Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is the first video game in the series. It is a 3D that is played along with toy figures that interact with it through a "Portal of Power", that reads their tag through and features the voices of , Darin De Paul, , , , and .
It was released in October 2011 for North America, Europe, and Australia for and , , , and . For Japan, it was released on July 12, 2013, where it was published by , for the , , and .
Activision announced that as of June 3, 2012, the game had been the top-selling console and handheld video game worldwide for 2012. As of March 31, 2012, has sold over 30 million Skylanders toys, and sales were expected to exceed $500 million by the end of the year. A direct sequel, , was released in 2012 for the , , , and .This version of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure is more of an action platformer than its console counterparts. Players have to complete levels by gathering crystals, which let them unlock more levels. Each level is littered with crystals, obtained by going towards the end of the level, or by completing a variety of tasks, such as defeating a certain number of enemies, or finding items. Whenever the player finds a crystal, an enemy awakens and a time limit starts. They have to defeat enemies, and get clocks in the level to get more time to ward off the chasing enemy. Unlike other versions, characters can make a jump, and a double jump. This version of the game is set in a different realm in Skylands called the Radiant Isles, and a different force of darkness is faced under the command of Hektore. Unlike the console versions, the starter pack for the 3DS version comes with the Skylanders Ignitor, Stealth Elf, and Dark Spyro