Amiibo

Aug 21, 2015 21:55:05 GMT -6 Arcueid Brunestud said:

Warning, this is just my opinion.

Hate, despise, disgusted. You're just buying toys with the excuse that they give some small bonus for Wii U games, and they're all over $10. I wouldn't touch Amiibos with a ten-foot pole. Though I have to admit, it's a great way to make easy money on Nintendo's part since it appeals to collectors.

And then there's the scalpers, who buy loads of a certain amiibo and then resell them with absurd prices. We're talking about the $50+ range. (To not even get into the MariotehPlumber nonsense.) Though Nintendo producing more amiibos and most sellers adopting one-per-customer rules has lessened the problem somewhat.

I really hated the nonsense around the Silver Mario and Gold Mario amiibos. Mostly because they're functionally just regular Mario amiibos, they just have an unimaginative paint job added to them.

It is nice to see them function across multiple games, though I admit I'm not a big fan of the 'physical DLC' concept. At least Nintendo is using all/almost every amiibo in games like Mario Maker and Wooly World. I had thought that amiibos like Duck Hunt or Shulk wouldn't be doing much of anything past Smash outside of games with generic 'any amiibo' awards.

As a gamer from the 90s, I recall when DLC wasn't even a thing. There were expansion packs at best. And while DLC is not fundamentally bad, I find it disheartening when a game comes out and people are discussing possible DLC months before the game is even out. Heck, I think that the new Star Wars Battlefront had DLC announced for it literally the day the game was revealed.

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Aug 22, 2015 1:04:14 GMT -6 qaantar said:

Yeah, I agree that the combination of scarcity and scalping has put a definite negative vibe on the whole thing.

I'm curious about something, though -- and I haven't followed the topic to any great depth to know -- is there any "DLC" that goes beyond outfits and reskinning characters? That's all I've seen in the functionality of the ones I've bought, so for me, no big deal as I could care less about access to outfits. Are there any games where entire levels or boards are unlocked?

I'm told you need amiibos to do Amiibo Party in MP10. You also need amiibos to unlock the Fire Emblem characters in Codename S.T.E.A.M., and you'll be needing FE amiibos again to unlock Marth, Ike, Robin, and Lucina again once Fates gets released over here. So, yeah, a few games where the amiibo unlocks aren't just costumes.

Normally I don't think that costumes are worth the extra $, but they aren't why I've been collecting amiibos. The various Mii costumes that I've gotten in MK8 are just dumb bonuses.