<p>Nintendo made it absolutely clear that the possibility of using Amiibos for games from third-party developers&comma; including independent ones&comma; was on the table&period; That means Nintendo might make Amiibo figurines for games other than Super Smash Bros&period; for the Nintendo Wii U console&period; Well&comma; I am going to hold Nintendo to that statement&period; I want to see the rebirth of more third-party franchises on the Wii and 3DS&comma; and I would like Nintendo to make some Amiibos for these games&period; Here is a list of third party franchises I would like to see get the Amiibo treatment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;99 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135805 " id&equals;"quads-ad135805" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>5&period; Street Fighter<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79041" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;12&sol;Street-Fighter-Alpha-2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Street Fighter Alpha 2" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"560" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The biggest wrench in this idea is that Street Fighter V was just announced&period; As of now&comma; Street Fighter V is only exclusive to the PlayStation 4 and Windows PC&period; However&comma; it could be a timed exclusive&period; There was a time where Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be exclusive to the Gamecube&period; After a while&comma; that changed&period; Back in the day&comma; the Street Fighter II and Street Fighter II Turbo video games were some of my favorite games on the SNES console&period; Hopefully&comma; some day&comma; Wii U will work out a deal to get a new Street Fighter game on the console&period; A new Street Fighter game would be the perfect platform to produce Amiibos&period; It is a classic fighting game series like Super Smash Bros&period;&comma; and Street Fighter has a cast of popular&comma; well known favorites among fans and gamers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;99 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>4&period; Bayonetta<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61120" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;06&sol;Bayonetta-Wii-U&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Bayonetta Wii U" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"453" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Bayonetta 2 is a Wii U exclusive title&period; Therefore&comma; Nintendo should take advantage of that relationship and try and get some more juice out of the deal with some Bayonetta Amiibos&period; There probably would not be a ton of Amiibo options for the game&comma; but fans of the franchise would probably love to get some Amiibos for a couple characters&period; Or&comma; Nintendo could always incorporate Bayonetta into Super Smash Bros&period; and make an Amiibo of her that way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>3&period; Rayman<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;99 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63348" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;07&sol;Super-Smash-Bros-Rayman&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Super Smash Bros Rayman" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Three words&colon; Raving Rabbid Amiibos&period; Rayman Legends played great on the Wii U&comma; and the franchise is supremely fun and imaginative&period; The Rayman series is a great series for kids and families&period; Not only that&comma; there are a ton of fun&comma; colorful and playable characters from Rayman Legends&period; Nintendo should work with Ubisoft to potentially make the next Rayman installment Amiibo-compatible with some new Amiibo figurines for Rayman and his pals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>2&period; Sonic the Hedgehog<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-74581" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;sonic-boom-1-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sonic Boom&colon; Rise Of Lyric" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"450" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;99 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad135804 " id&equals;"quads-ad135804" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;padding&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;" data-lazydelay&equals;"3000">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Over the past two decades&comma; Sonic the Hedgehog has built up a colorful cast of lovable characters and critters&period; Sega and Nintendo already have a pretty good relationship&period; In recent years&comma; Sonic the Hedgehog has crossed over into Nintendo video games&period; He is a playable character in Super Smash Bros&period;&comma; and he is getting his own Amiibo for this game&period; Since 3DS and Wii U exclusive Sonic the Hedgehog video games already exist&comma; a future one would be perfect to utilize for the Amiibo format&period; Just imagine Amiibos of Sonic&comma; Knuckles&comma; Tails&comma; Amy and even Eggman&period; It would be awesome&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>1&period; Mega Man<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73325" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;explosion&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;Mega-Man1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Mega-Man" width&equals;"740" height&equals;"416" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sooner or later&comma; 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  1. after the crap ubisoft did(delaying a finished game,insulting the wiiu, an porting rayman becouse they thought it wouldn’t sell well) they insulted nintendo fans and treat us like garbage.
    nintendo shouldn’t share anything with them?
    i mean look at what they promised with watchdogs..

Jeffrey Harris, a pop-culture, entertainment, and video game journalist and aficionado, resides in Los Angeles. He is a staff writer for games, movies/TV, MMA and Wrestling and contributor to Popgeeks.net and Toonzone.net. He is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin's Radio, TV, Film program.
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