I hope they have a like, 1/10000 chance to have a shiny figure.
If there are people willing to do this, I'm sure there are people crazy enough to buy the same figure hundreds of times just to get a shiny.
I hope they have a like, 1/10000 chance to have a shiny figure.
So, in terms of monetization...
- Release figures in series, with occasional rereleases
- Make 1/10,000 figures randomly shiny
- Keep the game updated via NFC figures from future Pokémon gens
- Sell limited, special Pokémon like Spiky Eared Pichu or Surfing Pikachu
- Sell accessories for holding these figures
- Make it two GamePad accessible
- Make a physical starter bundle ala Skylanders
Am I missing anything?
i wonder just how far Nintendo will go. Since the N64 people have been asking for proper Pokemon games on consoles and all they've really given is spin-offs. If this is the extent of the "Pokemon NFC" game because Nintendo are hell bent on keeping the main games portable that will be pretty disappointing.
Yep. If this makes anyone excited then the whole debate of future console price is irrelevant because as much as this will bode well with hardcore fans, it'll be fun to see people complaining about DLCs and buying this instead.
($10 says certain figurines will be locked for preorder and retail exclusive just to add the rarity to it).
Yep, just like Skylanders.
If they time this right, and unleash the first major wave along side Mario Kart U and a Wii U price drop...
If there are people willing to do this, I'm sure there are people crazy enough to buy the same figure hundreds of times just to get a shiny.
Then we'll have another Wii in hands, with developers aiming for gimmicks. I hope not. I don't want pity ports.
Isn't this the sort of thing you introduce with a new franchise, not an existing one? Why would anyone who's played the previous games want to double/triple-dip for the new version if it's lumbered with all this NFC bullshit?
Between Skylanders, Disney Infinity, and whatever else Nintendo's planning, the market for NFC figures will probably saturate pretty quickly. But when it saturates and Nintendo has a piece of the pie... Much money to be made.
The other major NFC trick is trading card games, but that would be an extension to something that's been steadily cruising along for years rather than a brand new gimmick to chase.
i wonder just how far Nintendo will go. Since the N64 people have been asking for proper Pokemon games on consoles and all they've really given is spin-offs. If this is the extent of the "Pokemon NFC" game because Nintendo are hell bent on keeping the main games portable that will be pretty disappointing.
I can't wait for someone to cheat the system like the eye of judgment cards.
I can't wait for someone to cheat the system like the eye of judgment cards.
I think that there must be some sort of resistance to a full blown console Pokemon from Game Freak's end, or even Taijiri for that matter. The latter certainly thinks the series should be handheld only iirc.
Who knows though, it could be that they don't think the series would take off on consoles. Similar to how Monster Hunter didn't blow up until it went handheld.
Low poly does not automatically = bad graphics.
I was thinking and I don't think Pokemon is the scariest NFC figurines in Japan
Senran Kagura U + NFC FIGURES
Dead or Alive 5 U + NFC bounce
Smash Bros + NFC
ANIMAL CROSSING + NFC
this NFC thing could help save the Wii U maybe but it could also kill it
Sticky situation potential judging by what I've seen on figma threads on /v/
NFC RFID is a lot harder to exploit than a simple optical code. Hell, I don't think people have pulled it off for Skylanders yet.
Isn't this the sort of thing you introduce with a new franchise, not an existing one? Why would anyone who's played the previous games want to double/triple-dip for the new version if it's lumbered with all this NFC bullshit?
I guess it was only a matter of time before nintendo jumped on the on-disc dlc hidden as toys bandwagon. I'm very disappointed.
har harHow can it be on disc if it's an eShop title
This is okay for testing the grounds. Rumble is like the Mii-based Pokémon series, after all, isn't it? I'm only a bit disappointed that they didn't wait for Gen VI... I'm not sure if another Rumble will be made (I guess it depends on how this one will perform), and I really like the Pokémon Miis. :/
That said, I hope a game with more qualitative figures (like Skylanders's and Infinity's) and a more fine-tuned action gameplay does eventually come. Rumble is a mini-series to Pokémon, and this should be bigger.
It's nice that it only costs 1800¥, though. That's more like it. Rumble has a chance of staying around if they know how to use it.
Na, I think Rumble is the perfect series for NFC. It really wouldn't fit the main series or anything else. It belongs in a side series, not in the main games.
The figurines look like paper craft...very cheap-looking.
The figurines look like paper craft...very cheap-looking.
They are intended to look like Miis. I think they are printed with a lower polycount because the series also has a history with origami; basically for aesthetics, although I can see people misread that decision.
Just imagine if these are future proof to other Pokemon games on the Wii U
do we have images of the figurines?
do we have images of the figurines?
Really?