It's 2026. Do you know where your amiibo are?

[DrampardonMe]

...No, but seriously, I was curious if anyone still collects them. I heard they doubled in price since the last time I checked, or was it just those Kirby Air Riders ones?

I feel kind of bad some of mine are gathering dust (literally or otherwise), but it's not like a lot of games use ALL of them for anything special. I mean, outside maybe Smash Bros. I don't regret buying the Shovel Knight one; that'd be cool for me to have even if it was just a regular figurine, haha. But yeah, in most cases, if your amiibo isn't from the Mario series or such, it's probably not getting a lot of special use. I got Ness out of obligation to Me Liking Earthbound, but I'm not under any impression it'll work outside of the Smash series, unless Mr. Itoi decides, "Yeah, you know what? Mother 4 and/or Earthbound Remake!!" Which probably won't happen any time soon!

Anyway, I thought of this in the first place because I was recalling the amiibo x One Piece collab. I know One Piece is a giga-popular anime/manga franchise, but think about it: that collaboration made history and it feels like hardly anyone cares. So much untapped potential for amiibo, that's all I'm saying... Or, well, I guess there's only so much "statues unlocking costumes, etc." can do in the first place. But still! Maybe they didn't do it for DBZ because then people would be all "GOKU FOR SMASH!!" harder than they already do, lol

So... Good, bad, or ugly, how's YOUR amiibo journey been, if you have one at all? I have more than I've admitted to having here, but I'm not really "Gotta Catch 'em All!" about it... Or, if at some point I was, not so much these days...