Nintendo working on amiibo cards, smaller/cheaper figures

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Ryudo on 02 November 2014

Cards huh...
We been there before

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Lonely_Dolphin on 03 November 2014

Ryudo said:

Cards huh...
We been there before

You don't have to buy an add-on though!

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Jranation on 03 November 2014

This is very very very interesting.
It will target a much wider audience. (well, they cant please everyone)

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TomaTito on 19 December 2014

Miyamoto said that discontinued amiibo's can return in card form in the future.

Will amiibo series be also available in card decks?

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AP: If you discontinue certain “amiibo” figures, will you continue to include them digitally in future games?

Miyamoto: We’re not making promises for certain figures, but the way “amiibo” is designed is that certain games can have “amiibo” specifically for that game. Other games can take advantage of past “amiibo” that developers want to make their game compatible with. In the future, we have the option, if certain “amiibo” figures are no longer available in stores, to release an “amiibo” in card form with the same functionality.

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Bofferbrauer on 19 December 2014

Amiibo digital Trading Card Game coming in?

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JazzB1987 on 19 December 2014

Well

If you replace figurines with cards...

...you can replace cards with DLC.

So what the point in all of this then?

They should just decrease the already bad built quality of Amiibos a little bit more and then sell them for 4.99€ each (not 15€). Its jus plastic with a 10 cent nfc chip. (you can get a set of 12 Nintendo figurines without nfc chips for $5 on ebay)

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Frogger on 19 December 2014

Eh... I feel like turning them into cards only expose how shallow the DLC attached to them actually is. They need a focused Skylanders/Disney Infinity like game where these things can shine. I still have absolutely no reason to be interested in them as is. I have no intrest in buying toys of anything.

If they made a free-to-play/cheap starting price game like that with iconic Nintendo characters where you unlock portions of the game with Amiibo, they could seriously make a killing. Then the uses in other games would feel like more of a bonus, and my cheap ass wouldn't feel bad about completely ignoring the toys and going straight for the far cheaper cards!

People keep suggesting it, but make it a MOBA. Make it hardcore yet kid accessable, like Smash. Turn it into a respected esport. These things would be in higher demand than they are now and, more importantly, it would get people buying Wii Us.