Amiibo will unlock NES and SNES games on Wii U
Nintendo has announced its amiibo will be able to unlock NES and SNES games through a free app on the Wii U.
Nintendo has revealed new benefits to owning an amiibo figure as they’ll unlock portions of NES and SNES games within a free Wii U app that will be released in the first half of 2015.
"With this app, once you tap your amiibo on the NFC area of the GamePad, you will be able to play highlighted scenes of one certain title for NES or Super NES,” Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata announced during a financial results briefing.
Unfortunately, players won’t be able to unlock full games with their amiibo as there will be a time limit, although tapping the amiibo onto the Wii U GamePad will allow you to play another scene from the game. “We hope that when you tap your amiibo, the quickly changing game scenes will pleasantly surprise you and make you feel as though you have just exchanged a game cartridge,” Iwata said.
I’m pleased to hear Nintendo is expanding support for its amiibo in unique ways like this, which can easily justify their $13 price tag. Let’s just hope the company can keep up with demand since it’s been pretty difficult to find some amiibo for some time now.
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That’s a pretty big distinction.
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Nope
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yeah this is pretty stupid. you are basically getting shareware in 2015. no worse, time limited shareware. This is why nintendo doesn't get my money anymore.
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i bet they are doing this so they can patent the idea of unlocking old games via toythings.
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Oh wow, what a bargain
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Wow, a lot of people whining about Nintendo giving them cool free extras. Maybe you would be happier if they just made more for the shelves and said FU in regards to extra benefits.
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considering you get full levels and content with Skylanders and Infinity figurines, we are harping on the fact that Nintendo are a bunch of cheap skates who throw yet another good opportunity to not be assholes to the wind.
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The games are the whole point of Skylanders and Infinity figures.
Amiibos need a lot more content made for them, absolutely. Maybe in a year or so they'll make a lot more sense, but first they need to fulfill the idea that they work across multiple games and not just one game like Skylanders/Infinity.
Code Name STEAM and Mario Party 10 are the first games that have real value added from the figures (Fire Emblem characters added to your squad in Code Name STEAM and additional boards in Mario Party 10). If Amiibo features get into more games then the NES/SNES demos will feel more like they should, which is "gravy" content for something that you're already getting value from.
The obvious best thing would be if Nintendo made a game like Infinity that was free to download and was based entirely around Amiibos. Nintendo is going to take all the time they feel they need to make it good by their standards, so who knows when that will happen.-
totally bookmarking this for a year for now so we can see just how much loving care Nintendo shows to those who bought these things.
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My prediction is that we won't see a dedicated game for Amiibo. Nintendo is going to want to make a great game and I don't see them cranking one out in such a short period of time when something like SM3DW takes three years to make.
They aren't going to shit one out like Infinity or Skylanders which, let's face it, are mediocre at best. I'd recommend a Lego game over Infinity any day.
I think Amiibo is going to keep being add-ons for a bunch of games instead of "the point" for one game. Team members for Code Name STEAM, game boards for Mario Party 10, weapons and moves for Hyrule Warriors, etc.
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They added minor value at no additional cost to owners.
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You should all be upset about the title of the article, if anything.
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