Skylanders: Giants

Skylanders: Giants
Developer(s)Toys for Bob
Vicarious Visions (Wii U)
n-Space (3DS)[2]
Publisher(s)Activision
Designer(s)Vince Castillo
Artist(s)Terry Falls
Writer(s)Alex Ness
Composer(s)Hans Zimmer (main theme), Lorne Balfe[3]
SeriesSkylanders
Platform(s)Nintendo 3DS[4]
PlayStation 3
Wii[5]
Wii U
Xbox 360
ReleaseNintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360
  • AU: 17 October 2012
  • EU: 19 October 2012[1]
  • NA: 21 October 2012
Wii U
  • NA: 18 November 2012
  • EU: 30 November 2012
  • AU: 30 November 2012
Genre(s)Toys-to-life, role-playing, platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Skylanders: Giants is a 2012 video game in the Skylanders series and a direct sequel to the 2011 game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. It features the voices of Kevin Michael Richardson, Greg Ellis, Peter Lurie, Steve Blum, Dave Wittenberg, Carlos Alazraqui, Kevin Sorbo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Patrick Seitz and Julie Nathanson. As the title suggests, it features larger Skylanders known as "Giants", along with other new gameplay mechanics. 16 new Skylanders were introduced, including 8 "Giants": Bouncer, Crusher, Eye-Brawl, Hot Head, Ninjini, Swarm, Thumpback, and Tree Rex.

It was released for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii, and Xbox 360 on 17 October 2012 in Australia, on 19 October 2012 in Europe, on 21 October 2012 in North America,[6] and on 22 November 2012 in Brazil by Neoplay.[7] It has also been released on the Wii U as a launch title in North America, Europe and Australia.[8][9] It was the final Skylanders game to be owned by Vivendi before Activision became an independent company on 25 July 2013.

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  5. ^ Nintendo Power, Volume 276, Page 42
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