bhphotovideo.com has leaked a series of new Disney Infinity 3.0 figures and power discs ahead of the official release schedule. Before this, it wasn’t clear if there were any new characters planned for 3.0. Ant Man, Black Panther, Vision, Black Suit Spiderman and Baloo were all shown in the release.
The website averagenobodys.com speculates that the Marvel characters will all come to stores March 15, as that is the already announced release date for Marvel’s Battlegrounds PlaySet.
The packaging on the characters, except for Spiderman, all show that an internet connection will be required. This may not be needed for normal play, and may just be needed to update 3.0 to allow it to accept the character. The information for Marvel Battlegrounds also says that an internet connection will be required for content update. The website goes on to say:
This leads me to believe that these figures, Power Discs, and the Marvel Battlegrounds Playset were late additions to the Disney Infinity Universe, late enough that the content supporting all of these wonderful items didn’t make it into the final version of the game at release. The Disney Infinity team has stated on numerous occasions that it takes approximately 11 months to bring a figure to life, from concept to full fledge physical figure. Makes you wonder how long these have been in the works that they didn’t make it into the game initially? It also makes me wonder if they’ve managed to make improvements that would allow them to shorten that development time, allowing for the possibility of creating more post release content based on the fans suggestions?
Update: The website Infinity Inquirer has confirmed that the Marvel Battlegrounds playset will be released on March 15 for $29.99 and will include only one character, Captain America.
News source: averagenobodys.com
Photo credit: bhphotovideo.com via averagenobodys.com, Infinity Inquirer
