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Nintendo Figurine Platform

Started by Germ, May 12, 2014. 10 replies.

Jeremy Davis May 12, 2014
During Nintendo's May 8th Financial Results Briefing, they announced the Nintendo Figurine Platform. This project will use the Wii U's built-in Near Field Communication (NFC) to allow plastic figurines of Nintendo characters to work with games for the platform. Nintendo also promised the figurines would work with the 3DS.

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/140508/04.html

It seems that this is Nintendo's answer to Skylanders and Disney Infinity. Personally, I think it is a great idea for Nintendo. What does everyone else think?
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jerec May 12, 2014
The technology is there, they might as well use it. And Nintendo figurines interest me way more than Skylanders.
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dementedhut May 12, 2014
Not exactly my thing, but it sounds like something that could possibly work with the Nintendo base. I mean, given the success of games like Pokemon where you catch 'em all and how people absolutely flip out every time a new Smash Bros. character is introduced, I can see this working.
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Jeremy Davis May 13, 2014
As soon as Skylanders came out, I immediately thought of Pokemon. It probably would not be practical to make a large portion of the Pokemon that exist into figurines, but maybe they would have certain ones that could only be attained through purchasing a figure? Then again, I think that would certainly lead to backlash.

Still, there has to be a good Pokemon implementation somewhere, and even if there is not, the ability to move other figures between games and platforms is pretty exciting.
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dementedhut May 13, 2014
I wouldn't put it past them to make one an exclusive Nintendo Club reward.
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jerec Jan 7, 2017
Interesting reading this as the amiibo craze happened, then it dropped off again. I... may have purchased too many of these.
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Jason Venter Staff Jan 7, 2017
I currently have 15 amiibo, not counting the 2 that came with my Animal Crossing game on Wii U. I got my most recent one in December, which is a 30th anniversary Zelda one (Link in retro style, to go with my Mario in retro style that I purchased previously). I haven't paid more than retail price for any of them, or purchased from any source other than a standard retailer. I'm missing only one that I'd especially like to have: the Duck Hunt dog. I'm afraid that to fix that, I'll have to finally cave and buy one on eBay or whatever... but that can wait until I actually have money.
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Simon Woodington Freelancer Apr 5, 2018 edited
It kills me that now the craze has settled into little more than figurine collectables instead of the interactive fantasy we were promised, I decide I want in.

I still want in. I did buy more than a few Skylanders, and actually don't regret that at all. Now if I can just find the ones I actually want.

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