@Star Command it deeply annoys me that people are saying DI is a rip-off of Skylanders and "versing" them, when it's totally different, and not pointing out B-Daman or Angry Birds much, or even Pokémon Rumble U which actually has the same gameplay style as Skylanders. Even when I was an Infinity skeptic, I would not have called it a rip-off, because it functions so differently from Skylanders. It's like saying that Studio Ghibli is a rip-off of Disney just because they both used 2D animation.
Also, the new Portals are actually justified: it was optional in Giants and addressed the common battery complaint, and Swap Force needs it so that the magnets with the swapping Skylanders work(the old Portals don't work if you have metal strong enough nearby). Not that I think the Giants Portal was actually needed.