Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure

"Spyro's Adventure" redirects here. For the Game Boy Advance game released in Europe as "Spyro Adventure", see Spyro: Attack of the Rhynocs.
Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Developer(s)Toys for Bob (Wii, Wii U)[1]
XPEC Entertainment (PC, OS X, PS3, X360)[1]
Vicarious Visions (3DS)[1]
Publisher(s)Activision
Producer(s)Yale Miller
Elizabeth Wang
Designer(s)I Wei Huang
Tom Hester
Writer(s)Alec Sokolow
Joel Cohen
Marianne Krawczyk
Composer(s)Lorne Balfe
SeriesSkylanders
EngineVicarious Visions Alchemy (Wii, 3DS, Wii U)
Lux Engine (PS3, X360, PC)
Platform(s)Windows, Nintendo 3DS, OS X, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360
ReleaseWindows, 3DS, OS X, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360
  • AU: October 13, 2011
  • EU: October 14, 2011
  • NA: October 16, 2011
Wii U
  • JP: July 12, 2013
Genre(s)Toys-to-life, role-playing, platform
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is a 3D action-adventure platform game and the first video game in the Skylanders series. It is played using with toy figures that interact with it through a "Portal of Power" that reads their tag through NFC.

It was released in October 2011 for North America, Europe, and Australia for Microsoft Windows and OS X, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360. In Japan, it was published by Square Enix and released on July 12, 2013 for the Wii, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.[2]

Activision announced that as of June 3, 2012, the game had been the top-selling console and handheld video game worldwide for 2012.[3] As of March 31, 2012, Activision has sold over 30 million Skylanders toys, and sales were expected to exceed $500 million by the end of the year.[4][5] A direct sequel, Skylanders: Giants, was released in 2012 for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and Wii U. Spyro's Adventure is the only game in the series to have a Microsoft Windows and OS X release.

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  3. ^ "Video Games: Video Game News & Trends: Xbox 360, Wii, PS3 | Complex". Planetxbox360.com. 2013-04-25. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  4. ^ "Skylanders Toy Sales Exceed 30 Million - News". www.GameInformer.com. 2012-05-09. Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2013-09-02.
  5. ^ "Skylanders on track to exceed $500m this year | GamesIndustry International". Gamesindustry.biz. 2012-05-09. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2013-09-02.