This can be a big hit in the long run (like Animal Crossing or Tomodachi Life). But I bet a lot of people will say that it floped based on how the hardware performs on the FW. e.e

I gotta disagree on Disney having the most recognizable characters in the West. Mario was more widely recognized than Mickey Mouse over a decade ago, and after the era of Wii/DS with Mario selling over 200 million copies of games with his name headlining, I doubt that's changed. Then there's Pikachu and all of his Pokemon buddies.

The amiibo technology looks superior to the Skylanders tech in every way. Can Skylanders even record data? The amiibo can also be used across multiple titles and genres.

Also, trophy collectors have been asking for Wii U trophies for a while now, and amiibo could be that on steroids.

They look spiffy too lol.

I never said crap.  But a toy will not sale consoles.  The average gamer age is 30 or something.

They are game developers.  Develop games of every genre directly competing with ms sony is exactly what they should be doing.  Every genre they dont make they concede that market to their competition.

I never said crap.  But a toy will not sale consoles.  The average gamer age is 30 or something.

They are game developers.  Develop games of every genre directly competing with ms sony is exactly what they should be doing.  Every genre they dont make they concede that market to their competition and lose that genres sales to them.

Untill Nintendo makes an Amiibo based game, the figurines will sell way less than Skylanders or Infinity.

I apologize for putting words in your mouth.

Still, they are trying to directly compete in games, but they don't have the support, so they pick their battles. Also, since the amiibo is cross game/genre, how could it really hurt any title?

I fully expect more Mario titles to fill sports gaps, and Splattoon seems to be the Nintendo take on COD. Bayonetta is probably the best character action game. Smash is their fighter. No one competes in platformers. X and FExSMT cover JRPGs. Zelda hits action and adventure. They're also rocking the indie scene pretty hard, Shovel Knight was amazing. I don't really see Nintendo giving up on a lot of genres on Wii U.

I do think they missed out on cashing in on the World Cup by not going with a new Mario Strikers for Wii U instead of 3DS Mario Golf.

You are right, the average gamer is 30. However this doesn't mean every gamer is over 30. The following link shows a better picture:

Source: http://www.statista.com/statistics/189582/age-of-us-video-game-players-since-2010/

29% of gamers are under 18 years old. And I bet the percentage is even bigger on Nintendos plattforms. Should you really ignore these gamers?

In my oppinion the success of amiibo is dependend on the games, they support. The Smash Integration sounds good. Let's wait and see what they will do on the other games ...

It could be big, if handled correctly.

I just worry that they'll oversaturate the market too quickly. They need to space releases out and not do a skylanders where there are 90+ figures a game, that just gets too much on the wallet to quickly and makes people second guess buying them all. Should make Nintendo a tidy profit, sell a few consoles (not lots though I think), and I highly suscect that people will buy these who don't even own a wii u just to have Nintendo figures.

I now kinda think they probably should've just made a Nintendo Universe type game where the figures unlock the characters like Skylanders, but such a game would probably take Nintendo a while to make.