Nintendo to Follow Skylanders and Disney Infinity

In mid April, news came out that Nintendo had the opportunity to have exclusivity for Skylanders, but decided to pass on that offer.  Well, a few years later it appears as if Nintendo’s mind has changed when it comes to interactive toys.  According to Wire, via a twitpic, Nintendo is set to announce their own game and character collection at E3 this year. Nintendo confirmed that they were working on figurines during an investor call late last week, although didn’t announce anything specific.

The options for this system are endless, although one would assume they will approach it with a more family friendly, co-op type of game play in mind.  I would not expect this to be a replacement for the next 3D Mario title.  It would be interesting to see if perhaps Pokemon plays a major role in this release, or if Nintendo will stick strictly to the Mario Kingdom.

People will only purchase the figures if the game is enjoyable.  Last year, Nintendo launched a Pokemon battle type game that used figures that were scanned using the Wii U gamepad.  While the idea was well thought outand the figures were interesting, the game was horrible.  I regretted having these figures laying around a few months later, sitting on my shelf with no real purpose.  Nintendo needs to avoid a problem such as this if they hope to succeed.  They will not sell figures based on popularity alone.  

Stay tuned for more news on this story during E3.