The gameplay of SWAP Force is based on the two previous games, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and Skylanders: Giants, with the Skylanders gaining the new ability to jump without needing a bounce pad. Players use a portal to bring real-life figures into the game; SWAP Force introduces a new Portal of Power that can handle up to 16 figures on the portal at once, as opposed to the previous portals that can only handle 4 figures at once[2]. This change to the Portal of Power comes as a result of the new characters: The SWAP Force, who have unique top and bottom halves that can be separated from each other and recombined with halves from other characters. In total, there are 256 combinations between the top and bottom halves. The SWAP Force characters also have eight distinct ways of moving tied to their bottom halves, which are necessary to enter side areas called "SWAP Zone Challenges". These are Rocket, Spin, Dig, Stealth, Teleportation, Bounce, Speed and Climb.