LEGO Dimensions Interactive Chip Game, World & Mini Figures
WB Games just put Skylanders and Disney Infinity on notice with the reveal of a new toys-to-life Lego game called Lego Dimensions.
The $99 starter pack includes the game, a Lego Toy Pad, Lego Gateway building bricks, three Lego minifigures (The Lego Movie’s Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle), and a Lego Batmobile.
Here’s the extended version of the intro video (Everyone from the LEGO MOVIE is here plus Joel McHale):
Short version of the intro video is here.
Game Storyline
There is an ancient planet at the center of the LEGO Multiverse inhabited by an evil mastermind, Lord Vortech. It is said that he who controls the Foundational Elements that this planet is built upon, controls all of the Multiverse. Lord Vortech has vowed to be that ruler, summoning characters from a variety of LEGO worlds to help him find these building bricks of LEGO civilization. Some have agreed. Others have rebelled. And only the combined powers of the greatest LEGO heroes can stop him.
When a mysterious and powerful vortex suddenly appears in various LEGO worlds, different characters from DC Comics, The Lord of the Rings and The LEGO Movie are swept away. To save their friends, Batman, Gandalf and Wyldstyle bravely jump into the vortex. As they journey to locations beyond their wildest imaginations in search of their friends, they soon realize that Lord Vortech is summoning villains from across different LEGO worlds to help him gain control. As his power grows, worlds mix, unexpected characters meet and all boundaries are broken. Our heroes must travel through space and time to rescue their friends before the vortexes destroy all of LEGO humanity.
Other add-on pack releases in 2015 and 2016.
- Back to the Future level pack with a Marty McFly mini-figure
- Lego Ninjago Team Pack with Kai and Cole mini-figures
- Three Ninjago Fun Packs with Jay, Nya and Zane mini-figures
- Two DC Comics Fun Packs with Wonder Woman and Cyborg mini-figures
- Three Lord of the Rings Fun Packs with Gollum, Gimli and Legolas mini-figures
- Four The Lego Movie Fun Packs with Emmet, Bad Cop, Benny and Unikitty mini-figures
- A Wizard of Oz Fun Pack with a Wicked Witch of the West mini-figures
“Toys to life” games like Skylanders and Disney Infinity marry virtual worlds and physical toys, with tech built into each action figure that the given game’s portal can read and interact with. Figurines unlock new playable characters and store their individual save data. Disney Infinity mirrors some of the action/RPG-style play from Skylanders, but adds a world-building Toy Box mode that is reminiscent of Minecraft.
Lego Dimensions is coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Wii U on September 27th.
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14 April 2015
2 Comments
We have the early Skylanders and Disney Infinity. My kids want this and of course all the character packs that come with it. Yikes. But it looks totally cool! You can put up to 7 characters/vehicles on the base at a time so I hope that means more than 2 players can play at a time.
My kids have Disney Infinity Toy box and a few Amiibo figures to use with Super Smash Bros. and Mario Party 10. I skipped Skylanders completely. Not sure I want to get into any more interactive video games, but I may get some of the packs for just the minifigures.