Ten years later, new Amiibos are still appearing on store shelves
Recently, we had the announcement of the duo pack for the Pyra and Mythra amiibos. These are part of the smash bros series of amiibo. On top of this, we also had confirmation of Noah and Mio amiibos representing Xenoblade Chronicles 3.
It's no surprise amiibos continue to be released and purchased by many when they are such good figures. I will go into the main reasons why I think amiibo are still around and doing well today.
Cost
Amiibos are some of the cheapest gaming figures you can get. Most figures retail at £12.99 with duo packs and special figures being a bit more. While other gaming figures may warrant the higher price due to some extra pieces they come with, amiibos are far superior in terms of price and it's not even really close. Nendoroid for example, you can change out the weapons and facial expressions, but how many times are you actually going to do this. Figures like these are meant to be left on display and while it may be cool to show off a different pose the novelty of it will wear off pretty fast.
Quality
Amiibos are shockingly good in terms of quality considering the price point. The amount of detail put onto most of the figures is really nice. Sometimes when I have gotten an amiibo I felt like it looked even better than on the image. While amiibos may not have been the greatest quality in the early days, over the years there has been a clear improvement in quality and I think now we are at the peak of quality for amiibos. For a figure, looks matter a lot and amiibos looking as clean as they do definitely justifies why they continue to fly off shelves.
Functionality
This is another big point as to why amiibos are so good. Every amiibo has some sort of functionality. Some games may even have special functions for specific amiibo(s). Take Breath of The Wild for example, scanning a Mario series amiibo will net you some food and a chest which is a nice little bonus. However, scanning a Zelda series amiibo will net you special outfit pieces you can wear and/or a special weapon you can use in the game. The only other figures like this are the toys to life figures such as Skylanders but those figures only worked on Skylanders games whereas amiibos are much more flexible, allowing for use with many games. Games are still coming out today with amiibo support and even special amiibo support.
To close out, I will mention one thing that can be annoying about amiibos that people should know, that being, they are very hard to get sometimes. Amiibos are a scalper target and always have been sadly. So, if you are really wanting a specific amiibo you may have to drop more money on it than expected as resellers sell them for very high amounts. Though, to counter this, amiibos are restocked fairly frequently (this is dependent on country) so it's more a matter of patience.
When amiibos come to an end it will be a sad day but for now I cannot see the end in sight. I hope many more awesome amiibo figures come out for many different franchises in the future.
That's it for this blog, stay connected!
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