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Snap Shot — Skylanders Trap Team
Snap Shot is the blue crocodile-like Water hero from Skylanders Trap Team. The photo shows the original version with gold-coloured bands, a large translucent blue bow and a red lower rim. He belongs to the Trap Masters, whose Traptanium weapons break special crystals in Trap Team. The physical figure is not itself a crystal trap and does not store a captured villain in that way. Snap Shot appears as a playable character when the compatible game setup recognises him. The bow is part of the figure, not a motion controller.
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 Trap Team appeared in 2014 as the fourth main game in Activision's toy series. Toys for Bob partly reversed the original idea: alongside bringing figures onto the screen, you could now capture defeated villains in separate traps. This introduced the Traptanium Portal with a dedicated trap slot. The new Trap Masters carried large Traptanium weapons. Regular new characters and new versions of established heroes appeared as well. Snap Shot belongs to the Trap Masters; Food Fight and Full Blast Jet-Vac do not.
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 Trap Team is Snap Shot's original main game. As a Water Trap Master, he fights enemies with his bow and can deal with the Traptanium crystals and Water elemental gates intended for his group. This does not automatically open gates of other elements. The adventure combines combat, collecting and capturing villains. Separate traps and the correct Traptanium Portal are required for that; Snap Shot is the playable character, not the container for a captured villain. During play, you switch between your hero and a captured opponent to use their abilities. Local cooperative play requires a second controller and a second character. This explanation concerns the original console adventures, not the differently structured Nintendo 3DS edition. Snap Shot debuted in Trap Team and is not supported by Spyro's Adventure, Giants or SWAP Force. An individual figure does not include software, console, traps or portal.
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.
