A Parent's Guide to Disney Infinity - How Does Disney Infinity Work?

To children it's magic but how does Disney Infinity actually work? Why does adding a new figure to the base unlock a whole character or world?

Disney Infinity figures are embedded with an RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) chip. The base is an RFID reader, which transmits data to and from the figures and into your game console. Not only can these chips store information about who the character is, they also store very small bits of data such as the character's level and owner. This is why you can bring them to a friend's and keep the same level.

This same RFID chip tells the game which character, Power Disc, or world is on the base. All of the Disney Infinity characters and playsets that will be released are already on the disc. This means that you are just paying to unlock this content. It also means you don't need to download anything additional when you purchase a new figure our playset - you can jump right into the action.