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What is the main reason why you buy amiibo?

For the figurines (collective purposes) 99 59.28%
 
For the content it unlocks 18 10.78%
 
I don't care for the amiibo 50 29.94%
 
Total:167

So I've seen quite a few people complain here that amiibo are on-disk dlc locked behind a big paywall. This content that's locked away must be a big deal apparently. Let's put this notion to the test shall we.



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I just love being able to own figurines of some of my favorite characters, including Shulk and Mega Man.

That, and their scarcity and value makes it rather exhilarating to hunt and collect.



"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."

Well, there are a lot of little reasons that add up... though getting any of them (that is not common) is a pain so I basically gave up in getting more.

So in short: a physical figurine (yay!) that gives you dlc bits for multiple games and does random things that could possibly be useful for a relatively low msrp.



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To rub myself up in a devious manner against Sheik's amiibo.



I buy them cause I love collecting figures (but I don't got that much money atm to buy most of them + anime figures T_T) and the content inside is a nice little bonus for me. I don't really buy amiibos for the content inside cause most of it is generally useless and not really care worthy



                  

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I don't buy amiibo as I don't care for toy figures nor for the in-game content they unlock as it's mostly trivial stuff. I say this while petting my Peach and Toon Link amiibo.



Im guilty, im trying to "Catch them All"

SSB is my favorite franchise and i love Nintendo. Figurines are awesome too.



Einsam_Delphin said:
I don't buy amiibo as I don't care for toy figures nor for the in-game content they unlock as it's mostly trivial stuff. I say this while petting my Peach and Toon Link amiibo.

Toon Link looks great, I can't blame you.

Peach though... That's a bit creepy to own! (:p)

I only own the Samus Aran amiibo. I'd buy Toon Link if I saw it in a store though. And I might buy the boy inkling amiibo.



Wright said:

To rub myself up in a devious manner against Sheik's amiibo.

I thought you had a fetish with men dressed as females, not the other way around.
You'd buy a Birdo amiibo, wouldn't you?



Samus Aran said:
Einsam_Delphin said:
I don't buy amiibo as I don't care for toy figures nor for the in-game content they unlock as it's mostly trivial stuff. I say this while petting my Peach and Toon Link amiibo.

Toon Link looks great, I can't blame you.

Peach though... That's a bit creepy to own! (:p)

I only own the Samus Aran amiibo. I'd buy Toon Link if I saw it in a store though. And I might buy the boy inkling amiibo.

Waiting for Ridley amiibo? Going to start off at $129.99! (he's too big)