Skylanders Giants (Xbox 360)

Skylanders Giants is a sequel to Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure. Now shorter than the original!

Early Character Names
Several of the game's characters feature very different early development names, as indicated by their filenames in the game's characters folder. While several are merely generic titles, a few are very different.

In addition, the Winged Boots' filename refers to it as a Potion, suggesting that early versions of this item were different.

Unused characters
In the characters folder are two unused files that can be swapped for existing ones to use as playable characters: 099_Debug_Minion and 112_Sniper.


 * Debug Minion uses Whirlwind's character model for gameplay, and a small coin icon for the stats screen. The Debug Minion is completely invincible, unable to die or take damage, and will do 100 damage with any hit it lands...however it also is completely unable to gain experience. It will shoot homing long-range rainbow attacks at enemies or breakable objects if X or Square is pressed (Xbox and PlayStation 3 respectively), or hearts if no target is available. Pressing A or X will change the character's element, however this has no effect on elemental barriers. Lastly, pressing B or Circle will move the character forward in relation to whatever direction they're facing, which can result in it getting stuck in walls. In addition, no upgrade screen exists, and hats worn on the character will appear massive, engulfing it. It does have a unique set of placeholder sounds, such as "Selected" when appearing on the loading screen or "Stats" on the statistics screen.

Unused Pow Wow Upgrades
The game features "pow wow" attack upgrades for characters that appeared in the first game if their Series 2 figure is placed on the portal. However, several variant characters that don't feature Series 2 figures also have this upgrade and cannot access them: Polar Whirlwind, Dark Spyro, Legendary Spyro, and Legendary Trigger Happy.