Target stores have been selling Skylanders Swap Force pre-sale green cards for several weeks now that promise an “in-game upgrade” when the game ships in mid-October. Today Activision formally announced this promotion, but stopped short of saying exactly what the in-game upgrade is.
The way we think it works is that these cards are manufactured with some sort of NFC technology in them so that when you place the card on the new Swap Force Portal of Power, the in-game upgrade will automatically appear in the game. To kids this will be “magic” just like how the Skylanders works.
This special Target promotion, the first ever for the Skylanders brand, is in addition to the free LightCore Hex figure that all retailers are offering with a Skylanders Swap Force pre-order on any console. LightCore Hex was originally slated to be released with Skylanders Giants, but she has been held back from retail release on an individual card to be the Swap Force pre-order incentive.
To jog your memory, Skylanders Swap Force arrives in stores on October 13, 2013 on Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, Wii and 3DS. An Xbox One and PS4 version in 1080p high definition is slated for release around the time the new consoles arrive in mid-to-late November.
