Skylanders: Giants for Nintendo Wii

Playable Nintendo Wii
Skylanders: Giants
Release date

17-10-2012

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure

Reported by

SirFistsAlot

IGDB Rating★ 7.0
IGDB

Skylanders: Giants is a 2012 video game in the Skylanders series, a direct sequel to the 2011 game Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure and features the voices of Kevin Michael Richardson, Greg Ellis, Peter Lurie, Steve Blum, Dave Wittenberg, Carlos Alazraqui, Kevin Sorbo, Bobcat Goldthwait, Patrick Seitz and Julie Nathanson. It is the game before Skylanders: Swap Force. As the title suggests, it features larger Skylanders known as "Giants", along with other new gameplay mechanics.

Skylanders: Giants is currently tracked with a Playable rating on EmuRank. Dolphin shows the best results so far, but coverage is still limited.

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game across 1 emulator and 2 operating systems, so the guidance below reflects a broad testing base rather than a single setup.

Compatibility Verdict

Playable
Recommended emulator

Dolphin

Confidence

Low

Playable or better

100%

Scoring window

2 reports

Total tracked reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

2

Last updated

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better across 2 reports in the current scoring window.

Playable means the strongest current emulator evidence suggests this is the game's best supported compatibility tier. Low confidence means this recommendation is the best available signal, but the evidence base is still early and may shift.

Compatibility and confidence are separate signals. EmuRank tracks the full report history for this game, but the public ranking gives priority to the strongest current scoring window for each emulator.

How EmuRank Scores This Game

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for Skylanders: Giants across 1 emulator and 2 operating systems.

For ranking purposes, reports are ordered by relevance using votes, freshness, and source quality. This means the most trusted and recent reports carry more weight in the final recommendation.

Dolphin has 2 total tracked reports for this game, and all of them are inside the current scoring window.

Why Dolphin Is Recommended

Dolphin is the current first recommendation because it combines the strongest compatibility evidence with the most convincing scoring window for this game. All 2 tracked reports for this emulator are inside the current scoring window.

100% of selected reports reach Playable or better. Community results are consistent and point in the same direction. Confidence is currently Low — the recommendation is the best available signal, but should be treated as early evidence.

2 total reports2 in scoring windowPerfect: 50%Playable+: 100%

Best Emulator by Operating System

The same emulator leads across all operating systems with available data. Individual OS confidence levels may still vary based on report volume and consistency.

Windows Perfect

Dolphin

Confidence Low

100% Playable or better  · 1 report

Early evidence on Windows: Perfect via Dolphin (Low confidence, 1 report). More data would strengthen this result.

Android Playable

Dolphin

Confidence Low

100% Playable or better  · 1 report

Early evidence on Android: Playable via Dolphin (Low confidence, 1 report). More data would strengthen this result.

Conflicting Results and What to Watch

Some compatibility evidence for Skylanders: Giants is mixed or incomplete. The evidence window is small — results are likely to shift as more reports arrive.

  • Very few reports

Testing Coverage and Data Sources

EmuRank currently tracks 2 reports for this game spanning September 2025 to November 2025. Those reports cover 1 emulator and 2 operating systems, giving this page a broader evidence base than a single setup guide.

The report base is also detailed: 1 include configuration text, 2 include GPU data, 1 include device details, and 1 include notes. That makes the report history below useful not only for the verdict, but also for comparing real-world setups.

Total reports

2

Emulators tested

1

Operating systems

2

First tested

Latest tested

With config

1

With GPU data

2

Reports

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The summaries above explain the current recommendation, but the raw reports below remain the best place to inspect exact emulator versions, operating systems, hardware notes, and edge cases. They also show where successful and unsuccessful setups differ, which is why EmuRank keeps the full report history visible on the page.

2 reports tracked for this game. Use the filters below to narrow by emulator, OS, or compatibility level.

2 results
Dolphin 2509 Windows
Perfect
★ 59.8 ↑ 0 ·
Dolphin 2509 Android
Playable
★ 62.0 ↑ +1 ·