Well. They are not above that, is true, but that FE fates reference is not really all that fair. The third path of the game is very questionable, but it is not a full priced game. And for what I readed the 2 real games are completely different (even if they happen in the same story) and most important, every one of them is as long as FE Awakening. So you are buying 2 games because every game has enough content to be its own game, with 40 or 50 hours each one, however if you buy one, then you can get the second for half of the price, making it a 60$ game, the usual stuff we pay for homeconsole games, wich is not so out of place on what it seems the most ambitious 3DS game till date. The third path, again, is indeed questionable.

i think thats a pretty reasonable solution, although i think that it should be unlocked by something OTHER than grinding. because.. well, grinding just isnt fun. and companies use it as a way to get you to buy things that you usually wouldnt. id say make it unlockable by finding all the heart pieces or by just beating it 100%. something like that. more as a reward for being a completionist rather than farming for rupees or something crazy like that. 

one difference here is that if warner bros added in the figure from your little link there, it would be completely pointless because theyre not in the business of making figurines that are interactive with your software. thats kind of a BIG difference between these two situations, dont you think? also, this is zelda we are talking about here, ok? not some batman game. 

i wouldnt expect any other kind of response from you, spemanig lol. good job.

Amiibo-focused games.  Off the top of my head, they could do a f2p moba with a Nintendo flare  that needs amiibos to unlock characters and has level stats and other character info tied to the amiibo.  Other than that, I'd use amiibo as a way to get non-essential items/costumes while skipping their quest/mission parameters.  Essentially, I wouldn't lock anything down to amiibo and create a sort of 'amiibo-paywall' on games that don't focus on amiibo but rather use them as a way to get some nice optional stuff without any of the work.

I can barely see that chart, very little.

For what I can see of it, it seems like I'm indeed wrong, but at the same time, one of them has almost as much content as awakening, and then the second one has half of it. But the second one cost you half of the money so it doesnt really seem so unjustified. Then there is the third path... no comments. I'm not very happy with tthe way they handled this game, and I have to try it to give a proper opinion but it doesnt seem like a terrible thing, I mean, 40$ for 40 hours of content (wich is the average duration of FE games) and another 20 -25h for 20 $ makes sense after all. Anyway I'm looking forward to see your thread about this question.

Amiibo should be a microtransation. A way to gain access to something in game that you'd normally need to dedicate time and effort, but not money, to. Like I've said, Mario Maker's application of Splatoon is the gold standard of what it should always be.

I answered to the question: "If it was a special edition of Batman Arkham whatever with a Batman figurine sold for $90 would people complain?"

And of course WB could insert a NFC chip in the figurine or a download code for the B:AA-DLC... or just add that DLC-stuff on the disc like so many other remastered versions (f.e. TLoU:R). There goes your "BIG" difference.

Most of the time, you have to buy the amiibo separately so it's not free. And if you go digital, you won't be able to get the amiibo extras..

I think Amiibos is a great concept, but if they use it in the wrong way, it'll just be really annoying

shit does not excuse shit, unlock it via update
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