Topic: Wii U and NFC. what are yiur thoughts.

Honestly... I'm both excited and worried. I made the mistake of buying Skylanders. That game eats money, not to mention the pain of trying to find figurines (stores sell out of them very quickly and the prizes online are skyrocketing). Physically buying content can be a dangerous idea. Of course, with cheaper figurines/cards and with more availability, this could potentially work. It could be even better if the physical items could work with multiple games. Also, having all the figurines included with the game without raising the price (or only raising it minimally) is another option. There are cool possibilities with NFC, I'm just worried how Nintendo (and other big companies) will choose to use it.

One idea I thought of after hearing about NFC applies to Super Smash Bros. In the game, the characters are trophies that come to life, so why not make little "trophies" that the player uses NFC to "send" them into the game? Of course, price is a worry (the figurines could be smaller than Skylanders though), as well as whether it comes with all the figurines. Unlockable/secret characters seem difficult if not impossible to implement. There's the benefit of Nintendo later adding more characters by making more of these figurines, and it seems cool in theory... I just don't know how Nintendo could best implement it.

Basically, I think NFC COULD be great, I just worry that it will be abused.