'Skylanders' learns what Amiibo knew all along: drop the portal

[Joystiq]

The paradigm for

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is well established: one part kid-friendly video game, one part expensive, collectible figurines -- and a tethered NFC "portal" that ties them both together. When Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure introduced this model in 2011, it sparked an entire new genre in gaming -- bringing about the

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, the nostalgic brand licensing of

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and even inspired Nintendo to launch its own line of NFC gaming collectible. In fact, with the exception of Nintendo, all of these brands followed Skylanders' tethered-portal model. On the Nintendo Switch, however, the game that started it all is taking the

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