The Disney Infinity livestream I've been hyped for just finished! While they essentially confirmed the four characters I
thought they'd confirm, they ended up doing a whole lot more.
- They confirmed Ant-Man, Vision, and Black Panther first, and showed off their playstyles. Needless to say I'm hyped, especially for Ant-Man.
- They confirmed Baloo after that and
my God I'm hyped. He's been one of my most-wanted for the game since Infinity started, and I was incredibly hyped when his box art leaked. But actually seeing how
faithful he is to the film has me incredibly excited. His moveset has rhythmic shadow-boxing, pawpaw/watermelon/assorted heavy fruit tosses, a belly flop, a butt bump a la Peach, a move in which he
rips a palm tree out of the ground and smashes the enemy with it, and his special move, which looks like it involves him dancing while in his ape hula disguise. They literally took everything he did in the film and made it a character, and I love it.
- They also said they're extending the lifespan of 3.0 due to demand, which is fantastic. They also said there's one more playset planned for each of the four major branches (Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars).
But what they said at the end basically soft-confirmed what the Disney and Pixar ones are. "Join us next time when
we go through the looking glass and check out some of
our favorite fish." This re-confirms the Alice in Wonderland leak, as well as giving us new info: we're gonna be getting a Finding Dory playset. I have no idea how that's gonna work (maybe flying fish like the 3D Pokemon games?), but I'm excited.
Basically, the four playsets are looking to be:
- Disney: Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Pixar: Finding Dory
- Star Wars: Rogue One (not confirmed at the end, but really...what else
could it be in 2016?)
- Marvel: Either Doctor Strange or another original playset like Battlegrounds.
I'll give my predictions for everything going forward a bit later.