Skylanders Superchargers review – the most fully featured instalment to date

The original toys-to-life series is back with a new driving feature and some neat tweaks to the well-known formula

The novelty of the awkwardly named toys-to-life genre has well and truly passed. When Skylanders first appeared four years ago, the idea of unlocking characters and levels by placing toys on a "portal" peripheral was fresh and interesting. Now we're on the fifth instalment and Activision has Disney Infinity, Nintendo Amiibos and Lego Dimensions to compete with. The emphasis now is on finding new gimmicks to keep things fresh.

This year the theme is racing and with that a new line of air, land and sea vehicles have been added to the Skylanders ecosystem. This not only brings driving missions and a new racing mode but finally adds proper articulated toys along with the static collectable figurines. Kids can play with the cars even when they're not on the console.