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Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
If MS or Sony tried an inch of this the other fanbase would roast them to pieces.
Some of the core Nintendo fanbase cheering profits over revenue, in the financial threads, is already telling IMHO (over the last year their revenue was great but what grew a lot were profits… great for investors and for the cash reserves of the company, but beyond a certain point you are cheering overpaying and the company under investing).
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MegaBustet
Member
I vowed never to buy an amiibo again.
carlosrox
Banned
Or maybe we just don't give a shit about something stupid like this?
They also seem to have legions of adults crying about everything they do as well.
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Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Yeah, that is the point
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clem84
Gold Member
I don't know. They're not locking an existing feature behind the Amiibo, it's an additional feature, and not even a necessary one. I suspect it's just going to make things a little easier. But there's also the fact that for a full price 10 year old port, this game should have additional content/features. Let's just hope this is not it. If it is then yeah that would be pretty low.
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Klayzer
Member
Look, you can like Nintendo products and not be down with their draconian business practices. No other publisher or dev gets the kind of leeway Nintendo gets from their fanbase and media.
cartman414
Member
Nintendo can't eat losses like MS/Sony though.
RoyalLaFlame
Banned
Nintendo and any other rational company cares more about sales than some people complaining at a forum. If people keep buying this, they will keep releasing them.
I have no problem at all with it, doesn't bother me that much. But I'm not someone who is going to buy this (very probably, been looking at some amibos and they look pretty cool but dunno if they are worth it at all).
I have no problem at all with it, doesn't bother me that much. But I'm not someone who is going to buy this (very probably, been looking at some amibos and they look pretty cool but dunno if they are worth it at all).
rubenburgt
Member
Man, that sucks.
This game is already a bore, but fast travel would at least slightly improve it for those who are going to play it for the first time.
Scummy move Nintendo. Scummy move.
Soodanim
Gold Member
I’ve been disappointed by them locking things behind useless toys for years, ever since they were doing it with Hyrule Warriors on Wii U.
I even considered buying a device to emulate the different Amiibos as a way to circumvent their system.
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Klayzer
Member
Full disclosure. I bought that device and used it on the WiiU version of BOTW. Felt amazing getting costumes and rare weapons, while giving the finger to greedy Nintendo.
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Soodanim
Gold Member
Fair play mate, I encourage it.
I don’t see how people can defend the concept of gameplay additions behind physical clutter that only has a limited audience.
Even if we ignore anything to do with game preservation, as a content provider you’re locking customers out behind something that can easily not be available at some point with no recourse (aside from the devices mentioned).
Hyrule Warriors locked an entire weapon behind an Amiibo. That’s not a small shortcut, that’s legitimate gameplay content.
jigglet
Banned
So you’re saying being fucked in the ass is a bad thing? You’d get banned pretty quick on Resetera for that you fucking homophobe.
Umbasaborne
Banned
Just when i thought i was out....
this will be my 70th amiibo
this will be my 70th amiibo
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
people just buy clone cards for cents
Panajev2001a
GAF's Pleasant Genius
Losses != insane profit margins… and they have a huge amount of cash in the bank and little to no debts.
Ezquimacore
Banned
Amiibo to fast travel
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ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
I don't care about Amiibo but it's a great Zelda game, particularly with the original motion sword controls. It gets far too little appreciation.
Woffls
Member
yeah nobody complains about artificial scarcity, minimal online service offerings, joycon drift, prices of old games or ignoring half their franchises.. oh wait.
Bruno_Arrais85
Member
Loved the Amiibo, hated the implementation.
Nintendo gonna Nintendo.
Nintendo gonna Nintendo.
harmny
Banned
oh they complain a little bit. but nintendo doesn't care and that's the right approach. and when screaming at a wall gets boring they just stop.
now compare that to every other company apologizing 10 times a day for everything. do that and see how the number of whiners gets bigger and bigger.
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Soodanim
Gold Member
Nintendo stopped playing everyone else's game years ago. The GameCube was the last time they bothered. It hasn't always worked out for them, but the 3DS and Wii U not doing quite as well as the DS and Wii ultimately led to the Switch. Good or bad (there's plenty of both), they realised there was no point racing the other two when they could play a different game and win by default.
SuperGooey
Member
Full price port of a 10 year old game that requires an additional $20 toy for simple QoL improvements.
LOL
LOL
STARSBarry
Gold Member
God I hate this, I have to admit its a remake I am not interested in at all, as I imagine most people who played it the first time round won't be. But It sucks for everyone who is, they should not be locking quality of life features behind a figure... really I hate the fact amiibos come across as physical DLC rather than a cool collectable.
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InterMusketeer
Member
The amiibo itself is really nice. Not a fan of locking features like this behind it though, even if the teleporting thing is mostly useless.
Polygonal_Sprite
Gold Member
Like there aren’t Sony fans wanking off to financial reports aswell rofl.
Javthusiast
Banned
Locking a I assume quality of life feature behind a plastic toy paywall, a toy that will sell out in seconds for a 60 dollar Wii port. Peak Nintendo. And I saw so many Nintendrones over in the Asylum defend this.
Woffls
Member
ahh right I misinterpreted what you said - apologies. It would be great if more companies committed to a vision and didn't bend over backwards to appease everyone... although sometimes this does just lead to once-great developers making hat dlc or whatever.
Hardensoul
Member
Pre order just went up Best Buy
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
It's an extra cheat-like ability, which wasn't in the original game. Seems parallel to having Amiibo drop powerups at any time in Mario games, rather than something which unlocks a genuine game feature or content of any kind.
ResurrectedContrarian
Suffers with mild autism
Really should have been this guy
Punished Miku
Gold Member
Im buying it. Hope that keeps you up at night.
Rodolink
Member
and just wait when they do a partnership with Apple to create the next console. I see that coming somehow.
jigglet
Banned
Groose would be amazing. But Fi can go die in a hole.
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