Jason says, "It’s a strange question to be sure: do amiibo dream? I know, there’s no way that’s possible… right? It’s just a bunch of plastic and a funky looking NFC chip in the base."
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A new amiibo has its release date from Nintendo, and pre-orders have started revealing the price and how it's the most expensive figure ever.
NE: "Nowadays, amiibo cost more than ever, and they don't offer many more in-game bonuses than before. Should Nintendo switch to cards instead?"
Everything Nintendo doesis expensive these days. This company loves to gouge pockets. What’s sad, people willing to pay for it.
I used to collect amiibos, especially the Smash Brothers ones. Ended up with nearly 100 of them. Eventually sold them all to a collector. I pick and choose which Amiibos to purchase nowadays, but usually it's the Zelda ones.
Upcoming amiibo figures from Nintendo appear to have received an official price cut - here are the new prices.
Nintendo gets away with murder when it comes to its game prices . They're still selling some of their last gen games for full price.
Not just full price, but $80 when last gen it was $60… and $70… which, don’t get me started on that.
£74.99 ($100) Switch 2 games didn't last long in the UK and games on key cards are annoying. Amiibo has been problematic from the start, prices a bit high, then the scalpers get hold of them, not forgetting stupid regional exclusives. On top of that, the content you get is fairly poor, then you have a figure gathering dust. For us poor gamers (me), Nintendo should've released Amiibo without the figures, just the bases showing who was who. I paid into a few of them during the Wii U era, but not Switch. With all of this, why would Nintendo be bothered?
Did you know that if you yell "Andy's Coming!" while next to dressed up Toy Story characters at Disneyworld, they will immediately fall lifeless to the ground? The More You Know.
Yes Amiibo dream. And it won't be long before they become self aware and use their NFC chips to access your phone's Apple or Google wallet information and steal your money.
But that's just phase 1. Next they'll use that money to build a robot amiibo army. And pretty soon we'll have waves of amiibo marching and taking over our local Gamestops and using them as home bases for their final master plan.
We must stop them now before its too late.