A shame that Peach's took such a hit in quality, but the initial prototype was probably the most intricately and cleanly detailed of the bunch from my perspective. Everyone else seems about the same quality-wise compared to their prototypes, awkward supports notwithstanding. Most comparisons are just showing final Peach vs. her prototype, and Link with his yellow support, and that gives a bad impression of the whole lot, unfortunately.

Ah, let me rephrase. All amiibos will work with games that their specific character appears in.

As far as where amiibos being cross-game, that was the entire purpose behind the amiibo since they aren't currently designing an amiibo only game.

Here's a source though I hesitate to give such a piece of sh*t site any sort of traffic and would prefer you took my words at face value: http://www.polygon.com/2014/6/19/5823978/amiibo-nintendo-e3-interview

You could also have just looked at the stand they're on as it has the Smash logo.

But yeah all of the Amiibo's so far are of their Smash 4 variation what with them having the same appearance and pose as their Smash 4 artwork. I'm sure we'll get plenty variations of the same characters, like Mario in a Kart, Mario playing Golf, Mario with X power-up, etc.

I wonder though if they'll actually make an Amiibo of every Smash 4 character. I mean let's face it, a Game & Watch Amiibo would not be worth $12 at all, and even disregarding that, it's still a bad value against other Amiibos as Smash is the only game you'll ever be able to use him with.

I wish they would not use the trophy as base for the figurines. That makes Link a shitty figurine with that fat PISS BEAM thats holding his ass. I mean what the fuck is this pose anyways link should do a spinning attack and not "i Just jumped and now I am falling down" crap.

Or at least use the other trophy

I know some Amiibos can work with multiple games, but not all games is what I'm getting at.

I think they look great. Link's stand kinda sucks and I hate that the Wii Fit trainer is wearing a leg cast, but meh, what are you gonna do? Well worth $13 IMO.

That's why I rephrased. The Mario Smash amiibo will have some functionality with all amiibo compatable games that Mario appears in for example. If you buy a link Smash amiibo it can be used with Hyrule Warriors and possibly Mario Kart 8.

If I were Nintendo, I'd use Mario Kart 8 as a continuously growing game that eventually incorporates all Smash characters so all the Smash amiibos have at least 2 games they can function with, and it keeps Mario Kart relevant for a long, long time. It's also easier to develop characters for Mario Kart than it is for Smash so it's more feasable.

I'd also get my ass on a Diablo-esque multiplayer title that uses amiibo data from other games to build a character that goes through famous areas like Ganon's Tower, Bowser's Castle, a Space Pirate controlled world, Team Rocket's base, and a stronghold on planet Venom. Smash data influences combat power, Mario Kart 8 boosts movement speed or bestows speed based abilities and mounts, etc. It's a friggin goldmine and Nintendo is missing out by specifically avoiding this.