9. Something that uses all those Amiibo
Cards on the table, I actually like Amiibo as they are currently. A neat little figure that also has a neat bonus for a couple of games? Perfect for folks like me. However, there are plenty that have already bought into the Amiibo craze that want to see the figures do more in the games than they do now. This is particularly tricky as Amiibo are also a form of physical DLC that can be difficult to find at times, not to mention having to go get one is not as easy as making a digital purchase. What might serve as a better solution is to isolate such features to a specific game made to use Amiibo more intimately. This would keep other games from having to push Amiibo functionality any more than has already been done and make the figures more valuable to those that actually use them. In fact, Nintendo has even tried this a bit with Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival (which wasn’t very good) and Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge (which is okay), but neither were successful at leveraging the Amiibo as an actual peripheral for gameplay. Nintendo might have a template on its hands, though. The party game Nintendo Land utilized mini-games inspired by multiple franchises and Mii characters easily enough, so how hard would it be to replace player Miis with tapped Amiibo characters? With this design, it could be the Super Smash Bros. of party games. In order for this to work, however, Nintendo would need to support as many Amiibo as possible, or Little Mac Amiibo owners might not bite.
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