Sooner or later, everyone figured someone was going to challenge
Skylanders. I always figured it would be Nintendo with an all-too-obvious
Poke’mon game, but Disney was always the next best guess. Announced earlier this week,
Disney Infinity is a cross-platform mash-up of
Skylanders with a bit of
Little Big Planet tossed in, making for one incredibly ambitious project.
Launching this June, Disney Infinity takes the Skylanders concept and turns in on its head. At its base, you can take collectable figures based on Disney and Pixar properties and transport them into the game via a RF-enabled base. Nearly thirty figures will be available at launch, all culled from the Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters, Inc., and Incredibles franchises. An official list isn’t available, though you’ll see favorites like Mike, Sully and Captain Jack Sparrow in the initial run. Also expect to see characters from Cars, Toy Story, and Phineas & Ferb. I’m sure the eventual appearance of a certain mouse is in the cards and, who knows, we may even see Marvel and Star Wars characters pop-up at some point in the distant future.
