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Animal Crossing Direct Nov. 2, Miitopia featured in JP stream (no mobile/Switch)
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Herb Alpert
Banned
Wii fit U direct. Lol.
Man it's incredible how they were out of touch when WiiU launched...
Wow. Actual YouTube livestream for Europe. This Nintendo Direct already delivers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBMo5mr8JNk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBMo5mr8JNk
spazimoose
Member
The RV stuff looks interesting but I don't want to buy into that amiibo card nonsense. Hopefully old AC amiibos will unlock some of that content. I guess we'll see.
Wii Fit U is now 3 years old and it's pretty good. They were actually right on the money with that thing. Everyone with the balance board got the game for free for buying their Fit Meter and seeing how wearables developed Nintendo knew there was something there.
But it was on Wii U so yeah, of course it failed.
Andyliini
Member
The big question is, will we see Shibata?
Preferably with a Animal Crossing costume this time
I don't think this has any regional versions done. It's probably the Japanese one with subtitles in Europe, America usually has a dub. Hope I'm wrong, I love Shibata.
Robin64
Member
They certainly do something, though who knows what. Guessing that old cards will just bring a villager over, new ones bring the new villagers and their van, and figures make an NPC visit you with a unique item.
Sammy Samusu
Member
I refuse to replay ACNL. :rip:
Benzychenz
Member
I hope they announce Animal Crossing amiibo Festival for Nintendo 3DS.
Robin64
Member
"Poochy & Animal Crossing amiibo Festival"
Opinionatedfish
Member
Thanks to the low price points, I ended up with all of the Animal Crossing Amiibo figures. I wonder what they do. Also, would love a DJ K.K. variant and Brewster. Looking forward to seeing Miitopia in the JP feed. We'll probably get that in January in the West. I hope Miitopia also uses Badge Arcade Pins.
What if the update is actually amiibo Festival added to the main game?
Opinionatedfish
Member
Perfect World: Every Amiibo unlocks something. Scan Shovel Knight Amiibo, get statue of Shovel Knight or Statue of Shield Knight at random. One scan per Amiibo per day.
Immediately after the presentation, and they'll probably put out a press release that details everything in the video.
GinoFelino
Member
Haha, holy shit. I almost spit out my drink.
The big question is, will we see Shibata?
Preferably with a Animal Crossing costume this time
I love that man so goddamn much.
Speak for yourself. My girlfriend is pumped.
Congrats!
GinoFelino
Member
BareKnuckle
Member
From the link someone posted above it looks like Nintendo have jumped the gun a bit with this update info...
I can't really see it being more than what has already been said.
Link: http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/games/detail/animal-crossing-new-leaf-3ds
I can't really see it being more than what has already been said.
Link: http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/games/detail/animal-crossing-new-leaf-3ds
We already know they're adding some degree of compatibility with non-AC figures so there's definitely more to find out.
thecouncil
Banned
it'll probably be something like shirt patterns.
Roscoe & Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival - Ultra Federation Force.
……forgetit
Member
Nintendo always seems to overestimate the popularity of animal crossing.
GasProblem
Member
Why would they spent a whole Direct on only that?
I can't wait to get back into Animal Crossing with this new update. Missed playing the game but I do need more reason to go back then just missing my village. I do hope certain members are still there. There are two that have been there since the beginning that I would consider my character's best friends in the game. Would suck if they had left after all this time. They didn't the last two time I took extended breaks from the game but this break has been even longer.
Dark Cloud
Member
Such a waste of time. Talk about mobile and Animal Crossing Switch.
"Four Animal Crossing games have been released worldwide, one each for the GameCube (Originally Nintendo 64), Nintendo DS, Wii, and the Nintendo 3DS. The series has been both critically and commercially successful and has sold over 27 million units worldwide." ~ Wikipedia
How dare they overestimate this franchise.
Animal Crossing amiibos are sitting on store shelves and nobody wants them. It is pretty obvious what they are trying to do here.
This game were massively successful and even Happy Home Designer sold like 3 million copies; AC is easily Nintendo's biggest non-Mario IP.
The popularity of the AC Amiibo is tangential to the games or peoples' affection for the characters and there are lots of factors behind why the sales of the figures aren't commensurate with the games. (The cards are selling fine, AFAIK.)
Part of it is them trying to wring more money out of an evergreen title using existing Amiibo but I suspect they're also using the update to sneak in hooks for mobile interconnectivity.
Like the hat?
Banned
This is the first direct in a while I can't watch "live"
Sad because I'm pretty excited about the update.
I'm just annoyed that I can't seem to get an Aurora amiibo card. She's my fav.
Sad because I'm pretty excited about the update.
I'm just annoyed that I can't seem to get an Aurora amiibo card. She's my fav.
Right. Amiibo Festival was $12 a couple of days ago at Best Buy. The figures are usually selling for $3-$5 on Amazon.
I'm not totally oblivious to it. I still think it's neat that Nintendo salvaged an old game to move retail inventory. Nintendo is MacGuyver-ing their own destiny this year.
Inferno313
Banned
New Leaf was huge. Animal Crossing is probably just behind Mario and Zelda when it comes to their most successful first-party franchises, though Splatoon is quickly approaching that level too.
I can be excited for the AC update without speculating on GAF. There's just literally nothing to discuss and I hate when GAF start speculating on rumors/lack of information. Once the Direct starts, I'll actually contribute. I don't expect Switch news or anything either: Nintendo said it's only for the new AC:NL stuff, so I'm going in expecting nothing but that. I dunno, is that wrong?
Yep, the french channel too. The dark age of Twitch is finally over.
kuroneko0509
Member
JP ones is 22 minutes
GasProblem
Member
JP ones is 22 minutes
No way this is amiibo DLC only...
GinoFelino
Member
Any of you got a Pietro amiibo card you'd sell? Been looking for one.
Miitopia.
GasProblem
Member
Ah, forgot about that. Right.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Animal Crossing is a massive franchise. It's got to be in Nintendo's top 5 largest IPs.
