amiibo on Nintendo Switch

Nintendo has figured out exactly what Amiibos are, figures that Nintendo nerds buy and use like 4 times before getting placed on the shelf of doom

Disappointed Scott didn't even bring up the Mario cereal box amiibo

When you can start uploading your consciousness to an amiibo, i’ll be interested.

You'd be surprised how much the Switch has in common with a can of chili

-Exists

-Has something inside of it that makes people want to buy it

-Has red on it (sometimes)

I hope Amiibo never go away. I love them as collectibles rather than their in-game uses.

Amibo definitely feels like somewhat of an afterthought when it comes to the switch.

feels like amiibo have settled into a comfortable niche at this point, I expect them to continue if the switch 2 is backwards compatible

Each time Scott says ‘Luigi’ I feel rejuvenated

I'm fairly sure that Nintendo realized fairly early on that Amiibo are much more profitable as a collectible than a usable in game thing. The fact that they went heavy on variants (ie P1 and P2 versions of Cloud, Bayo; the Fami ROB, etc), heavily limited supply at various points, locked them to specific retailers, did stuff like the Gold and Silver Mario ones that essentially did the same thing in most of the games that recognized them. Oh, and the newer sets don't even seem to include that little foil bit they used to include so you couldn't scan them through the package. They've started doing reprints, too, to re-capitalize on the 'rare' figures that spiked on the 2x market. Which would also explain why the AC ones bombed, since let's me fair, AC characters are fine, but at the end of the day, most people don't care enough about any single character enough to want a figure of one.

I mostly just buy these for display or for franchises I enjoy. I used the Splatoon ones, and once in a while a game like Ace Combat on 3DS used them to unlock some cool planes. The fact that they never made a crossover style game using amiibo like Skylanders still baffles me, since they wouldn't be bound by stupid licensor agreements like Disney or LEGO, where a bunch of suits somewhere dictated that character X couldn't be used in franchise Y and killed the whole point of it.

I love amiibo. They're the perfect thing to collect dust with. I used to have dust on an empty shelf but not anymore.

i think Nintendo is never gonna get rid of amiibo because it allows them to make whats pretty much DLC in a physical form, without having to deal with the backlash that games get for having DLC. Instead of BOTW/TOTK having a “helpful items pack” thats sold on the eshop for a couple dollars, that’s regulated to the amiibo so people could say “Look! Nintendo games almost never have DLC!” if that makes sense

The funny thing about the Wolf Link amiibo was that the summonable wolf in Breath of the Wild had very low health by default, and the only way to increase that was through the Twilight Princess HD and getting to a certain point in a new dungeon added in that version.

42:50 TOTK actually lets you get the BOTW amibo exclusive gear normally, without using amibo, so amibo got a downgrade on it

pokémon's lack of amiibo is particularly confusing to me... you have a franchise known for trading cards and collecting creatures, and yet there have been no amiibo card sets. imagine a standard pack of pokémon cards, but each one is an amiibo. you can scan the amiibo into the current pokémon game to get something, like a 6 IV version of that pokémon or maybe a special move it can't normally learn or something. if it's a dupe, it could give you an item depending on the card's rarity. say like a gold nugget for a common dupe and a gold bottle cap for a secret rare dupe.

Sure was a thing alright. I remember how Scott always suggested how Koei Tecmo should make an amiibo Warriors game using every amiibo ever to some capacity.

Im a fan of the Warriors games and even I always thought that was an impossibilty.

Amiibo are still pretty sought after. My local GameStop didn't have any Pyra and Mythra amiibo left when I went to go pick them up (along with Pikmin 4).

This video feels more like main channel quality. Really love it.

Amiibos are just little figurines for fans to collect

I wouldnt be surprised if amiibo usage in Princess Peach Showtime ends up only giving you extra coins.

I just like them as collectibles. The xenoblade and fire emblem ones mainly. Oh and monster hunter