Eye-Brawl and Thumpback Added to the Skylanders Giants Roster

Hey, Disney! You may be the new kids in town with your fancy, upcoming Disney Infinity title, but the original is still riding high as Activision announce two new characters coming to Skylanders Giants.

A water based Skylander in Thumpback and an undead Skylander in Eye-Brawl, are joining the long list of available characters in the massive Skylanders series. These two are only compatible with Skylanders Giants, so don’t purchase if you’re hoping to bust out these behemoths in the original.

Along with some new trailers on these two, we’ve also got some screenshots and bios on the whale-looking and cyclops-resembling Skylanders, which you can check out, below.

THUMPBACK

Thumpback was once a crew member of The Phantom Tide, the most fearsome pirate ship in all of Skylands.  But the actual pirating part about being a pirate didn’t interest Thumpback so much as the benefits that came with travelling on a large ship.  After all, his real passion was fishing.  But when his chance came to finally ensnare the most elusive creature in the sky – the Leviathan Cloud Crab – he was pulled over board and carried off into the horizon.  This was actually quite fortunate, because sometime later The Phantom Tide and its entire crew were banished to the Chest of Exile.  Thumpback’s pirating days were over, but his legend as one of the first Skylanders had only just begun.

 

EYE-BRAWL

Throughout history, there have been many epic battles, though none more bizarre than the legendary brawl between the headless giant and the infamous flying eyeball.  It all started with a staring contest, but with the headless giant having no eyes and the flying eyeball unable to blink, it soon escalated into an all out war as the two rivals fought fiercely throughout the land of the undead for over a hundred years!  With neither opponent backing down, the two combatants were eventually struck with the realisation that if they were to combine their formidable powers, they would be a force to be reckoned with.  By teaming up, the infamous flying eyeball and the headless giant became known as Eye-Brawl – one of the most powerful Skylanders ever known!

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Skylanders: Giants is available now for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Wii U