Skylanders' Hidden 17th Swapper

[@BoomBringer]

The Sequel to this video is out now! It talks about a hidden character in Skylanders Giants! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mIKuf6F3fsSFqKM How to play Template Template in Imaginators Story Mode kzbin.info/www/bejne/f57af3por5uWm80&ab_channel=DarkDamona

[@Nitrogrinnade]

Will you be creating a short about being able to play as template temple and imaginators? Some more people can hear about it?

[@rockinggamerdude]

Make a full-fledged Skylander with its own attacks and move set. That would be really cool.

[@DylanSnider]

I went to the video and the links on his description don't work. Are there other options?

[@xwicked_racer6554]

What's the song at 10:45?

[@Julien_driver]

Kaos: You can''t defeat me Eon: no i know but he can: TEMPLATE TEMPLATE

[@team2studios]

Kaos: WHAT THE F### IS THAT!!!

[@sirreginaldfishingtonxvii6149]

The Ancients ain't got shit on my boy Template Template: The most powerful being in all skylands

[@SneakTheOcto]

@@team2studios That, Kaos, is Template Template! They have no element which means they have no weakness! You cannot defeat them!

[@Superseidguy]

He solos.. like Come on he cant even gwt sad

[@stefanspelt3578]

He can't attack, even with animations included.

[@Triple-Q]

Template Template is actually the same model used for testing the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy! You can see it in the alpha footage for the game where he's completely orange.

[@Espartanica]

That's Placeholder Placeholder, quit being dense. You think there's also a Green Mario?

[@asapling]

@@Espartanica chill down buddy

[@tarsier8261]

@@asapling No, he's got a point. Template Template's green, how could he be orange?

[@Espartanica]

@@asapling It's a joke. Luigi started off as a recolor of Mario, the same sprite but with a different color.

[@asapling]

@@Espartanica sorry I didn't know it was a joke, I thought you were actually being rude to someone.

[@tedcamus3578]

They say Swap Force has 16x16 = 256 "swapabilities", but that's just the toy. Considering that top & bottom each have two paths, which each play quite differently, that's really 32x32 = 1024 play combinations. Add in TT, which doesn't have any real path choices, and that increases to 33x33 or 1089 play combinations !

[@Switchman123]

True

[@Theheroofyokohama]

True

[@Bitbybrix]

That’s completely false, it’s 16 parts x 16 parts, 16 legs and 16 bodies

[@tedcamus3578]

@@Bitbybrix Yes that's the number of physical Swap combinations. But remember each of the 16 bodies has two paths, making 16x2 = 32 play options for the top half. Same for the legs / bottom half. So it's 32x32 ways to play in Swap Force. Add in Template Template, that makes up to 33x33 ways to play in-game.

[@Texansfan7]

​@@Bitbybrix dumbass

[@CheerUpCrewcut]

Huh, this was neat. The fact Template Template actually loaded into some of the later games is quite interesting, and you figuring out why he didn't work in Imaginator's main mode is neat. This was a pretty interesting video, and the edits were solid, the Meet the Pyro bit was excellent, nice stuff.

[@alexanderscout]

Technically if you were to give him a profile picture he work fine

[@MatthewCenance]

Pretty nice guess, though he has Stink Bomb's icon when used in the main gameplay as well, so it is likely something else with the summoning sequence that breaks the game when he is used.

[@BovineDesigns]

The Meet the Pyro bit was brilliantly edited. So many people put so little effort into edits like that.

[@Kitsu_Orano]

Template Template is certainly the character ever, Coders were coding, Artists were arting and Testers were testing

[@Victini7472]

YOOOOO THIS WAS AMAZING TO WATCH! i didn't think people even CARED about this franchise anymore, and to find a video on a SUPER obscure topic in the games IMMEDIATELY peaked my interest! it's so cool seeing stuff like this, stuff that was obviously NEVER meant to be seen under normal circumstances i would love to see more of these please, this was a lot of fun to watch! (also the memes sprinkled in were perfect)

[@0spreii]

if victini cares ill always care

[@ThisUsernameSystemF-ckingSucks]

Piqued btw not peaked

[@sylsalto]

I did not know there was a still a fandom left for Skylanders, and I'm super here for it. The more videos I get in my recommended the more I keep watching and actually really enjoying, I am genuinely fascinated and cannot tear my eyes away.

[@cappella264]

So I think he was originally a tech tornado swapper but then magma charge replaced him, this is proven by his attack that makes him spin, his battle mode introduction shows the tech element behind him and then when he wins magna charge shows up, so I feel like it’s a fair enough assumption

[@00alvro_]

I'm definitely going to make a template template figure with my uncle's 3d printer

[@taylorkreate]

im also gonna make a template figure with this guys uncles 3d printer

[@sushicraft6155]

I too shal make template template with this guys uncle’s 3d printer

[@fatherofthepigeons2854]

I shall also make a template template figure with this guys uncle's 3d printer

[@danielhaugan4603]

These guys are totally gonna make a Template Template figure with his uncle’s 3d printer

[@h-Films]

I will also make a template template figure with this guy's uncles' 3d's printer's

[@kraztar]

i would love to see some skylanders swap force "hard mode" challenge runs that use this guy. since he cant do any damage he basically limits you to only the top or bottom of whichever chosen swap skylander you use. I think that could be super entertaining.

[@WinnerNombre]

I wasn't expecting the video to be that complete, the edits are nice! I'd love to see videos on the other unused stuff that go in depth like this one 👀

[@BoomBringer]

I find that it if I don't add memes or edits into videos I actually might go crazy, I guess once a meme poster, always a meme poster. Also i plan on doing some more stuff like this when I get a chance. I think exploring ssa xpecs debug menu might be a video I do next

[@WinnerNombre]

@@BoomBringer Sounds great 👍

[@Our_Remedy]

10:05 So Template Template is the skylander equivalent of Mew being the ancestor of all pokemon? Neat

[@49gamer51]

I never actually knew there was a placeholder Skylander for Swap Force however this made me think if there is possibly a unused or placeholder version of the imaginators or any of the other versions of Skylanders

[@Seven-Seas-of-Baba-O-Riley]

He's staring daggers into your soul in the thumbnail as if to ask, "Do you have any idea how long I had to beg the gods for death before I got my wish, only for you to bring me back?"

[@katiconyt]

Gotta be honest I think Trap teams had the best gimmick, with swap force i almost never swapped because i liked having the characters as they were originally. I also just love the traps in trap team and how the villains would speak through the portal and just being able to play as the villains you fight was so cool.

[@latchflex]

This is actually really well edited, the format of the entire video is awesome

[@latchflex]

I'm back to say that someone should totally add hitboxes to template template's attacks

[@Enraged.]

can't wait for the "Can you beat Skylanders: Swap Force with only Template Template?" videos.

[@ChronoSariel]

This actually has me wondering, since Template Template exists and can be scanned could it theoretically be possible to mod the game into “back porting” Skylanders from newer games into Swap Force or create new characters all together? Other than that random question this is a really great video, I am glad this was in my recommended as I honestly am kinda glad that people still care about this series.

[@domicraft6341]

It should be possible. New portals are compatible with older games too (minus Trap Team since you need the Gimmick there acessible). And some things such as vehicles are not really the best if not designed around that.

[@ChronoSariel]

@@domicraft6341 Yeah that would be an issue, the only possible way to add the Trap Team gimmick would be to make them individual figures, and vehicles would be a no-go for the Vanilla game but if anyone ever wanted to mess with modded stages it could be a fun one off thing. ~~Bowser in Swap Force would be a trip~~

[@off-the-grounder568]

They haven’t added anything. Template Template was always in the game, just unusable.

[@ChronoSariel]

@@off-the-grounder568Yeah, I was kinda suggesting that with Template Template it could be possible to do some interesting modding by using it to build new Skylanders on top of it.

[@darknessinc.Inc830]

​@@ChronoSarielThe problem would be tho, that it would be only pc players prerogative, i think someone should build a game like skylanders but without pay elements nor toy to life, y'know, you could buy characters for in game currency or something like that, i miss old games that did this...

[@magmarxiogaming6717]

I'm curious about what template template would look in imaginators switch, idk if they still kept him in but if he's able to load into the switch maybe we'll get some interesting results

[@Judgementforthe3ds545]

The top half crashes the game, Although I do wonder how it would look.

[@magmarxiogaming6717]

@@Judgementforthe3ds545 the thing about the switch version though is it only registers the bottom half as both

[@moltenlavacore]

@@magmarxiogaming6717 thaaaat is something I actually hadn't considered! I would assume the game would still crash though, I have switch imag so I can try it out when I get home (and hopefully not turn my switch into a toaster)

[@dxublexxsplicitxxsplicit4943]

@@moltenlavacore any result?

[@darknessinc.Inc830]

​@@dxublexxsplicitxxsplicit4943Guess the switch really did turn into a toaster...huh

[@therealaltby]

This man is singlehandedly keeping the skylanders franchise alive

[@bessieburnet9816]

Oh my God, all the different Swap combo Magic Moments were so hilarious! A thing of beauty! I need a whole video of just that! 🤣🤣🤣

[@grandmagunsales2125]

I'd need a whole video just on all the Loop combos. Seriously Hoop loops legs trivialized as many levels as Tree Rex did

[@bessieburnet9816]

@@grandmagunsales2125 Yup. I got Hoot Loop from the beginning, so I understand what that's like.

[@wackantheduck6883]

Babe wake up, new Boombringer video is about to drop

[@Kamil_Horvath]

16:13 I would assume they use the same naming conventions for the bones of each skylander's skeleton throughout all of the characters and games, so that they can use the same animations for all characters if needed. My theory is that they made a rule in the game's code that said "If this character don't have a specified driving animation, then use this default animation". Would save them a lot of time with all the older characters from before super chargers.

[@PotatoSpiderman9000]

My mom got me a nfc card for this guy for Christmas and now I know what game I can use him in thanks!

[@chriscanul4075]

This is such a gem, Swap Force was my last Skylanders game. Played the first with my older sister. Such good memories! Thank you for this video, man!

[@TheRealCodyCola]

0:23 Thanks for giving me a powerful swap suggestion (Rattle Rouser)

[@ShiningMew]

i have never played a skylanders game in my life yet i watched this entire thing

[@knuckl6972]

Super cool! If you were to make more long videos, I would definitely watch them as your editing is really good and the content is interesting.

[@boomclip4182]

Fun fact I own every Skylander in every game but imagine being a young boy when the first came out and begging the parents to buy it when he was full price and nowadays you can get it on eBay for $0.10 God I love my childhood

[@TheGr8Mimikaius]

ONLY FOR 10 CENTS?!? .....I MUST ADD SOME MORE FINE ADDITIONS TO MY COLLECTION! ALL HAIL SKYLANDERS!

[@ThatRemixerGingerAle]

SEEING RUBBLE TEMPLATE RUN TO THE SCREEN AND YELL BRACE FOR IMPACT IS THE FUNNIEST THING IN THE WORLD

[@Hk-ox4bb]

Quick question, what happens if you go on the flowers on the main hub of swap force? The ones that should change color based on the skylander’s element

[@dextreme7186]

I'd actually like to see someone mod Template Template to have an icon and upgrades along with his move set dealing damage, maybe with voice lines if they're actually up to the task, I honestly want to see him get more use as an actual character and be someone to break the forth wall more frequency than any other character.

[@leanquabean8056]

I love this long form content, keep it up

[@silversabercraft]

Looking over things, it has fire when summoned, but tech when put in PVP So its obvious they were a template to test out swapping, and to use as reference for all new functions, but in theory that means its far easier to mod custom swap force characters, and just replace them, as their moveset is plain Losing textures when swapping is a sign that it was still needed to check if they could swap, but likely not needing to confirm if its the correct swap, as that code already existed, leading the knowledge that it was first coded for another device As you said for superchargers, although likely there was a template vehicle to test with him, to see if it would recognise them together even if its from an older game, as well as being the animation base for NPC racers, which means making custom characters there should be easy, but custom NPC will be easier ones For imaginators, it does have a placeholder image, i know as sometimes when it takes too long to load, it can also show it, its just a black circle on my copy however, but otherwise its usually blank, the more likely reason is the fact in superchargers, a supercharger is as simple as a small addition to code to state it is one and which vehicle but Imaginators has the Sensei, which he is likely also tagged as, but because he doesnt have a class or element, nor would it have a template move to assign to an imaginator class even if given one, so races default it to a sensei that is earliest in the game registery, but cant be run without getting the missing parts assigned all of what i said is just guessing based off my skills and background in coding however, using that i can also assume hats would likely work fine, although they may sit in the wrong spot depending on the hat or game, but stats wise fine, they also probably would trigger either placeholder lines when calling for a name in other circumstances, or as with the final games race mode, Registery of matching type 1 if anyone read all of this, first off thats some serious either curiosity or boredom, i likely wont say anything more useful on this, nor am i being 100% on any of it, so dont assume im spreading false info in turn doing it yourself, if you want to test my theories, it has been stated a video was made with the NFC code and how to use it exists and you can mod the games yourself to see what other tags and such the games belive this character to have, with that, thank you

[@A_very_tinly_can]

This video brought back a wave of repressed memories! I used to play skylanders with my little brother and I'd always main trigger happy, he could actually be pretty op if you did stuff right from what I remember

[@VexKingYoutube]

19:47 This was a amazing video BoomBringer and I think more content like this would be great!

[@tstrashychannel7115]

i think it would be interesting if someone could actually make a mod for him to actually work and be playable with upgrades maybe and his attacks doing damage atleast

[@youtubegod6357]

Fun fact (don’t know if this was mentioned): if you don’t know swap force on the wii u has a screen on the gamepad where the skylander you use will have a picture of that skylander on the game pad. But if you use template template on the wii u his picture will just be a white square

[@rockinggamerdude]

I kind of want to see the Skylanders made into a Skylander like use a similar attacks who knows maybe the slapping can be like a combo hit thing, but I just think it would be cool to see given actual element an actual swap force ability

[@uhyeah]

Absolutely make more videos like this 👍👍👍

[@ethanchaotic]

the fact he perpetually scratches his ass is so stupid funny, OF ALL IDLE ANIMATIONS LMFAO

[@PadensPixels]

Template Template's goofy face isn't real, it can't hurt you. Template Template's goofy face: 4:15

[@CorpseHuggerKos]

The New Skylanders Reboot Roster Goes Hard Can't wait to play as Placeholder Placeholder!

[@Superluigi881]

Template Placeholder is the best combo.

[@Candjstudios2024]

Funfact: he is canon. He appears in a comic in the background, and he was going to be in a scrapped game. (The game is being redeveloped by fans, with him in it)

[@cammyIawrence]

as someone whose 12th favorite franchise is Skylanders nice to see someone talking about it

[@Digi_Danny]

I've been a skylanders fan for years and I've never seen someone showcase him as well as you did...great video man keep up the great work

[@logamanator8580]

I've listened to skylanders music so many times I recognized at 12:30 is skylanders giants music

[@cmcg623]

nobody gives a shit dude

[@alt0rias355]

Thanks for covering this I love your videos and your editing it's always so entertaining and interesting!

[@malwareangel01]

what im hearing is that Template Template is the one whose image each swapper is made in. Template Template is the god of swappers. hail

[@Kalfuyama]

pllz make more long videos, your editing style is great, it mixes memes and info very well :D

[@cpctheshinymew5381]

The moment I heard the SSA Kaos theme, I knew I was in for a treat.

[@crashgetsaseizure4127]

Fun fact: when crash n sane trilogy was being made they used template template as a placeholder for crash.

[@11TheWatcher11]

Im an old skylanders fan and i am blown away that people still talk about this game Also its very interesting to see the template for the swap force skylanders

[@thehale_]

That boss music during the template swaps was a huge hit of nostalgia

[@thehoovie6467]

Yo thanks for the tf2 reference, haven't had it brought up by any non tf2tubers in a while

[@trailbreakertv8918]

cant wait to see this guy on online races

[@jamjam5150]

I would've gone for the Top Path on Template Template's bottom, makes his goofy face way more powerful.

[@aurelgel]

The only reason he doesn’t deal damage is cause he too powerful and he want to spare the enemies.

[@Projektblackacid]

This is REALLY cool. What other game will ever have a secret character figure like this lmao

[@pokemontransformersfan2360]

its been along time since i saw something that blew my mind from skylanders. skylands was once my home durring my childhood. but ever since the last of imaginators, i sorta whent on and off. sometimes i would go back playing trap team or superchargers, even giants. This here... This video, gives me alittle more hope then i once thought of. "Template template" ... speachless. so crude, so shocking, so... honestly ugly. i love template template. (+ the swaped names are hilarious! Template shadow, template kracken, template jet to name afew.) thank you. This made my day and i will cherish his allmighty name for as long as i still remain a fan. This ugly lookin, reject of a skylander makes me feel happy that skylands still is being looked into its misterys. (also sorry for my poor spelling, i cant spell.)

[@MatthewCenance]

Anyone else thought that he was showing Spore Hero at first at 11:48? The art styles are similar enough to be confusing to me.

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

I can't believe I learned something new about my favorite Skylanders game. Also, it's going to be 10th anniversary of that said game this year.

[@GalaxyDudeDA]

TEMPLATE TEMPLATE IS GOD THAT CAN BREAK SPACE AND TIME! Also he can share half of his power among over swappers and can travel between games cause he's god.

[@blackout_avali7663]

this brought me back memories for the mobile version of skylanders trap team and i am sad that the app is no longer on the app store amd yet i still keep the portal thing plus the trap crystals in my closet but i bet there is gonna be a new game that should bring the franchise back to life i hope

[@bubsq.400]

9:20 someone probably said this already but, im pretty sure the profile picture is art of the "fire geargolem" (i had to google the name 😭) seen on the difficulty select screen!

[@m0istur]

Template template looks like he was made during the time when swap force was still called shape-shifters. Then again, it could just be his body structure

[@peppyrobo7049]

Swap force was my first skylanders game and I loved it so god damn much even though I only had the base set of swap force figures I thought they were awesome

[@Splatoonspyro]

Fun idea: 3d print a thing of him, put the nfc cards in it, (possibly carfully cut them) and add it to your collection as a new figure. As a base, because he has no element, a mini portal or somethn.

[@AstroTom]

In arena mode you could also use Ghost Roaster and have him use ectoplasm mode untill his health reaches 0.

[@elimBaz]

Just now realised,his Swap Force's UI picture,I think it's the fire golem render

[@tedcamus3578]

Long formats like this video are great when you've got a lot to say. You did a pretty good analysis here.

[@Iwatch2019cartoonsobsessively]

Never knew shrek was in skylanders

[@thenoxxyboy]

It took me this long to learn the skylanders could emote

[@Newtid]

i'm so happy that i'm getting skylanders content in my recommended this is what i'm here for

[@spitfire5180]

i noticed his punch attack animation is the same as the final hit of free rangers main combo

[@Saadian]

The editing on this is fun. I haven't even thought of this franchise in years!

[@Indycolon3]

Watching this video in my recommended when it released nearly 2 weeks ago got me so nostalgic and now I’m collecting SkyLanders again :3

[@TonyExists]

Here’s some ideas i came up with for a hypothetical “completed” Template Template: His gimmick/gimmicks would be fire attacks and extending his limbs. Fire cuz of his placeholder element. And the limb extention from his Goofy expression and Eyebrow growth As such the paths would be based around this. One path allowing for an emphaiss on Fire and Damage and the other gives him emphasis on Limb extention and range. Also in this hypothetical i’d want him to have his climb ability, the funny boy deserves it I wanna note that i’m not the most well versed in Skylanders. Im getting back into it recently after playing it as a kid years ago. So i could be wrong about certain things or speaking nonsense, sorry if thats the case

[@ContinuedBear]

The editing was fantastic! The only criticism I have is to have VO be closer to the cut of footage, there around a half second of waiting until the next point/joke is made, especially in the sections near the start of the video. But great video!

[@kaos703]

this was really good, kaos approves.

[@splitchip2310]

I'm surprised that there was a basic template assesible at all, well done!

[@Naderkai]

I just wanted to see my goofy boii, meanwhile template: AAAAAAAAAAGH!

[@samcats123]

Happy Birthday Swap Force!

[@matty_mls]

Would love to see more of these

[@tomyoy_of_timdom1454]

Him standing at the very start of iron jaw gulch reminds me of the E3 demos for swap force

[@deltamills5641]

don't forget that krypt king was gonna be the og undead giant in giants

[@lf9179]

Wait what? Facial expressions with the d-pad? I never heard of that before

[@BoomBringer]

Yes works on swap force, superchargers and Imaginators (with swap force swappers and cores)

[@madsceptictrooper6803]

Facial expressions aren't in the Wii and 3DS version.

[@BoomBringer]

@@madsceptictrooper6803 true

[@muppetman9491]

I wonder if there's any other cut characters like Template Template who are still playable

[@parkerlarson6692]

I’m no expert in this area but I think Template Template could also be a way to test the top and bottom half abilities without the interference of the opposing sides abilities (as they do no damage) so they could see how powerful things were to balance them

[@hunkofhamofficial]

3:01 I think it's an early version of the firework dragon thing

[@pepperlane]

imagine chilling out in swap force for nostalgia and you decide to do pvp to see if anyones palying and you see a character named template template

[@ItsAZues]

This guy looks like he could the first Skylander with all the elements.

[@danielhaugan4603]

Or maybe the 11th “Normal” element

[@kylojax6498]

11:22 that animation transition is actually kinda smooth

[@NinjofNature]

Mom can we get Skylander no we have Skylander at home Skylander at home:

[@DashTwisterstorm]

I actually encountered this character during my SWAP Force stream. It was after completing Sheep-Wreck Island that trigger it. It is not playable of course, but it did appear behind the result screen upon completing a level. I do not think it ever happened on the Wii U copy before.

[@dwdxcz5414]

Ok, I know that template template is the base for all of the swap skylanders, but with the information we get from its looks and other stuff, like it's information, I believe that the fire swaps were made first. With the blastzone pic and the tail for firekracken

[@ssj99lucario]

Finally, some footage of them (i heard of them over on TCRF, but that was years ago; never seen a picture of them either)

[@Astar72439]

I forgot sky landers existed until about 5 minutes ago. I grew up playing this at my buddies in grade school. Time flies