I think amiibos are bad for the environment, just like K-Cups or Skylander figures. Not everyone is a collector, so my guess is that a bunch of those will be pitched and the amount of plastic waste will skyrocket.
That said, I don't -hate- amiibos but I do -HATE- the impact they have on the hobby of video game collecting. People who legitimately wish to collect them but missed out will be SOL unless they want to give some scum-ball, f*cktard on eBay (a website I grow to hate more and more with each look) a ton of money that could be used for other video games. These people should be ashamed of themselves.
I know of no one on here doing that (yet) but, those are my two cents on the matter.
That is pretty much why I just decided to sell them. Assbags are buying them up in bulk and hoarding them to sell for obnoxious prices online. I'm not going to drive myself insane or pay more than retail for them to get them all so I just ended it and made up my mind not to buy any more.
As for eBay, sure there are a lot of d-bags scalping items on there for ridiculous prices. However, eBay has been an invaluable tool in acquiring many games that I otherwise would never have been able to find. In particular, if you collect Japanese games eBay is the place to find them. Picked up all of the Famicom and Super Famicom Final Fantasy titles for less than $20 each (with shipping) complete in their boxes with manuals and the plastic tray that holds the cartridges. And the artwork on those game boxes are beautiful. Also just picked up a complete in box Chrono Trigger for the Super Famicom.
Import box art has always been much better looking than the American counterparts, especially with RPGs.
I didn't know you read Japanese. That's awesome. I have a few import titles that I'm excited play, but I just have to be in the "mood" for them.
Oh...I don't read Japanese.
As a collector and someone who appreciates the beauty of the artwork, that's all the drive I need to get these games.
I've always hated how everything from Japan was "dumbed down" for American audiences. It's not such an issue anymore, but I remember as a kid, two of my favorite shows were Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets. The original Star Blazers as Space Battleship Yamato is so much better. People died, we saw the Yamato return to it's original resting place beneath the waves in the end as well as seeing the WWII battle where the Yamato was sank by Allied forces. Battle of the Planets as Gatchaman was a completely different animal. 7-Zark-7, the goofy R2D2-like robot didn't even exist in Gatchaman! Zoltar was a hermaphrodite, Pidge (or whatever his name was) spoke normal instead of that tard-speak from BotP, people died, $hit got blown up....completely different!
As for games being "changed" for the American audience, some particularly egregious examples are the first two MegaMan game covers.
