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Launch of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure
Spyro as a brand had been more or less dead since the classic 90s game on the original Playstation until the release of Skylanders, a series with a fresh idea that blew industry analysts and fans away with its real-life toys that interact with a video game. Image owned by Activision. -
Release of Skylanders Giants
The sequel to the original Skylanders released a year later, introducing new "Giant" characters. Interestly, this marked the beginning of the Spyro brand missing out on inclusion in the title of the games. Image owned by Activision. -
Competitor Disney Infinity Releases
Disney decided to get in on the action and compete with Activison's series, using characters consumers already knew and loved, like Buzz Lightyear. Image owned by Disney. -
Skylanders: Swap Force Releases
In its first year with competition, Skylanders switches things up with Skylanders: Swap Force. The new toys for this game could be split into top and bottom halves, offering new variations on characters that affect gameplay. Image owned by Activision. -
Disney Infinity 2.0 Adds Marvel Characters
Disney Infinity expanded its roster of characters to include the likes of Iron Man, Spider-Man and more, thanks to Disney's Marvel snag. Image owned by Disney. -
Skylanders Trap Team Releases
The Skylanders series sees its regular, yearly release, this time offering "traps" that can be inserted into the game's portal to alter gameplay, Image owned by Activision -
Super Smash Bros. Amiibo Line
The Wii U has never been a very financially successful console, but whenever Super Smash Bros. released alongside the launch of the Smash line of Amiibo figures, consumers responded incredibly strongly. Image owned by Nintendo. -
Super Mario Bros. Amiibo Line Begins
The next substantial event for Nintendo's Amiibo figures was the start of their Super Mario Bros. figures, intended to be used primarily with Mario Party 10. These figures are markedly larger than their Smash counterparts. Image owned by Nintendo. -
Splatoon Amiibo Line
Three Amiibos release to go along with the new Wii U game Splatoon from Nintendo. They were sold in a three pack, along with individual options for the Inkling Girl and Inlking Boy,'' Image owned by Nintendo. -
Disney Infinity 3.0 Releases
Spinning out of Disney's newfound ownership of Star Wars, Disney Infinity expands to include Star Wars characters. Image owned by Disney. -
Super Mario Maker Amiibo
Two Amiibo figures released with Super Mario Maker, a Wii U game. Both are 3D dimensional rendiitons of a pixelated Mario, one with his classic colors and the other with his modern colors. -
Skylanders: Superchargers Releases
Skylanders adds vehicles and crosses over with Amiibo in the versions of the game released on Nintendo platforms. Bowser and Donkey Kong figures are available for Nintendo players, and the figure work both as Skylanders and Amiibo Image owned by Acticvision. -
Lego Dimensions
Another competitor finally enters the ring. Warner Bros. releases Lego Dimensions, their toys-to-life figures resembling familiar Lego sets that must be built. Image owned by Warner Bros. -
Chibi-Robo Amiibo Releases
Nintendo released a one-shot Amiibo to go along with the release of Chibi Robo Zip Lash on Nintendo 3DS. Image owned by Nintendo. -
Yoshi's Wooly World Amiibo
NIntendo's latest Amiibo toys to release in the US are the Yoshi's Wooly World plush figures. These are the first toys to life figures to be plushies. Image owned by Nintendo.
