Nice job differentiating between "affect" (verb) and "effect" (noun). It astounds me how few people can figure out the difference, even among native English speakers.

As for the topic...I honestly imagine Nintendo will implement loot boxes years in the future long after the discussion has ended and gamers have directed their ire towards some much worse anti-consumer practice.

They literally are not.

You have to be a complete dumbass to think amiibos are lootboxes. Your item is fucking guaranteed in a complete game. In what way is that gambling?

OT nintendo games have a limit on how much money you can spend on microtransactions a month. I believe it's due to japan law, but I see it spreading soon. Probably a regulation forcing companies to not let anyone spend, say, more than $100 on virtual currencies

So in conclusion, if the Loot Box issues that came up courtesy of E.A and Battlefront 2 do continue Nintendo should not suffer adverse effects in particular compared to say, EA Activsion or 2k.

Amiibos are not really gambling AFAIKS.
Though at the end of the day Amiibos do look like they're dying
Q1 2016 4.2million === Q1 2017 1.7million
Q2 2016 6.4million === Q2 2017 2.1million
Q3 2016 9.9million === Q3 2017 3.8million

so perhaps they will just fade out of their own accord since people don't seem to be buying them as much

Millions sold are hardly small amounts

Thank god. Fuck dlc locked content behind shitty figurines. It already affects gamemodes and equipment we don't it to affect every other aspect of their games. That would be a disaster. 

I think the quality of the figurines is pretty good. I am not buying amiibos because of what they unlock or what features they have but because I want the figurine. I could give a flying fuck about costumes and such. Also, you still don't miss anything from the game by playing without amiibos, so you make a bigger deal out of it than it actually is.

Hopefully it doesn't. Nintendo doesn't need to be picking up that terrible practice. Hopefully loot boxes get shot down with the current controversy going on with them. Nintendo's dlc track record hasn't been the best lately, even though they got it right with the MK8 season pass.

I don't see Nintendo doing lootboxes unless they have a monopoly on gaming. It would hurt the more then will help. I mean 2k and EA only do lootboxes because they have monopoly on sports and Star Wars. So they just take advantage of the consumer.