The stuff that the amiibo unlock would be a very lame Dlc. They are challenges repeating the same levels on the single player with a diferent weapon. And some gear that probably doesnt represent even a 5% of the total gear on the game (we still have to see the full game). That dlc doesnt cost 30$, not even 5. You pay for the figurines more than for the dlc, as always with amiibo.

The amiibo content is playing the same levels with a different weapon. Sorry for not giving a shit. Amiibo are bought mostly for collecting purposes. Don't deny that.

According to you I paid €14 for a mii costume of Samus Aran. I hate to break it to you, but that's not the reason why I bought the Samus amiibo.

For the third time now, gameplay is the most important factor to longevity, content is irrelevant without gameplay. Any review that disregards this fact need be disregarded itself. If I were a reviewer I'd already give the game an 80 based on gameplay alone, which they better do considering they gave MK8 an 88 despite less gameplay variety and depth. Obviously how long it takes for one to become bored and if they even like the gameplay is relative, but all that makes up said gameplay is not.

Oh, now I understand why you made that post lol. Sorry if I was rude on you. ;)

I'm probably buying the boy amiibo though, they're pretty good quality!

Does any of that change the fact that if you want to access all of that content you have to pay the $30 for all those Amiibo and that, thanks to Nintendos supply issues, you have to preorder the DLC before actually being able to try out the game since you may very well not be able to get those Amiibos for a long time after their initial shipments?

No, it doesnt change it. But is a very different kind of dlc, amiibo is a collectable, the stuff that amiibo unlock is almost a symbolic way to legitimize that 30 years old gamers buy plastic toys without feeling stupid. But what they want is those toys. Its gamer value is really low.

Jesus Christ, ok then let me explain this to you, since you apparently will not let this go and will try and continue to go with this story that I don't know anything about this game, I was spacing out when writing that and since I didn't know the exact name of the mode (sue me), I made the connection to the multiplayer games that I've played before and the mode I usually play most, which is TDM. So without thinking I wrote TDM, because that's the first association that I make with an online multiplayer shooter, had you, instead of completely going into attack mode, just asked me what the main objective in Splatoons multiplayer is I could have easily told, but no you decided to immediately lose your shit.

I know more than enough about Nintendo and their games, at least the ones I choose to talk about, that I don't have to take shit like this from somebody that can't take a little criticism, cause I generally keep myself informed about all first party games.

I agree with this.  I remember spending an entire summer one year playing Blood Gulch CTF for PC Halo.  All you need is a couple of really well designed maps to make a FPS loads of fun.  I think people trust that when Nintendo is devlivering 5 maps, they are going to be maps that are a cut above that of your standard first person shooter.  Furthermore, I think people are also trusting that Nintendo is going to deliver on their promise for additional maps in a tasteful way (like was done for MK8) as opposed to the kind of DLC that we are seeing from most western developers.

I can take criticism, just not from someone who has no intention of ever buying this game or a Wii U.

And the dlc is free, which you keep ignoring. And it will come very soon after the game releases.

You can backtrack all you want about what you said, but you didn't even know about Splatzones either. You don't sound the least bit informed, especially if you're going to complain about what amiibo unlocks. The people who buy those amiibo do it for the figurines.

You have no idea if I have the intention to buy a Wii U or not, I've said on several occasions that I'm considering getting a Wii U for Zelda U at one point.

It is entirely irrelevant that the DLC is free, the point is that it will not be there when the game releases, thus it will not be reviewed, thus Nintendo is essentially selling people half the game on faith. The first 5 maps may be great, but who knows how the new maps will play, maybe they'll majorly suck, maybe the new weapons will completely break the balance, maybe the new rulesets that are going to be introduced to ranked battle will just be annoying. All those things are what reviews should normally tell people, but you can completely forget that in this case, unless sites decide to make final review updates once everything is out (which I'll doubt they will).

Splatzones is not going to be available from the start, since it has to be unlocked first, that may just take a couple hours but it could also take a couple days or even longer. And what does it matter why people buy the Amiibos (not that you could in anyway proof that there aren't people that want the Amiibos for the game content), point is that the content is there and can only be unlocked via those Amiibos, so should anyone want those missions and minigames then they'll have to pay up, it is by definition Day 1 on disc DLC. People complained about cosmetic DLC in Evolve and easy Fatalities in MKX, so criticising this is completely fair.