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Skylanders Giants is a game developed by Toys For Bob and published by Activision on October 21st, 2012.

Plot
Kaos has returned and he is looking for the Iron Fist of Arkus, a robot fist that will let him control an army of robots know as Arkeyans. Joining the Skylanders are the Giants, a group of massive Skylanders. They must work to stop Kaos.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The game has 16 new Skylanders, 8 of which are the Giants. The figures for the Giants are much bigger then a normal Skylander and light up when you place them on the portal. The other 8 are Skylanders new to this game.
 * 2) There are also new Skylanders called Lightcores, which light up like giants when placed on the portal, as well as rereleases of older Skylanders in new poses called Series 2. Series 2 Skylanders include a new move called a Wow Pow to give you a reason to purchase the Skylander again.
 * 3) In game, Giants can perform feats of strength(which include lifting up giant logs, pulling islands closer and pushing down things to make paths), can pick up heavy things, break certain walls and break cracked floors. They also have much more health then a normal Skylander.
 * 4) The game is compatible with every Skylander and magic item from Spyro’s Adventure, and you will get an in game achievement if you have all 3 Skylanders that came in that game’s starter pack(Spyro, gill grunt, and trigger happy)
 * 5) After completing the 3rd level, you get access to a variety of arena challenges across 3 arenas, which will give you gold and sometimes other rewards if you beat them.
 * 6) Heroic Challenges return, with all the new Skylanders having new heroic challenges.
 * 7) The game introduced Skystones, a mini-game similar to Reversi that would go on to be featured in several of the later Skylanders games.
 * 8) There was a special version called the Portal Owners Pack, which only includes Tree Rex, a poster with all the skylanders, the game, and Tree Rex’s card was released for people who already had the 1st game. That way, they could save some money by not buying the full starter pack.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are less levels then in the 1st game.
 * 2) Only Skylanders new to this game have Heroic Challenges. If you want to play a heroic challenge from the 1st game, you have to buy the Series 2 version of the Skylander that unlocked it
 * 3) Due to releasing during the peak of Skylanders’s popularity, some skylanders were rarer then others, in particular Ninjini and Thumpback. In fact, Ninjini was so rare that some stores reported 1 Ninjini figure in a shipment of 40 Giants.

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