I really hope there will be a Mega Man and Pac-Man Amiibo. That would be sweetness

KLXVER said: I really hope there will be a Mega Man and Pac-Man Amiibo. That would be sweetness

But that's not "character whoring"? I'm confused. 

Soundwave said: KLXVER said: I really hope there will be a Mega Man and Pac-Man Amiibo. That would be sweetness But that's not "character whoring"? I'm confused.

Mega Man and Pac-Man isnt Nintendo and havent been whored out at all in the last years.

KLXVER said: Soundwave said: KLXVER said: I really hope there will be a Mega Man and Pac-Man Amiibo. That would be sweetness But that's not "character whoring"? I'm confused.  Mega Man and Pac-Man isnt Nintendo and havent been whored out at all in the last years.

I'm kinda curious as to which Nintendo IP have been "whored" out?

There's like one whopping Zelda spin-off. 

I can see Disney Infinity and Skylanders using the Smash Bros Amiibos. That might actually get some Nintendo fans to buy their games too lol

Well theres the Mario and Mercedes crossover, Mario and Luigi costumes in MH4, Mario & Sonic Olympics games, Yoshi and Zelda in Sonic Lost World etc...

Bayonetta, Hyrule Warriors and SMTxFE was okay since Nintendo was a part of making/funding those.

None of those things really bother me though. 

They're fairly minor and it's nothing new. Mario was in NBA Street and SSX 11 years ago. Mario has been crossing over into other game franchises since the early days of the NES. 

They Bayonetta Nintendo costumes are f**king awesome too. I'm surprised Nintendo allowed it. 

Its cool when it happens once in a while, but its getting a bit much. They throw them in whatever game comes along. When I see it now its not "Oh thats sooo cool" Its become "Again?"

Its not just lending out their characters, but do you realize we have gotten 6 Zelda games in the last three years with a 7th coming soon? We have also gotten 4 Mario platformers in 2 years?...and god know how many Pokemon games...

They just seem to rely waaaaay too much on their current IPs.

Have you looked at their financials? They need to start making money. 

If anything Nintendo is pretty reserved with their character IP. Why does Sonic, which is now a D-tier franchise ... why does Sonic have an animated TV show whereas Mario does not? 

Amiibo is them finally actually branching out and bringing a lot of their wider character IP in some other form than just video games that come out once in a while. 

A lot of kids have no idea who Little Mac, Olimar, Pitt, Samus, Fox McLeod, or Captain Falcon are. 

Yes, they need to start making money and thats not been going so well lately. Quality titles like MK8, SSBU, ZeldaU and DKC:TF will get them alot of money. Not by lending out their characters to mediocre games and developers. People get sick of them. The quality goes down.