Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Starter Pack - Nintendo Wii

Let me just say this, I am a 38 year old father. My son got this for Christmas. We started playing it together and I think I am more hoooked on it than he is. The three characters it comes with a great to start, but a warning you or your children will quickly want or need more. You can get through the early levels with the ones included. But as you get further and further along the levels get harder and harder. If all your Skylander's are killed, you must restart the level. Thus the more you have, the easier it is to get through the levels. ALSO, you can complete the level without doing so, but in order to get full credit for finishing the level you must find everything in the level/chapter. Similar to the Lego games where you need to go back as free play to find certain things. You need certain Skylander's to open certain gates within the level. GREAT MARKETING PLOY!!! But luckily the extra Skylander's aren't that expensive. $8 each or a three pack for like $20 most places. Right now they are really expensive because no stores have restocked since Christmas and everyone wants them so they are paying too much. Just wait. Really what you need is one Skylander from each "relm" but it is not necessary. I am playing with my 7 year old and he can get through most of the early levels by himself. One other great aspect of the game for younger players is they don't have to read. It does display the words on the screen but a narrator also reads it and tells you what you need to do. Big help so that a parent doesn't have to sit there and tell him what to do. Overall great game but beware, if you even like video games a little bit, you will quickly get hooked. It's a kids game but has enough "fun" for adults. Ask my wife, she has a hard time getting both of us to come to the dinner table once we start playing!!!

This was a Christmas present for my 9 year old (girl) and 7 year old (boy). In addition to the basic game pack, I bought them separate figures. The basic game pack includes 3 characters, but there are over dozens of other characters that can be purchased separately or in packs of 3. My order on amazon.com was processed quickly, and the game arrived in 4 days using standard shipping to Florida. The game is very fun, and allows 2 players to select their character of choice and place on the portal (which is connected to the Wii using a wireless USB antenna that is included with the portal), at which time they are transported into the game. However, if the character dies during the game, you have to swap them off the portal with another character. Each character has an element that they represent, so some areas of the game are inaccessible unless my kids are using the correct character. In addition, each character has different strenght, defense, speed, and powers...making each character unique in their own way. So far, my kids have had a great time playing the game. I would highly recommend buying a few more characters, as my kids have really enjoyed the ability to swap out the characters for those with different powers or attributes. ***UPDATE*** Based on continued gameplay, my 9 years old had the following comments: I think Skylanders is a realy fun game. You can collect differnt skylanders and trade them with your friends.In this game you can colloct mony and upgrade your skylanders.Skylanders can move up levels by defetting foes. You also can use a skylander on any game system. If you have a Wii but your friends have a Playstation or XBox, the characters will work on any of them. But the thing is when a skylander dies on a level you can't play that skylander again until you either start the level again or you quit the level. Other then that I think skylanders is a great game.

I bought this without doing much research on Skylanders. After buying, I was told we should have bought the Giants game first, but as a gamer myself, I wanted to start the series from the start. It is a little more difficult to find characters that are compatible with Spyro's Adventure (SA) in retail stores. The figures are not backwards compatible, so the majority of Giants characters do not work with SA. However, it is easy to find them at a good price here or on local buy sell trade type sites. This game reminds me of an old PS2 game called Champions. Each character represents an element, and has different strengths and weaknesses. You can collect coins to upgrade powers or play mini-games that boost things like armor, speed, and critical hit. I bought this game for my 5 year old. I like that it isn't gory in anyway. The characters don't die, they are told they "need to rest" and you can switch out for another figure at any time. This is where having a large collection comes in handy. With at least one of each element, it is fairly easy to get through the levels with a young child. But there are certain criteria on each level to collect stars. Playing with my 5 year old, we always get the first star for completion. But as a gamer, my husband and I often find ourselves playing after the kids go to sleep to play each level again for all 3 stars. Overall, I highly recommend. I know Swap Force is out, but I find it easier to take kids from the start and move them forward. This way, I can wait for all the bugs to be worked out of the newer games and give people a chance to get tired of it so I can buy their action figures :)

El juego llegó rápido en 4 días ya que viene desde Estados Unidos, no sabía en qué condiciones iba a llegar el juego y la verdad me sorprendió porque estaba nuevo, las pilas originales ahí venían y obviamente ya sulfatadas por el tiempo pero no afecta ningún componente ya que vienen en un plástico y aparte, ya tenía el juego y los skylanders iniciales pero me faltaba el portal, así que fue una buena compra y lo compré en oferta, ya puedo usar todos mis skylanders, buen juego y buena compra

Do not buy if you are outside the US/CAD as the game itself won’t work, the portal and characters work but the CD won’t register in the wii if you are in another country!! I unfortunately didn’t read the product enough to know rhis

Came in perfect condition and brings back nostalgia. Perfect for those memories

Disc doesn't work everything in good condition but won't read the disc

Gift for grandson and he was happy with it.