Nintendo Wants to Sell You an Amiibo Subscription Through Loot Crate
by Aaron Souppouris
engadget
Nintendo is evolving. Confronted with poor Wii U sales, it's slowly been embracing ideas introduced by other manufacturers years ago. Mario Kart's first major DLC (ignoring the Mercedes-Benz pack earlier this year) will arrive this Thursday; Super Smash Bros. will be the first Nintendo game to launch with digital pre-loads; it's said to be actively considering an end to region-locked hardware; and now it's teaming up with startup Loot Crate to try and market its amiibo NFC accessories in a new and fairly innovative way.
Loot Crate has seen success offering themed monthly packages of game / geek culture trinkets for a fixed monthly price. The Nintendo bundle works a little differently: anyone signing up is guaranteed three separate packages over the holiday season that will contain a total of 10 amiibos. Included will be Mario, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Fox, Yoshi and five other characters to be revealed at a later date. What can you do with amiibos? Right now, not a great deal, but once Super Smash Bros. arrives they'll facilitate a host of interesting features. Those signing up are also promised "a few additional surprises," so it's likely there'll be some other accessories included in the packages.
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