Indeed. Wasn't expecting anything big for amiibo in released titles. So something small and cool like this is fine in my book.
This'll certainly be detailed in the Direct tomorrow
DLC likely to come on November 13th. Amiibo functionality coming with a patch:
Dress up your Mii in racing suits based on each amiibo character's look.
In order to use this feature, users will need to download the software update available on 11/13/2014.
Get Mii racing suits with amiibo!
amiibo
Mario™
Luigi™
Yoshi™
Peach™
Donkey Kong™
Link™
Kirby™
Captain Falcon
Samus™
Fox McCloud
Just got round to watching it due to "Halloween" party last night. Decent enough episode. Clearly setting up for the second half next week. Totally called Missy being the Master at the start, but still not disappointed when it happened.
Roll on next week. Curious as to if they'll show how he/she (oh god, the pronouns while talking about the Master are going to go wonko) regenerated and got off Gallifrey
Indeed. On seeing multiple photos of them, there are only a couple of "downgrades". The stands, yeah, Peach's face is weird and Marth looks wrong, but other than that, everything looks top notch. Look at Fox, Donkey Kong etc.
Think of it like this
For gaming, there's a market for dedicated devices and a market for smartphone games. Smartphone games are typically not overly intensive, and nothing on full games. People often say "Who will buy a handheld for games when they have it on the phone?" and "Who will buy a console for games when they have it on the PC?" etc., but those devices and games for them still sell.
With QoL, it's somewhat similar. The apps that do things similar to what they propose are by no means accurate or as in-depth as what is being proposed. There is likely a market for it.
Also note that this is separate to their gaming division, and is a new division in general. It's not really "two steps back".