Switch 2 Will (Probably) End Amiibo

[@AmiiboDoctor]

If you dont think the NFC readers are that expensive, find commercial-quality ones online. The ones Nintendo uses vary by Joy Con but generally cost $35 base.

[@khaoss4024]

Buddy they arent buying it online though💀 Beats headphones are 300$ and it costs like 25$ to make them mfs. No company gets materials at commercial price

[@lucaantinori4834]

The idea of using a phone rather than Amiibo is pretty much converting Amiibo into Nintendo's NFTs and I hate that idea just by thinking about it.

[@earthboundman5]

Can you explain why a replacement NFC reader is $3-6 then? Your math is not mathing, dude. Plus, those commercial NFC readers are being sold at a premium, it's not like they cost $35 to manufacture. That's absurd.

[@henrygarcia7108]

Let's pray that amiibo support won't drop. 😢

[@The_Purple_Trickster]

I really don’t think Nintendo will go and remove amiibo functionality for the next system

[@InternetHobo]

I think that you have great points, but I don't think that amiibo support will be dropped with the new switch. I think the most likely scenario is that amiibo production will dramatically slow down or stop with the next gen console but will still have amiibo support. Nearly all of the switch 2 leaks say that the system will have backwards compatibility so Nintendo would probably want to keep the nfc reader for games that support amiibo like Smash, Zelda, and Xenoblade since those games are getting new amiibos soon. I think what is most likely to happen is next gen games will have limited support (probably mostly first party games like Zelda) and keep nfc for a console that would be backwards compatible with games that do support amiibo. I am also sure that the console after switch 2 will not support amiibo at all.

[@JamesMoney]

I remember getting the NFC Reader for my 3DS alongside the Villager restock from Toys R Us. It only cost $20 and came with a pair of batteries. I'm shocked looking at eBay that people are reselling them for nearly $50! Maybe inflation has caused NFC readers to go up in price with time, but I'm surprised to hear the industrial ones are so expensive. In Japan, the NFC reader served for more than just scanning amiibo (or potentially Skylanders on Switch). The Japanese 3DS, Wii U, and Switch eShop supports certain credit cards, that have NFC in them, as a payment method for buying games. While that in particular is a convenience thing, and never made it outside of Japan, it'd be interesting if NFC was the one "catch" that a successor system would have if it supports backwards compatibility with the Switch.

[@AmiiboDoctor]

Did you buy it in Japan, or the US?

[@JamesMoney]

@@AmiiboDoctor I bought it in the US, sorry I didn't clarify!

[@WheatOatmeal]

They are releasing new Amiibo too soon from the Switch 2's release, they wouldn't cut support right now

[@AmiiboDoctor]

I thought so as well, but there's no amiibo being announced for post-September 2024...

[@Doomy1014]

@@AmiiboDoctor Didn't they also just announce that Xenoblade was getting its own amiibo line? would be a shame if they only dropped two and just abandon the theme all together.

[@m.d._doe]

​@@AmiiboDoctorBecuase that's a year off

[@Noobinator_X]

I really like the phone idea. It's a comprimise sure, but i feel like all parties involved would have something to gain from a system like that. Plus, I think i speak for many people when i say I don't want nintendo to lose even more of It's old personality and charm that it used to have. After the corporatization of the switch, it feels like amiibo were one of the last remnants of charm from a closed chapter for nintendo.

[@lucaantinori4834]

The phone idea sucks in my opinion, because I believe that rather than keeping the charm of the Amiibo alive, they will just turn the Amiibo into Nintendo's NFTs.

[@Noobinator_X]

@@lucaantinori4834 Thats a fair point i suppose but i still reckon it's better than no amiibo at all, atleast

[@JordiumZ]

The phone idea sucks because nobody uses their amiibo

[@Smashnimrod]

I say amiibo will last to the next smash game because when a new smash game happens on the switch 2/new console, Nintendo would make amiibo for the new characters

[@khaoss4024]

Imma be real with you. They been had the option to digitize amiibo but they didn’t. Those figures and nfc readers are like 10x cheaper than you think they are to manufacture. Regardless of whether or not they sell the switch with an optional nfc reader (like the ps and Xbox), amiibo will continue. And they will continue in a way that they can control how amiibo get distributed because once it gets digitized they will lose value in the charm that amiibo bring.

[@khaoss4024]

If you sell a phone option, you’re splitting 60% with the phone companies, its less charming, and it’s less jobs

[@lucaantinori4834]

Not only would the charm be removed, but the digitization of Amiibo would probably turn them into Nintendo's NFTs, and I don't want NFTs on Nintendo games.

[@AlanDSi]

What if they do some Wii expansion port kinda magic and just sell an nfc reader separately. Sorta like the old 3DS except more modern. Either way, if it is backwards compatible, at least will have joy cons and pro controllers to use as nfc readers

[@sodajerk.7479]

If they do surprise us with Amiibo functionality in the Switch II, that would be a really based move on their part. Especially considering all the points you've made, and the costs you've laid out here, Doc. Only time will tell though, and I'd still love to see Amiibo battles in the next Smash Bros. game.

[@Balt2512]

Nfc readers aren’t that expensive to manufacture especially on a million unit basis.

[@AmiiboDoctor]

Yes, they are.

[@monachanta499]

There are a lot of good calculations made on amiibo being included in Nintendo costs. Going to college sure paid off for you.

[@Burrito-m1q]

If the next console is switch 2, it could be THE last console with amiibo functionality. It’s very possible they drop support starting with it but I guess only Nintendo knows.

[@francisnguyen6349]

Please, pray for Amiibo won't stop until now. Without further or delay!

[@admiralarroyo777]

I usually buy used amiibo in bulk (the ones i don't have) it's somewhat cheaper.

[@Benjamillion]

As of late I just buy the Amiibo that look neat enough to be on a shelf. The others? strictly for the Amiipad controller.

[@JaloDB]

I mean if they added more content with amiibos they mgith have a chance of being bought more (all i can think of in terms of current content for amiibos is the rewards in totk and ssbu), but that would cost extra money to make too. I really just hope they keep going since i was just able to start collectin.

[@sbp1763]

I don’t think that will happen since we are getting the Sora amiibo in 2024

[@SenranSam]

Nintendo making way to much money on amiibo to drop them

[@Ahahashir]

I’m cry from Pakistan 😔

[@asphyxiuh]

normally you have really good takes but this is so out there, it's super unlikely they stop amiibo support for a device called switch 2, switch pro, or anything switch named, any amount of money they can get out of people by selling amiibo for switch games and new games is something they would exploit

[@amiibofight2802]

so I think amiibo will move over to the switch 2 but the price will go to 19.99, if people Still buy 24.99 etc etc so it's all gonna come down to how much does the consumer want this

[@earthboundman5]

Yeah I'm gonna go ahead and say just for backwards compatibility sake, it'll have amiibo functionality. I think you're dramatically overestimating the cost of NFC technology. I've been looking hard for real numbers on this, and they're hard to come by, so lets not act like we know for certain, but replacement NFC readers only cost $3-9 for both Switch and Wii U. So I rest my case

[@AmiiboDoctor]

I had real numbers when researching this, and they were in the minimum $35 range.

[@earthboundman5]

@@AmiiboDoctor so how does that explain selling replacements for $3? I'm sorry I just don't believe it costs them $30 per controller thats completely absurd

[@lucaantinori4834]

I'm sorry, but I HATE the phone idea, mainly because it makes me think of NFTs (something that I don't want Nintendo to be involved with at all). Not only that removes the satisfying charm of collecting those Amiibo, but also decreases their value (almost no one would want to use it)

[@earthboundman5]

That is literally absolutely nothing like an NFT whatsoever.

[@combinegaming1353]

Woooooooo a comment

[@hd-ninja3327]

HOLY SHIT ITS ANOTHER COMMENT

[@petergaming5814]

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