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Skylanders Imaginators will be available on the Nintendo Switch at the console’s launch, it has been announced.
Revealed at the Nintendo Switch’s reveal event in Tokyo last Friday, the toys-to-life franchise will make its debut on the console with a starter pack including the game, Master King Pen and Golden Queen Sensei figures, and a fire element Creation Crystal, retailing at $59.99 in the US.
A new feature has been announced for the Switch version of the game in the form of the Skylander digital library, a system that will allow players to access their entire library of up to over 300 figures, even while playing on-the-go.
A new Skylanders Imaginators level pack will also launch in March 2017. The Cursed Tiki Temple will come with a new Sensei figure, called Wild Storm, a life Creation Crystal, and an Imaginite Mystery Chest with customisation items.
The level will launch at $29.99 and will have over 100 new customisation items for original Skylander characters.
