Skylanders Swap Force - Starter Pack (Nintendo Wii)

You can't argue with Skylanders as being a great product for kids. Not only is it a digital game that they can play on their consoles but it also has the physical collecting aspect with the figures. Good stuff. This is similar to the original Skylanders but instead has figures that come apart at the waist so that you can swap and combine them to create a hero that you want to play with in game. It still amuses me seeing my character running around on octopus legs! The games itself is a bigger and better version of the original Skylanders with more outlandish graphics, storyline and set pieces. It really is quite a joy to play and the swapping of character parts becomes crucial later on to completing certain tasks and puzzles. If you liked the original Skylanders, you'll love this. It's like Skylanders on an Energy Drink!!

I was worried about buying this for my 5 year old for Christmas after reading all the reviews. We have an old Wii and haven't experienced any problems. Game play is fun, great graphics. BUT my son has already finished this, after playing for less than a month. He still hasn't finished Giants after receiving that last Christmas so if you're choosing one I would go for Giants.

This game is brilliant and my 8yr old son absolutely loves it! The 'swappable' characters are a genius idea and make it so much more fun to play. My son plays with the figures by themselves as well as using them interactively with the game! This seller offered the best value I could find and, at £35 the pack was an absolute bargain!! Plus a free figure as well!! Thank you - it was definitely the best present Santa brought this year!

This is third Skylanders game played by my son. Previous versions got much better textures and characters animation. So, I am rather disappointed with his one. Another thing that disturbs using it, is new (wired) portal. Having console right below TV the portal cable is much to short to use it from the sofa. Really, I do not know why producer could not design wireless portal as before. Anyway, the game scenario and figures/characters idea is still very interesting and my son is pretty happy with this game and new figures.

My two sons have waited about a week for the arrival of the Wii Skylanders Swap Force game. You can imagine how upset they were when they started playing it and found out that it constantly crashes. We have done what is suggested on the web, made sure the wire isn't twisted, turned off the wii internet connection etc.. and none of this works. It is my view that Activision have released a defective game and now my sons and many others around the country and the world are disappointed, yet Activision still benefit from the profits this game has generated. This is really exploitation of children as the bugs have been known about since at least October 2013, yet they still sell and market the game. It is only having purchased the game that I found out that they knew of the problems ages ago, effectively robbing children of their pocket money. The supplier concerned should not market or sell this defective game.

very disappointed with this new swap force it's even easier than giants to complete my 7yrold son completed it in no time atall with the figures from starter pack so there is actually no need to spend loads of money on figures we have sold our swap force pack on ebay did not live up to the BIG HYPE everyone was waiting for i spent a fortune on skylanders since it all first came out....well not any more won't be spending another penny on it..."VERY DISAPPOINTED"!!!!

I'd read other reviews saying that the game wouldn't work with the original wii, but ours works fine. My two boys love it and play together as often as I'll let them. They work well as a team and love swapping the characters on the portal of power. The best bit is they get so excited whilst playing it, they often jog on the spot whilst playing it and so get exercise too! The reason I've given it 4 stars rather than 5 is because there are some parts that can't be accessed unless you have Skylander Giants, necessitating further purchases, but a friend has told me if you've got a lot of characters from the Skylanders game, these will work.

I bought this as a birthday present for my grandson so I don't know how it plays, I can tell you he loved it. He is five so he needed a little help to play but it is for age seven and up. It arrived next day in perfect condition by the magic of prime and was brand new in the retail packaging and an amazing price. Very happy with my purchase.