Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition

Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition is the third installment of the Disney Infinity series, released on August 28, 2015 in the United Kingdom, and August 30, 2015 in the United States. It is developed by Avalanche Software, in association with Ninja Theory, Studio Gobo, Sumo Digital, and United Front Games. The game's main point of interest is the introduction of Star Wars characters and play sets, as well as new "Disney Originals" characters.
==Gameplay==
Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition controls very similarly to its predecessors, in which the player places a figure onto the Disney Infinity Base and will then be able to play as that character in the game. Up to two players can play in the Toy Box or a Play Set together, with the exception of the Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set, which allows four players at once. Additionally, Power Discs can be placed on any of the three spots on the Base, which give the player additional features.
All figures, Play Sets, and Power Discs are sold separately from the starter pack, which includes the game.
Each character has their own unique set of abilities they can use while playing in a Play Set or Toy Box, to help them with various tasks, such as battling enemies.
===New features===
There are new Toy Box games that can be purchased and played, including Toy Box Speedway and Toy Box Takeover. These are more similar to the Play Sets, rather than the ones in Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition, which could be closely replicated in the normal Toy Box mode. Toy Box Speedway is a racing game that plays similar to the racing Adventures from the first game, with different tracks based on various Disney properties, including Star Wars, Guardians of the Galaxy, Monsters, Inc., Wreck-It Ralph, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen, Gravity Falls, Aladdin, and Big Hero 6.
In the Toy Box mode, there is now a farming feature, which allows the player to obtain stat boosts for their sidekick characters, with over twenty different plants to grow. There is also a "character wheel", which lets the player choose from any of the characters they have scanned into the game, without having to switch the figure that is currently on the base every time they would like to change their character. Additionally, there is a Toy Machine in each of the Play Sets, which generates a capsule when the player stands on the button in front of it.
===Combat===
One of the most notable new features in Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition is a redesigned combat system, which resembles the gameplay of the two Star Wars: The Force Unleashed titles, Kingdom Hearts, and Devil May Cry. Characters can now perform aerial combos, allowing enemies to be destroyed faster and easier.
Many of the new Star Wars characters have lightsabers, a pack that was previously available in Disney Infinity once all characters received statues in the Hall of Heroes. However, some of these characters also utilize other weapons, such as Luke Skywalker, who can use his lightsaber and blaster together to juggle enemies in the air.
===Game modes===
Like in the first two games, the game is divided into two main modes: Play Sets and the Toy Box. There are five new Play Sets in Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition, including the Star Wars: Twilight of the Republic Play Set, which has the player fighting the Separatist Army; the Star Wars; Rise Against the Empire Play Set, which has the player fighting the Galactic Empire; the Inside Out Play Set, which follows Riley Andersen's emotions on their adventures inside of her mind, the Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set, which follows a story where Loki and Ultron create a combat game consisting of all the Marvel characters; and the Star Wars: The Force Awakens Play Set, based off of the seventh Star Wars film. The Play Sets follow a set storyline, and the player must complete missions and challenges in order to progress.
In the Toy Box, players can use a variety of different toys and items to build anything they can imagine, with additional Feats and other objectives that can be played and completed. In order to unlock new toys, they must be purchased from the Toy Store, or obtained from Play Sets and other areas in the Toy Box.
==Release==
The starter pack was launched between the 27-30 of August in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Australia. Additionally, the Star Wars Saga Bundle was released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, which included Boba Fett and the Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire pack with Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia.
The four Star Wars Rebels characters and Mulan were released at launch as well, but each was a timed exclusive to a different retail store. In the United States, Ezra Bridger was exclusive to Toys R Us stores, Kanan Jarrus was exclusive to Walmart stores, Sabine Wren was exclusive to Target stores, Zeb Orrelios was exclusive to GameStop stores, and Mulan was exclusive to Best Buy stores. However, all five began to appear at different locations around a month after their initial release.
Han Solo, Chewbacca, and Darth Vader were made available alongside the separate release of the Star Wars: Rise Against the Empire Play Set on September 29, 2015, while Darth Maul, Spot, Hulkbuster and Ultron followed on November 3. Boba Fett was released individually on March 15, 2016, while Nick Wilde, Judy Hopps and the Zootopia Power Disc Pack will be released on March 1, 2016. The Marvel Battlegrounds Play Set was released on March 15, 2016 along with Captain America - The First Avenger, Ant-Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Suit Spider-Man, its Power Disc Pack, and Baloo.
The game is also available as a digital download at launch, although the PlayStation versions were released a day later. Also, the software was released individually in the United Kingdom and Ireland for players who own a Starter Pack of one of the first two games, along with a limited offer that adds the same Play Set to it or the Inside Out Play Set until September 30, 2015, along with the Toy Box Takeover disc for free and earlier at select retailers until August 27. However, players have to make sure that they get the game for the same game console, due to the Xbox 360 and Xbox One requiring their own bases.
It had been confirmed that the game would be released for Apple TV later in the year, and the game was released for iOS, Android and the Amazon Appstore on September 16, 2015. The game was also made available for the PC on October 29, and the game can be downloaded from the official Disney Infinity website. It was released for Apple TV on November 11, 2015, with a black base that connects via Bluetooth on the Apple TV, and through USB on PlayStation and Nintendo consoles. A SteelSeries Nimbus Wireless Controller is also included.
On March 10, 2016, an advertisement on a Kraft Mac and Cheese box leaked Dory and the Finding Dory Play Set. In May 2016, Amazon Mexico revealed a figure of Nemo, also including the Marlin's Reef and Nemo's Seascape Power Discs from the first game.
On March 1, 2016, John Blackburn said that there were still more figures and play sets yet to come, and that there would not be a fourth Disney Infinity game in 2016. However, on May 10, 2016, he confirmed that the Disney Infinity franchise will be discontinued after the releases of the Alice Through the Looking Glass and Finding Dory figures, implying that Peter Pan, who was announced at the 2015 D23 Expo, and the two play sets for Disney and Star Wars that he announced earlier in the year had been canceled. This was said by the team to be because of a "lack of growth in the toys-to-life market" and "high development costs".
==Playable characters==
There are currently 43 new playable characters confirmed for the game, 19 of which are Star Wars characters, 7 of which are Marvel characters, and the remaining 17 of which are Disney Originals characters. Some of the characters require an internet connection for their first play. Players who do not have their console connected to the internet must use an activation code from the Disney Infinity website to activate the Star Wars: The Force Awakens content. After being available exclusively in the Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition PlayStation Vita Starter Pack, Black Suit Spider-Man was released individually. Peter Pan was originally going to be in the game after being announced at the 2015 D23 Expo, but was implied to be canceled after John Blackburn said the series would be discontinued around June 2016.
Seven Star Wars figures with glowing lightsabers were released at some point, though they will grant no different functionality than if the player purchased the normal version of the character's figures, apart from updating the statues in the Hall of Galactic Heroes. These include Luke Skywalker, Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Darth Vader, Kanan Jarrus, and Kylo Ren.
All of the characters from previous titles are compatible, including Cars characters Lightning McQueen and his crystal variant, Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Francesco Bernoulli.
* - Requires an internet connection on its first play. Otherwise, an activation code from the official website is used for content from Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
** - Originally available in the 2.0 PS Vita Starter Pack.
*** - Released as a digital exclusive character in Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition, but did not receive a figure or make an appearance in all versions of the game until Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition.
===Returning characters===
All characters from the series represented in the previous two Disney Infinity games are compatible with the game. These include:
* Lightning McQueen
* Mater
* Holley Shiftwell
* Francesco Bernoulli
===Special characters===
*Lightning McQueen (Crystal)
The statue of Stanley is available to put in the INterior.
==Power Discs==
Power Discs are no longer sold in blind bags, as they were in the previous Disney Infinity titles. Instead, they are sold in themed packs of four, in which all of the included Power Discs are visible. There are currently seven different Power Disc packs, five of which are currently available. The other ones will be made available at later dates.
==Gallery==
:For this subject's image gallery, see Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition/Gallery.
==Names in other languages==
Language	Name 	Meaning
French 	Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition	Disney Infinity: 3.0 Edition
==Trivia==
*Some of Francesco's quotes that were not present in Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition can now be found again in 3.0, although there are still some that remain absent, along with those of other characters, likely due to conserving data space to accommodate for the multiple new characters. Additionally, some characters that were introduced in the first game do not have subtitles for their dialogue.
==External links==
*Official site
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