Nintendo to release "NFC" figures

Vladamir Blackthorne · 05-08-2014

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/07...nteract-games/
Well this is certainly... Interesting. At least they're making use of the Wii U controller's built in sensor thing meant for these things finally. I actually don't have a Wii U, but it looks like they're coming out with a peripheral for the 3DS as well.

iHot · 05-08-2014

This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

Imprint · 05-08-2014

Posted by iHot

This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

Activision's piles of money from Skylanders say it's not ******ed.

Dusty · 05-08-2014

Posted by iHot

This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

You're going to be waiting a very, very long time.

Meatman204 · 05-09-2014

Posted by Imprint

Activision's piles of money from Skylanders say it's not ******ed.

This.

Crono · 05-09-2014

Posted by iHot

This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

Nintendo is rolling in money.

Tyler · 05-09-2014

Oh gosh. It's Disney Infinity all over again.

iHot · 05-09-2014

Posted by Imprint

Activision's piles of money from Skylanders say it's not ******ed.

Yeah but can Nintendo pull it off as well?

5hift · 05-09-2014

Ugh...

Skylanders kinda coined the whole "interactive figurine game sys." no point in trying to replicate and leech of it's success.

Can't game companies come up with original ideas anymore???

Imprint · 05-09-2014

Posted by 5hift

Ugh...

Skylanders kinda coined the whole "interactive figurine game sys." no point in trying to replicate and leech of it's success.

Can't game companies come up with original ideas anymore???

Without iteration, there would be no new games. It's expensive to develop new tech and investors don't want to risk their money on it. Do you really think even big games like Pokemon were the first of their kind?

5hift · 05-10-2014

What I'm trying to say is people don't want soulless cash grab clones of games, people want new and innovative experiences.

Even if it does end up costing a ton, it's still better to do something new.

"It's better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation." -Herman Melville

Posted by Imprint

Do you really think even big games like Pokemon were the first of their kind?

Even if it wasn't the first of it's kind, there was still something about the game that set it apart from everything else.

Imprint · 05-10-2014

Pokemon was an iteration of the JRPG genre. Obviously it had something different, but like most games it took an established idea, and modified it slightly. That's exactly what it seems Nintendo is doing with this figurines.

Pimpsy G. · 05-11-2014

Posted by iHot

This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

Someones *slightly* biased.

Posted by iHot

Yeah but can Nintendo pull it off as well?

Who says they can't? We haven't even seen anything about the figures or the games that will go along with them and you're already doubting them when we have nothing to go on besides the fact that its Nintendo doing it, which is apparently enough for you to assume this is " ******ed on so many levels" and will probably fail.

Draenin · 05-12-2014

With a lot of the news I've been hearing about Nintendo lately, I am a bit worried about how they're doing.

But I don't think this is necessarily a waste of their resources. I mean, the company itself started out selling hanafuda cards, of all things.

They've made lots of money in the past selling collectibles along with their games, and the main difference with these is that they can also be used with the Wii U. It hasn't been selling as well as projected, and the company needs new ways to boost sales.

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Vladamir Blackthorne Leg hair. AND RICE! Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Do you really wish to know o.o Posts: 2,803	Nintendo to release "NFC" figures http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/07...nteract-games/ Well this is certainly... Interesting. At least they're making use of the Wii U controller's built in sensor thing meant for these things finally. I actually don't have a Wii U, but it looks like they're coming out with a peripheral for the 3DS as well.

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iHot Graalian Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Belle Isle Posts: 4,481	This is ******ed on so many levels. I am just waiting for Nintendo to suffer the same fate Sega has.

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Tyler Dark Desert Fox Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: United States, Ohio Posts: 5,720	Oh gosh. It's Disney Infinity all over again.

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5hift ✔️TURBO✔️VERIFIED✔️ Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Larunda Relay Posts: 6,481	Ugh... Skylanders kinda coined the whole "interactive figurine game sys." no point in trying to replicate and leech of it's success. Can't game companies come up with original ideas anymore???

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Imprint Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,992	Pokemon was an iteration of the JRPG genre. Obviously it had something different, but like most games it took an established idea, and modified it slightly. That's exactly what it seems Nintendo is doing with this figurines.

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Draenin Magnificent Bastard Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Bermuda Triangle Posts: 463	With a lot of the news I've been hearing about Nintendo lately, I am a bit worried about how they're doing. But I don't think this is necessarily a waste of their resources. I mean, the company itself started out selling hanafuda cards, of all things. They've made lots of money in the past selling collectibles along with their games, and the main difference with these is that they can also be used with the Wii U. It hasn't been selling as well as projected, and the company needs new ways to boost sales.