NE: "Today, we're looking at the most and least useful amiibo characters when it comes to Nintendo Switch games."
Retailer listings indicate that there'll be a price increase for various Nintendo amiibo that have been announced for 2025.
$40 is absolutely ridiculous. $15 made sense, but you can literally get full on games for $40… what in the hell is going on?
$40? wtf that is insane. I got a few sometime ago and those things should be more like $15 tops for the quality of them. Nintendo going to Nintendo though, people will still pay $40 and scalpers will charge double that and idiots will still pay.
NE: "Nintendo's beloved lineup of amiibo figures turns 10 years old - we reminisce over its past, present, and future."
TNS: "A decade after my amiibo obsession began, it's time I admit that Nintendo's toys-to-life lineup didn't pan out the way I hoped it would."
I own some amiibo for the plastic toy collection aspect. If you feel like you wasted your money on them, then let that be a lesson for you.
Tldr he over invested in amibo thinking that toys to life would have resulted in some grand Nintendo cross over rpg.
However Nintendo never said they were doing that instead it was the writer who got carried away with the possibility rather than the reality
Why would Nintendo spend millions developing a game that only a small percentage of switch owners can play
There's tons of legit reasons to hate on Nintendo but the writer of this article didn't choose one
Amiibo are basically just physical DLC with a toy collection aspect. The in-game bonuses/effects can sometimes be cool, like Wolf Link in BotW. But overall Nintendo really could have better utilized amiibo.
Thinking plastic toys would be much more than plastic toys is on you. Sure you get a small bonus effect but it should have been obvious that it was basically a toy that comes with a dlc. Nintendo is good at making money off of inexpensive items. They are still selling cardboard for good money
As a Nintendo fanboy, I admit they are too scummy but this is not scummy, Nintendo sold figures with some functionality, and that's what they are, figures that you can use with some games, I don't know where the idea came from that they are the gateway to some avengers endgame scenario, where you use everything you have owned
