The NFC lineup amiibo has been a fantastic success for Ninteno, and with the possibilities of 3rd party characters figurines, there's even more people interested in this things.

So far there are released and confirmed (or almost confirmed) a decent number of amiibos of characters not owned by Nintendo:

-Sonic the Hedgehog from the Smash lineup (Sega)

-Megaman from the Smash lineup (Capcom)

-Pacman from the Smash lineup (Namco-Bandai)

-Ryu from the Smash lineup (Capcom)

-Cloud Strife from the Smash lineup (Square Enix) Unconfirmed for now, but come on, there will be a Cloud amiibo.

-Shovel Knight (YatchClub Games)

-Golden Megaman (Capcom)

Nintendo is interested in continuing the amiibo sales, and if the royalties produced are important, so are 3rd parties. With the NX glooming in the horizon, do you think these 3rd parties will keep amiibo support if they support the new system? Or even support for future WiiU/3DS games? Or will these companies see this as a fad and ignore it in the future? How many more companies will want a ammibo figurine of their characters?

Per example, if NamcoBandai makes a new Tales games for the NX, will it have support for Pacman amiibo? Or the FFVII remake will have amiibo support for the Cloud figurine?

Nobody coments, so I rebump.

Going into the NX, some of the third parties that are close to Nintendo will definitely use existing amiibo and some will create 3rd party amiibo. I don't think there will be stronger integration then what's been done.

If a multiplat game comes much later to the NX, then it will probably use an amiibo. If not, it'll probably cause an immediate uproar from other platform owners and some NX owners. The only exception to the that would probably like if a game like FFVII R launched at the same time with the PS4 and NX and it used pre-existing amiibo (Mario, Link, Ike, etc.) for aesthetics like costumes

* Saw this earlier but had things to do :p

Hmm, you mean usage in their games? Probably only Japanese devs will use it, and even then they won't do it much. I think only Ninten will continue making them. I think that is for the best. While having them is cool, the extra tied to them is not really good for anyone in the end.

Are you talking about more third party amiibos, or how third parties will use amiibos with their games.

The former: No doubt that amiibos are expanding, and consdiering we are getting amiibos for both SK and Cloud, anything is possible really.

The latter: Eh, there are small bonuses in games like Mega Man Legacy Collection, but other than that, I only see Nintendo really supporting their games heavily with amiibo.

Both are relevant, but I was thinking more of companies letting Nintendo make amiibos of their characters. There's a lot of potential to attract non-Nintendo fans into amiibo, just imagine how well the Cloud figurine is going to sell. Would they make their games compatible with their amiibos, just to get whatever fees they get for the license? How would multiplat games change to adapt this?

would be nice if on NX KH ended up on the system,get a sora amiibo or other characters. Same for DQXI, add some amiibos from characters there, slime amiibo :D

I dont even think nintendo will support older amiibos.

Why would they? when they can make money selling you the "new" mario amiibo instead?
The old ones might only work with the Wii U, theres more profit in it for them, if they force people to use newer versions they have to buy instead (for the NX).

With 3rd party, I could see a amiibo getting made that then just works for 1-2 games, and then is never used again.

As long as it prints money. I think 3rd party would try to add amiibos for their game. SE would love to have additional revenue out from it.

I can see more 3rd Party companies making amiibos for their own games, but not too much because Nintendo would be taking a part of the profits of that.. so standard DLC would probably be more likely