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[jufonuk]

Nintendo Has Shipped More Than 77 Million amiibo Since 2014

"We continue to release new amiibo products"

www.nintendolife.com

Nintendo as of 30th September 2022 has now shifted a whopping 77 milion NFC figures

Seem pretty insane as most other companies that went the toys route gave it up.

I wonder how much they generated from the amibos alone?

 

[Punished Miku]

These are coming out this weekend finally.

 

[jigglet]

And to think they were like 4 years late to the party.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Considering the amiibo came out in Nintendo’s darkest hour, it’s quite the achievement.

 

[Captain Toad]

Considering the amiibo came out in Nintendo’s darkest hour, it’s quite the achievement.

So, did half of the Switch's game library. /s

 

[lh032]

Bunch of fools!!!!

 

[TrueLegend]

The hell....
Edit: Ok NGL I would love Pikachu, Sephiroth and oh my god that Snake amibo looks sick

 

[Elysion]

That’s pretty impressive. How much does an Amiibo cost?

 

[FrankWza]

I think a lot of people that don’t have a Nintendo bought some to display their favorite characters. Cheap and small and they look good enough to put up in your home. Cloud, Snake etc

 

[kanjobazooie]

At least a million of them ended up inside buttholes. Probably the Rosalina ones.

 

[AJUMP23]

I have an almost complete collection with exception of Animal Crossing and Splatoon (because I don't care about those).

They just sit on my shelf and look cool, and make my wife mad.

 

[Magic Carpet]

NFTbos

 

[nordique]

I only have the one that came with twilight princess hd lol

 

[levyjl1988]

Does that include the amiibo cards as well?

 

[Neff]

I'm responsible for 57 of them.

 

[Kabelly]

I just bought 5 more because of the Splatoon releases. Only ones I ever collected besides a few smash releases.

 

[eastcoastkody]

i only ever bought the BOTW ones and any zelda one that unlocked something in BOTW.

 

[Flintty]

Yeah a few of those are mine! I have most in the box still, including the Diablo 3 one, which is worth a few quid. Might look at offloading them.

 

[Robb]

I’ve only bought one. They’re neat, but usually pretty useless.

 

[jshackles]

I've got my Cloud, Link (BotW), and Shulk amiibos on my desk at work.

I've got like a hundred more that are packed up in a box from when I moved two years ago that I haven't bothered unpacking yet.

 

[Spyxos]

I also contributed. I have a single Mario figure for 1.99.

 

[Max_Po]

Fooooook

 

[baphomet]

That's a lot of virgins.

 

[Little Mac]

I have an uncommon/rare one of Link unopened in a box in my closet. Wonder what it's worth?

 

[Caffeine]

i have 1 amiibo cause a friend bought me bowser. (i main bowser and sora on smash)
I have amiibo nfc cards though to activate on zelda like 30 of them.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Probably have 15. Chi Robo on my electronics bench. A few Marios around the 3D printer making time-lapsed videos fun. Bayonetta and Samus on the desk. They're cool little statues!

 

[Banjo64]

WTF that’s nuts! Sometimes everything Nintendo does turns to gold.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

These are coming out this weekend finally.

Got a link for this? Is it a euro thing? Cannot find it on Nintendo's Store, Amazon, or BestBuy.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Got all of them so far (US at least) and some neat Japan exclusive ones.

 

[ahtlas7]

The amibos are nicely crafted though. They look nice and good display size.

 

[Bloobs]

Edit: Ive got 6

 

[Captain Toad]

Ive got 7

I have 7 Switch consoles. Seriously.

 

[hemo memo]

I’ve got 0

 

[Mister Wolf]

Nothing new. People love figurines.

 

[cinnamonandgravy]

I have 7 Switch consoles. Seriously.

go on

 

[cireza]

Most useless thing on Earth.

 

[Captain Toad]

go on

 

[Fuz]

I don't hate them.

 

[Punished Miku]

Got a link for this? Is it a euro thing? Cannot find it on Nintendo's Store, Amazon, or BestBuy.

Thanks in advance!

Bestbuy.com search splatoon 3 amiibo. In NA they're all sold separately instead of the 3 pack.

Preorders went up a few weeks ago so you might have to check back for restock. They come out 11/11. Might be some in store on that day.

 

[InterMusketeer]

There never were that many Nintendo collectibles. Nintendo was real protective of their IP. When amiibo came around, with figurines of even the most obscure characters, people jumped on that. I did too.

Got rid of them all a couple years ago. The older ones aren't that well made and they don't do much in-game. My sister gave me a Monster Hunter one, and I bought Zelda & Loftwing because that one's just amazing.

Nowadays there's a lot of Nintendo merch. The Mario movie will probably blow that up too. Nintendo must be making bank with "side projects" like this.

 

[jaysius]

Poorly made plastic cheat codes(in most cases) the most pathetic form of DLC/MTX available today.

 

[TLZ]

I have all the main Mario characters plus Link and Chibi Robo. Got them for my kids to play with and also used them for extra in game stuff back then. Now they're buried in a toy bucket somewhere in their bedroom.

 

[nush]

Didn't know they were still making these, last ones I got were BOTW. I just checked what's come out since and it's really not much or great. The early waves were fantastic collectables, I did want a Chibi Robo but the only one I found was with the 3DS game that was Japanese, I didn't want it that much.

Remember when they almost tanked the line with Animal Crossing? Good times.

 

[NecrosaroIII]

I have:

Ness:
Lucas x 2(One I painted to look like Claus)
Cloud
Dr. Mario
Shovel Knight
Hero
Dedede
I

 

[Crayon]

A grown man who carried a 3DS in his pocket all day invited me to his house with his friends for "smash night."

He said the one rule is that I have to bring my own amiibo. I punched him in the throat with a forbidden technique and he was dead before he hit the ground.

Just kidding, I politely declined.

 

[ReBurn]

A grown man who carried a 3DS in his pocket all day invited me to his house with his friends for "smash night."

He said the one rule is that I have to bring my own amiibo. I punched him in the throat with a forbidden technique and he was dead before he hit the ground.

Just kidding, I politely declined.

You sure "smash night" meant video games?

 

[Crayon]

You sure "smash night" meant video games?

That would explain why I had to bring my own amiibo.

But I could have walked away if it turned out to be that kind of party. I'm sure his officially licensed body pillows aren't so lucky.

 

[Eddie-Griffin]

This is bad.

Amiibo came out in mid 2014, it has been almost 9 years and they only sold 77 Million.

Skylanders from the first games lunch sold over 100 Million figures in 16 months or 1 year and 4 months.

I wouldn't be surprised if total figure count for Disney Infinity or Lego Dimensions also met that number or passed it before both were discontinued, probably telepods too.

Nintendo over did it using the Funko Pop sales strategy at the start as people were becoming weary of that business strategy, and they started to use them in less appealing games to the general consumer. They also started using them in place of other bad MTX loot practices so fans can say "they don't do it" when they did. Just not the same way.

 

[Kikorin]

I'm not a collector but I bought like 10 of them because looked cool and were pretty cheap. Also, I'd love have an Amiibo of my main in Smash Bros., but female orange Corrin is not available

Pls Nintendo, make Amiibos of all skins of every single Smash Character, pink DK or Gold Captain Falcon would sell a lot.