(This should've been Rowlet)
With news that Pokemon Sun and Moon are the fastest selling Nintendo games in both NA and Europe, the games having no amiibos or even amiibo functionality strikes me as a huge missed opportunity. It's not like they are halting new amiibos until the Switch is released, we just got a wave of new Mario ones and Zelda amiibos are coming out this week, despite there being no Zelda games this holiday.
So what happened? Did no one at Nintendo, Game Freak, or TPC even think of doing this? I know Pokemon is a weird thing where everyone has to turn their keys in the submarine, but to me they left a lot of money on the table. You could have an amiibo for each starter, Solgaleo and Lunala, and maybe even Z Move Pikachu. Boom, that's almost the price of both Sun and Moon. The amiibos didn't even need an important function. It could be a random item a day ala the lottery in the game, or maybe some special clothing. I know there's no dearth of Pokemon merchandise, but amiibo buyers are almost their own subset of Nintendo fan. There are people who won't buy Pokemon merch, but will buy Pokemon amiibos.
Do you think there will be Pokemon amiibos for the Switch version? What Sun/Moon amiibos would you like?