Amiibo Figures Available for Pre-Order!

[TheRage]

anybody else alittle confused about what these figures do? From what I understand we can store data in them, but not sure what else. Dont think ill invest in them, but they will sell like crazyy

It was all explained a little while ago in some more detail. Basically, the Amiibo can act as a sparring partner that learns your style of fighting (or others') and will level up the more battles it's in (up to cpu lvl. 50). This memory is all stored inside the figurine.

You can also use an Amiibo to fight for you/with you against other players, including their own Amiibos as well--which means by this logic, people will probably be having **** fights with their Amiibos sooner or later...

Regardless, the prospect that an Amiibo has the potential of becoming a very smart AI that you can take with you anywhere as a figurine has me sold. The only question is, which one(s) to buy?

 

[Zeroknight9]

dangit, i was hoping for a pit amiibo to be available. Oh well, i'll probably just get the samus one. Now if only my wallet wasn't already dead from all of nintendo's fan service i could buy it.

 

[Fire Tactician]

I was only interested in (how could he not be in the first batch?!) , but if Amiibos are required to transfer data, I might have to cave in and get and give up one of the other oens.

 

[PreciseMotion]

You seriously can't be comparing digital merchandize to physical... Like, I shouldn't even have to explain why there is a difference in pricing. And I won't, because wow.

Digital "merchandise" isn't free to create.

 

[Luwafer]

Didn't they show off a Zelda amiibo at E3? Weird.

 

[Estwood]

Can someone explain to me how Amiibo works, please?

 

[DaDavid]

Might pick up the Marth one soon, but for now that's pretty much the only one I'm interested in.

 

[Swiftie_Muggle]

Link's and Marth's amiibos faces look awkward , But Fox , Mario , Kirby , Yoshi and Peach look perfect.

 

[pupNapoleon]

Is this good or bad news for the game being out with the Amiibos by Black Friday... my analysis mode is swinging a la pendulum.

 

[The_Woebegone_Jackal]

Digital "merchandise" isn't free to create.

No it isn't, thus why digital does cost money, obviously. Physical merchandise however has more costs associated with it, regardless of how you cut it. On top of developing and creating the figures, you have storage, shipping, packaging, and vendor fees. Please, I shouldn't have had to say that much, your original comment was ludicrous to begin with. Companies will always be able to offer more for less when it comes to digital vs physical, quite clearly in fact, expecting the prices and content to be similar is faulted logic.

 

[Occi]

Hopefully they will announce more figures.

 

[Kingkool]

Optimistically I'm assuming that Mewtwo will return, and I would totally buy a Mewtwo Amiibo

 

[EVF Kuzonoha]

I will try to buy them all

 

[Kingkool]

Is this good or bad news for the game being out with the Amiibos by Black Friday... my analysis mode is swinging a la pendulum.

if you go to some of the pre-order links on the website the stores say that the game will come out 12/31/14. that may just be a placeholder date or the earliest date they can ship by or something but if you don't feel like being particularly optimistic then we can assume that the game will come out on 12/31

 

[PreciseMotion]

No it isn't, thus why digital does cost money, obviously. Physical merchandise however has more costs associated with it, regardless of how you cut it. On top of developing and creating the figures, you have storage, shipping, packaging, and vendor fees. Please, I shouldn't have had to say that much, your original comment was ludicrous to begin with. Companies will always be able to offer more for less when it comes to digital vs physical, quite clearly in fact, expecting the prices and content to be similar is faulted logic.

I understand what you're saying, but you need to look at this through a perspective of VALUE, the mk8 DLCs have a 30$ value and are being sold for 12$, while I don't personally believe the amiibos hold a 13$ value for me (of course that's subjective), so I think the price is bad for me and I'll pass. and when you think about it, if you wanted to collect them all you'd be spending well over 600$ just for smash bros.

 

[The_Woebegone_Jackal]

I understand what you're saying, but you need to look at this through a perspective of VALUE, the mk8 DLCs have a 30$ value and are being sold for 12$, while I don't personally believe the amiibos hold a 13$ value for me (of course that's subjective), so I think the price is bad for me and I'll pass. and when you think about it, if you wanted to collect them all you'd be spending well over 600$ just for smash bros.

You're backtracking. In your original post you stated none of that, all you spoke of was the pricing consistancy of Nintendo while comparing a digital and physical offering. I understand what subjective value is, however your comment was about pricing discrepancies toward intrinsic value in which every cost must be accounted for; digital and physical can not be expected to be similar. I'm not here to argue whether you should get them or not, or to argue their "affordability", all I said is that you shouldn't be expecting the same pricing and content from both.

 

[Probalo]

I don't have a Wii U and I likely won't get the new 3DS. But I'll probably get a few of these just as decorations. They look pretty sweet!

 

[Narpas_sword]

BL Kids with no money =p

$150ish for all of them, that's a steal

 

[Nstinct]

I'm a big Smash fan but you'd have to be the biggest of big Smash fans and quite the collector if your going to spend that much for all the figurines.

I'd be hyped about having them...until a year in when I'm like "Where's a box so I can move these figurines into the closet/garage..." If I bought a lot of them it'd only be for selling them later when they're worth more, but these are Amiibo so Nintendo will try to sell them for as long as they can even with other games. I'm just not the guy to spend hundreds to store something for 40+ years. But that's just because I'm not a collector.

 

[Philosoglot]

if you go to some of the pre-order links on the website the stores say that the game will come out 12/31/14. that may just be a placeholder date or the earliest date they can ship by or something but if you don't feel like being particularly optimistic then we can assume that the game will come out on 12/31

Well actually this is just how Amazon works with unconfirmed release dates. They just go to the last day of the year. But it does mean that at the latest, it will be 12/31, but more likely than not, it's just the policy as has been the case for many other things in the past.

 

[lob]

nintendo confirmed the entire roster would have amiibos, i think
honestly the figures themselves look pretty nice. not amazing or anything, but absolutely worth the $13 they cost, i would probably buy some of my favorite characters even if i never actually used them

 

[Auramaniji]

If the sales increase on amiibo, will we get , , and (*)?
If that's the case, i'll take a two to support the 3rd party characters (And the rest of the cast in SSB4)* amiibo figures being produced.

 

[chrisall76]

anybody else alittle confused about what these figures do? From what I understand we can store data in them, but not sure what else. Dont think ill invest in them, but they will sell like crazyy

These figures can be used in multiple games, each game using the data on them in different ways. So far we only know about it's usage in Smash where it will store your personal fighter (The AI fighter thingy).

 

[leeprtr]

eh
if i get any, it'll be the fox one

 

[Kingkool]

I'll only be getting Sonic and Ike. Possibly Shulk.

If any characters won't be getting them it would be Sonic, Mega man, and Pac-man, just cuz they're playable characters doesn't mean Nintendo has merchandising rights to the IP's.

 

[PuffSmash]

I'm surprised megaman wasn't included in the first wave.
The figures are pretty cheap. If you compare them to other actual-detailed figures on the market they are definitely not priced high.

I ordered Link, Fox and Kirby a few days ago. Link because normally any Link figure (not toon link) becomes sold out or hard to find very quickly (still looking for the target one that came out last month). I chose Fox because I don't have any Starfox figures and I think he looks great. And Kirby for the same reason as Fox. I just wish Villager was available.

Also I preorder a lot on amazon and 12/31 is basically the date for anything that they don't know when will be available. If you look up the NGC controller adapter for WiiU it also says 12/31. (Same goes for a lot of the funko pop vinyls I collect that actually have September release dates).

 

[Smallgenie549]

The Kirby one looks lame, unfortunately. I might collect him and Robin when Robin releases. Otherwise, it's a no go. $26 on two figures is enough for me.

 

[Mythra]

I'll save my money for a Zelda figure, Im already poor because I preordered the 3DS Game.

 

[Kingkool]

If the sales increase on amiibo, will we get , , and (*)?
If that's the case, i'll take a two to support the 3rd party characters (And the rest of the cast in SSB4)* amiibo figures being produced.

The Privilege to have a third-party character in Smash (basically free advertising), and merchandising rights where Nintendo is making money from selling figures of IP's not belonging to them are two very different things. Those characters most likely won't be getting figures unless Nintendo goes through some intense negotiation and gives up a cut of the profits earned to the characters' company of origin. So it's possible but I don't know if I would get my hopes up.

 

[Hmmmm]

I thought we already knew how the Amiibo will work on the new 3ds. You put it on the touch screen.

Anyway, I will be buying the Rosalina and Luma amiibo as well as the Wii Fit Trainer amiibo... and the Chorus Men one if they are indeed confirmed for Smash.

 

[Lolzormatic]

dangit, i was hoping for a pit amiibo to be available. Oh well, i'll probably just get the samus one. Now if only my wallet wasn't already dead from all of nintendo's fan service i could buy it.

There is a pit amiibo. I don't know why its not on Amazon though.

 

[TrevonMarrast]

So that's 13 bucks (Not including Tax) PER Fighter.
~48 Fighters...
$624.00+TAX FOR ALL OF THEM
Mother of god...

lol. Imagine buying skylanders too!

 

[Kingkool]

There is a pit amiibo. I don't know why its not on Amazon though.

Ya this is just the first wave of Amiibos, the rest of the characters, at least most of them, will come later. They don't want to overwhelm people and put like $500 worth of Merchandise out at once.

 

[Demie Duken]

Wow these li'l things are pretty boss-lookin'. I imagine the pricing will reflect their durability so they'll last a good while [because who's going to invest in a replacement/ALL OF THEM?]. My main interest is in Mario, Link, Fox, Peach and Villager.
Until we get Mega Man, guess this li'l figurine I got will have to do...

 

[Wasp]

I'll have one Samus please ^^

 

[Lolzormatic]

Imagine Mr. Game n Watch as an amiibo

 

[KenboCalrissian]

Getting Fox and Yoshi from the first batch. R.O.B. and Mewtwo when they surface.

When. Mark my words.

 

[bkslider]

Hoping that Pit would be in the first batch. Ah well, I'll probably get Mario and Villager to start. Glad they aren't $20.

 

[pupNapoleon]

I'm surprised megaman wasn't included in the first wave.

I'm surprised Pit was not included in the first wave.

 

[Logsmash]

Marth's face is lol, Samus looks pretty legit.

Gonna buy every last one of them, Smash merch is a must for me on principle. The fact that they do something beyond being amazing collectible figures is just gravy.

No need for me to save 600+, I've already got it stowed away in a hole in the ground ready to $pend on these awesome little guys :D