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Yep. Nintendo won’t get rid of them as long as there is demand for them and there are enough people out there that will buy every single one that they release
The latest releases do kinda give that vibe, especially when it came to the 3rd parties of the Smash FP2 line with Sephiroth, Pyra/Mythra, Kazuya and Sora being so damn difficult to get.
They're not doing too great anymore since the toys to life thing died. And I think Nintnedo knows that. Which is probably why they're just, kinda there on Switch
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)
@luischeco3009 near the release of mario odyssey, Nintendo released a branded super Mario cereal that had an nfc chip in the box I believe, was pretty weird
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.
If you’re the target customer, and you might well be, Nintendo's better off dumping amiibo and putting the hard/software money into higher-quality collectibles.
@davebob4973 What's funny is that whenever I see "consoom" it's from someone too naive to understand that every company primarily wants $$$ for investors
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.
@@valentinlopez8292It does in Disney Infinity, Scott even goes over it in his Toys to Life video, you can't play as characters from another franchise in the story packs, only in the "toy box" mode or whatever it's called.
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
That’s kinda silly dude. It’s more like an in app purchase than a dlc, and even then that’s a bit of a stretch. People don’t really go out of their way to buy amiibo for the in game bonuses as much as you think. People buy them simply because they’re cool little figures with game comparability.
@@queasc0220 But people buy the splatoon series amiibo mainly because they want the exclusive gear they offer right? And personally speaking me and my friends rushed to find the Shulk amiibo to use the monado in Xenoblade 3. Though “microtransactions” is definitely more appropriate than “DLC” but still, they’re minor features that other games would just throw on the shop to get people to spend an extra $5 or something. I get people are mostly invested in amiibo for the collectible aspect, but from Nintendo’s point of view, I think that’s what they’re gonna keep them around for.
well anything amiibo is free, all modern phones have an NFC chip in them, amiibo NFCs are dummy easy to clone, if you want all the amiibo items in BOTW/TOTK then you can easily get them all for free
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).
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.
I'm also very surprised that they didn't make figures for any of the Switch titles. Imagine if we got a Zacian and Zamazenta amiibos for Sword and Shield, Dialga and Palkia figures for BDSP, Koraidon and Miraidon figures for Scarlet and Violet, and so on. As for what they would do in-game or how they would work, well I assume something low effort like give you an assortment items that range in rarity per day (maybe one guaranteed rare item to be generous) by scanning the amiibo in Mystery Gift followed by a mandatory save as to not exploit it by resetting the game. Though maybe if you scan a legendary from the opposite version, it'll give you the legendary not native to your game. For example, I scan a Miraidon figure in Scarlet and it'll give me Miraidon for that Scarlet save file and the same would be true for Koraidon in Violet. It would have to be limited per save file which is a fair enough to prevent getting multiple legendaries and if you try to scan it again or a figure of the same version, it'll just give you the generic item drops. Either way, still surprised Pokémon has no amiibos outside of Smash aside from Detective Pikachu and the Shadow Mewtwo card that barely counts
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.
The thing about amiibo is that if you want every amiibo compatible while not just making it a basic "here's some random items" situation, it *has* to be something that can be churned out quickly. The costumes in Mario Maker 1 and Yoshi's Woolly World are the peak of this specifically because a simple SMB1 sprite swap and a texture replacement on a simple cute character are easy to produce in a short amount of time individually. An action game notorious for over the top animations and fan service is objectively incompatible with this notion.
@@th4nkyoub3n man I love the comedy sketches, I sometimes go to some videos like the Mario Party ones for the legendary phrases alone lmao I also have an unhealthy amount of love for Jerry Attricks, the character
Looking back, they really did all they could with the Animal Crossing amiibo in New Horizons. It was kinda hard to strike a good balance, but that's mostly due to how New Horizons is set up. It's a good thing they didn't just make them give materials or something. Also, shout out to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for making *any* Animal Crossing amiibo unlock the suit since there were so many.
It's hard to find a balance to make it worthwhile beyond being nice little collectables - Having skins or the personalized Smash CPU was fine, but then you have (24:48) Zelda and metroid samus returns with in game features being locked behind them at launch
I'm cool with the amiibos that are mainly for bonus costumes - Splatoon 2&3 and Fire Emblem Engage - it feels like a fun enough extra without feeling like I'm missing super essential stuff. One of the Splatoon amiibos gave a witch hat so I wore that during the recent Halloween event in the game.
I recently just bought the Pyra and Mythra amiibo and the reason why I bought them was because I thought they would be nifty to have as some decorative figurines. I don't think they need to have much use in games in terms of this aspect. I also had the thought of "what if when you bought and scanned these amiibo, you unlocked their characters in Smash Bros to play". People would probably cheese that, but for the price, it kind of makes sense.
I loved that amiibos were budget figures. Good quality figures of characters can be like 30+ but amiibo had a lot of great characters within like $15 on release (of course the second hand market is a different story). The only amiibo I have is the Joker one but there are a ton that I saw on store shelves that I wish I had bought, namely Bayonetta and Cloud.
I think Nintendo just does Amiibo at this point to have a collectible figure lineup of some kind. The fact they're game compatible is just a nice little bonus.
the animal crossing new leaf welcome amiibo update was amazing tho obsessed w the npc camper vans you could scan in. WOLF LINK AND GANNON VILLAGER? obsessed
The welcome amiibo update was probably one of the best free dlcs ever. It added SOOOO MUCH and gave us villagers based of splatoon and Zelda. It was so cool. All my villagers were amiibo villagers and it was so cool
Same, my complete Metroid amiibo collection was incredibly helpful against the final boss of Metroid Dread when I was trying to complete hard mode in a certain time to unlock the exclusive pictures.
I forget Amiibo can even have data written to it, that's a huge missed opportunity for so many games that could give value to these often-abandoned figures. Like, in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, what if you could spawn your Amiibo, appearing as a physical object in-game, (either as the actual Amiibo figurine or a chest with an Amiibo icon) and you can put various tools, weapons, food, items, etc. in it like a chest, and then that Amiibo will always remember what items are inside of it, even if used on a completely different system playing the same game. Support like that actually utilizes the physicality of the toys and gives reason to want share or trade them with others based on the unique code that's written to the NFC chip in the toy's base. It doesn't use the NFC as a boring key for unlocking basic content already technically in the game, but allows players to take available game content and either share it with a friend with a low inventory starting out, or hoarding items for a big boss fight.
It was kind of nostalgic seeing the amiibos for smash. Reminded me of the intros and plots of smash 64 and especially brawl. The amiibos were the figures in brawl
It feels really weird when there's so many cool things you could do with amiibo: costumes (Mario Odyssey, Splatoon, etc.), unlock music tracks (theatrhythm, smash bros, donkey konga), save character data to bring across games (pokemon, zelda, metroid), save levels (mario maker, animal crossing), save a companion character (mario sports games, mario party, warriors games, kirby star allies), or even a combination of these. Seriously, imagine how cool it would be if Zelda games had amiibo support, you could save all of your progress on that Link's amiibo, and use that same amiibo in another Zelda to fight the Link from that game, with some modifications to turn him into a boss. Same could work with Metroid.
It's a big missed opportunity how most games only have unique functionality for amiibo from their own series, with all other amiibo having a generic effect if anything.
Honestly, I just want amiibo to be figures that give you crossover cosmetics. Something cool, but not something that is necessary for the game. Tears of the Kingdom could have had a plethora of crossover items made specifically for amiibo, like Pit's bow, Palutena's shield, Fire Emblem Swords, etc... Then they could have crossover outfits. Pyra/Mythra could give you Rex's outfit. Other examples could be have Link dress as Mario/Luigi, fire emblem characters, Starfox characters, Pit, Dark Pit, Shulk, and so on. New Horizons should bring back the pre-existing crossover villagers/furniture from New Leaf plus more, since there are so many series that would go well with it. Villagers with Mario, Donkey Kong, Starfox, or Duck Hunt themes would be cool! The Joker amiibo giving you a Morgana villager with Persona themed furniture would be amazing! Splatoon would be cool with some cross series themed gear as well. Miitopia did an amazing job with Amiibo. If we get a sequel to that game or Tomodachi Life, I hope those include the same compatibility if not more outfits.
A few years ago, I went into a 5 below for the first time and I vividly remember they had Star Fox Zero, Amiibo festival, and a bunch of AC amiibos. Like massive shelves full of them
I think amiibo started as a toy to life thing but now it’s just for collecting which I don’t mind cause I personally like to collect and put the ones I like on the shelf since it’s the only merchandise that exists or is affordable for some characters and series
Exactly, I've been really into Kid Icarus Uprising recently but there's one official figure for merch and it averages at £150 I found the Amiibo on eBay for £15 lmao
This video is kind hitting me at the right time because at the start of this year, I’ve started collecting Amiibo again. And I’m still doing that, even picking up some older amiibo I missed out on. Even if I don’t use them at lot, they are just very convenient and cheap figurines that are pretty high quality.
The Champion Amiibos for Breath of the Wild are easily my favorites. Getting a heatproof or extra cold resistant piece of equipment just makes it far easier to go in any direction you wish regardless of the environmental obstacles. Made even better by the fact that the champion powers are all really useful for different playstyles and parts of the game. Especially when compared to Tears of the Kingdom where a lot of key quests end up clustered around the Hebra region, so going out of your way to equip yourself for Death Mountain doesn't feel as satisfying. Still cannot believe they turned my dog into meat though
I feel one of the more detailed uses I had seen was in Kirby planet robo bot was that whichever amiibo you scanned you got an ability corresponding with that amiibo, for example I had a greninja smash figure at the time and when I would scan it, it would give me the ninja copy ability.
my biggest thing is why I love amiibo is because obscure characters that usually never get merchandise or people would never think to give merchandise to got them through amiibo like Mr Game and Watch chibi robo box boy and stuff like that.
I'm still surprised they never did a huge Pokemon Amiibo card thing. Blind packs like the Animal Crossing ones that spawn wild pokemon into your game for you to catch. Each pack contains either a foil card that gives you a shiny, or a "boss" card to battle a Legendary Pokemon. You could even go crazy with it and include "specific" pokemon, like Giovani's Rhydon or whatever. Give them some perfect IVs / hidden abilities and it can replace Friend Safari from X/Y. It would work like the Dream World from Gen 5, letting you get Pokemon that you couldn't normally get in the wild.
My dream use for amiibo has always been it unlocks DLC you would otherwise have to purchase separately. Like it's available either way but when you get the figure it's like you're getting 2 things at once. It's so often they release game specific amiibo anyway. The skins method also would work as a way to easily incorporate all amiibo.
My niece loves the amiibos. We have been playing Smash together since she was a baby and ever since she found out that “these toys can scan into the game and then we can train it together!” She was super into it. Now she brings them to me when she finds new ones and we now have half the roster in amiibo form haha
I reckon something cool they coulda done with MK8D is unique unlockable horn sounds when you scan amiibo. a LoZ amiibo could have your horn play the puzzle solved sound. A Kirby amiibo could make the horn yell "Poyo!" etc. It would be fun for online use as well
Amiibo in Pokémon would make so much sense. Get clothes, items, mini-quests, even Pokémon. They don't even need to be legendary ones half the time. Example, Bowser amiibo could give you a fire terra type Blastoise, simple.
I would like an amiibo museum application or something like, where you can scan your amiibos and see the amiibos other people have along side information of that amiibo character, kinda like the smash bros trophy gallery
The whole thing about the Animal Crossing part really does boil down to the entire philosophy behind New Horizons shifting quite a bit from its roots. You're absolutely right, the appeal of the series was about it being a miniature reality that captures the feeling of moving to a new town. _Was._ New Horizons in general is overemphasized on the customization aspect to where your character is basically only a few steps away from God. Which yes, does have its appeal, that's why games like The Sims exist, but that's not really what feels right here. I point this out primarily in regards to Scott's statement on them moving out, because that's the thing: In New Horizons, nobody moves anywhere until you have the final say. Even if you haven't touched the game in ages, nobody leaves until they ask you about it and you say they can leave. That is the only condition that causes it now. It's kind of silly.
And it's better for it. The villagers I most cared about moving out without even giving me a chance for them to stay made me never open New Leaf again.
@@chubomikz7104 I haven't touched New Horizons in forever because once I unlocked K.K., the island basically stagnated. Everyone is at my whim like a deity while repeating the same nonsense ad nauseam. Nothing noteworthy happens anymore unless I decree it, and that gets exhausting for me really quick. Life changes when you least expect it. Animal Crossing was supposed to encapsulate that, and now that feeling is gone.
I'd be nice if things changed while you were gone but villagers moving away when you're not there is just a bad idea. They need to find the balance. The lack of customisation in new leaf is fine but only in happy home designer you were even allowed to change your skin colour, no excuse on that really. If they manage to combine both somehow it'd be perfect but perfect is hard to achieve
@@hellohaveagooddayThe villagers aren't trophies for you to just horde and gawk at, they're meant to be people with their own decisions. If they want to leave, so be it, you're supposed to be an equal, not their parent. And if you desperately need them to stay that badly? We'll, there's always those cards. So it's not like there _isn't_ an option. And I feel like you're missing the point if you felt the need to point out the skin tone thing, obviously I think that was only a good thing to update. You should have freedom to express yourself. But you are not the town, you are not its residents. That is my takeaway.
@@MizunoKetsuban I get that entirely, and of course villagers are supposed to be their own being, but it's that them moving away when the player just isn't there doesn't feel like it's fair. Sure they should move out of their own accord if they're not being talked to but it's that there's no way to prevent it if you've got things going on. I get that animal crossing is a passive game, it always has been, but I think with games like these there needs to be a little allowance for life to happen. Even if it's just something in settings to put the entire game on pause, but picking up a game after a very busy time shouldn't greet you with being left. I'm saying I like the customisation of new horizons but the villagers are lacking. If they keep the new horizons customisation and added the life of the villagers from new leaf it'd probably be a better experience for everyone.
I never got into amiibos because for awhile, it felt stores never really had them in stock, at least the more popular one. The only one I technically have is the ammibo chip that was included in that Super Mario Odyssey cereal. I just cut it out as a small "card" and kept it in the game box.
i think amiibos in a good place right now. if they tried going the smash line / animal crossing line, itd be totally deadzo. ive been getting back into collecting them as of late. buying all the ones i wish i had in the wii u era. let me tell you, when i got my hands on the 8bit link amiibo and sat it next to the 8bit mario a couple months back after genuinely years of daydreaming about it, it was a really good feeling.
I absolutely love amiibo. I’ve collected over 90 figures in 6 years with some rare ones like mega yarn yoshi, and megaman 11 amiibo. I’ve only really used them in BOTW and TOTK. Otherwise, I collect them just because I think they look awesome and make a great shrine to my virginity. The new Sora looks awesome
For the non-collector types like me, these amibos are just some trinkets that take up space and gather dust. If they'd have the data inside them to include some cute little flappy bird quality mini-game, besides what they already do, I might have gotten a few for shits and giggles.
I was a day 1 adopter of Amiibo back in 2014 because i had fond memories of Skylanders and was in the Nintendo collecting phase of my life. They almost immediately ended up becoming paperweights on my bookshelf and nothing more.
at the end of the day, amiibo are majorly collected for their figurine part not for their interactivity with the games and that's the same for me, heck last time I used an amiibo was who knows how many years ago, and yet here I am keeping collecting them (not all of them but the majority)
amiibo in europe was was super niche. most of the big stores had a single shelf for all the amiibos but I never saw anyone buy one. 2-3 later the shelf was filled with games instead xD
I think a neat amiibo not mentioned here is the Mr. Game and Watch amiibo. If you had bought him back when he was available, you would have gotten 4 different poses you could swap on the amiibo.
In my opinion, they did the best with Zelda. Specifically BOTW and TOTK. Unlocking the awesome classic tunics and weapons that old school fans like myself love to have. When I first started collecting, it was right before the BOTW days and i was all in on collecting them bc of the equipment that came with them along with wolf link.
fire emblem amiibos had some pretty cool use. In fates they gave you the characters playable in game yes they dont get support but it was still cool seeing Marth and ike in fates. While in 3 houses you got music based on the game they came from. While engage had music plus costumes that you couldn't use in combat which made no sense but ok. So ye it was a nice bonus to have you really only get it if your a fan of the series.
I never noticed how many Nintendo first party switch games didn’t support amiibo, because I was paying so little attention to the ones that did I figured they all did and it never crossed my mind to check further
Amiibo was the cane the Wii U barely could use to support it. When the switch arrived it was a surgery that made that cane nearly useless. But it kept it out of pity that amounted to a lot less than hoped
I wish more amiibo were more toy like, like the squishy Metroid, the guardian, and the wooly yoshi. Think the wooly yoshi is still my favorite amiibo because it’s a little stuffed toy.
You forgot that Animal Crossing had exclusive outfits, furniture, and characters from amiibo cards that crossed over with Sanrio. Its actually pretty substantial and I recommend them if you can get your hands on them. ACNH really needed more crossover content.
I feel like a pac-man alternate mittens and shoes in Pac-Man Re-Pac would have been a decent amiibo unlock. Not too big, not entirely nothing, plus it helps that Re-Pac was announced during a nintendo direct.
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong for the Switch revolves around toys and yet doesn't get Amiibo support either. They could have at least made a Mini Mario Amiibo.
yea I definitely feel like it's harder to keep up with amiibo anymore, I'm missing the Minecraft ones and any since atm for smash I really need to get on them, so close to finished
There was an amiibo of Captain Olimar released for Smash, and then came out the Hey! Pikmin spinoff game. For it a Pikmin amiibo was released, so there was a propper Pikmin amiibo for the Pikmin series, but at the time it only was usable in a spinoff game, not a main one. The Pikmin 4 released, a main Pikmin game. It doesn't feature amiibo at all. Also there was a Qbby amiibo for ByeByeBoxBoy, but BoxBoy + BoxGirl doesn't use amiibo either.
It's funny the only reason I started collecting Amiibo is because of their functionality in Animal Crossing New Leaf. The Animal Crossing Amiibo were super cheap so I started my collection with them.
I miss walking down the Best Buy/Walmart aisle and seeing stacks and stacks of Amiibos hanging from several shelfs...... shame that only happens in Japan now
My favorite amiibos are the yarn Yoshis, they're so cute. I remember when they announced them only the Green one was supposed to be sold in america, so I did what any reasonable adult would do in that situation: I imported the blue one from Japan. Funny, because I knew that they would bring them eventually to America (as it eventually happened), but having an Amiibo in japanese box is cool I guess.
Still collect this to this day, I do feel like it’s very hard to please everyone, if they unlock cool features people get mad and if they unlock non important stuff people get mad 🤷🏻♂️
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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
Yep. Nintendo won’t get rid of them as long as there is demand for them and there are enough people out there that will buy every single one that they release
@@mrmikal11my pearl and marina figures finna come in the mail 💯
Because their support sucks. If they did more in-game I'm sure people would use them more.
yep, people dont even open them
Honestly I'm ok with that? I enjoy the figures and I enjoy NOT having to pull them down all the time or having to buy figures I don't want
When you can start uploading your consciousness to an amiibo, i’ll be interested.
An eternal prison for your soul, wario figurine
My mind is bringing me horrifying ideas involving the Pyra/Mythra/Palutena/MInmin amiibos
@@ridgenyan-botxv367 THE JAR
I feel like we're overdue for a haunted amiibo creepypasta
Black Mirror moment
Amibo definitely feels like somewhat of an afterthought when it comes to the switch.
The latest releases do kinda give that vibe, especially when it came to the 3rd parties of the Smash FP2 line with Sephiroth, Pyra/Mythra, Kazuya and Sora being so damn difficult to get.
Probably because amiibo was a life support for Nintendo during the WiiU
It screams STOCKHOLM SYNDROME
They're not doing too great anymore since the toys to life thing died. And I think Nintnedo knows that. Which is probably why they're just, kinda there on Switch
I just collect amiibo because they’re cool figures honestly
feels like amiibo have settled into a comfortable niche at this point, I expect them to continue if the switch 2 is backwards compatible
Even if it isnt backwards compatible, i think they would still keep it
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)
A can of chili has no joycon drift so it has that going for it.
-Is delicious
don't forget the chili% speedrun
I too love consuming my Nintendo switch @@BeaverIAB
And neither has proper online and chat functionality
Disappointed Scott didn't even bring up the Mario cereal box amiibo
The WHAT!?
@@luischeco3009 I feel like I was pretty clear with what I said not gonna ngl
@luischeco3009 near the release of mario odyssey, Nintendo released a branded super Mario cereal that had an nfc chip in the box I believe, was pretty weird
He made a dedicated video for it
@@Irrational34so you ARE gonna lie?
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
I hope Amiibo never go away. I love them as collectibles rather than their in-game uses.
consoom
what insight is "consoom" supposed to give
@@davebob4973hes a redditor pay him no mind
If you’re the target customer, and you might well be, Nintendo's better off dumping amiibo and putting the hard/software money into higher-quality collectibles.
@davebob4973 What's funny is that whenever I see "consoom" it's from someone too naive to understand that every company primarily wants $$$ for investors
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.
Your point dosent apply to ethier game
@@valentinlopez8292It does in Disney Infinity, Scott even goes over it in his Toys to Life video, you can't play as characters from another franchise in the story packs, only in the "toy box" mode or whatever it's called.
Mario party 10 probably made the most use out of the amiibos
At least they unlocked Super Mario Maker skins and NES Remix levels i think lol
Tbf, the AC amiibos had just the strangest character choices, no wonder they didn't do well with their selection
I love amiibo. They're the perfect thing to collect dust with. I used to have dust on an empty shelf but not anymore.
Yes same here, I love my little dust collectors 😊
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
But BOTW and TOTK have "helpful item packs" for free on the Nintendo Switch News app.
Amiibo just blow.
That’s kinda silly dude. It’s more like an in app purchase than a dlc, and even then that’s a bit of a stretch. People don’t really go out of their way to buy amiibo for the in game bonuses as much as you think. People buy them simply because they’re cool little figures with game comparability.
@@queasc0220 But people buy the splatoon series amiibo mainly because they want the exclusive gear they offer right? And personally speaking me and my friends rushed to find the Shulk amiibo to use the monado in Xenoblade 3. Though “microtransactions” is definitely more appropriate than “DLC” but still, they’re minor features that other games would just throw on the shop to get people to spend an extra $5 or something. I get people are mostly invested in amiibo for the collectible aspect, but from Nintendo’s point of view, I think that’s what they’re gonna keep them around for.
@@MarcelSOLDIER I can see that
well anything amiibo is free, all modern phones have an NFC chip in them, amiibo NFCs are dummy easy to clone, if you want all the amiibo items in BOTW/TOTK then you can easily get them all for free
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).
Too many jars to fill
@@leotheliongamesthat’s the worst thing I’ve read in months, you’re sadly absolutely right
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.
Inde3d.😅
I'm also very surprised that they didn't make figures for any of the Switch titles. Imagine if we got a Zacian and Zamazenta amiibos for Sword and Shield, Dialga and Palkia figures for BDSP, Koraidon and Miraidon figures for Scarlet and Violet, and so on. As for what they would do in-game or how they would work, well I assume something low effort like give you an assortment items that range in rarity per day (maybe one guaranteed rare item to be generous) by scanning the amiibo in Mystery Gift followed by a mandatory save as to not exploit it by resetting the game. Though maybe if you scan a legendary from the opposite version, it'll give you the legendary not native to your game. For example, I scan a Miraidon figure in Scarlet and it'll give me Miraidon for that Scarlet save file and the same would be true for Koraidon in Violet. It would have to be limited per save file which is a fair enough to prevent getting multiple legendaries and if you try to scan it again or a figure of the same version, it'll just give you the generic item drops. Either way, still surprised Pokémon has no amiibos outside of Smash aside from Detective Pikachu and the Shadow Mewtwo card that barely counts
Each time Scott says ‘Luigi’ I feel rejuvenated
reluiginated
does it make you happy when i say lugi
@@davebob4973 No, because you misspelled it
@@davebob4973 Yes, certainly
Hello fellow Luigi fan
I just like them as collectibles. The xenoblade and fire emblem ones mainly. Oh and monster hunter
I’ve only exclusively collected legend of Zelda. That’s it
Agreed
I wouldnt be surprised if amiibo usage in Princess Peach Showtime ends up only giving you extra coins.
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.
Imagine having Sonic and Big Man in the same game lmao
The thing about amiibo is that if you want every amiibo compatible while not just making it a basic "here's some random items" situation, it *has* to be something that can be churned out quickly. The costumes in Mario Maker 1 and Yoshi's Woolly World are the peak of this specifically because a simple SMB1 sprite swap and a texture replacement on a simple cute character are easy to produce in a short amount of time individually.
An action game notorious for over the top animations and fan service is objectively incompatible with this notion.
What would Qbby's warriors moveset be?
@@DpleDualies I would kill for that
i just bought the Joker amiibo tonight, the sculpting and details are beautiful with the blue flame
This video feels more like main channel quality. Really love it.
It has to include a pointless comedy sketch to go on the main channel
@@th4nkyoub3n man I love the comedy sketches, I sometimes go to some videos like the Mario Party ones for the legendary phrases alone lmao
I also have an unhealthy amount of love for Jerry Attricks, the character
@@th4nkyoub3nno shit, it's q gaming comedy channel. This is a commentary channel.
Looking back, they really did all they could with the Animal Crossing amiibo in New Horizons. It was kinda hard to strike a good balance, but that's mostly due to how New Horizons is set up. It's a good thing they didn't just make them give materials or something. Also, shout out to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for making *any* Animal Crossing amiibo unlock the suit since there were so many.
Even though sometimes its silly, I still absolutely love amiibo support! I have been collecting them since day one and still enjoy it current day.
It's hard to find a balance to make it worthwhile beyond being nice little collectables - Having skins or the personalized Smash CPU was fine, but then you have (24:48) Zelda and metroid samus returns with in game features being locked behind them at launch
I'm cool with the amiibos that are mainly for bonus costumes - Splatoon 2&3 and Fire Emblem Engage - it feels like a fun enough extra without feeling like I'm missing super essential stuff. One of the Splatoon amiibos gave a witch hat so I wore that during the recent Halloween event in the game.
I recently just bought the Pyra and Mythra amiibo and the reason why I bought them was because I thought they would be nifty to have as some decorative figurines. I don't think they need to have much use in games in terms of this aspect.
I also had the thought of "what if when you bought and scanned these amiibo, you unlocked their characters in Smash Bros to play". People would probably cheese that, but for the price, it kind of makes sense.
I loved that amiibos were budget figures. Good quality figures of characters can be like 30+ but amiibo had a lot of great characters within like $15 on release (of course the second hand market is a different story). The only amiibo I have is the Joker one but there are a ton that I saw on store shelves that I wish I had bought, namely Bayonetta and Cloud.
I think Nintendo just does Amiibo at this point to have a collectible figure lineup of some kind. The fact they're game compatible is just a nice little bonus.
Amiibos are just little figurines for fans to collect
Unless you're a splatoon or xenoblade fan
the animal crossing new leaf welcome amiibo update was amazing tho obsessed w the npc camper vans you could scan in. WOLF LINK AND GANNON VILLAGER? obsessed
The welcome amiibo update was probably one of the best free dlcs ever. It added SOOOO MUCH and gave us villagers based of splatoon and Zelda. It was so cool. All my villagers were amiibo villagers and it was so cool
Shoutout to amiibo for saving my ass in the final boss fight of Kirby and the Forgotten Land
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Same, my complete Metroid amiibo collection was incredibly helpful against the final boss of Metroid Dread when I was trying to complete hard mode in a certain time to unlock the exclusive pictures.
I forget Amiibo can even have data written to it, that's a huge missed opportunity for so many games that could give value to these often-abandoned figures. Like, in Zelda Tears of the Kingdom, what if you could spawn your Amiibo, appearing as a physical object in-game, (either as the actual Amiibo figurine or a chest with an Amiibo icon) and you can put various tools, weapons, food, items, etc. in it like a chest, and then that Amiibo will always remember what items are inside of it, even if used on a completely different system playing the same game. Support like that actually utilizes the physicality of the toys and gives reason to want share or trade them with others based on the unique code that's written to the NFC chip in the toy's base. It doesn't use the NFC as a boring key for unlocking basic content already technically in the game, but allows players to take available game content and either share it with a friend with a low inventory starting out, or hoarding items for a big boss fight.
knowing how bad TOTK's dupe methods were (insanity/sheer number of them) i'm scared of what people could do with what you suggested
It was kind of nostalgic seeing the amiibos for smash. Reminded me of the intros and plots of smash 64 and especially brawl. The amiibos were the figures in brawl
It feels really weird when there's so many cool things you could do with amiibo: costumes (Mario Odyssey, Splatoon, etc.), unlock music tracks (theatrhythm, smash bros, donkey konga), save character data to bring across games (pokemon, zelda, metroid), save levels (mario maker, animal crossing), save a companion character (mario sports games, mario party, warriors games, kirby star allies), or even a combination of these.
Seriously, imagine how cool it would be if Zelda games had amiibo support, you could save all of your progress on that Link's amiibo, and use that same amiibo in another Zelda to fight the Link from that game, with some modifications to turn him into a boss. Same could work with Metroid.
It's a big missed opportunity how most games only have unique functionality for amiibo from their own series, with all other amiibo having a generic effect if anything.
Honestly, I just want amiibo to be figures that give you crossover cosmetics. Something cool, but not something that is necessary for the game.
Tears of the Kingdom could have had a plethora of crossover items made specifically for amiibo, like Pit's bow, Palutena's shield, Fire Emblem Swords, etc... Then they could have crossover outfits. Pyra/Mythra could give you Rex's outfit. Other examples could be have Link dress as Mario/Luigi, fire emblem characters, Starfox characters, Pit, Dark Pit, Shulk, and so on.
New Horizons should bring back the pre-existing crossover villagers/furniture from New Leaf plus more, since there are so many series that would go well with it. Villagers with Mario, Donkey Kong, Starfox, or Duck Hunt themes would be cool! The Joker amiibo giving you a Morgana villager with Persona themed furniture would be amazing!
Splatoon would be cool with some cross series themed gear as well.
Miitopia did an amazing job with Amiibo. If we get a sequel to that game or Tomodachi Life, I hope those include the same compatibility if not more outfits.
A few years ago, I went into a 5 below for the first time and I vividly remember they had Star Fox Zero, Amiibo festival, and a bunch of AC amiibos. Like massive shelves full of them
I think amiibo started as a toy to life thing but now it’s just for collecting which I don’t mind cause I personally like to collect and put the ones I like on the shelf since it’s the only merchandise that exists or is affordable for some characters and series
I think retrospectively the Pokémon might have been the best choice (if they managed to convince Game Freak) rather than a huge animal crossing line.
I mean, its cool that Nintendo just makes neat figures of video game characters that probably wouldn't get merch.
Exactly, I've been really into Kid Icarus Uprising recently but there's one official figure for merch and it averages at £150
I found the Amiibo on eBay for £15 lmao
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@@hellohaveagooddayexactly
This video is kind hitting me at the right time because at the start of this year, I’ve started collecting Amiibo again. And I’m still doing that, even picking up some older amiibo I missed out on. Even if I don’t use them at lot, they are just very convenient and cheap figurines that are pretty high quality.
We all know if Scott doesn’t talk about the Wii U once a year his soul will leave the earth
The Champion Amiibos for Breath of the Wild are easily my favorites. Getting a heatproof or extra cold resistant piece of equipment just makes it far easier to go in any direction you wish regardless of the environmental obstacles. Made even better by the fact that the champion powers are all really useful for different playstyles and parts of the game. Especially when compared to Tears of the Kingdom where a lot of key quests end up clustered around the Hebra region, so going out of your way to equip yourself for Death Mountain doesn't feel as satisfying. Still cannot believe they turned my dog into meat though
its a shame my boy Daruk has a giant JO crystal stuck up his but for his Amiibo.
To credit the Kirby amiibo, people love using them to make the boss rush arena easier, that’s basically their main purpose lol.
I feel one of the more detailed uses I had seen was in Kirby planet robo bot was that whichever amiibo you scanned you got an ability corresponding with that amiibo, for example I had a greninja smash figure at the time and when I would scan it, it would give me the ninja copy ability.
my biggest thing is why I love amiibo is because obscure characters that usually never get merchandise or people would never think to give merchandise to got them through amiibo like Mr Game and Watch chibi robo box boy and stuff like that.
Loving these vids lately !
the ultimate amiibo marketing ploy would be a toy story esque smash bros movie
I mean subspace emissary is sorta right there
I'm still surprised they never did a huge Pokemon Amiibo card thing. Blind packs like the Animal Crossing ones that spawn wild pokemon into your game for you to catch. Each pack contains either a foil card that gives you a shiny, or a "boss" card to battle a Legendary Pokemon. You could even go crazy with it and include "specific" pokemon, like Giovani's Rhydon or whatever. Give them some perfect IVs / hidden abilities and it can replace Friend Safari from X/Y. It would work like the Dream World from Gen 5, letting you get Pokemon that you couldn't normally get in the wild.
My brothers and I wanted IRL Smash Bros. trophies *so bad* as kids, so we were hyped for the SSB amiibos.
I love Scott’s videos. They make me feel like a kid again ☺️
My dream use for amiibo has always been it unlocks DLC you would otherwise have to purchase separately. Like it's available either way but when you get the figure it's like you're getting 2 things at once. It's so often they release game specific amiibo anyway. The skins method also would work as a way to easily incorporate all amiibo.
Amiibo at its best, feels extra fun whenever you have it, and it's unessisary when you don't. At its worst it feels like physical DLC
these videos keep me alive thamk you scoot
I love when scott says "thats kind of fun" or "bonus item"
My niece loves the amiibos. We have been playing Smash together since she was a baby and ever since she found out that “these toys can scan into the game and then we can train it together!” She was super into it. Now she brings them to me when she finds new ones and we now have half the roster in amiibo form haha
They remind me of my youth. One of my greatest memories in life was getting a NES for christmas.
I was kinda disappointed with the Sora Amiibo. But the Piranha Plant is my favorite, great for display, and no watering is required 😁😁😁
I reckon something cool they coulda done with MK8D is unique unlockable horn sounds when you scan amiibo. a LoZ amiibo could have your horn play the puzzle solved sound. A Kirby amiibo could make the horn yell "Poyo!" etc. It would be fun for online use as well
Amiibo in Pokémon would make so much sense. Get clothes, items, mini-quests, even Pokémon. They don't even need to be legendary ones half the time. Example, Bowser amiibo could give you a fire terra type Blastoise, simple.
I would like an amiibo museum application or something like, where you can scan your amiibos and see the amiibos other people have along side information of that amiibo character, kinda like the smash bros trophy gallery
The whole thing about the Animal Crossing part really does boil down to the entire philosophy behind New Horizons shifting quite a bit from its roots. You're absolutely right, the appeal of the series was about it being a miniature reality that captures the feeling of moving to a new town. _Was._
New Horizons in general is overemphasized on the customization aspect to where your character is basically only a few steps away from God. Which yes, does have its appeal, that's why games like The Sims exist, but that's not really what feels right here. I point this out primarily in regards to Scott's statement on them moving out, because that's the thing: In New Horizons, nobody moves anywhere until you have the final say. Even if you haven't touched the game in ages, nobody leaves until they ask you about it and you say they can leave. That is the only condition that causes it now. It's kind of silly.
And it's better for it. The villagers I most cared about moving out without even giving me a chance for them to stay made me never open New Leaf again.
@@chubomikz7104 I haven't touched New Horizons in forever because once I unlocked K.K., the island basically stagnated. Everyone is at my whim like a deity while repeating the same nonsense ad nauseam. Nothing noteworthy happens anymore unless I decree it, and that gets exhausting for me really quick. Life changes when you least expect it. Animal Crossing was supposed to encapsulate that, and now that feeling is gone.
I'd be nice if things changed while you were gone but villagers moving away when you're not there is just a bad idea. They need to find the balance. The lack of customisation in new leaf is fine but only in happy home designer you were even allowed to change your skin colour, no excuse on that really.
If they manage to combine both somehow it'd be perfect but perfect is hard to achieve
@@hellohaveagooddayThe villagers aren't trophies for you to just horde and gawk at, they're meant to be people with their own decisions. If they want to leave, so be it, you're supposed to be an equal, not their parent. And if you desperately need them to stay that badly? We'll, there's always those cards. So it's not like there _isn't_ an option. And I feel like you're missing the point if you felt the need to point out the skin tone thing, obviously I think that was only a good thing to update. You should have freedom to express yourself. But you are not the town, you are not its residents. That is my takeaway.
@@MizunoKetsuban I get that entirely, and of course villagers are supposed to be their own being, but it's that them moving away when the player just isn't there doesn't feel like it's fair. Sure they should move out of their own accord if they're not being talked to but it's that there's no way to prevent it if you've got things going on. I get that animal crossing is a passive game, it always has been, but I think with games like these there needs to be a little allowance for life to happen. Even if it's just something in settings to put the entire game on pause, but picking up a game after a very busy time shouldn't greet you with being left. I'm saying I like the customisation of new horizons but the villagers are lacking. If they keep the new horizons customisation and added the life of the villagers from new leaf it'd probably be a better experience for everyone.
I never got into amiibos because for awhile, it felt stores never really had them in stock, at least the more popular one. The only one I technically have is the ammibo chip that was included in that Super Mario Odyssey cereal. I just cut it out as a small "card" and kept it in the game box.
this is the episode IVE been waiting for
i think amiibos in a good place right now. if they tried going the smash line / animal crossing line, itd be totally deadzo.
ive been getting back into collecting them as of late. buying all the ones i wish i had in the wii u era. let me tell you, when i got my hands on the 8bit link amiibo and sat it next to the 8bit mario a couple months back after genuinely years of daydreaming about it, it was a really good feeling.
Thank you Scott for making me FIGURE out what Amiibo are again.
I absolutely love amiibo. I’ve collected over 90 figures in 6 years with some rare ones like mega yarn yoshi, and megaman 11 amiibo. I’ve only really used them in BOTW and TOTK. Otherwise, I collect them just because I think they look awesome and make a great shrine to my virginity. The new Sora looks awesome
Making top tier videos with amiibos on the floor, perfect
For the non-collector types like me, these amibos are just some trinkets that take up space and gather dust.
If they'd have the data inside them to include some cute little flappy bird quality mini-game, besides what they already do, I might have gotten a few for shits and giggles.
If they wanted amiibos to be super popular they should've done a pokemon line for legendaries that give the pokemon when scanned in
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Amiibo was my first Scott the Woz episode!!!
I was a day 1 adopter of Amiibo back in 2014 because i had fond memories of Skylanders and was in the Nintendo collecting phase of my life. They almost immediately ended up becoming paperweights on my bookshelf and nothing more.
at the end of the day, amiibo are majorly collected for their figurine part not for their interactivity with the games
and that's the same for me, heck last time I used an amiibo was who knows how many years ago, and yet here I am keeping collecting them (not all of them but the majority)
amiibo in europe was was super niche. most of the big stores had a single shelf for all the amiibos but I never saw anyone buy one. 2-3 later the shelf was filled with games instead xD
I think a neat amiibo not mentioned here is the Mr. Game and Watch amiibo. If you had bought him back when he was available, you would have gotten 4 different poses you could swap on the amiibo.
Scott having the chibi robo amibo is incredibly hilarious
In my opinion, they did the best with Zelda. Specifically BOTW and TOTK. Unlocking the awesome classic tunics and weapons that old school fans like myself love to have. When I first started collecting, it was right before the BOTW days and i was all in on collecting them bc of the equipment that came with them along with wolf link.
Oh, and Mario Odyssey bc the same thing.
The most interesting amiibo support on switch for me is azure striker gunvolt striker pack because who the hell expects that to have amiibo support
Scott is the king of "damn them if they do and damn them if they dont" 😂
I would kill for games to unlock costumes and skins based on the character scanned. No reason why there cant be an monado skin in Tears of the Kingdom
What’s nice about the Zelda ands Loftwing amiibo is that it went on clearance almost immediately. I got mine for like $10
fire emblem amiibos had some pretty cool use. In fates they gave you the characters playable in game yes they dont get support but it was still cool seeing Marth and ike in fates. While in 3 houses you got music based on the game they came from. While engage had music plus costumes that you couldn't use in combat which made no sense but ok. So ye it was a nice bonus to have you really only get it if your a fan of the series.
I never noticed how many Nintendo first party switch games didn’t support amiibo, because I was paying so little attention to the ones that did I figured they all did and it never crossed my mind to check further
Amiibo was the cane the Wii U barely could use to support it. When the switch arrived it was a surgery that made that cane nearly useless. But it kept it out of pity that amounted to a lot less than hoped
I wish more amiibo were more toy like, like the squishy Metroid, the guardian, and the wooly yoshi.
Think the wooly yoshi is still my favorite amiibo because it’s a little stuffed toy.
Funfact: the Shovel Knight Amiibo can be scanned inisde the Box. They don't use a scan protection like every other Amiibo before.
You forgot that Animal Crossing had exclusive outfits, furniture, and characters from amiibo cards that crossed over with Sanrio. Its actually pretty substantial and I recommend them if you can get your hands on them. ACNH really needed more crossover content.
I feel like a pac-man alternate mittens and shoes in Pac-Man Re-Pac would have been a decent amiibo unlock. Not too big, not entirely nothing, plus it helps that Re-Pac was announced during a nintendo direct.
I actually miss the AR and 3D on the 3DS Nintendo series. I would love for the Switch 2 to bring those back!
Mario Vs. Donkey Kong for the Switch revolves around toys and yet doesn't get Amiibo support either. They could have at least made a Mini Mario Amiibo.
I just started collecting all the Zelda series Amiibo. Sad to say, I have a habit now.
yea I definitely feel like it's harder to keep up with amiibo anymore, I'm missing the Minecraft ones and any since atm for smash I really need to get on them, so close to finished
They should have made the Super Mario Odyssey amiibo auto-complete the damn jumprope moons
There was an amiibo of Captain Olimar released for Smash, and then came out the Hey! Pikmin spinoff game. For it a Pikmin amiibo was released, so there was a propper Pikmin amiibo for the Pikmin series, but at the time it only was usable in a spinoff game, not a main one.
The Pikmin 4 released, a main Pikmin game. It doesn't feature amiibo at all.
Also there was a Qbby amiibo for ByeByeBoxBoy, but BoxBoy + BoxGirl doesn't use amiibo either.
It's funny the only reason I started collecting Amiibo is because of their functionality in Animal Crossing New Leaf. The Animal Crossing Amiibo were super cheap so I started my collection with them.
I miss walking down the Best Buy/Walmart aisle and seeing stacks and stacks of Amiibos hanging from several shelfs...... shame that only happens in Japan now
My favorite amiibos are the yarn Yoshis, they're so cute. I remember when they announced them only the Green one was supposed to be sold in america, so I did what any reasonable adult would do in that situation: I imported the blue one from Japan.
Funny, because I knew that they would bring them eventually to America (as it eventually happened), but having an Amiibo in japanese box is cool I guess.
Amiibo definitely feels a lot more like they're leaning into them being cool ass figures before being super functional, which is fair. They are cool.
Still collect this to this day, I do feel like it’s very hard to please everyone, if they unlock cool features people get mad and if they unlock non important stuff people get mad 🤷🏻♂️
Came here for the eventual Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 mention, left satisfied
I remember being pretty happy with my Shulk Amiibo as they were seemingly pretty hard to get
Shopping list for when I get my switch:
-switch or switch lite to save money
-skyrim
-LOZ amiibo