superNESjoe
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Exactly. This is how amiibo tap works. You need the amiibo present to play the game. I don't understand why everyone thinks this would be such a ludicrous idea?
I don't think everyone thinks this is a ludicrous idea as if it's not something that could be done, they're just realistic and get exactly what this device is, what it's intention is, and who it's being marketed too.
I don't understand why people are expecting a closed plug and play emulator box to have amiibo functionality. This kind of speculation is completely baseless and reeks of the same over expectations that lead to fury and disappointment.
It is what it is, it plays 30 NES games, it's plug and play. If they aren't going to have a storefront for you to buy and download additional games, they sure as hell aren't going to have amiibo support that unlocks more. It doesn't take a marketing genius to know that people spend more money when the barrier to spending that money is as low as possible. Having to drive to a store and hunt around for a specific figure to play a game is too much of a barrier to expect the average consumer to go through, and it trivializes the profit on the game when they could have sold it to you digitally and got a higher percentage.
Expecting amiibo functionality in this is silly, and I'm willing to bet my GAF account that it is going to just be exactly what they've already said it is, and nothing more.