Sure. I want a level 50 Link FP in Smash.
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Amiibo Packaging (Nintendo Figurine) - Wallets 'am cry
- Thread starter vinnygambini
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Sure. I want a level 50 Link FP in Smash.
insignia16
Member
The functionality is nice and all but I think the real appeal is having a collection of Nintendo figurines.
Smash Bros. is just the first game with functionality, I'm sure when they start adding the functionality to other games they'll start updating the packaging.
The Wheel of Fortune
Member
Please be $10 ;-; I'll just take my main's figurines (Pit, G&W, ZSS).
Marty Chinn
Member
They've got a chip inside them and a small amount of storage that you can write data to. Think of them as physical portable profiles that you can customize and level and then take them to your friends house to use with everything you've leveled up and customized readily available just by putting your character on to their pad.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Not interested in the current lineup.
If they were Nintendo would have gone from pretty cool to concentrated evil.
I wonder which one will be the shelfwarmer.
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Funny that after thumbing my nose at Skylanders, I'm now making a mental list of what characters I'll be buying when they become available.
outunderthestars
Banned
Exactly as expected. There are tons of sales on Disney and Skylanders figures. See no reason why these won't as well.
I wants them all.
I wants them all.
Technoweirdo
Member
$10-15 per character, 32 characters announced so far, Captain Falcon, Ness, Lucina, Ridley still unannounced...
I'll have to control myself and settle for one or two. ._.
I'll have to control myself and settle for one or two. ._.
They did this on purpose to make sure we buy two of each.
Mango The Magician
Banned
I wonder if there's a way to get them out without damaging the packages. O_O
LonelyGreyWolf
Banned
All copies of Super Smash should come with at least one random figurine so that all owners gets to experience it. This also benefits Nintendo as more people will probably get addicted to getting more of them.
Samurai_Heart
Member
Mysterious
Banned
I will buy Mario, Link and Samus.
Aaronrules380
Member
Personally I think the cool thing about the NFC functionality is super high level Computers to battle
DrFaustPhD
Member
Damn, those look pretty good. Even if the integration with games is completely useless and gimmicky I'll probably still end up with... entirely too many.
Haloid1177
Banned
But I see people saying they're buying them just for the figure (and the Smash crowd didn't seem enthused with them, or maybe I just read a small portion of the reactions). I understand these are highly profitable, and I still collect action figures, but I don't get these. Even when I think about the intended crowd I think there are way better toys to buy for $10-15.
Maybe I'm just missing the point.
Astral/H3X
Member
All I need to know is when they'll be in stores.
Starwolf_UK
Member
I don't like the packaging it is the ultimate "piss off, we'll take as much shelf space as we possibly can". There is no other reason why it can't be barely bigger than the figure.
Nope. They are said to be able to acquire AI above that of a level 9 CPU but I hope it isn't the only way to fight those challenging oponents.
closeups - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9rpGzlQYQ
Orniletter
Banned
They are really, really pretty.
I´ll get close to every figure if they are 10 € each.
Edit: Pit is fucking gorgeous.
I´ll get close to every figure if they are 10 € each.
Edit: Pit is fucking gorgeous.
They are supposed to work with Mario Kart 8 too and that's already out. Seems odd to me unless they're planning to release MK themed ones too. I sure don't hope so...
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Welp, Wallet is going to shed a lot of tears when I'm buying those figurines for collection sakes.
If we are getting 50 characters. (That's big IF)
50 characters x 10 dollars = 500 dollars
50 characters x 15 dollars = 750 dollars
So it would be between 450 to 750 dollars for full collection set.
If we are getting 50 characters. (That's big IF)
50 characters x 10 dollars = 500 dollars
50 characters x 15 dollars = 750 dollars
So it would be between 450 to 750 dollars for full collection set.
kuroneko0509
Member
Someone need to make 'amiibo prints money' gif
Lets say you enjoy playing Mario Kart. Lets say that they sell a figure of (Insert Character here) that you want to race as in MK. Only way to get the character to appear in the game as a selectable character is if you buy the figure... Dry bones for example... That would be enticing if I can get it for cheap....
they need to come in a little tube with foil blocking the transmission to piss off collectors.
keikaku in full effect
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
I regularly pay from $70 to $100 on anime/video game figurines. They are not obviously the same quality, but I'll take these.
I'm not interested in how they are integrated in Smash Bros. so I'll probably skip out on those unless there is a character I really want. (Smash Bros. 3DS + Smash Bros. Wii U Gamecube bundle already is going to kill my wallet)
As far as other games go I might bite. The Toad and Yoshi games presumably won't have very large figure sets, so if those games have cool integration then I might go in on them. Only reason I would buy figures for MK8 is if it is the only way to get DLC characters which I hope Nintendo avoids.
As far as other games go I might bite. The Toad and Yoshi games presumably won't have very large figure sets, so if those games have cool integration then I might go in on them. Only reason I would buy figures for MK8 is if it is the only way to get DLC characters which I hope Nintendo avoids.
Mauricio_Magus
Banned
I need a Palutena figure!
CrimsonCrescendo
Banned
Wait... do we actually need these figurines to play as the characters in Smash?
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Packaging looks clean but quite large for the size of the figurines. For customers' sakes, it's good that they're not blister packed. It's going to be a lot of plastic land-fills though (from the figurines, too, eventually)
that's more than i plan on spending on games for the rest of the year.
geordiemp
Member
So someone considering buying a Nintendo console will have to buy the console £ 210, the game £ 40 and 16 x £ 15 for these characters to get them unlocked in that game ?
Great for Nintendo I see this as a way to earn more money out of existing customers.
Potential new customers or sitting n the fence for a wiiu may be put of by the very high cost of wanting all the unlocks in a game.
For me to get smash bros and all characters would cost £ 250 + £ 16 x 15 = £ 490.
Really ? Just see this as Nintendo go more niche / existing fan base
Great for Nintendo I see this as a way to earn more money out of existing customers.
Potential new customers or sitting n the fence for a wiiu may be put of by the very high cost of wanting all the unlocks in a game.
For me to get smash bros and all characters would cost £ 250 + £ 16 x 15 = £ 490.
Really ? Just see this as Nintendo go more niche / existing fan base
Fermbiz
Gold Member
Lol the first thought in my head as I'm so buying two out each.
Nothing wrong with that really. Hey it works. Everything is done with the interest of selling more so it's nothing exclusive to just this. There's even subliminal things in these products they add such as specific colours etc that gander more interest and help sell more so it's not really sleazy. It's in Nintendo's best interests that this makes it big in any case. I think Nintendo's betting big on this new initiative and they want to be number 1.