Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival will release as a bundle that has the game, 2 #amiibo figures & 3 amiibo cards. pic.twitter.com/Qrn6CEC7hX

— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) June 17, 2015

The digital version will be free though!

http://nintendoeverything.com/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-is-free-to-download/

It's really not the existence of the game or the way it functions that's bad, but it's just that it exists before a legitimate Animal Crossing on Wii U. If it came after, no one would care.

And not only that, but because you need the amiibo to play, the game itself will be free so that you do not have to spend both on the game and the amiibo!

http://nintendoeverything.com/animal-crossing-amiibo-festival-is-free-to-download/

I figured as much when I first saw the game.

Well if its free, then this is a pretty neat thing since you only need the amiibos to play the game

It's free ? So I can buy a 5$ booster of the animal crossing cards to play it with my friends ?

Yep, since the amiibo cards seem to work with it, so with 5 dollars alone, you have a new party game on Wii U, possibly has a hold up while the real AC comes out

Ok, that sounds reasonable. Was afraid they were going to sell the game for $50 and then force people to buy amiibos in addition to that. Nintendo, you're getting greedier but there's still room for improvements.

Not a bad deal.

Still not gonna get this game.

I was getting the amiibo anyway ahaha.

It also says that each amiibo card unlocks a new mini game to play so this could be an actual game to use amiibo is quite a good way.