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Rumours going around of Layton's voice actor saying he recorded some sessions for Smash. I'd be ok with this, but if they were doing Level 5 characters, I'd have expected Jibanyan

Splatfest next week! Singing VS Dancing

I struggle going back. It just feels so more intuitive with menus, huds etc.

I hope it is. The GamePad is amazing even in its most mundane use. Just needs to be optional

Home console versions of Bandai Namco's fighting games are always a bit more featured, have more characters etc. than their arcade brother

Could just be because it's a temporary community rather than the main one.

Is Miiverse not like Mario VS DK where if you're browsing while in the game, there's a button that'll take you to the level?

Oh yeah, Gamexplain confirmed that the clock cheat works so you can unlock everything quickly.

Should have done it in the SMB theme with the Samus amiibo :p

http://store.nintendo.co.uk/games-wii-u/rodea-the-sky-soldier-limited-edition-wii-u/11156721.html Pre-orderable on Nintendo UK £59.99 gets you Rodea The Sky Soldier game for Wii U, a hardcover official artbook, jewel case soundtrack and the exclusive Key of Time pendant! As a special bonus, launch copies of the Wii U version of Rodea The Sky Soldier will also come packaged with the previously unreleased Wii version of the game! The Wii version will be exclusive to the retail version of the game and will only be available for the first printing. Or 3DS: http://store.nintendo.co.uk/games-3ds/rodea-the-sky-soldier-limited-edition-nintendo-3ds/11156662.html £49.99

You're an idiot. I don't care if I get banned for saying it, but you're actually being a complete idiot right now. You're falsely implying that games are cut short, rushed and had content removed to add content for the games. That's completely untrue. Mod Note: This is not acceptable. Poster infracted and banned from the thread. If you cannot cope with an argument being made, attacking the person making it with name-calling is not the solution.

Those people are as woefully misinformed as you and, once again, never mistake the vocal minority for the majority. For one, you honestly believe they'd have put Marth in Codename STEAM, Inkling outfits in Yoshi, Mario outfits in One Piece etc. without amiibo? You're sorely mistaken. I also explained yesterday how the majority of amiibo usage is not feasible without the amiibo too. Way to evade my question.

All of the content they unlock is content that wouldn't exist if not for amiibo. Also, how else would you expect amiibo to unlock things if it isn't already programmed into the game? I want to see your thoughts here. How would you do it? You're all mouth going on about how bad it is, yet you don't propose a solution. Go on then, wow me. https://gototags.com/technology/nfc/nfc-chip-types/ It's also ridiculous to say "They should do it anyway because people paid more when amiibo were rare". That's ridiculous. Never mistake the vocal minority for the majority.

You are... They have little choice if they want to use NFC. It's that simple. Yes, backup will probably be useful down the road but this is barely even an issue right now.

Backup has nothing to do with them making the choice of going for an affordable NFC chip. Pros and cons were considered. I do agree they should include backup software, but blaming Nintendo for the limits of NFC technology is ridiculous.

The choice would be either this, or an unaffordable consumer NFC chip that would increase the price.

Affordable NFC chips are all such small capacity, yeah. Many people don't seem to understand it and just trash Nintendo for it. The technology just isn't there yet..

They didn't. It was announced on the official site randomly like smaller games (Pullblox World, Pokémon Art Academy etc) often are. List of compatible amiibo from Amazon Japan: Mario Peach Luigi Yoshi Toad Bowser Link Kirby Meta Knight King DeDeDe

That would be amazing

Now this is a Splatfest

I don't think you understand DLC or microtransactions if you think the features I listed can be DLC...

To be fair, Greninja has a lot of functionality: http://www.serebii.net/amiibo/smash/greninja.shtml </ShamelessPlug> It just doesn't have a MK8 or Yoshi costume. That's it. You can rest assured that when a Pokémon spin-off inevitably uses amiibo, it'll be used and Mario won't.

Difference is that one amiibo works across multiple titles. Let's take the Mario amiibo You have: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS - Read/Write - Figure Player (Not feasible as downloadable content) Mario Party 10 - Read/Write - amiibo Party character (Not feasible as downloadable content) + Special daily item (Not feasible as downloadable content) Hyrule Warriors - Read - Random weapon, item or rupees each day (Not feasible as downloadable content) Mario Kart 8 - Read - amiibo Costume (Could be DLC in theory) Captain Toad Treasure Tracker - 1-up a day (Not feasible as downloadable content) amiibo Touch & Play - Read - Gives access to a special trial of a game (Not feasible as downloadable content) Yoshi's Woolly World - Read - amiibo Costume (Could be DLC in theory) Super Mario Maker - Read - amiibo Costume (Not feasible as DLC considering you can get it without the amiibo) One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X - Read - amiibo Costume (Could be DLC in theory) Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy + - Read - Special amiibo Planes (Could be DLC in theory) Style Savvy 3 - Read - amiibo Costume (Could be DLC in theory) + Special daily item (Not feasible as downloadable content) Chibi Robo Zip Lash - Read - Special Chibi Robo Figurine Pose (Not entirely feasible as DLC but could be) Hyrule Warriors Legends - Read - Random weapon, item or rupees each day (Not feasible as downloadable content) So for one £10.99 amiibo, you have 13 games compatible with it, with more to come, and most of which are not feasible as DLC.