Battery powered? Guess that works. Thanks Riki and fernoca.It won't need an outlet. The Skylanders one doesn't.
Now I dont think they would do this in a million year, but what if they included this into FE x SMT. AND further what if made a deal to market SMT figurines. Just throwing ideas out for them.
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.I'm out. Collect-to-play games frustrate me as they're a transparent cashgrab. Maybe Nintendo will price it (or the figurines) accordingly and the game itself will be something special, but eh, I'm not interested. My interest in video games does not come from plastic trinkets and I find no entertainment in heading to a store to buy a tiny little Super Mario Guy.
Will be following to see how it pans out though. I don't necessarily believe a Nintendo NFC game has no place in the market, but I think they're starting on rough footing due to the Wii U's awful market penetration and rapidly decreasing shelf space. Not that they intended for it to be that way, of course. 3DS might be the saving grace there.
I'm out. Collect-to-play games frustrate me as they're a transparent cashgrab. Maybe Nintendo will price it (or the figurines) accordingly and the game itself will be something special, but eh, I'm not interested. My interest in video games does not come from plastic trinkets and I find no entertainment in heading to a store to buy a tiny little Super Mario Guy.
Will be following to see how it pans out though. I don't necessarily believe a Nintendo NFC game has no place in the market, but I think they're starting on rough footing due to the Wii U's awful market penetration and rapidly decreasing shelf space. Not that they intended for it to be that way, of course. 3DS might be the saving grace there.
So, this year for WiiU and next year for 3ds?
Now I dont think they would do this in a million year, but what if they included this into FE x SMT. AND further what if made a deal to market SMT figurines. Just throwing ideas out for them.
You just want a penis figurine don't you?
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.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.
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.
profit is driving Nintendo to do things they normally would avoid
I don't know, but they even have an official sounding name for it. NFS,Nintendo figurine system.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.
Would be cool if these figures would include virtual consoles games.
Not really sure how these things work; so unsure if this is possible.
These could also make good Club Nintendo rewards.
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 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.
Oh I don't blame themThey 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.
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...
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.
A digital only game in a middling spin-off with retailer exclusive figures. Hopefully they take another stab at it.
Pokemon Rumble U seemed to be designed as an experiment.
Experimenting with a blah spinoff franchise. Retailer-exclusive. UK.
I wonder what kind of useful data/feedback they got out of that.
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*
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.
They released the Wii U with no original characters or IP. It failed.
Thinking about it, given how Skylanders and Disney Infinity have been very successful in the West...doesn't this give the impression this is quite a Western-focused announcement?
Actually WiiU had equal/more original IP's than the competition from launch. The problem is consumers never cared for those games.
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.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...