Nintendo is looking to add on to their Amiibo line by including the release of card format for their characters later this year.
“In contrast to the current figure-shaped Amiibo available, we will make Amiibo in the form of cards this year as one of our future plans as Mr. Miyamoto mentioned at the Corporate Management Policy Briefing in October,” Iwata said.
Previously, Nintendo producer Shigeru Miyamoto made reference to the discontinued Amiibo functionality may still be made available in the form of cards.
Nintendo revealed last year that some of the less popular Amiibo figures more than likely will not return once stores are depleted of their stock. This means their functionality with existing games (i.e. Super Smash Bros.) would be unavailable to most and new players, but Miyamoto expressed that Nintendo was looking into other solutions.
Nintendo front man Satoru Iwata also announced during a financial briefing that Nintendo will consider producing more figures of the popular selling Amiibo’s, pending there is enough demand for them.
Some fans became leery of the Amiibo program upon learning of some discontinued figures so early in the program. There are some Amiibo figures that have formed such a demand that they are selling for double, sometimes even triple their retail value online.
While we reported a month prior about the missing Ganondorf Amiibo, Nintendo has still reported nothing regarding Ganondorf appearing as an Amiibo or as an Amiibo card. Considering that he is quite a popular Nintendo villain, not to mention a fan favorite in the Smash series, Ganondorf will eventually make the Amiibo cut.
How do you feel about the card format, fans? Is this too much to collect now? Or do you think Nintendo is trying to cut production costs for future Amiibo characters and not have to make figurines? Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
