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How Donkey Kong and Bowser Joined the Skylanders Roster

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When we sat down with Activision and Nintendo to see a hybrid Skylanders amiibo figure, we didn't know what to expect. But the first thing we wanted to know about the partnership between the two companies that was announced at E3 2015 was how it came about. Before today, you could have seen the two companies as competitors in the toys-to-life video game category.

"When we were first developing Skylanders, we knew Nintendo would be a key partner from a platform standpoint," Activision CEO Eric Hirshberg told IGN. "Nintendo was actually one of the first groups outside of Activision that saw Skylanders. And even in those early meetings back then it didn't take long for a bunch of people to start imagining the possibility

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