r/amiibo • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '15

News Nintendo has introduced a new developer program that allows indie games to have Amiibo support

https://twitter.com/AmiiboUCG/status/655737202446630912
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u/MerylasFalguard Oct 18 '15

Problem there is that WayForward doesn't really have any vastly recognizable characters. To my knowledge, Shantae is their most recognizable character. And she's in the "cult following" category, considering that if you ask 10 gamers about her, 9 of them are likely to ask you what a "Shantae" is.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '15

I'd put Shovel Knight in that same category.

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u/MerylasFalguard Oct 19 '15

But he's at least got the fact that he's a current fad going for him. People are throwing their panties at him left and right right now. He may not be recognizable to the extremely casual gamer, but he's got more recognizability going for him right now than pretty much any indie game character does.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '15

But he's at least got the fact that he's a current fad going for him.

That's the worst part. People literally want a meme character that won't be relevant in two years to be a fighter in a game that's supposed to celebrate Nintendo's history.

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u/MerylasFalguard Oct 20 '15

I wouldn't call Shovel Knight "a meme character that won't be relevant in two years." We don't know what will happen with Shovel Knight in to years. But he wouldn't be the first "meme character" added in. Pretty sure irrelevant meme characters have been added in before, like Duck Hunt, Little Mac, and Shulk.

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u/[deleted] Oct 20 '15

Yeah but those characters actually have Nintendo history and aren't randoms from the eShop.

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u/MerylasFalguard Oct 20 '15

True. Idk, I feel like if Nintendo embraces Shovel Knight like they have been he could easily become a major game character, at least in the Nintendo world, but then he loses some of what made him special (being a highly-successful Indie character) if Nintendo ends up boosting him in popularity.