Honestly its the 3DS version of skylanders spyros adventure that got me interested in the series, not the more mainstream console version. I needed more 3DS games to play at the time, plus that version came with its own set of dudes unique to that version so I was like hell yeah. This game plays like a 3D action platformer, where you beam 2 skylanders up to the game from the portal wirelessly to then take em around with you, rather than needing a portal constantly hooked up at all times. It makes the game better paced imo, but if you have a large collection of figures it gets annoying if you want to swap characters, plus upgrades don't really exist between the 3DS and console versions, so take what you will with that. I brought my figures to a friends house to play the console version once and found out that while my dudes were high-leveled, they didn't have any upgrades. Honestly though I think this version of the game might have held up better than the main console versions.