Gimmick Skylanders

[@SevenRestDays7]

Ah yes, my favorite game, Skonders

[@donavenduncan]

Is this in inside thing?

[@BungoLungo]

@@donavenduncan Its just the way he pronounced the word "Skylanders" lol nothing more

[@Da_cool_chef]

​@BungoLungo we know that idiot

[@gmmgrey1852]

SKONDERS hahahahahahaahah

[@McBioBones]

Same, same

[@Elgi72]

The objectively best Gimmick is Swap Force, with Trap Team it's the Gimmick that stands out the most, compared to the other Toys to Life Games.

[@Paul-wh7ev]

Part of why SF is the best

[@Θκμ]

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[@triggeredemoji298]

Here before the sf haters raid. SF is my favorite for this reason alone.

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

Swap Force is love, Swap Force is life.

[@s_cabbage]

Well look who it is

[@MisterBoat]

I think my favorite part of this video is how he says "skylanders", it sounds like he's saying "skonders"

[@ikeokeke1759]

Fr

[@epicepic8489]

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[@ThatBluDude]

It's such a missed opportunity that the Trap Masters aren't lightcores. Could you imagine if their crystal weapons glowed both in-game AND on the figure at the same time? That would've been sick!

[@switchman8053]

this is what i always think when i look at my trap team skylanders, trap team is my favorite skylanders game but it sucks only they can open elemental gates

[@Golemoid]

I think that would require too much power for the portal to handle, those crystal weapons tend to be really big

[@Locketlover]

IKR?

[@BabyGhast4]

Imagine if they glow on the portal only when they glow in game. Oh, a villain fight starts? Well now the weapons are glowing, yearning for capture.

[@Goblin_With_A_Fungus]

For some reason, my Jawbreaker's fists light up on the portal. Not sure why this happens and no one else does.

[@rileynoonan1355]

I can’t get over this guy saying “sconders” every time

[@Dave_6462]

He doesnt

[@epicepic8489]

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[@SaucetinTV]

After the 10th time I heard him say “skaunders” I was convinced I was experiencing a stroke

[@Dave_6462]

He’s not

[@epicepic8489]

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[@janrautmann7179]

How sick would it have been if they brought chop chop back for super chargers, and instead of wielding a sword, he used a multi ended whip made of the brambles he summons, and his vehicle is a chariot pulled by skeleton horses.

[@aracharsley7357]

People say he already had enough variants as if gill grunt or spyro didn't already-

[@mcteen5198]

That would’ve been cool.

[@janrautmann7179]

@Ara Charsley he's such a classic. I think he could even have his own game about him being an Arkeyan soldier.

[@raydiiradius]

@@aracharsley7357 He technically only had two, the single sword variants were pretty much the same thing, and twin blade barely changes it at all, just one new ability alsoheonlygotoneappearancechangewhichwasjustalegendaryversionwhichalreadyhappenedtothemajorityofskylanders

[@hellariousriapt]

Or maybe a chopper.

[@CopperheadYT]

“Say Skylanders” This guy: Scanders

[@epicepic8489]

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[@MusicForMyDemons]

"Skander" "Skalnders" "Skandlers"

[@Emily12471]

Adam Skandlers

[@KingTyranitar-mg1jk]

@@Emily12471 funny

[@epicepic8489]

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[@adambarnes49]

Skylanders was kind of created by accident,I don't remember every detail but I know the first Skylanders game was meant to be a sort of reboot for spyro the dragon as some of the previous spyro games didn't do too well. Skylanders very quickly became its own thing and I know a lot of people were mad that spyro had kind of been forgotten about in the Skylanders franchise

[@pierricklaveron1134]

Yeah like Rayman and the rabbits.

[@taelin-rh3wi]

I didn't even know Spyro existed as a kid tbh

[@Raindrop_2401]

Ah yes. My favourite franchise. Skonders

[@RandomCommentMakerPerson]

The pronunciation of skylanders made me overly furious

[@epicepic8489]

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[@theTadpolshrimpl3425]

Skylanders wasn’t just a game about toys coming to life. It was more of a experimental franchise trying out ideas, themes, or gameplay changes. Which is why I like Skylanders as a game not just because of nostalgia but more because there good games with later game spicing it up.

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

Very true

[@thhdmu646]

bro they were made to steal parents money 💀

[@theTadpolshrimpl3425]

@@thhdmu646 late but yeah in retrospect it was a bit of a cash grab. But having a collectible, and using it for a game is very cool so it gets a pass for me.

[@thehale_]

@@thhdmu646The 4th, 5th and 6th games yes, but the first three were genuine.

[@CharlesDubs]

@@thhdmu646you’re right but you could say that about literally every toy ever, it has no inherent value except entertaining your kid

[@rexanderson4585]

Take a shot every time he says "Skonders"

[@epicepic8489]

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[@RedEyesSV]

Gotta love those Gimmick Skanders

[@epicepic8489]

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[@frogmouth2]

I think trap team took the gimmick a little too far where kids didn’t want the cores anymore because of how much cooler the trap masters were. Trap masters open up elemental gates, deal bonus damage to villains, break traptanium shards, and have much bigger figures. I can totally see why kids wouldn’t buy the cores at all that year and I don’t think I did either. Which is why I think superchargers stripping back both the size of the roster as well as removing the difference between new cores and gimmicklanders all together was a great choice.

[@kaptain-quake]

This is probably why the trap team cores are considered some of the more forgettable skylanders

[@janrautmann7179]

Superchargers only having gimmick landers was also a reason for them to raise the price for new skylanders, which I dislike. Especially because the vehicles could've been considered the gimmick skylanders. But they wanted to make more money. I do agree it was a good idea to only have gimmick landers, but they should have been the regular price and figure size of core skylanders.

[@frogmouth2]

@@janrautmann7179it might be because VV just had better character designers or something but I feel like the designs and details of the superchargers are definitely a step up from cores even if they are only a little bigger.

[@janrautmann7179]

@FrogMouth I didn't like superchargers, but something I did really like about it was the skylanders themselves. All the new skylanders had really good designs and made me wish I could play them in previous games. The figurines were higher quality, and the rift engines on the platforms were a nice touch.

[@phorchybug3286]

Yeah, that is stupid.

[@alicesmith2384]

I love the Superchargers since their vehicles are like extensions of their personalities. On top of that since there's only 10 of them there just feels like so much care was put into each one.

[@thesplatooanima8231]

There exists a Vehicle for Each Skylander....

[@plotylty]

There are 20 superchargers counting bowser and dk what are you talking about only 10

[@extestential6638]

He literally says there are 18 in the video wdym

[@alicesmith2384]

@@plotylty I meant to say 10 new characters

[@helixsol7171]

The way he says "Skylanders" sounds like he's saying "Skaunders" or something.

[@epicepic8489]

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[@Countcomfortable]

If only Traptainium can break Traptainium, then how did they make the weapons?

[@daforkgaming3320]

My theory is maybe they dug the ground under a piece of traptanium so they now had this boulder with a large cluster of traptanium on it. They then used that to make some sort of impractical weapon that destroyed other traptanium clusters, and refined those into more practical ones

[@Luke_SkywaIker]

Eon broke through Traptanium in Superchargers, so I’m inclined to believe that the Portal Masters have a way of destroying it, meaning they possibly forged the weapons in the first place. It’s likely that Eon himself made the Trap Masters’ weapons, at least that’s my headcanon

[@phorchybug3286]

Perhaps with traptanium.

[@Countcomfortable]

@@phorchybug3286 but how’d they get that Traptainium?

[@killerbean6254]

Kaos used a weapon that cause the traptanium in cloud cracker prison to destroy itself. They probably used something like that

[@jimmymdjjdnd7338]

I love Skonders

[@epicepic8489]

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[@smolbirb4]

It’s so weird hearing hearing you say it like that, “skanders”

[@epicepic8489]

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[@jamiwer85]

A fun fact about giants. Each of the giants have their elemental logo on them somewhere

[@lotus1423]

He said Skylanders correctly one time. Only once.

[@theguywiththethings]

bro seriously…

[@danielbarnes1241]

Suffer

[@hentailover3659]

“Skalnder”

[@Legend151]

I am genuinely surprised that people are still making Skylanders content, even after the series died a long time ago, this just gives me a bunch of nostalgia!

[@JanDino24]

man called them skanders

[@epicepic8489]

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[@CosmicNebula444]

All these years later, and the Swap Force are still my favorite gimmick. Imaginators take a VERY close second, but man little me's mind was BLOWN when I saw I could mix and match these guys and make the perfect power set for each character. It's probably the most customizable a Skylander has ever been, power wise at least. To this day, it's the only set of Skylanders I have every normal version and variant for (not counting chase figures, cause those were hell to come across) and I love them all to bits

[@AlecPhipps]

The way you say sky Landers just makes my ears crawl

[@som3one284]

It’s just quick

[@kazmiller7820]

God I just love skonders

[@epicepic8489]

original comment, nice

[@handsomebard6488]

If pumpkin eye brawl were to appear like the figure in game it would not work properly with his laser attack. It would be more difficult because pumpkin eye brawl isn't just a recolor

[@janrautmann7179]

True. However, kid me was very sad.

[@vaehtay]

Mostly watching this for the nostalgia, and it’s making me realize that I basically played Skylanders on hard mode… I had no clue that the gimmick landers for each game usually did more damage than core ones, I just chose who I played based on who’s abilities I liked the most LMFAO

[@elibridgers2781]

Going back to Bowser and Donkey Kong, they could also qualify as an extra gimmick variant of Skylanders as Skylander/Amiibo hybrids.

[@mileswilledwcoulson8180]

bro said "Skannders" not "sky-landers"

[@epicepic8489]

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[@Spanner14]

I’m glad I found your channel, I fell in love with sky landers almost ten years ago when I got Spyro’s adventure for Christmas. It was the first truly story driven game I played at the time and was absolutely mesmerized. The way the player was referred to as Portal Master really made me feel as though I was truly interacting with the world. Absolutely love these games!

[@MetaOSC]

I think it’s always good for the first game in a series to not have some fancy gimmick, so then it can be the template for later games to place gimmicks on.

[@InkayWeiss]

Id argue that the trapped villains are more like the imaginators, with the sensei's being like the gimick skylanders, considering that 3/5 gimick skylanders are GIANT

[@WickedGlitch]

Dude I have 1 eyebrawl and it's the pumpkin one. I was so excited and happy to use him and now every time I use it I get sad again knowing they will never change this since the stopped making skylanders games

[@vroomvroom3858]

“Skanders”

[@vynerx1590]

Love your videos, always nice to have a nice 15-60 minutes of entertainment. Take your time and keep the quality up

[@SayakaMaizono-t1e]

Giant: “I’m big and can destroy things.” Swap Force: “I can swap my top and bottom halves with my friends!” Trap Team:” I have large crystal weapons useful for capturing villains.” Superchargers:”I have my drivers license...”

[@mr_bubbles5785]

I will never forget the satisfying sound of "PORTAL MASTER RANK UP!"

[@flashton30]

Broo the nostalgia from buying all the skylanders from the store, if they were still there i would still buy them

[@jonasholm-mw5bn]

Trap team was probably my favorite. It was also cool that you could see who you had trapped on the Wii U pad when you played. Imaginations was the worst one. I liked to have the figure and see the characters in the game, so when the characters became these crystals, they just lost me

[@manuelcuevas7045]

"Skanders" yeah that's a no for me chief I can't even finish this video

[@epicepic8489]

I hope others judge you as harshly for your own misspoken words you sad dork

[@Mephiles-1]

I think both Sensei and Imaginator are both the gimmicks, which work well together

[@syborgcat3830]

It’s now 12 years ago skylanders giants came out Yet I still quote „feat of strength“ and that music plays in my head every time I lift something heavy

[@juke9674]

I will never forget when my little brothers friend thought my Bouncer (giant) was a swap force skylander... and pulled him apart 😂

[@B2wasTaken]

The last Skylanders game I played was Trap Masters. I had a decent collection of Skylanders from all the previous games and from Trap Masters itself. If I looked around I could probably find them and it makes me want to pick it back up and live the good old days. Skylanders sends me down a nostalgia trip like nothing else and this video makes me want to play through some of it again. Thank you

[@mrmango7159]

I can't unhear him saying Skonders

[@Ethanp5412]

You forgot to mention that the guest stars in superchargers were also amibo compatible and the only ones to be amibo compatible (You could switch the bases on the bottom to skylanders to amibo).

[@Mikeinoid]

"Skyanders"

[@epicepic8489]

original comment, nice

[@fulcrum2867]

I think it could be argued that SSA's gimmick was dragon Skylanders since each element had one and Spyro is the titular character.

[@Golemoid]

but they don't do anything unique and aren't exclusive to just that one game, so they can't count.

[@axelnilsson5124]

Air didn’t have dragons

[@zablnc]

@@axelnilsson5124 whirlwind counts! because she's half unicorn and half dragon

[@axelnilsson5124]

@@zablnc you sure she wasn’t just a unicorn with wings?

[@zablnc]

@@axelnilsson5124 yea she's not even the creator says that she's half unicorn and half dragon

[@soulcalibur4685]

When I was checking this out when I thought of gimmick skylanders of thought you meant skylanders with certain gimmicks to them to make them abit different in battle then others like fiesta for supercharges being a more distance character who can also swarm the enemies with multiple little Skellies for example

[@plazmurr]

I wish there were areas that rewarded you for having the old game's gimmicks

[@niccomccormick651]

Wish I had adult money at the time of skylanders man. I love and cherish the fact that I can look back at it through nostalgia glasses and all the memories but like damn still to this day one of the things I wanted to do was complete my collection, not possible as a 8 year old kid

[@Christian1999DK]

i like your Brawler Imaginator, as he just looks like a total bruiser so it is rather fun. cause those tiny legs are funny and then the hulking upper body and how quickly you have your guy dash about punching them to bits

[@iannations2543]

"I mean, you also can just use two Skylanders with the elements you needed too, but that's no fun" I was guilty of doing this when i had the Wii version of swap force, but i only had Blast Zone and Wash Buckler, so i worked with what i got.

[@Celticjamz]

“Trap-tanium can only be broken by trap-tanium.” Some wrench in the next game: 🤫

[@josephroot2367]

Nobody gonna mention the way bro says Skylanders

[@SuperCaptainFail]

Much love, brother. I’ve never played a skylanders game in my life and clicked the video out of morbid curiosity but stayed for Skonders.

[@firstwaddledee9182]

I originally thought that this video was going to be around Skylanders whose main game-plan revolves around a gimmick. While that is not what this was, it was still an interesting watch. Though, I’d still love to see a sort of analysis on those more gimmicky Skylanders like Star Strike, Fist Bump, or Pop Fizz.

[@HungryWarden]

I adore Fist Bump and Pop Fizz, I used to have Star Strike but haven’t tried her out and unfortunately when moving to a new house we left her behind unintentionally.

[@sirpentplayz8732]

"Skanders" Great video btw

[@dr.crackfish4371]

okay I really want to watch this video but it kills me every single time he says "skonders"

[@crislunaverellen6563]

I love every gimmick of the Skylanders games! However, if I were to personally say my MOST favorite gimmick, I'd go with Swap Force, because I had loads of fun continuously swapping out the top and bottom halves a lot as a kid, was really enjoyable to make endless combos in Swap Force!!!!! I do also love Imaginators the most because I love the idea of making my imagination a reality, and believe me I have a really BIG imagination!!!!!!

[@obnoxas]

Man, these videos make me so nostalgic. Used to love Skylanders so much, I played Giants on my 3DS all the time when I was a kid. I think I had the legendary Bouncer, and he was one of my favorites! Wish I could get back into the series, but I just don't have the storage space lol Edit: I wonder if I could emulate Imaginators on pc...I did buy it when it came out, I just don't have the hardware for it anymore but now I wanna play it again lol

[@KraylebStudios]

Would be cool to see a Skylanders game where the main gimmick was that every previous mechanic (Giant, Swap Force, racing, trappable villains) was featured

[@LewdestLiz]

You made me remember so much. Played Superchargers, Trap Team, and Imaginators. A joy to play.

[@jakipop3397]

Bro, be like Sk'yners.

[@Golden_potato185]

Why does it song like he’s saying “skonders”

[@epicepic8489]

BECAUSE HE HAS A FUCKING SPEECH IMPEDIMENT WTF IS WRONG WITH YALL

[@djfoxyvlogs1306]

Finally, some sky landers content. Good job mate

[@croc9962]

S k o n d e r s

[@Koenna99]

Its funny hearing someone talk about how cool and fun Giants where to play as...cause my dumbass did the whole first level with them and then never again for the game. I for some reason thought it would be a good idea to wait till the game introduced the Giants in the present (since I think first level was in the past)....what ever I was waiting for never came and I felt real dumb but kinda impressed you didn't even need to use Giants to beat the game they were introduced in!

[@broydoesstuff]

It is in the past is it not doesn't eon say that,or am I wrong?

[@polarblade1159]

What I love about trap team is that it still makes use of the giant rocks and also old skylanders like Drobot, Eruptor and prism break work very well in them

[@PearlSnce]

Bro unlocked several of my core memories by just describing the mechanics

[@TheDrow_Bard]

I actually still have the pumpkin eyebrawl and I'm glad it was mentioned

[@mrfalcon7871]

I miss walking into the store and seeing a wall of skylanders and imagining I could afford all of them

[@waterslime9506]

why does he keep saying skylanders as skonders

[@GNVS300]

Lmao Eye Brawl just wandering around in the Chompy pit, squashing the Chompies and not giving a fuck

[@Nerdtendo6366]

Happy to see someone else understand the power of Magna-Shift

[@philledzone]

Man this video made me nostalgic. I wish I didn't sell all my Skylanders stuff because now I wanna play again ;-;

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

Being a “core” sky lander didn’t stop me from using my legendary bash in everyone of the games

[@joemama-kc7ez]

i have never seen that middle skylander in the thumbnail in my life

[@dracogamer2671]

My favorite skylander is Bouncer, which is the tech giant. My Bouncer is actually a legendary edition where he's black instead of gold.

[@PerplexingRat]

I actually have Nitro Magnacharge, so when I watch the intro cutscene of the game again and again it looks really weird for me thats he’s red

[@Mob-tq7gv]

I remember playing Swap Force and Trap Masters as kid but then I stopped. I was obsessed with getting Gear Shift from Trap Masters and when I did I only played her.

[@rinraiden7025]

Spyro and cynder are technically guest stars since skylanders is not their game of origin

[@Azreal_Art]

The death of Skylanders was truly tragic. R.I.P skylanders

[@Shaynehoward21]

Never played skylanders but I thoroughly enjoyed this video!!

[@erlenmeyer._flask]

Man I miss this game. Makes me want to fix my xbox 360 up and play Giants again

[@cosmiko._]

With the whole "the Trap Team Skylanders being giant diminishes the actual giants" while in originality and gameplay yeah true. However, in lore it could be argued why wouldn't they have the police force of the Skylanders world be the strongest Skylanders they have.

[@9tills]

You're wrong, the first game. Excitement was actually in the first game. Because each element had a different gimmick such as swimming, F flying, or even unlocking elemental gates.

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

I think this game series is still so cool at the age of 22 today. It was ahead of its time when I was about 10/12! The swap gimmick was the last time I've ever heard from them. Family was poor back then and we had to move a couple years later so they couldn't buy me a set. Ngl, kinda broke my heart, but it is what it was. I still look back at it and all the fun conversations I had with my friends. Gosh, I wonder how much the gold figures cost now...? I had a couple of those and felt like flexing my rich tastes of shiny and rare figures

[@an-animal-lover]

I remember Giants, I miss Giants I got Swap Force later because I saw the commercial and the gimmick looked neat, but I didn't enjoy it much I actually didn't bother to ask about Swap Force for that reason. Yeah, the gimmick *looked* cool, but so did the last one

[@phantombuchu]

If you were to count Senseis as "Gimmicklanders", what score would you give them?

[@SkylanderGamerTV]

Honestly 9/10 they are some of the best skylanders out there

[@alexslusher16]

@@SkylanderGamerTV I'll be honest. I LOVE Skylanders. I'm bummed it isn't being made or sold anymore. I loved going to stores like Walmart, Gamestop, Target or Toys R Us and browsing through their Skylanders Isle to see if they had any I still needed for my collection. Sometimes when I go shopping, I sometimes run to the Videogame section where the Skylanders used to be just to see if maybe they had old Skylanders in the back in stock and want them sold out. Sadly, not the case. I think even though it's sad that Skylanders is over, maybe it's for the best that it ended. Look at Imaginators. It wasn't as good with fans as the other games and it was too short and heck, it barley had Flynn, Cali, Hugo, etc. They replaced them with the Core Skylanders like Spyro and Stealth Elf. Personally, I feel like Skylanders Peaked at Trap Team. Should've ended there IMO, especially with it's ending and how we trap Kaos at the end and thus make him good. Even though there is a comic in between Trap Team and Superchargers that explains how Kaos escaped, but still.

[@jjohnson2445]

​@@SkylanderGamerTV tuff luck reminds me of cali for some reason

[@obscureweeb356]

Not to beat a dead horse, but "Skonders"

[@mollywalker5790]

Everyone talking about "Skonders" but why aren't we talking about "Veekle"

[@chubchubsmash6235]

1:38 *BE AFRAID OF THE BARK!*

[@reinacraneo]

for giants i love the water and mechanical ones in their design and i looooved playing and leveling the magma one, he was such a delight

[@mayoboi0120]

11:47 Mags also somehow has the power to break traptanium as seen in Superchargers when she helped break Eon out of his traptanium prison thingy. Mags is just built different.

[@WantedDaisy9968]

was watching this video when i saw you pull up legendary astroblast, after like 8 or 9 years, i finnaly released mine was a rare variant, Neat

[@Kalfuyama]

i love thumpback's lights 😭😭 But nothing tops eye brawl's eye

[@eldergod69]

Gotta agree

[@thejackshammer7654]

What's cool about the Swap Force is that some combos have synergy among the abilities with each other. Take Blast Zone's Top half. The Ring of fire can have Synergy with Hoot Loop's Bottom, Wash Bucklers Bottom, Rilla Boom's Bottom and a few others.

[@StarWalker-si4nm]

Biggest gimmick is turning Bowser Donkey Kong and Crash Bandicoot into sky landers 😂😂😂