Disney Infinity Toy Box 2.0 Backward Compatibility Tested On Wii U

Wow this looks awful

That menu looks a bit more put-together than the first game's. I'm looking forward to this.

I'm only buying the Baymax, Rocket Raccoon, and Venom figures. If I get it, that is.

It's a bummer that they didn't port all the playsets over.

@RCMADIAX You've just brought up the black sheep of the console wars.

@andyrob_24_7 So I can use Disney Infinity 1 figures?

I am waiting for the little advertised download edition for 1.0 owners. I don't know if I will buy any more figures, but I would like my kids to have the updated toybox.

I will just be downloading the new Toy Box 2.0. The Toy Box is the only part of the game my kids play - they could care less about the rest of it.

So it will be cool to only have to spend $19.99 to get the new Toy Box.

Got this for my Nephew today, but I'm wondering if there's only going to be the Avengers, GOTG, and Spidey playsets? If so, that's taking the Mickey (Mouse).

Also can't help but think a lot of the mechanics have been pinched from Lego Marvel. Keeping away from it, but my Nephew will love the figure collecting.

@MrGawain I believe those are just the play sets at launch, the first game had a couple play sets that didn't come until later so this might too.

This really should have been edited. He obviously hasn't played Disney Infinity 1.0 in a long time because he didn't understand any of the basics. It didn't help that the attack button message wouldn't go away because I imagine there were supposed to be many more control hints.

Anyway, I'm a little distraught at the resolution/framerate issues and toy box size limits on the Wii U. It's to be expected but I don't want reasons to look at the PS4.

I'm mixed at the auto-unlock of all the old play set toys. It defeats a big reward from playing them. Still, it's a nice bonus all the same for playing in the Toy Box and it adds tremendous value for those who have already been playing.

Taking the lucky spins out is a GREAT improvement for earning items in the Toy Box. This seems like a much better balance. There are other very nice improvements to interface and those new toy box items are tantalizing.

So, 2.0 not being able to play 1.0 playsets. I never really thought about that, but that means there's a good reason to keep the older game around.

Seems like they are doing right by everybody. Wii users can upgrade to Wii U without having to re-buy the game, for instance. All the previous figurines can participate in the 2.0 version of the game. Cool stuff.

The only sneaky thing is that the non-marvel Disney bundle with Merida and Stitch is coming later, so the pre-order deals and all don't apply.

I'm assuming that the 1.0 figurines won't be getting new skills or skill trees, but if they did that would be pretty amazing. Maybe 3.0? edit: Turns out the old 1.0 figurine characters DO get brand new skill trees and a higher level cap. Wow.

@ShadJV

Even if they do have a similar number of playsets, the first game had Pirates, Monsters Inc. and Incredibles bundled in, where this one only has The Avengers. Yet it costs a similar amount of cash.

I don't know about you, but I also think Toy Box only characters are a cop out. The Toy Box is a nice add on like a lesser Minecraft, but it's the Playsets that are where they make kids happy. The could of had a Nightmare before Christmas, Wreck It Ralph, and Fantasia in Game and actually put their characters in a worthwhile setting.

Surely they can do better than this. With how rich Walt Disney Corporation is they could have created a better experienced team and bigger graphical engine. Trap Team look largely better them even describing it as "the power of the Wii U". I would only get this if it gets high reviews as i see little promise in this series compared to Skylanders

So, I've been looking at some reviews and this is a better update than I imagined. I'm still disappointed in the lower resolution (less than 720p!) on the Wii U, but the game has made the characters much more diverse in their play style and abilities and the play sets have higher stakes and reasons to swap the characters in and out even if you are playing alone. When one character "dies" you need to place another character on or go back to a checkpoint.

They also removed the need to have all the characters in a set to unlock some things in the Toy Box (the vaults from 1.0).

As for the lack of playsets it's a offset a bit by the new game styles available int the Toy Box and the Diablo (Skylander) style game and the Tower Defense style game.

Plus, adding all the original Toy Box items plus tons of new ones (without the slog of random spins) and some auto-building is going to make that experience SO much better.

Looks like I'm going to be buying in unless my kids show no interest.

Well I dont really care but if the U has 2gb of ram and ps360 512mb how the visuals are so alike?

It is a thing I still dont understand when ninty show us the opposite.

I'm loving the game so far and the collector's edition diorama is absolutely HUGE!

I'll get it on the Xbox One. I'm not interested in a watered-down port (plus poor old Microsoft needs some support).

I don't really understand the big deal with resolution as long as it plays the same and we have the same set of features that the other console versions have then I am happy to buy the Wii U version.

@MrGawain There are heaps of levels you can download featuring Night mare before Christmas etc.

@MondeoMan84 I doubt anyone will notice the slight upscaling without the use of numbers on the screen. The game pad is the best way to play, so easy to switch weapons and items when playing and 100 times easier to build in Toy Box.

@MadAdam81 Exactly, Gamepad use>resolution.

@MrGawain I got 2.0 about $20 less than the first one.

@okamiki It only has 1GB to be used by games I think. Maybe they can get more like the 3DS Smash Bros did but if that is possible I bet it only is for Nintendo themselves.

@MadAdam81 You can build on an ipad afaik. I bet they support Smartglass as well this time. Maybe using a vita to do it.

@MrGawain One of the biggest gripes about Disney Infinity 1.0 was that in order to play the playsets co-op, you had to purchase figures. I figure that has a lot to do with them not having a diverse starter kit.

I know asking for xbox one graphics is too much on the wii u but I really do wish they would try a little harder to use the wii u's power. It just seems like devs are happy just porting last gen graphics over to the wii u. "Well it looks as good as the 360 that should about do it." Then they wonder why their stuff doesn't sell on the wii u.

So CAN I use my Infinity Base from last year with the 2.0 game?

@MondeoMan84
The Xbox One and PS4 versions are confirmed to have bigger Toyboxes. That's enough for me.

@MadAdam81
Are you saying that the major drop in resolution won't be noticed by anyone? I'm one of those people that cared about and noticed screen resolution before Sony made it into this stupid gimmick, and I can't be the only one. Also the guy in the video says that the Wii U gamepad won't have special functions like before, so that's thrown out the window too.

In full screen 720p on my laptop it looks pretty bad

@ryanator008 I have played the Wii U version and it looks fine to me, however I haven't seen the Xbox One version. I also have no intention of getting an Xbox One or PS4 until they are far cheaper and have a bunch of games worth buying.

Early reviews have surfaced,as expected they have been just as mixed as the first game. Common complaints being it is too bland, repetitive, and boring. Music was even called cringe worthy. I see no hope with this series,everyone should just stick to Skylanders and now Amiibo