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Codename S.T.E.A.M will utilise Amiibo with Fire Emblem characters
- Thread starter Volotaire
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Man, now I really hope the order I made on Marth & Fox gets fulfilled. Wanted Marth for the 3DS One Piece game & a costume, but this is awesome. Not to mention I feel much more motivated to get Ike, one of my SSB mains, now along with Robin & Lucina.
Also huzzah for Nintendo confirming themselves Marth will be re-printed. Hopefully the same will happen to Wii Fit Trainer & Villager when they have games that'll use them again.
Also huzzah for Nintendo confirming themselves Marth will be re-printed. Hopefully the same will happen to Wii Fit Trainer & Villager when they have games that'll use them again.
Sakura
Member
I don't even get it and I thought it was funny.
TheSlySoul
Member
I will be pre-ordering Wave 4 ASAP because I want Robin/Lucina to complete my FE collection.
Correction: a game where Abraham Lincoln can team up with Ike and a lion to fight aliens using steampunk.
Being able to say that sentence and have it be true is why I hope Nintendo keeps aiming for bizarre, out-there concepts.
billy beane
Banned
Fuck I might have to buy a Marth Amiibo. Thanks Nintendo.
It's a hint. Roy Smash DLC confirmed !
DXB-KNIGHT
Member
Marth, Lucina , Ike and Robin helping Abe Lincoln fight Aliens? History books lied to me.
Crimsonclaw111
Member
Too bad nobody will know what the hell they do in North America.
Leafhopper
Banned
What are you talking about?
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
yeah, that post confused me too. I don't know if I'm missing something.
Well, they did say they are reprinting the Marth amiibo.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
This is how I feel as well. At least Marth is getting another run.
Starwolf_UK
Member
This reminds me, have the even announced the IR port Amiibo adapter for non-New "plebs" yet?
As for playing with a full FE squad. I guess it would be like the classic FE characters in Awakening, it just feels...wrong to use those characters as they're not part of the story etc...
As for playing with a full FE squad. I guess it would be like the classic FE characters in Awakening, it just feels...wrong to use those characters as they're not part of the story etc...
They don't really need a reprint as their prices are fairly low.Maybe they'll reprint it.
I'd love a 3DS with a 800*480 resolution.
Maybe they'll reprint it.
I would buy Amiibos if this happened. Except the Lucina one, because fuck that.
I mean, yes and no. They have nothing to do with the actual game (in that they make no sense at all to the story, have nothing to do with lore and have no impact on the story) but they are individual characters with their own unique traits.
Yea but the fact of the matter is they're already on the cartridge. Don't people give the other companies for pulling shit like that? I guess this is all right as long as its purely cosmetic or doesn't have a major effect on gameplay like having powerful special skills or whatever.
Being on the cartridge or not matters less than what is actually being locked away.
People give companies shit for Day 1 DLC that is actually relevant to the core of the game. Like "We've locked away the ending to the game!" or "We've locked away the lore of this main character or game lore behind this on-disc DLC!"
I'm not buying STEAM to play as Marth in STEAM America, no one but hardcore FE fans would be buying STEAM for such a reason as it has nothing to do with what the game is actually about or for.
I was buying Mass Effect 3 to see the end of the story and lore of the Prometheans, Reapers, and the war... and then they locked away the Promethean lore behind Day-1 DLC on-disc.
Wrys is an earlygame healer, he kinda sucks, but has a bit of a memetic reputation. (At least in japanese circles.)
Moulder from The Sacred Stones has a similar reputation.
MOULDER THE BOULDER
Wait. That's exactly why I'm ...
Oh. :lol
It's been described as a third-person SRPG from the FE devs. That seemed vaguely interesting, but Lincoln? Aliens? Everything powered by Steam? Too stupid. As a means to play with FE characters and tear through all the ridiculous aliens with Falchion? OKAY!
Hours Left
Member
Cool idea, but this game is super ugly.
mrmickfran
Member
No duh, it's by the people who brought you this:
and this:
But they made the Paper Mario games!
Other way around?
I think canon would be the My Unit concept. Male or Female really isn't the thing.
This game isn't part of the FE lore
E_Darkness
Member
They look better than the actual character designs. So maybe I'm wrong about the artstyle, and maybe the character designs for the game are just crappy.
Hours Left
Member
But it's even uglier. The FE games still had some charm, this looks like the back of a knock-off cereal box.No duh, it's by the people who brought you this:
and this:
This is a pretty interesting point. A few things I didn't think about at all.
However, it's still not the same. I know you weren't arguing such but it's dissimilar enough to make your comparisons off.
These aren't just codes, there's people like me who want them for display/collection purposes before whatever DLC they unlocked was even a factor. In addition to whatever features they unlock on whatever game? They might hold more tangible value than any code ever could "Oh they are definitely going to work for x and y game that isn't even announced right now". These are quite literally bonuses in that regard, unless people are buying them on "potential" or something. I hadn't even intended on buying S.T.E.A.M. I may not buy whatever other games than use them when they come out.
Also, as we just saw, every time they come out with a "big" (lol?) release that uses them, they seem to be interested in reprinting them if they are rare. So while i can certainly see the possibility of it being limited/hard to find depending on the time you are looking (like now), in reality most people who want them should be able to get them. And my figure will be a lot nicer 10 years from now than any DLC code for a game I don't play anymore.
There are definitely positives and negatives, but I can't accept that they are all bad from a general consumer standpoint, or even majorly bad. Just different (and different in a way that i quite like, at least right now. Figurines that are both physically appealing and functional are...not common). Maybe kinda like how digital and physical games have different things that someone may like or dislike more depending on who they are. I'm ok with this.
Edit: the more that I think about it the more that I think Nintendo could actually be far more devious than they are being with this stuff. "Peach amiibos aren't selling? Peach DLC in next Mario platformer, clear that stock!" and reward 'loyal Nintendo nerds that bought all that shit already. Granted, that is still not out of the realm of possibility for the future.
lazyproblems
Member
Not gonna lie, pretty tempted to actually buy some amiibos now.
Martin5000
Member
Well I know what my first avatar will be
Form this day this is my avatar!!!!
Form this day this is my avatar!!!!
Based on SmashBoards, Female Robin gets more use. Male Robin was chosen because he's the default Robin.
Jawmuncher
Member
Now this is what Amiibo support is all about. After seeing this I want Codename Steam. Just need to get the FE amiibos before I do though.
tim_pkmn89
Member
There would require way too long of a time table required to make that work. The easier answer is "lets cut back on Peach production".
Well, i was thinking in addition to not making more, or not making that many to begin with.
But trying to make certain amiibos more popular than they currently are seems a bigger money maker vs limiting production and being a money saver. They have to take risks somewhere, and this is a different enough beast from Skylanders/Disney that there's potential for surprises.It's not a certainty for a good surprise or anything, especially with smaller game releases like this, but still. This might be the best of both worlds. I would prefer they keep making them as long as possible since I don't think it's gonna be viable long term to restart production of less popular figurines over and over again for whatever release, so I kinda prefer the enhancing appeal route.
It's dead.