Gaming
Counterfeit Amiibo’s on the Rise
An in-depth report by Nintendo Inquirer shows that counterfeit Amiibo’s are popping up on the market in increasing numbers
When you have a product as successful as the Amiibo there’s always the chance that a group of people will try to take advantage of the situation by creating counterfeit versions. It happens with trading cards, toys, even digital content codes so it should come as no surprise that counterfeit Amiibo’s have come onto the scene. Adding a new layer of frustration to the lives of collectors who have already been fighting severe shortages while trying to complete their collection.
After contending with scalpers trying to cash in on the Amiibo craze by selling the rarest figures at ridiculous prices fans will be hit hard by the news of counterfeit Amiibo’s. No matter how they take the news, however, collectors need to know what to watch out for now that the fakes have appeared at various retailers and online. That’s why Nintendo Inquirer has put together an in-depth report on which Amiibo’s are being faked and the best way to tell them apart from the real deal.
According to the report from Nintendo Inquirer the first way to tell if your looking at one of the counterfeit Amiibo’s is the packaging. The fakes ship in boxes with nothing more than a picture and the figures name on the front that look nothing like the genuine article. Out of the packaging collectors will have to look at the figures closely to be able to tell the difference between a fake and the genuine article. Making sure that the paint, body posture, and materials all look the way that they should.
The four most heavily counterfeited Amiibo’s: Link, Samus, Mario, and Pikachu all have distinct differences from the figures they’re copying. Counterfeit Amiibo’s of Link and Mario for example use wrong color of paint coming out darker than the real figures. Mario’s fire ball and Link’s yellow stand are also cloudy in the counterfeit versions rather than transparent. The Samus and Pikachu counterfeit’s come closer to the real figures in color but their body shapes and stances give them away.
Now that the word is out about what to look for in the counterfeit versions of these Amiibo’s, new fakes might start to appear on the market. Collectors will have to be wary about where they buy their Amiibo’s from, checking out every figure in detail before they buy.
Source: [highlight]Nintendo Inquirer[/highlight]
Since the excellent Baldur’s Gate 3 has been out in the wild for a while, interesting data can be gleaned, such as how players choose to play an innovative new RPG from home. Stats from developer Larian Studios and posted on the PlayStation Blog show that most people want to play as a stealthy archer like in Skyrim when given nearly limitless options.
According to a fascinating graph, Rogue/Ranger is the most popular multiclass build, with over 175,000 players using it to snipe unsuspecting enemies from range. The next two builds reveal similarly. 150,000 played Barbarian/Fighter because they loved pummeling things, and 109,00 played Barbarian/Paladin, which lets players talk to their victims before beatings.
More sense emerges as you descend. If the Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer/Bard has high Charisma, any combination can be interesting. Charisma helps these classes cast spells and abilities and interact with NPCs outside of combat.
Playing a single class through Baldur’s Gate 3 feels great, which is what most players do. A pure Fighter or Wizard becomes so powerful by game’s end that we don’t blame you for not mixing things up!
Play as a Tiefling Oathbreaker Paladin, Dark Urge Origin (which you must resist), or Bard for real moral dilemmas. You could also play pseudo-Aragorn again.
Techland is continuing to release Dying Light 2 content as part of its long-term support. This is surprising since the meaty Good Night, Good Luck update was released a few months ago. It’s nice to know what’s coming, but no timeline was given.
IGN-exclusive roadmap trailers reveal more co-op missions, board quests, a tower raid, and replayable GRE anomalies. Executions and finishers may be added to the April Gut Feeling update, which overhauled melee mechanics. Graphical options, weapon repair, gear, and mod dismantling are always welcome.
Knives, polearms, and more enemy variants are coming, including a Nightmare difficulty. Changes to NG+ include firearms. Players can finally dress to their hearts’ content with new cosmetic options.
Has Techland’s Dying Light 2 support lured you back? Would you rather focus on something new?
Epic Games expanded the Fortnite V-Buck “pricing alignment” after laying off almost 900 employees, citing “inflation and currency fluctuations”. Fortnite’s premium currency will rise in international markets, including the largest.
Epic Games will raise the price of V-Bucks and real money content packs in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Eurozone countries, Hungary, Japan, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Turkey, and the US (including all US Dollar storefronts) on October 27.
Raising the price of this fictitious currency was successful when the company trialed it in the UK, Canada, and Mexico, so it was decided to announce it worldwide now. These USD increases range from $1 (1000 V-Bucks, previous $7.99) to $10 (13,500 V-Bucks, previous $79.99).
How do you view Epic’s timing and pricing increase?
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