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Will you be buying Amiibo?

Yes, their Awesome! 114 54.29%
 
No they are for kids! 39 18.57%
 
Maybe 56 26.67%
 
Total:209
phaedruss on 04 July 2014
generic-user-1 said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


why? u can buy a little mario, and train him in mk and smash. and u can let them battle against your friends amiibos, your friends or play against them yourself.  u dont think 9,99$ is a good price for all the fun?

 

You don't need a little figurine for any of that.



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radishhead on 04 July 2014
phaedruss said:
generic-user-1 said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


why? u can buy a little mario, and train him in mk and smash. and u can let them battle against your friends amiibos, your friends or play against them yourself.  u dont think 9,99$ is a good price for all the fun?

 

You don't need a little figurine for any of that.

But it does make it more fun to do



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phaedruss on 04 July 2014
radishhead said:
phaedruss said:
generic-user-1 said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


why? u can buy a little mario, and train him in mk and smash. and u can let them battle against your friends amiibos, your friends or play against them yourself.  u dont think 9,99$ is a good price for all the fun?

 

You don't need a little figurine for any of that.

But it does make it more fun to do


Does it? It seems to me it would be just as fun to have characters tied to your nnid that you could train and then transfer over wherever you went.



MDMAlliance on 04 July 2014
phaedruss said:
MDMAlliance said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


Isn't that the purpose?  There's no reason to treat a company trying to make money as something bad.  It doesn't hurt the consumer.


Lol what? Corporations are criticized all the time for shady business practices. That's the best way to keep them honet. I suppose we shouldn't complain about micro-transactions and pay 2 win BS in games either, eh? I don't really get this mentality.


What about this is shady?  Is your opinion of shady "something I wouldn't buy that would make money?"  
#1 Micro-transactions are not inherently bad, depending on how they are handled
#2 Pay to win models are used in F2P MMOs for the most part
Also, the kinds of things you're referring to DOES do something to "harm" the consumer in that case. Amiibo really doesn't.  You get it or you don't.  Its purpose in the game that we know of so far is not really anything of a big deal for those who play the game seriously.



EricFabian on 04 July 2014

those things sell like water here in Brasil



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Ultrashroomz on 04 July 2014

No doubt these things will greatly benefit Nintendo financially.



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Ataraxias on 04 July 2014

Wonder how much brand confusion will play into this. Doubtless many ignorant parents will expect this to work with the Wii.



phaedruss on 04 July 2014
MDMAlliance said:
phaedruss said:
MDMAlliance said:
phaedruss said:
These things are such a blatant cash grab.


Isn't that the purpose?  There's no reason to treat a company trying to make money as something bad.  It doesn't hurt the consumer.


Lol what? Corporations are criticized all the time for shady business practices. That's the best way to keep them honet. I suppose we shouldn't complain about micro-transactions and pay 2 win BS in games either, eh? I don't really get this mentality.


What about this is shady?  Is your opinion of shady "something I wouldn't buy that would make money?"  
#1 Micro-transactions are not inherently bad, depending on how they are handled
#2 Pay to win models are used in F2P MMOs for the most part
Also, the kinds of things you're referring to DOES do something to "harm" the consumer in that case. Amiibo really doesn't.  You get it or you don't.  Its purpose in the game that we know of so far is not really anything of a big deal for those who play the game seriously.

I'd guess that many parents would disagree. Shady is something that is designed to make you pay a lot of money for something that doesn't warrant it or targeted towards kids to make them get their parents to buy a lot of junk.



JazzB1987 on 04 July 2014

smart toys?

Can I finally call everything else dumb toys now?



FatedReality on 04 July 2014

I would children even know about the existence of Amiibos? I haven't seen or heard of any advertisement for them anywhere. I have a hard time believing this.



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