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Skylanders Giants: Hot Head

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I’m a self confessed fan of Skylanders and with my two kids being totally addicted to the title I couldn’t ignore the new Skylander Giants press release that landed up in my inbox and so over the next few weeks I’m going to post up some profiles of the new Giants coming to the Skylanders franchise.

Hot Head

Element:

Fire

Biography:

Hot Head had always been a short tempered fire giant. But it was when magical oil was
discovered in Skylands that fuel was really added to the fire. As exciting as the discovery was, the celebration lasted only 5 minutes – coming to an abrupt halt when Hot Head needed to cool off and plunged into the thick black pool, causing the entire island to explode! Though it would be another 2,000 years before magical oil was discovered again, the impact that it had on Hot Head was immediate. He was instantly infused with magical oil, giving him the ability to generate an infinite supply of fuel – making him incredibly volatile, highly combustible, and ready to torch anything that got in his way

HotHead

Hot Head is available to purchase right now at a gaming store near you and retails for around R170 from what I can see… Yes my kids are bankrupting me on Skylanders as well but secretly I don’t really mind as it makes buying presents pretty easy.. bad parenting 101, I guess.

Last Updated: April 10, 2013

16 Comments

  1. Rincethis: Spellalicious

    April 10, 2013 at 11:45

    I love the idea of this. It fuses the physical reality that I think children should play with as well as the virtual world. I wish I was a kid again and they had Helanders (Heman!) or Thunderlanders! Would have been awesome!

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      April 10, 2013 at 11:52

      I used to have Garbage Pail kids… and I would have much rather had these.. the fact that they store their progress makes swapping them so much cooler..

      Reply

      • Rincethis: Spellalicious

        April 10, 2013 at 11:58

        I didn’t even know they did that! And to think, the most advanced thing I had back in the day was a Virtualboy! *Spits on floor…

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        • Gavin Mannion

          April 10, 2013 at 12:06

          Yeah you rank them up and they keep that info.. you can also rename them and give them hats and stuff that follow them around..

          In a few years time we’ll start seeing the actual statue change as well which would be the pinnacle of perfection

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          • Rincethis: Spellalicious

            April 10, 2013 at 12:21

            Sounds awesome. Yeah, just wait, in a few years they’ll be made of some special polymer that can change it’s shape with an electrical current. Must not die till then, I need to see this shit!

  2. Leon-Ben Lamprecht

    April 10, 2013 at 13:10

    Can someone please explain to me how Skylanders works? This just confuses me.

    Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      April 10, 2013 at 14:12

      It’s a game that can be played on the PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii (and DS).

      The action figures are cross compatible with any platform but the portal and game are not

      Each character comes from a different element and there are multiple characters per element.

      The game itself is an adventure styled game for the young at heart where you need to save the world from a bad guy..

      You characters ramp up the more you use them and store this information in their statues so you can take your level 10 Spiro to your friends house and jam there.

      2 players can play at a time.

      Anything else?

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      • Leon-Ben Lamprecht

        April 11, 2013 at 09:39

        This sounds awesome! You have my attention!

        One thing: So I buy main Skylanders, and later a expansion character. Does said expansion character need to be downloaded to be used in Skylanders?

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        • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

          April 11, 2013 at 09:44

          No, it all just works. Be careful though; Skylanders Giants aand the new characters are not compatible with the origjnal Skylanders game. Skylanders Giants is also better, so you may as well just grab that.

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        • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

          April 11, 2013 at 09:44

          No, it all just works. Be careful though; Skylanders Giants aand the new characters are not compatible with the origjnal Skylanders game. Skylanders Giants is also better, so you may as well just grab that.

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          • Gavin Mannion

            April 11, 2013 at 10:37

            The old skylanders are compatible with the Skylander giants title though… And the portal is the same for both versions. But yeah like he said, just go for giants

          • Leon-Ben Lamprecht

            April 11, 2013 at 11:29

            I thank you, kind sirs.

          • Leon-Ben Lamprecht

            April 11, 2013 at 15:35

            Oh, one more: do you need an internet connection, or can you play as is? I want this…

          • Gavin Mannion

            April 11, 2013 at 16:05

            You can play as is… it is a fun happy title,

          • Rincethis: Spellalicious

            April 11, 2013 at 16:16

            I hope it comes with an always-online-connection requirement, I really like those. And microtransactions would RULE! Hey? Guys, GUYS, come back! Yeah, I love the sound of this game too!

          • Exalted Overlord Geoffrey Tim

            April 11, 2013 at 10:38

            Or, actually..you could wait for the new one, Swap Force, which uses a different portal.

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