Done with these, finally, I think. I originally bought all of the Animal Crossing and Mewtwo at Gamestop, got home, and went damn, spending $75 on stuff that I'll literally never use seems kind of silly. Returned them unopened.
It's the never-ending stream of new ones and their ever-growing utility in WiiU games that annoys me. It's starting to seem like well, if you want to fully play the game, you need to spend money on the damn things, which will be a serious cash sink, indefinitely.
Amiibo Festival is by far not a must-own title. It's a fun little Animal Crossing themed board game, and there are lots of little modes and customization to unlock, so it does have a good deal of replay-ability. I will say that it probably is the only game that actually uses Amiibos. You can't even start up the game without touching an Animal Crossing Amiibo to the game pad, and every roll of the dice and action you do in game requires that Amiibo to be used on the game pad. Yes, that means every player is holding their own AC Amiibo and must use them for their turns.
So, it does what it's supposed to do. Make a tactile, Animal Crossing, board game where you're holding pieces and using them to play.
It still feels unnecessary, albeit nice to have something physical to do with the game pieces while playing. This game could have easily just been an Animal Crossing board game played with controllers, instead of played with passing around the Wii U touchscreen so each player can scan their Animal.
And no Villager support is lame. And, Amiibo card support is limited to mini games, which are fun (like the Island Survival game), but sort of a downer. Like, I can use the Timmy card in Island Escape, but I cannot use Timmy on the main board game. We're stuck with the eight characters (as of this Friday) for that until the next wave of AC Amiibos drops in January. At least there are unlockables for the animals as they are used and level up, but that just amounts to costumes and emotions for them to use in game.
All and all, I like Amiibo Festival, but it really is a gimmicky game made specifically to sell Amiibos.
I'm completely done collecting the Smash set. I have no interest in Ryu, Mewtoo, or all else down the pipe. I'll continue to grab the characters I like, and will probably get the bundled ones with games I like... Why not, if GCU makes a bundled game cheaper than a retail non-bundle.
Waking up and hunting these things, though, fuck no. For those that love these. I get it. I just can't even imagine going all in and spending bank on figure after figure just to have them sit on a shelf. Even if the Big N puts more functionality in games, I just don't see myself caring.