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sundin13 on 06 April 2015
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Mythmaker1 said:
vkaraujo said:


You are touching another problematic point.

If they add meaningful gameplay features to the Amiibos, gamers are going to complain about Day 1 DLC. If they don't, it will be forever a gimmick/toy/collectible.

Just look for Splatoon Amiibos reveal reactions. They give daily quests that you can make in order to get some extra gear. I loved the idea, but many didn't. 

Exactly. Nintendo is going to have to walk a very fine line with this Amiibo thing. If they just keep pumping out more Amiibos without actually advancing the concept, it's not going to last very long at all. But if they do too much with the Amiibos, they're going to turn off a lot of their fans.

I think they are walking that line quite well so far. In pretty much every game, the additions have felt like something truly extra or something that is truly designed around the idea of the amiibo. Never has it felt like the amiibo was content removed from the game, or content that would be sorely missed if I didn't want to buy amiibo, and the fact that one amiibo can get you things in multiple games also makes it a pretty good deal monetarily.

As a side point, they have done what they could to make sure that the amiibo with more functionality are stocked better than the ones which solely exist as collectors items (Mario, Link and Toon Link are readily available and have the most functionality).