Now that it appears we will be seeing many, if not all of the sidekicks actually have some function in terms of gameplay in 3.0, I thought now would be a good time to discuss.
- We know that we will not be limited to Kyln/Brave sidekicks like in 2.0 It seems we can bring along almost anyone for the Takeover game (and possibly elsewhere in the toybox?)
- The sidekicks will be customisable like in 2.0, but again with many different items such as Captain America's shield.
- The sidekicks will be able to be developed (levelled up?). Whether this means they have limited abilities or skill trees to make them do more damage or perform healing is yet to be confirmed.
- The sidekick development will be centered around the farming minigame. Feeding different items will give different benefits.
All of this makes me a ton more excited for sidekicks this game. There will be well over 100 available choices, and if farming allows you to develop/level them all up, this could begin to approach Pokemon levels of time investment
As for me I like the idea of some of the small characters following you around as sidekicks, Timon, Mushu, Abu, Tinkerbell, Wicket the Ewok would all make great sidekicks. Others I look forward to using include Doctor Octopus (so cool!) and Nebula.