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Are you a dog person? How about a cat person? No, we know what you are -- you're a mischievous pegasus who shoots lasers out of its horn person. You may not know it yet, but your soul can't lie to us. Just watch this video of Whirlwind from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and you'll feel those heartstrings tuggin'.

If you're still not convinced that, deep down, you're a pretty unicorn with wings, check out the remaining four character vignettes for Skylanders and maybe you'll find your spirit animal. If not, let's just assume it's a sea cucumber.

A portion of a Gaming Nexus review...

Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure looks to not only be a pioneer in merging physical toys with a video game, but also take the Spyro franchise to a younger audience. After a two-day marathon across four platforms, I think that Activision, Toys for Bob and XPEC have succeeded. While the game has a few flaws and I have some concerns with lost or broken toys and portals, I believe the game (with the help of an aggressive marketing campaign) will make this one of the hottest game/toy combinations this Holiday Season.

Full review here

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#skylanders While a set of Angry Birds plushies made it onto this year's Hot Toy list, the only proper video game to make the cut is an Activision game that has Toys"R"Us as a marketing partner. More »

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - GC 11: Walkthrough (Cam) Part I, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Get More: GameTrailers.com, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure - GC 11: Walkthrough (Cam) Part II, PC Games, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360

Activision sent new screens highlighting some of the (highly collectible!) characters of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. Above: "Voodood," who looks kind of like a metal Cubone.

Since the company sent screens of the Xbox 360, Wii, and 3DS versions, this is also a nice chance to see them next to each other, and figure out which world you want to zap your Spyro toys into.

- more than 30 figurines available
- each is about two inches tall
- figures aren’t poseable or articulated
- $10 or less for each one
- each one comes with a translucent green base, which contains an RFID chip
- process of putting new characters in your game via portal takes around three or so seconds
- Characters retain their XP and items between all of the different versions of the games
- play with a friend on their console and then continue at home
- 3DS version is more action/platforming oriented
- console counterparts are more focused on exploration, action, and puzzle solving
- console puzzles include block puzzles, puzzles with moving tumblers, key puzzles and light-refraction puzzles
- game encourages players to swap characters out often
- each character has one of six elemental traits
- you can beat the game using the three figures that are contained in the starter pack
- necessary to buy 3 more to see all the game has to offer
- certain areas can only be accessed with certain elemental traits
- console versions support co-op, as well as competitive multiplayer
- earn XP in these modes
- each character has their own unique fighting abilities
- Bash, a rock dragon, can use a 360-degree tailspin attack
- Flameslinger is an elven archer who excels at ranged combat
- Stump Smash is a tree who’s angry that he was partially logged and releases his frustration with hands that are like giant wooden mallets
- Prism Break is a rock crystal golem who shoots lasers and can also position light-bending crystals on the ground
- Trigger Happy is a crazy little critter who dual wields pistols, chucks buckets of coins at enemies, and fires gold at bad guys with a mounted turret

How did the tangible toy components of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure come to be in our world? We were pretty sure they were manufactured in a factory, or perhaps even a lab. According to the trailer above, however, they were teleported here to rot in an inescapable, earthen prison. Fun!

See a new, never-before-seen level called Falling Forest!

Form a tag-team of your favorite Skylanders and take them on the go!

#watchthis Here is how you take a three-inch high plastic figurine and pull him into your 3DS, without wires, memory cards, or the device's camera. Just set your character from Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure on that portal, and aim the 3DS at him, and wait for the beam of light. When I did it, I swear I felt the slightest tug when I lined it up correctly. More »

Take your Skylander cross-platform using the Portal system as seen in this Walkthrough from E3 2011!