My 8 year old son had the gift, he had already had before the skylanders adventure and Giant. This games out with a more small objects that serve as traps. When he catches a "villain", the trap is shining and the character we hear, that the bursts. And there are other small changes. By cons, sometimes it is compelled to change the figure because sometimes arrène crashes and no longer recognizes the skylanders which is placed on the portal.