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Nintendo Launching NFC (figurine) Game for Wii U/3DS, Details @ E3
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Bob Dobalina
Member
Battery powered? Guess that works. Thanks Riki and fernoca.
FrostuTheNinja
Member
*must. contain. hype.*
Hyperactivity
Banned
I feel they are somewhat addressing these concerns by having the figurines be accessible to multiple games as a whole, not just one release. Additionally, Iwata talked about the figurines becoming customized and unique as you hook them up to more of your games and saves. Who knows, there may even be nfc for games without it currently that are out, like NintendoLand, etc.
LiberaTeExInferis
Member
So, this year for WiiU and next year for 3ds?
Smiles and Cries
Member
the fact that they are forcing NFC on 3DS tells you it is all about the cash grab because WiiU does not have the users to support it alone
If it is all about profit they can do this all day as long as they keep it away from games like X I'm fine with it.
I'll allow it on Animal Crossing but I won't be happy for Mario Kart to feature this or even Smash Bros even if it fits keep it away from core games
profit is driving Nintendo to do things they normally would avoid. They have been experimenting and we are about to find out what this means for the software we love and support. They may use it in ways that are harmless but the collector and completist in me will see the need to buy the useless thing just so I can 100% a game I love.
to me this is an evil thing
StreetsAhead
Member
Seems so; holiday for this year on Wii U, first six months of next year on 3DS.
Benzychenz
Member
You just want a penis figurine don't you?
Serious question, why has NIntendo taken so long to make their NFC push? I don't just mean "Nintendo sucks blah, blah". The NFC reader is built in to the Wii U gamepad, so clearly they designed the console with NFC in mind. The Skylanders craze was already established so Nintendo had to know the massive potential. This should have been item number to make the Wii U popular.
I want Belphegor on the toilet. And i want to scan him into other titles like Animal Crossing or Mario Kart.
Like in Skylanders, figures store owner's data, character level and stats. Figures are compatible across all platforms and forward compatible with the next release.
It would be cool if in Nintendo's case, you could use a figure to have backups of a few saved games/data. That way it can be compatible with any game and have a stronger personal value for each person.
Assume the right idea.
I mean they didn't even seem too convinced with the Pokemon Rumble U last year.
I wonder if people would accept a f2p game on this model.
Like Nintendo pushes the game digitally, gives you access to some early game content. And then can buy figures to unlock more levels and characters. Since they don't need to worry about the portal cost and the likes.
StreetsAhead
Member
They have been losing money for 3 years straight. It's only natural to try stuff that has worked for other companies at a certain point.
BurnOutBrighter
Banned
It seems like such an obvious fit, I'm surprised they didn't think of the idea first.
Cool! Hopefully Nintendo can come up with a good game and features using this. I always sorta liked the idea but I was never really interested in Skylanders or Disney Infinity. However, I'm definitely in on collecting Nintendo themed figurines. Hopefully it's characters from many Nintendo games and not just focused on one franchise.
I don't know, but they even have an official sounding name for it. NFS,Nintendo figurine system.
Hopefully you can register them for CN coins too.
Joe T.
Member
And here I was, thinking that the Wii U's complete failure at retail might actually get Nintendo to give the gimmicks a break for a while. Silly me.
I know details are still scarce, but I'm surprised so many are welcoming the idea of buying characters separate from the games themselves.
I know details are still scarce, but I'm surprised so many are welcoming the idea of buying characters separate from the games themselves.
If Nintendo handle the rollout of this like VC games I expect to see characters outside the Mario universe in about five years, really hoping they don't and include as many chars as possible. If they put Animal Crossing, Advance Wars or Fire Emblem ( or even get Atlus somehow involved ) I might have to buy a few.
It might make them some money, who knows. I'm more disappointed that they found yet one more way to milk their franchise characters. Can't ever just break away into actually new territory anymore, *sigh*
Whatever, I just hope they can make good money off of it. Something needs to work for Nintendo right now, so maybe it'll be this.
Having to buy one figurine that can work with multiple games is less of a cash grab than having to buy a different figurine for each game, but it's still more of a cash grab than being able to have multiple games take whatever data they would have written to the figurine's NFC chip and write it to your Wii Remote instead.
Smiles and Cries
Member
Oh I don't blame them
I don't mind them making as much money from this as possible
Vampirolol
Member
Day one. My fucking money 
TwntyOneTwlv
Member
Dear Nintendo:
Make an NFC Pokemon game for Wii U. Bam, console saved!
edit: I see they have already done this with Rumble U. Oh dear...
Make an NFC Pokemon game for Wii U. Bam, console saved!
edit: I see they have already done this with Rumble U. Oh dear...
StreetsAhead
Member
A digital only game in a middling spin-off with retailer exclusive figures. Hopefully they take another stab at it.
Ryouji Gunblade
Member
Am I the only one getting E-Reader vibes from this?
BudokaiMR2
Member
Nintendo still makes more original stuff than any other first party. Or are you just going to ignore all of that stuff?
It isn't even my type of game but Tomodachi Collection is one of the most insane and original games to come out in a while.
Pokemon Rumble U seemed to be designed as an experiment.
Benzychenz
Member
Experimenting with a blah spinoff franchise. Retailer-exclusive. UK.
I wonder what kind of useful data/feedback they got out of that.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Purchasing habits and gauge fan reception
Freezie KO
Banned
They released the Wii U with no original characters or IP. It failed. And Iwata's response to make more money was to license out their characters for more toys, movies, and cereal boxes. NFC is along the same lines.
It's either the core franchises get rehashed and reused over and over, or the company goes in the opposite direction and just says "fuck games". If only there was some sort of middle ground where Nintendo released original games and they were successful...
Maybe they have been working on making a really good game.
Smiles and Cries
Member
I have to hope they don't cost half the price of a Wii U or even close to the full price of one.
these things should be fairly small and cheap not so polished and detailed
maybe they can also add NFC to these pricy things too but backlash is guaranteed if they do something the cheap versions don't
That Brown Guy
Member
Smash DLC figures. WANT.
Actually WiiU had equal/more original IP's than the competition from launch. The problem is consumers never cared for those games.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I'm of the opinion that since Skylanders and Disney Infinity have not launched in Japan yet, Nintendo wants to monopolize the market all to themselves - great profit driver for them.
Nonetheless, the E3 announcements to come, especially the NFC games, seem to be much more Western-focused than usual.
Edit: It seems I was incorrect, both Skylanders and Disney Infinity launched in Japan; however, both titles underperformed.
Freezie KO
Banned
The platform had Zombi U, an Ubisoft game. A bunch of 6-year-old Miis doing minigame stuff while dressed as 20-year-old Nintendo characters doesn't really count as new IP.
So this is their take on on the NFC figurine cash grab. I expected that to happen, unfortunately. I guess this is the final goodbye to Nintendo putting all content into their games, especially after the Fire Emblem and NSMB2 ripoff DLC.
It's all about the money. I wonder whether they are too late. Do people really want even more Mario?
It's all about the money. I wonder whether they are too late. Do people really want even more Mario?
Yeah I can't stand how games like X and W101 are just rehashed content, and it's a shame they're about to leave the gaming industry... Oh wait none of that is happening, stop with the fucking hyperbole.