Richard Drummond of Gaming Tech United writes:
"I'd be lying if I said I wasn't skeptical when Amiibo were first announced, but once I got my hands on them I was hooked. I rushed to the store and bought the entire first wave. As time has passed, my love for Nintendo's toys to life figures severely waned and now I am in the position of selling my collection. Let's take a look at why I had a change of heart."
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
A new list goes over eight of the the most useless amiibo, ranging from the Shadow Mewtwo card to the Qbby figure.
Hanzla from eXputer inquires: "If Xbox can care about preserving its games and legacy, what exactly is wrong with Nintendo, trying to kill game preservation single-handedly?"
Ahh yes the good old game preservation of saving all your games to a removable hhd on the Xbox 360, taking it round your mates house, setting up multiple tvs to
Be met with “save data corrupted, please re download”
Or how about removing 360 games
From the store
, download them now or else, and, better hope to god that save data doesn’t corrupt, or it’s lost for ever
Nice one ☝️
This is just a scammy PR move to distract from the fact they are going digital only and trying to push streaming and subscriptions only.
No gaming company has pushed harder to remove ownership than Microsoft.
Without discs there is no preservation, preservation can't be done by the rights holders it can only be done by the consumers, anything else is a lie.
Nobody wants this. Sales or the lack of it in the case of XBOX is very telling. I wonder how the adorably all digital series X will fare. Adorably dismal perhaps?
Only time will tell, but for from someone like me suspecting that Xbox is trying to gracefully exit the console market, that "forward compatibility" team is trying to get Xbox games playing on Windows PCs. I mean, it's nice that they're not planning on exiting with a "enjoy your games while the hardware still works" message, so that's nice. They still have a brand to protect via Microsoft so probably feel obligated to have a better exit strategy.
Because you'd like to appear less of a man child?
congratulations for becoming more responsible with your money!
I STILL don't understand the obsession behind the amiibos, or what the heck they even are.. are they just figurines?
For the price offered I might never buy one
Got two of them a while back, Link and Shulk, and they've already paid for themselves several times over in in-game rewards. Hyrule Warriors, especially.
They're worth it, IMO.
However, I'm not gonna go nuts on them.
The only other one I currently want is Zelda, and maybe Sheik.
After that, I probably won't be getting any more of them.
...
Unless Nintendo makes Skell Amiibo. (Skells are the mechs in Xenoblade Chronicles X)
I would be ALL OVER some Skell Amiibo.