The Sorry State of Amiibos

[Hiro]

I didn't see one of these so we should probably have a place to discuss amiibo
I have always wanted 1 or 2, but I'm starting to really want a bunch of them. Pre-ordered Toon Link last night.

Here's a list of amiibo:

Smash Bros

[spoiler=Wave 1]Donkey Kong
Fox
Kirby
Link
Mario
Marth
Peach
Pikachu
Samus
Villager
Wii Fit Trainer
Yoshi
[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Wave 2]Captain Falcon
Diddy Kong
Little Mac
Luigi
Pit
Zelda
[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Wave 3]Bowser
Ike
King Dedede
Lucario (Toys R Us exclusive)
Mega Man
Meta Knight (Best Buy exclusive)
Rosalina & Luma (Target exclusive)
Sheik
Shulk (GameStop exclusive)
Sonic
Toon Link
[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Wave 4 (3/20)]Robin
Lucina
Pac-Man
Ness
Wario
Charizard[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Super Mario]Mario
Luigi
Yoshi
Peach
Bowser
Toad[/spoiler]

[spoiler=Unannounced]Bowser Jr.
Charizard
Dark Pit
Dr. Mario
Duck Hunt
Falco
Ganondorf
Greninja
Jigglpuff
Lucina
Mii Fighter
Mr. Game & Watch
Ness
Olimar
Pac-Man
Palutena
R.O.B.
Robin
Wario
Zero Suit Samus[/spoiler]

There is also a Nintendo Direct tomorrow morning at 9am EST, so Wave 4 could possibly be announced to coincide with the amiibo-compatible New 3DS

[Kalahari Inkantation]

i was casually interested in picking a few of them up, but then they started doing shit like this

Lucario (Toys R Us exclusive)
Meta Knight (Best Buy exclusive)
Rosalina & Luma (Target exclusive)
Shulk (GameStop exclusive)

and like this

http://www.wired.com/2014/12/amiibo-discontinued-after-five-minutes/

and i decided against ever buying a single one

[6M69I69B9]

got luigi

so cool

and are the japanese ones compatible with us systems yn

or just foreign ones in general??

nvm they're region free

bought marth for $40 new lol.  literally nobody sells them around here or just out of stock, and marth's one of my favorites.

[bluaki]

I have 7: Mario, Yoshi, Kirby, Peach, Zelda, Link, Pikachu

There are 4 I want from wave 3: Rosalina, Dedede, Bowser, and Sheik
I wasn't able to preorder any of them, but I tried

[strongbad]

Lmao

[Hiro]

My wish list:

[spoiler]Captain Falcon
Dark Pit
Dr. Mario
Duck Hunt
Falco
Ganondorf
Lucina
Marth
Mr. Game & Watch
Ness
Olimar
Pac-Man
Palutena
Pit
R.O.B.
Robin
Sheik
Villager
Wii Fit Trainer
Zero Suit Samus[/spoiler]

Though really the ones I REALLY WANT are:
Captain Falcon
Duck Hunt
Mr. Game & Watch
Ness
Zero Suit Samus

I have an amiibo-sized Wall-E figure that would be amusing to place next to R.O.B. though

[TooB]

have zelda, preordered mega man, toon link and sheik

[The artist formally known]

Have Yoshi and Rosalina, 

[Samus Aran]

i have Samus, Marth, Pikachu, and Fox.

I kinda want Kirby and Mega Man.

[bluaki]

Newly announced figures:
Smash Bros line: Robin, Lucina, Pac-Man, Ness, Wario, Charizard (Wave 4, Launch Date TBA)
Super Mario line: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Peach, Bowser, Toad (Launch Mar 20, price not yet confirmed)

The Super Mario line of Amiibo is new. The main difference is appearance: different poses, different stand. An Amiibo of the same character will function the same in all games regardless which Amiibo line it's from. Toad in particular is exclusive to the Super Mario line.

also some of the amiibo functionality they announced today:
Smash Bros 3DS supports Amiibo when played on N3DS, exactly the same behavior as Wii U version
Mario Party 10 does a lot of Amiibo stuff with all Mario-related figures, including even Rosalina and Wario
Code Name Steam supports all of the Fire Emblem characters, using them to unlock that character as playable; the unlock isn't permanent as you'll have to rescan after they die. Marth's amiibo in particular is getting a rerelease so that people can actually buy him for this.

[silvertone]

What is the actual appeal of these things? They are not well made at all and their use is gimmicky. they are like Bad Figurines???

0% aesthetics
0% fun
0% PLEA S U RE .

[TooB]

What is the actual appeal of these things? They are not well made at all and their use is gimmicky. they are like Bad Figurines???

0% aesthetics
0% fun
0% PLEA S U RE .

sounds about right

[bluaki]

0% aesthetics

I think most amiibo actually look pretty nice. Of course they have some minor flaws that are especially noticeable when you zoom in on them with a good camera, but they're also pretty well-detailed for the size.

and most importantly they're of Nintendo characters that I actually care about

[silvertone]

the ones i saw, in person, had glaring flaws. This was at the store so these things were brand new. like mario's mustache was painted all the way and DK looked like he had lip stick. it looked pretty bad, maybe i just saw a Bad Batch  but ,,.

[??????]

r u above figurine Collecting????