You mean in terms of more Amiibo for Switch 1 games and the Switch Successor won't have a NFC chip? Or just that Amiibo sales will get so low without Smash they can't justify keeping the Amiibo teams around if it takes too long.
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Amiibo |OT| Restocked and Reloaded
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You mean in terms of more Amiibo for Switch 1 games and the Switch Successor won't have a NFC chip? Or just that Amiibo sales will get so low without Smash they can't justify keeping the Amiibo teams around if it takes too long.
I think the general lack of interesting applications for amiibo in Switch games indicates amiibo functionality getting phased out of game development
So I could see Switch 2 keeping NFC functionality to keep up backwards compatibility with the first Switch, but Switch 2 games will stop including amiibo functionality as a feature
Then that leaves Nintendo in a space where amiibo are still selling, and maybe a few more games get amiibo, but Nintendo can fully phase them out
The next Smash game could likely be a few years away, and by then amiibo may be phased out altogether as part of Switch 2 development
You bring pain to my soul considering that means we can't get Smash Merch if the Amiibo production goes away.
That also means certain future newcomers who never received merch (and might not ever without Smash) can't get figurines also.
Unless Nintendo figures out an alternate way to get merch out.
Finally got my Sora amiibo!
And it's still available at Amazon JP, here's the link if anyone wants to buy it
https://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-NVL-C-AADZ-amiibo-ソラ【大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズシリーズ/dp/B0CJ4YX7FX
And it's still available at Amazon JP, here's the link if anyone wants to buy it
https://www.amazon.co.jp/任天堂-NVL-C-AADZ-amiibo-ソラ【大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズシリーズ/dp/B0CJ4YX7FX
Officially got my Sora amiibo - I now have every single Smash Bros amiibo along with every Zelda amiibo (BOTW, TOTK, 30th, Link's Awakening, etc).
I think I can say (for now) I am done collecting!
I think I can say (for now) I am done collecting!
I got mine today as well.
The Smash Amiibo Hunt is over.
... Until Smash 6.
... Providing the Switch Successor has an NFC chip.
The Smash Amiibo Hunt is over.
... Until Smash 6.
... Providing the Switch Successor has an NFC chip.
Best Buy cancelled and refunded my order. Ugh. This is the third thing in a row I've bought from them that either had a major delay (PlayStation Portal) or straight up cancelled (elite earbuds and Sora). Think I'm done with BB. Now hoping someone else stocks it in the next few days. I've been ignoring alerts because I thought BB would come through.
I have every single North American amiibo and have paid retail for all but two… might just say f it and make this #3.
I have every single North American amiibo and have paid retail for all but two… might just say f it and make this #3.
Officially, there's nothing "really" stopping Nintendo from producing more Smash stuff (or rather, more Nintendo merch) through their partners. Jazwares has a pretty decent line of figures they've done previously in the "World of Nintendo" line and recently these special "non Mario" game series figures (thus far, BotW Link & Zelda, Samus, the Olimar and Pikmin set and Donkey Kong/Diddy Kong)
The amiibo "figures" could also be produced just by Nintendo, simply lacking a chip in them. I know a lot of people figured that Skylanders might do that one day, and Disney Infinity actually DID do that with their "Toy Box" series of action figures that resembled the Infinity style. Ideally if they cared, they'd just make new figures of the other future Smash characters.
Honestly I'm surprised they haven't made like updated sculpts of some characters like Link/Zelda that matched their Ultimate appearances. Or done something else like, make amiibo cards of ALL of the Smash characters, and alt versions as chase/rare cards. I could imagine them making a killing on that.
Didn't Sakurai say they legally can't release Smash merch unless it's tied to gameplay for legal reasons? And that's why they couldn't sell Smash posters for example?
Sounds like a licensing nightmare. Let's be glad they somehow managed to release the entire line as Amiibo :x I'm still happy here that they pulled off Sora!
Yeah, it's why I bought the box with the GC controller and USB adaptor even though I didn't need them. Because you get that amazing art.
And ended up needing the usb adaptor because god knows where my original went! Or my Dolphin Bar for that matter.
I did have to go look this up because it was interesting to hear:
View: https://youtu.be/DeLrIXCOUw0?si=y3JQmKBscoSb3q64&t=330
"For Smash Bros, releasing merchandise of any kind is generally prohibited. The only things permitted are free giveaways or limited edition items. amiibo figures are essentially the only exception to that rule, making these physical Smash Bros. products something of a big deal"
He doesn't elaborate on this at all but I guess its not super surprising, since there's probably a lot of third party property rights tied up....however I really wonder about the Nintendo owned Smash characters. Like the Smash posters were just Nintendo owned characters.
I guess its probably some kind of weird Nintendo being Nintendo situation though. However! I'm sure you *could* theoretically have some kind of third party company make a psudo Smash related merch
Jazwares released a Pokemon figure set that suspiciously contains all of the Pokemon fighters.
He doesn't elaborate on this at all but I guess its not super surprising, since there's probably a lot of third party property rights tied up....however I really wonder about the Nintendo owned Smash characters. Like the Smash posters were just Nintendo owned characters.
Sonic is actually on the Duck Hunt poster, oddly enough. But I suspect these fall under the "free giveaways" section, and the lack of third parties was mostly just out of preference.
So I just got the Guardian amiibo today from the recent restock. He's awesome...with one problem. They appear to have removed the articulation on his arms, theyre just standard flexible rubber now.
Got another power up band (which act as amiibo as a reminder) and it's the Golden Power-Up Band. Only have that, Daisy and my sister has Peach.