Disney’s upcoming take on the Skylanders dominated NFC toys/video games market is looking like it will be a fairly interesting game. and why should it not be? Disney, after all, has some of the best, most recognizable properties in the media industry. The new trailer leverages on all of them, showing memorable Disney and Pixar characters (more Pixar than Disney though, surprisingly) engaged in combat. The trailer should appeal right to its demographic- kids- and hell, it should even get a fair few adults interested.

Of course, Disney Infinity will be an expensive investment either way, with the actual basic game having to be augmented by separately bought toys, but considering the wild success of Skylanders, it’s not hard to see this one doing well either.

Disney Infinity hits the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS August 18. No PC, PS4, Xbox One, or Playstation Vita versions have been announced yet. Stay tuned to GamingBolt for further coverage of the game.

He’s recently showcased an experiment of his where placing physical objects on the Wii U Gamepad would bring them into the game world. It’s still in prototype phase but speaking to Official Nintendo Magazine UK, Ancel believes there’s quite a lot of innovation to be born of this technology.

“We didn’t announce this officially and it was more the kind of experiment we do when working on new hardware like the Wii U. We had prototypes of this and we believe that having real objects manipulating gameplay could be quite innovative. But again, this was a prototype and we won’t discuss it until it’s ready to demonstrate its full potential.”

NFC is a radio communication technology has been recently introduced and is used as for data transfer, establishing wireless networks, transactions and even adapting new settings by physically touching two NFC devices (or having them in close proximity).