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[dock]

It's a shame that the licensed characters don't have toys.
I have no interest in Smash Bros, but I want an adorable Pac-Man!

 

[Aaronrules380]

Here's hoping for a club nintendo option for obtaining figures

 

[GRW810]

I'm going to be so poor because of this.

 

[Hot Coldman]

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)

so you're saying 30 years from now, we'll get a Microsoft-funded documentary of a bunch of people excavating an amiibo landfill in New Mexico?

 

[Caramello]

I want a Greninja so bad!

 

[Smiles and Cries]

GAF we need a new OPERATION to get a Bayonettamiibo

 

[Enforced]

Will be getting kirby and toon link first.

 

[JaseMath]

I want these just to have them. Could not care less about their functionality.

 

[Totakeke]

Nintendo built up their franchises so well that this is a crazy uncapitalized market for them.

Can't lie that I don't want some of these even though usually I don't like clutter and buying things just for display.

 

[Zornack]

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

Nah, the figures aren't being used to unlock any content, at least not yet. The way they're used in Smash is pretty weird, they're an AI character which you can battle and level up, sort of like in a pokemon-y way, but you don't lose out on any game content if you don't have one. Pretty worthless in my opinion but they're not locking content behind the figures so that's great.

 

[Hamburgler]

I fully expect these things to be scalped to hell and back worse than Skylanders ever were.

$50 minimum calling it now.

 

[AcademicSaucer]

Nintendo is going to printo money with these , my wallet is going to cry from all the import taxes

 

[Jaded Alyx]

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...

I think this is what will happen.

Wait... do we actually need these figurines to play as the characters in Smash?

No.

 

[-Horizon-]

Here's hoping for a club nintendo option for obtaining figures

Exclusive Platinum Reward Figures. Holy crap that's going to happen isn't it??

 

[CrimsonCrescendo]

I think this is what will happen.



No.

Thank god.

So what, they're just vanity items?

 

[Shaanyboi]

Wii Fit Trainer will be mine

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Thank god.

So what, they're just vanity items?

Here, watch this for an explanation.

 

[Kater]

I think I'll buy a Kirby figurine. Looks really good.

 

[BinaryPork2737]

$10-$15?

I need exact pricing. Might grab Pikachu, Kirby, and Link for $10 each.

Spoiler

I'll pay exorbitant amounts for Captain Falcon if I have to.

 

[Sendou]

Thank god.

So what, they're just vanity items?

Just watch this video.

 

[LiK]

$10 I'd get most of them. $15 I'd probably only get Samus and Link.

There will be plenty of sales. Skylanders and Infinity figures always have deals.

 

[Astery]

$10-15 for plastic statues.

I still don't get it.

I hope your mind will not be blown if I tell you there are much more expensive plastic statues for a relatively large anime market.

 

[y2dvd]

At $10 I would probably get most of them. At $15 i'll get only 2-3.

 

[Mine01]

I'll wait to see how they work before buying them.

Spoiler

I want kirby and pit so bad ;-;

 

[RMS Gigantic]

What company is manufacturing the figures?

 

[Josh7289]

So you have to buy two of each, right? One to use and one to keep inside the box. This is how figures work, right?

 

[Currygan]

Wii Fit Trainer will be mine

 

[Daria Morgendorffer]

I wonder how the Mr G&W figurine could excist in our dimension.

 

[Coketruck]

Put me down for Mario, Link, Yoshi and Villager...

And that's just out of this very first batch. Damn.

 

[Draxal]

Oh god. Please tell me the marth amiibo looks awful so I don't have to buy it >.<

Spoiler

Those figurines look SOOO good *_*

They had pics of him, he looks amazing.

For me of the released figures its going to be Zelda, Link, Mario, Peach, Kirby, and Marth.

Spoiler

Who am I kidding[/spoiler it's going to be all of them

 

[Bomber Bob]

OMG they are beautiful @_@

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Holy crap, even the boxes are gorgeous.

 

[Son Of D]

I'll wait for details on how amiibo works with other games before I decide on whether I buy any or not.

They'll be universal right? So I won't have to buy 2 Luigi figures for both Smash and Mario Kart correct?

 

[borghe]

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.

in the US shoplifting is pretty common. Add to that a highly desirable item.. The Disney Infinity packaging was larger than Skylanders to begin with, and even Skylanders got bigger with each new release.

I certainly understand the concern.. but "reasonably sized" packaging in the end just means to more losses from theft.

TBH, my guess is that the size of ALL of these packages are the result of the manufacturers talking directly with retailers.

 

[PumpkinPie]

I'm curious as to how these will do, the Pokemon ones didn't make a big impact after all.

 

[Sendou]

I really hope I can use SSB Mario to do things in other games requiring a Mario figurine. I'm out completely if they want me to buy SSB Mario, Mario Kart Mario, Super Mario Galaxy Mario etc.

I'm curious as to how these will do, the Pokemon ones didn't make a big impact after all.

Well the game was shit for starters. Figurines were available in a very limited quantity. Nintendo didn't really market it.

 

[RMS Gigantic]

I wonder how the Mr G&W figurine could excist in our dimension.

As the 3D model that was actually used in the SSB games?

Yeah, in the games they actually use a 3D model as a source. Go figure.

 

[Qurupeke]

Okay, wallets gonna cry.

 

[DontBlink]

I will buy them all.

 

[PusherT]

I want the DK, Link, peach and zelda amiibo. Wish Nintendo would make a Wario amiibo. I'm going to train those characters and fight them hard.

 

[Exile20]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQ9rpGzlQYQ

 

[trixx]

damn.. go you keep these in the boxes or what?

 

[Mechanized]

I never really understood these things. If I was a kid, and got one of these I would be pissed because there is no articulation. You can't pose them or do anything with them except let them sit there.

 

[Coketruck]

I'll wait for details on how amiibo works with other games before I decide on whether I buy any or not.

They'll be universal right? So I won't have to buy 2 Luigi figures for both Smash and Mario Kart correct?

Supposedly. They've said multiple times that the figures are designed to work across multiple games, so (theoretically) your Luigi figure that has your Smash Bros "character leveling up" info will also work with Mario Kart 8 in whatever capacity the figures will work for that game. I guess there's eventually a limit of how much data the chips in the figures can hold, but I have no idea what those limits are.

 

[Aostia]

that is some evident over packaging, I hope they will revise it

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Most interesting thing in that interview is this:

The first three days we sold 450,000 units (of Mario Kart 8) in the United States. That has had a 4x lift on our hardware sales.

 

[CrimsonCrescendo]

Here, watch this for an explanation.

Just watch this video.

Thanks. Could be interesting.

 

[Tomohawk]

I think $9.99 would be a good price

 

[ionitron]

Aghhh I hate removing things from their packaging, and this is pretty nice, but for the sake of space I just might.

I think they said that some of them would be cross-compatible with other games, which I really don't have a problem with, but it's just a little weird because these for example of the smash logo on the stand. Like, would the Mario one be used for Mario Kart 8, Mario Party, etc.? Too early to say, but, just thought I'd mention that, because if this was the Mario Amiibo that they'd use for all their Mario games, I just find it a little odd.

I'm not asking for 5 different Mario ones, though, lol, don't get me wrong.




I hope they release a Sonic, a Pacman, and a Mega Man. Oooof Mega Man please.

But if they release a Yarn Yoshi line, I want a Yarn Shy Guy.

 

[Cbajd5]

what if there are rare alt color (or model in case of fit trainer) variants

or exclusive system bundle figures

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