kenshin from mortal kombat can sense spyro’s derp face.

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure raised quite a few eyebrows (and hackles) with its business model, as it combined video games and toys into one expensive bundle. However, the game was a critical and financial success, so Activision is taking that ball and running with it all the way to a sequel.

I’ll spare you the spiel about Activision’s history of over-saturation–Tony Hawk, Guitar Hero, etc.–and skip to the part where this is actually pretty good news. By all accounts, Skylanders resonated with a lot of kids, and was probably the best game featuring Spyro the Dragon to come out in quite some time. Also, the fact that the toys from the first game will still work in Skylanders Giants is more than I was expecting. I don’t know what it says about the industry that I’m pleasantly surprised no one is getting ripped off, but there you go.

Skylanders Giants will be available “this Fall,” presumably for the same systems as the original (all of them).

Austin Y.

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