Nintendo Amiibo figures.

I see. So you plug it into the wii u and you can play as that character? Wouldn't it just be better to have the character in the game to begin with?

Sorry I am not being rude. I'm not sure I understand. I never played sky landers. It's cool you get a toy with it I guess

 

I'm just curious how Smash Brothers works without Amiibos. It might be a good idea for Nintendo to have non Amiibos matches search options when searching for matches online

 

I actually hate these. Such a money grab.

 

I think Nintendo should have mentioned how Smash Brothers will work without the Amiibos. For all we know Smash Brothers could come with just the option to use your Miis. The only way to use other characters is to buy the Amiibos. Nintendo should have said something

 

Okay, so wait a minute? Are these basically like their own little game in which your figure fights against another? That's what I seem to be reading into this, doesn't seem like it has any direct correlation between any game.

 

Yeah that's what came to mind first. Surely not though.

 

But the question is if we dont buy these things. Will the other characters still be unlockable & useable in game like always ? Or are we paying $60 to use our Mii & if you want to use other characters you gotta buy the toys

 

So wait, what? These are actually for Disney Infinity...?

 

Okay, reading up on this some more, I'm not seeing anything that says these were made for Disney Infinity. I don't think that's true.

They way I'm reading this information is that your figure doesn't actually unlock anything, but if you use your figure with one of those games, it levels up the stats on your figure, so it's almost like your playing with your Peach, for example, in Smash. It seems it also has it's own little game built in where your figures can battle against each other.

That's the impression I'm getting from this. It's nothing about unlocking content in games, it's sort of like it's own minigame that you can upgrade through other games.

EDIT: Here's a kotaku article that seems to break it down the most

 

Uh, did you edit your post? I could've sworn you said the exact words. Oh well, maybe not. Anyway, here's some photos of the packagiNG:

 

$13 is the same as an individual figure for Disney Infinity, though they may just scale to that. I thought they'd launch the initial set before the game came out, though. Figured they'd want to get the whole roster out by the time the Wii U version comes out.

 

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=Dinsey+Infinity

Amazon has every Infinity individual figure at $12.99 base figure. They have bundles, though, that break down to more, like two for $30, which would be $15. But all single figures are listed for $12.99, doubt it's different elsewhere. Skylanders doesn't seem to have individual figures from what I searched, but they have a lot of two packs for $20-25, so they actually might be a little cheaper.

 

You should probably just keep this stuff in the Wii U thread, zenith. I don't think anyone besides us actually frequents this thread.

 

It seems the Amiibos have gotten a downgrade.

 

What do you mean?

 

Like, the quality. It's mostly limited to the more realistic figures though.