic to conjure and create anything they could think of. However, one of the Ancients, known as Brain, tried to use Mind Magic to brainwash all of Skylands, so the ancients sealed him away, and sealed away the power of Mind Magic so evil could not use it. Similar to its predecessors, the core gameplay revolves around solving puzzles, platforming, and fighting enemies. [1] As the title is a toys-to-life game, players can put Skylanders toy figurine onto a Portal of Power, which will then allow players to control the figurine-represented character in-game. [2] Creation Clash, a remake of Skystones which was introduced in Giants is featured in the game. [3] The game supports local multiplayer.Robertson, Andy (March 9, 2017). "Skylanders Imaginators Review (Switch)". Nintendo Life . Retrieved March 29, 2022. According to Jeff Poffenbarger, the senior executive producer of Imaginators, innovation is one of the most important aspects while designing the game. They hoped that with new mechanics and systems, they can continue to attract new customers to play the game, as well as retaining the core players. [4] In addition, according to CEO Eric Hirshberg, one of the advantages is that Skylanders, unlike its competitors, features largely original characters and would not be confined to any limitation. The Imaginators mechanic was the most significant introduction, and was designed to be similar to other complex role-playing games. However, one of the key principles is to retain its accessibility. They hoped that players can make use of their creativity to create unique Skylanders, and that the team "can’t wait to see what people create". This mechanic was inspired by a fan letter after the release of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. [5] Selected player-created Imaginators had been printed out through 3D printers by the Skylanders team. [10] [11] As this creation mechanic introduced many new characters, the team decided to create a story that puts a huge emphasis on existing characters, so that these characters would remain relevant to the franchise. [10] Phillips, Tom (February 10, 2017). "Skylanders franchise kept alive, but no new game this year". Eurogamer . Retrieved May 11, 2019. Reiner, Andrew (October 17, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators Review". Game Informer. GameStop Corp. Retrieved March 29, 2022.

Ramsay, Randolph (October 12, 2016). "Skylanders Imaginators Review". GameSpot . Retrieved March 29, 2022. McFerran, Damien (February 1, 2017). "Nintendo Switch Version Of Skylanders Imaginators Doesn't Support Traps Or Vehicles". Nintendo Life . Retrieved February 10, 2017. Are they still making these? Apparently so. Activision has announced Skylanders: Imaginators for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3, which is set for release – we think – on 14th October in Europe and 16th October in North America. The press releases aren't very clear, but we predict that approximately 12 people will read...Goldfarb, Andrew (June 13, 2016). "E3 2016: Crash Bandicoot Comes To Skylanders: Imaginators". IGN . Retrieved August 18, 2016. Cutscenes: very repetitive, way to many of them, mostly unskippable, ruin your emersion and the flow of the game McWhertor, Michael (February 11, 2016). "New Call of Duty and Skylanders games coming this year". Polygon . Retrieved August 18, 2016. It's somehow surprising to discover that there's a cutesy brawler hidden under all the wallet-driven infrastructure, mixing light platforming, breezy puzzles, and RPG-like elements, as well as an addictive card battling game and wave-based arena fights. The combat is solid, and aside from glacial movement speed, the stages themselves are full of things to see and do. Well voiced characters and at times stunning animated sequences complement a decent story, and it's nice to see Spyro as a central character again. What's more, the humour is sharp, despite its target demographic, with some dialogue that's bound to go over the heads of youngsters. Hannley, Steve (October 12, 2016). "Review: Skylanders Imaginators". Hardcore Gamer . Retrieved March 29, 2022.