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NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#50126: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:23:31 PM

[up][up][up][up][up][up]amiibo is Nintendo's foray into NFC figures, starting with Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. The figures in question are all based off of the playable roster, and can be used to save your special move setups and fight against an adapting AI that gets smarter and picks up on tricks the more you train it.

So in Smash it isn't going to do much in the ways of unlockables, and it seems to mostly be there as an extra toy to screw around with. Although other games (Mario Party 10 and Mario Kart 8, for example) will also use amiibo in currently unknown ways.

[nja]So you have the abridged version, and also my detailed version if you want a little more info.

edited 14th Jul '14 1:24:23 PM by NesClassic

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Customer Since: Sep, 2009
#50127: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:24:45 PM

@Tarsen: Despite this saying "trailer", it's really just the amiibo portion from Nintendo Treehouse @ E3. It mostly explains Nintendo's plans with the little things.

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#50128: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:25:04 PM

I'd buy Disney Infinity and some figures if I had the time and the money and the youth.

But since I'm busy and on a budget and old, I think I'll just get an amiibo or two. They really look fun. And maybe I won't just get Mario.

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RavenKingSage MY NAME IS GUNDHAM TANAKA Since: Mar, 2014 Relationship Status: The Skitty to my Wailord
Tarsen Since: Dec, 2009
#50130: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:31:04 PM

huh. looks like a cool concept.

doesnt have a whole lot to do with me though, seeing as i dont have nor intend to get a wii u.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#50131: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:32:35 PM

They're working on a way to make them work with the 3DS too.

Druplesnubb Editor of Posts Since: Dec, 2013
Editor of Posts
#50133: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:38:35 PM

Good, otherwise I would have to have a long, drawn out argument with you.

TechPowah Just a simple hero from the room down the hall Since: Mar, 2010 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
Just a simple hero
#50135: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:42:23 PM

Even if Lucina is a Marth alt, they gave her a separate page because she's literally a different character than Marth. Otherwise, we'd be getting separate pages for Villager, WFT and Robin's genders.

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nigelstack345 Let's dance, boys! from Subspace Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#50137: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:46:22 PM

Oh hey, the Awakening characters have feet now. Sakurai really is going the extra mile.

Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#50138: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:53:24 PM

So, I now have a moral quandary. Chrom has been deconfirmed as playable, but is a part of Robin's final smash, so...

Can I reasonably mark off Chrom on my bingo card?

"We're home, Chewie."
Customer Since: Sep, 2009
#50139: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:55:22 PM

Depends. Are you marking off characters if they appear in the game at all (i.e. trophies, Assist Trophies, etc) or only if they're playable? If it's the latter, than I'd say no (but hey, do whatever, y'know).

[up][up]Huh?

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#50140: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:57:30 PM

Anyway, what I came here for is to point out how different the Japanese dialogue in that trailer is.

Lucina: "This is the power of a court-rank warrior."

"My father... I'll protect him!"

Robin: "You didn't want to say it?" (I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HE MEANS OR IF I'M MISTAKEN OR WHAT.)

"I will turn the state of the war around!"

(His name is seriously "Rufure" in katakana, too, what the hell kind of a name is that.)

I won't go through all of the text because that's a lot of text and I don't understand everything, but one thing I can say is, I think he's a little less boastful, saying that he's not only a swordsman rather than "no ordinary".

Also.

Chrom: "Is it not... my turn?" (He literally says something like "does my turn not exist" but that just sounds weird.)

And the text afterwards is kinda like "not quite not".

Cute Robin: "Are you prepared?"

And the English text seems somewhat crudely crafted. Those scoundrels.

edited 14th Jul '14 1:59:22 PM by Fawriel

Zarek Rollin' rollin' rollin' from Jakku Since: Sep, 2012 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
#50141: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:58:05 PM

[up][up]Well, that's the thing: I don't know. Up to this point, there hasn't been any ambiguity. Either the characters were playable or they weren't shown.

I'm pretty sure the intention of the game is for playable characters, but gosh dang if I don't have an irrational desire for a bingo.

edited 14th Jul '14 1:58:21 PM by Zarek

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Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#50142: Jul 14th 2014 at 1:58:58 PM

@Customer: He's referencing the fact that, in Awakening, nobody actually has feet in their 3D model. They just kind of have hoof things or something.

Fawriel Since: Jan, 2001
#50143: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:00:25 PM

You can have your bingo, my friend. But the question you really have to ask yourself is... will it make you happy?

Customer Since: Sep, 2009
#50144: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:02:33 PM

[up][up]What? That sounds... weird. I could have sworn I saw them with regular feet at some point, but it's been awhile, so maybe I'm wrong...

Still, why would they do that? Is there a point in the games where that becomes the standard model?

edited 14th Jul '14 2:03:14 PM by Customer

Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#50145: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:03:37 PM

Their artwork has normal feet, but they opted to have very small feet in the in-game models- Something about not getting them to look right with proportionate feet or somesuch.

edited 14th Jul '14 2:07:12 PM by Pulse

I sure said that!
Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#50146: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:05:12 PM

As I understand, they were having trouble getting the feet to not look weird and wrong, so they just left them out. Most of the time you don't really notice, though. Even more so for mounted or transforming units.

The actual artwork and pre-rendered cutscenes have feet, though, just not the in-game models.

edited 14th Jul '14 2:06:06 PM by Balmung

Kurgy Since: Feb, 2013
#50147: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:11:34 PM

I only played the demo of Awekening and I thought they either had no feet, really tiny feet or one of those video game errors where a character is either floating two inches above the ground or sunk two inches into it.

I just assumed it was the latter for the demo, but the full game having feetless people everywhere? Sounds really weird...

And exactly how were they having trouble making feet look "not weird?" Hundreds of games on a bunch of other systems have had characters with feet, but FE devs decided "feet are hard, just leave them with skinny skin hoof things."

edited 14th Jul '14 2:14:53 PM by Kurgy

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#50148: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:18:58 PM

Maybe Rob Liefeld designed the characters?

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Tarsen Since: Dec, 2009
#50149: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:24:09 PM

its not that noticeable.

iirc, the reason was that they didnt think the 3ds could handle feet. and then after the game was released they realised "le gasp! the 3ds could have handled it the entire time!"

Kurgy Since: Feb, 2013
#50150: Jul 14th 2014 at 2:26:23 PM

... "The 3DS can't handle feet?"

And how many other 3DS titles before 2013 were there that featured feet?

Oh, I dunno, all the damn launch titles?


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