"When you launch any new IP you always hope it's going to be big. We had very high hopes for it, but it far exceeded our expectations as far as how hot it was. As far as toys to software, it was maybe two or three times what we thought it was going to be. It was a lot higher than we anticipated." - Activision's Noah Kircher-Allen
Kircher-Allen went on to say that while nothing is in the works, a movie/TV show featuring Skylanders is possible.
"Skylanders is a long-term franchise, so you can imagine all sorts of cool new stuff coming out. Everything from Halloween costumes to books to comic books. As far as film or TV is concerned, we don't have anything officially set for that yet, but obviously that would be something I could see Activision looking into in the future."
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Kircher-Allen went on to say that while nothing is in the works, a movie/TV show featuring Skylanders is possible.
"Skylanders is a long-term franchise, so you can imagine all sorts of cool new stuff coming out. Everything from Halloween costumes to books to comic books. As far as film or TV is concerned, we don't have anything officially set for that yet, but obviously that would be something I could see Activision looking into in the future."
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I really want Nintendo to copy this with Pokemon. If ugly characters that nobody cares about sold so well I would imagine that ugly Pokemon that people do care about will sell millions.
I still don't see why kids have flocked to the Skylanders fad. Although, people said Pokemon was a fad, now look at how that turned out.
Yeah, overload everyone with this crap and watch it burnout.
It's better to burn out
than it is to rust
Skylanders vs. Angry Birds confirmed?
I'm not ashamed to admit that I bought the game and I enjoyed it. Is basically Gauntlet Legends gameplay with monsters. I'm not collecting the toys but it was a fun game. I don't understand why so many people hate this game. I love the original Spyro games but come on, complaining about "killing the franchise"? I'm not an expert but I don't think you can kill something that is dead already... Well, maybe in Resident Evil but you get my point. Any childish game receives always so much negative press. It seems like if you don't have someone getting stab in the neck every 5 seconds you are offending people. I'm ok with the negative comments I'm talking about the insult oriented comments out there. I might grab the second title if they have a cheaper option (without the Portal).
pokemon looks far more appealing than skylanders.
Nintendo really need to do this with Pokemon. I'm sure they'll get good sales, especially since it'll appeal to more regions. Have to admit, Activision did good with this.
They need Pokemon toys for a (proper) Wii U Pokemon game and they need to get cracking on a Training Card Game sequel with the 3DS/AR card feature. Seriously, I just made them a billion dollars. This stuff isn't that complicated guys.
Just wanted to let you know that there is a version without the Portal currently listed in GameStop's system. I believe it's listed for a normal $50.
Sold more than expected? Activision better hurry up and get on with running the series into the ground. Maybe a new game, comics, costumes, movies, cartoons, etc. Oh looks like they are already on it.
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