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Blast Zone — Skylanders SWAP Force
Blast Zone is the armoured fire hero from Skylanders SWAP Force. The current photo shows the regular blue-and-gold version with two bombs, flames and a blue lower rim. His upper and lower body are two interchangeable parts. In supported software, combine them with other genuine SWAP Force halves to mix attacks and movement. The rocket symbol belongs to his lower body; the bombs are not separate controllers. You receive the pictured character with both halves.
You use the figure with separate game software, a controller and a Portal of Power compatible with your console and game. The base contains the chip that identifies the character and can store game data. The figure needs no batteries or power cable of its own. Place it on the portal and control the digital hero with your ordinary controller. A Nintendo amiibo reader or Disney Infinity Base does not replace this Skylanders portal.
This offer is for the pictured individual character. A game, portal, extra figure, trap, vehicle, trading card or original packaging is not automatically included. The game examples below distinguish the main console adventures from the different Nintendo 3DS and Wii editions. The Nintendo Switch version of Imaginators scans figures differently from the older console versions. A supported character does not automatically open every bonus area or acquire the special properties of another toy group.
History
Skylanders SWAP Force appeared in 2013 as the third main game after Spyro's Adventure and Giants. Activision and Vicarious Visions built the adventure around characters with interchangeable upper and lower halves. Sixteen of these heroes offered 256 combinations in total. Alongside this new group came regular figures and new poses of established characters. A blue base or SWAP Force packaging therefore does not mean every figure can come apart. Blast Zone belongs to the interchangeable group; Twin Blade Chop Chop is a returning regular hero.
The chip in the base made the figure more than a recognisable ornament. It could store experience, gold and unlocked abilities, among other data. A character could therefore take its development to another supported setup. This differs from a complete saved adventure: story progress remains the responsibility of the game and console. Nor should you assume particular prior training or a clean starting state for a used figure.
The later SuperChargers and Imaginators continued to support established heroes while adding their own vehicle and creation ideas. This continuity did not turn an earlier character into a SuperCharger or Sensei. Conversely, a new character does not automatically work in an older game. With returning heroes such as Chop Chop and Jet-Vac, earlier games can recognise their original character without later special attacks. The figure, software and portal therefore remain separate components with their own generation limits. This is another reason why an individual figure is not a complete starter pack.
Supported Skylanders Games
Skylanders SWAP Force is the first main game to feature Blast Zone. You throw bombs, jump between platforms and use his rocket lower half in the adventure around Cloudbreak. Placing another SWAP Force upper half on his lower body creates a new combination; regular figures do not fit. The lower half determines which movement challenges you can enter. You do not need to own every combination to start playing Blast Zone. Place the complete combination on a compatible SWAP Force portal and control him with your controller. Extra halves and a second controller for cooperative play are not included here. Spyro's Adventure and Giants do not support this new hero.
Skylanders Trap Team combines action and exploration with capturing villains. You control this figure as your own hero, defeat enemies and collect gold for abilities. Regular characters and Blast Zone are not Trap Masters. You therefore need a matching Trap Master for Traptanium crystals and their elemental gates. Capturing villains also requires separate traps and the correct Traptanium Portal; buying a character alone does not include those parts. A captured villain can then be used temporarily alongside your hero. Food Fight debuts in this game and does not work in Spyro's Adventure, Giants or SWAP Force. The returning heroes mentioned have a different history. Cooperative play requires a second controller and a second character. This description concerns the original console edition; the Nintendo 3DS game has a different structure. The individual figure never replaces the game software or console.
Skylanders SuperChargers brings this older hero into an adventure also centred on vehicles. You can retain the character, but the figure is not itself a vehicle and does not make it a SuperCharger. Vehicle sections require the necessary separate equipment. The full adventure on platforms including Wii U, PlayStation and Xbox also differs from SuperChargers Racing for Wii and Nintendo 3DS. Do not expect that campaign in every edition. This offer includes no car, boat or aircraft.
Skylanders Imaginators supports older figures alongside new Senseis and created heroes. You play the existing character with its familiar abilities. This figure is not a Creation Crystal and therefore does not provide the item used to store your own Imaginator. Sensei-specific benefits do not follow from compatibility alone either. The ordinary console setup combines game, portal and controller. Nintendo Switch uses a different figure-reading method. Online matches or downloads are not promised as functioning extras with this loose figure.
