The Amiibo market was bound to Beanie Baby eventually.
The Smash ones are doing well still it seems, I think they're just learning a harsh lesson on what does and doesn't work with amiibo.
Basically that you can't whip up a whole line of them without having an actually good use or market for them first.
The Amiibo market was bound to Beanie Baby eventually.
Is this the crash of the Amiibo craze?
If it is, it's Big N's own fault for producing a million of these Animal Crossing amiibo that no one wanted.Is this the crash of the Amiibo craze?
Small wonder Nintendo did jack for these things. As soon as people realized they were only for collector's value.
You lied to me OP. It's $4.01.
More like Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival bombed hard.The Amiibo market was bound to Beanie Baby eventually.
More like Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival bombed hard.
My son plays with them like they're actually toys.
Interestingly there was a transforming Arwing amiibo in the works but it was scrapped:The Smash ones are doing well still it seems, I think they're just learning a harsh lesson on what does and doesn't work with amiibo; basically you can't whip up a whole line of them without having an actually good use or market for them first.
You can sort of see them learning with how a Star Fox line seemed to be inevitable and didn't happen and how the Kirby line is smaller and launching alongside an actual Kirby game.
I speculate the moving parts make the safety too difficult to pass. Check out page 14 of the CSR report to see some Mario amiibo torture examples.http://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2016/May/Star-Fox-Zero-Dev-Team-Interview-Part-Two-1107887.html said:Sao: So you mean it would be possible to make a plastic model of the Arwing and make it so it transforms into the Walker?
Miyamoto: Yes, definitely. Actually, we experimented with making an amiibo like that, but we were a little worried about whether its joints were sturdy enough, so we decided to hold off releasing it in the end.
Sao: Oh, that’s a real shame.
Miyamoto: Yes, I’m sad about it too. We worked really hard on it.
It's the whole market. Lego Dimensions is constantly marked down and Disney pulled out entirely.
The Amiibo market was bound to Beanie Baby eventually.
What's nuts is that they went all out on Animal Crossing amiibo and aborted plans for a second wave of Mario Series amiibo (you can see in Mario Party 10 that they already had poses planned and everything), when the latter was by all means a much safer, much more lucrative bet.
It's just the Animal Crossing Amiibos. As stated in a previous thread, good games sell Amiibos, not the other way around. It's the reason why the Smash 4 & Splatoon lines of Amiibos are doing so well.Is this the crash of the Amiibo craze?
Small wonder Nintendo did jack for these things. As soon as people realized they were only for collector's value.
NES R.o.b is also $6
Agree with all of this, especially the bolded. Although I'd swap out Blathers for Kapp'n. I bought the Nook one the last time it was $4, and looking at that ugly sweater right now is what's keeping me from biting on Blathers.I think the good sales of Villager and the strength of the AC series in general made them overestimate an Animal Crossing line by a lot.
The characters and the designs they picked for those characters was weird at times as well. Whose going to buy an amiibo for random NPCs you barely ever see like that red otter lady or the alpacas.
Resetti and Nook aren't designed right either. Resetti should have been in the ground and looked angry, and Nook should've had his blue apron on.
A highly focused line of just Nook, Isabelle, Resetti, KK and Kapp'n probably would have did alright. Stick to the popular, well known NPCs who have been in the series forever, or are already super popular like Isabelle.
They only work in one Animal Crossing game, the worst Animal Crossing game. They do work in Mario Maker.And these things don't give you any bonus outside of animal crossing games, do they? Maybe if Nintendo made them smash bros characters and appear in Mario maker, mario party and mario kart they would have something going
And these things don't give you any bonus outside of animal crossing games, do they? Maybe if Nintendo made them smash bros characters and appear in Mario maker, mario party and mario kart they would have something going
It's the whole market. Lego Dimensions is constantly marked down and Disney pulled out entirely.