I feel Nintendo, while doing VERY well, have really miscalculated and managed the AC amiibo series.
The cards did really well, but the way they did the figures just felt poorly done. For example; despite New Leaf being a major seller, how many people know any character originating from the game aside from Isabelle?
I think they should've started small, with just Isabelle, Tome Nook, K.K. Slider, and Mr. Resetti, and waited and looked at how those performed. Releasing the line with amiibo Festival was also a major mistake the cards would've sufficed I'm sure to play it), and the game was rated VERY poorly also.
I also think they just unloaded so many characters in so little time. Unless they did initially sold uber well out of the gate, this seemed like a BIG mistake, not to mention severe overstock (likely to not make the same mistake they did with the Smash line), but honestly, it's better to undership than overship, you get more demand and you don't risk making less money from discounted sales.
I think Pokemon, when ever it happens, will start with key names from the original 151 (Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo, etc) with some for Sun & Moon (the new starters, a 3-pack would be perfect), but no more. I don't think folks will rush to stores to buy a Garborder amiibo for instance.
But the AC mistake hopefully won't be an issue in the long-term. I think Nintendo will just let the current stock sell before doing anything else with it for now. Was any other AC amiibo announced still to release?
Kirby should do good. Starting at only four and all (maybe sans Waddle Dee. poor guy) are very iconic in the franchise and are going to tie-in with a really good mainline game with Robobot.
