What if Nintendo released NFC toys for Link in Smash Bros in the following way. A Skyward Sword Link, HD Ocarina of Time Link, and Brawl's Twilight Princess Link, and Fierce Diety Link model that can be played in Smash Bros 4 with the same amount of alternative colors that the orignal in game Link model will get. These NFC Links are just like clothing DLC you find in other games.

The reason it works is Sakurai and team can only make so much alternative colors for a single character and not every wants a Fierce Diety Link model that may replace their favorite shadow Link color. So each character still has the same amount of alternative colors like in Brawl but these NFC toys allow us to have a toy figure we can:

1. Collect physically fo uur geeky pleasures

2. Add more alternative colors and models to our favorite characters in Smash. Again, one model can allow multiple alternative color. Ex: A HD Skyward Sword will have the same amount of alternative coloring as the in game Link will have.

They can also do this in Mario Kart as well. What do you guys think?

I thought we were on the same page here, guys. This kind of money-grubbing DLC is a BAD thing, remember?

Nintendo fans are so weird. They're practically begging Nintendo to take advantage of their undying loyalty by shoving a bunch of dumb Skylanders shit into their biggest games. Stop doing that. It's weird. Try asking Nintendo to give you a full game at a $60 flat value, sans the pricing gimmicks. I don't want to pay hundreds of dollars to have a "complete" version of Smash Bros and I don't appreciate others trying to convince Nintendo that this is a good idea.

this, dont know why people would like to get money grabbed by a company, they are wierd!

I've seen a lot of people throwing this idea around lately, and it rubs me the wrong way every time. I know Nintendo has some profit problems right now, but the solution doesn't have to be for them to start acting like EA and Activision. It's horrifying how willingly... no, how eagerly many Nintendo fans seem to anticipate being bled dry for a bunch of plastic DLC figurines.

the thing is how about most of other games with DLC? they are the biggest money grab companies while Nintendo games usually dont hold back and give you everything in day 1. Also nintendo games that do DLC give out some things free and/or are really cheep in price (pikmin 3 had DLC for example for just $2)

Wait did you read the OP? I said all characters have the same amount of colors as Brawl. And if Sakurai wants to release this game in 2014, he's not going to put all models of Link in when he can focus on fine tuning other aspect of the games.

And what's the shame of adding more content to your game that is already complete? It's like buying paint to paint your car!

I see no problems with costume DLC...its not like the lack of it harms the game in any way and having a cool figurine would be kinda cool. I wouldn't buy it buy it wouldnt be too bad.

Seeing good DLC (stages, characters etc) released as figurines would be cool although the whole idea of DLC has always rubbed me the wrong way (just release it in the initial release!)...

Overall, I think tying downloadable products to physical goods is a good idea but that doesn't mean it should be abused (releasing the NSMBU Luigi DLC with a Luigi figurine would have been kinda cool...)

dlc in my opinion is fine because it enables a person to continue playing their games thus enhancing your experiance

but this nfc thing is nothing but a money grab attempt, and i wouldnt be surprised if the sold each figure for 20 +dollars

Exactly! Nintendo is *not* ripping consumers off their money. If no wants them, then the market will respond. If people want it, then the market will respond as well!

Who wouldn't want a Fierce Diety Link figurine anyway?

edit: forgot to add *not* 0_0

Nintendo's experiments in DLC so far have been a mixed bag, as one of Rol's most recent threads pointed out. But people around here are basically saying, "that's not bad enough, I want to be used more." It's scary how often people ask why Nintendo doesn't just make a full NFC Pokemon game. They don't seem to consider the consequence of what they're saying: That Nintendo would be selling 720+ unique figurines for a single game. If the figurines are of remotely decent quality, they'll cost a few dollars apiece at the very least. Meaning the full price of this game would be in the thousands of dollars.

"That's not a problem," too many people say, "they should only make figurines of the first 151 Pokemon and ignore the other eight bajillion that I don't care about and wouldn't buy anyway because I'm a genwunner." So, 151 figurines, for how much? $5 apiece? (That's less than Skylanders or Disney Infinity figurines, I believe). So that's only $755 for the whole game, that's completely reasonable.