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SJReiter on 06 February 2016
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twintail said:
SJReiter said:
Yeah I agree with you. There were definitely some people on this site that over reacted big time regarding the Wolf Link Amiibo unlocked the Cave of Shadows. Look, what people need to understand is that, if Nintendo wants Amiibo to be a big part of their future, they can't simply be used to unlock skins or provide daily power ups. There need to be some significant benefits to owning and using the Amiibo. Unlocking a dungeon is a good start IMO.

Look, I get it, if you don't want to spend the money to buy the Amiibo/don't want the Amiibo period, then yeah, you will miss out on the Cave of Shadows. However, I really don't see how this qualifies as shady business dealings as some have indicated here. What Nintendo has done is remastered a great game. They added new textures, enhanced lighting, and improved gameplay (swimming, Epona, faster movements/animations, etc.). That in and of itself is worth $50. In addition to this, if you want to play a new dungeon, you have to pay an extra $10 and buy the Amiibo. Seems fair to me.

Just as fans need to understand that Nintendo is not some saint company who does no wrong. All this content comes down to just being DLC (in some cases DLC for content already contained on the disc), and inaccessible in any other form except buying an amiibo figure, which not everyone wants. 

 

And please, seriously? It seems fair to have to pay an extra $10 just because they added some dungeon to a nearly 10 year old game?

 

I think what this comes down to is what exactly people want/expect from Amiibo. In addition to this, do people even want Amiibo to exist in the first place?

If you accept the premise that Amiibo are here to stay and will continue to have functionality in all major Nintendo releases from here on out, you have to also accept that they will be used in ways beyond simply unlocking asethetic changes (skins) or providing daily power ups. People IMO need to start treating Amiibo as a part of the whole game-buying experience when it comes to Nintendo. This means that when you play Nintendo games from here on out, you have to accept that the game will include some fuctionality that you will need an Amiibo to unlock/use.

Of course, this leads to another discussion about whether Nintendo gamers really want Amiibo at all. But that's a debate for another thread.