Waifu Warriors: Featuring Link from the Legend of Zelda series! Now on New 3DS WOAH!

[TomGuycott]

A lot of people say that, but what people aren't visualizing is how an Amiibo can serve many functions. Sure, the effects so far are relatively small, but they are already spanning three games and going further. It's like they want them to have longevity, kind of like (though not to the SAME span I suppose) how Nintendo wants Pokemon Bank to still be utilizable 10 years from now.

Another thing worth mentioning is I read from an interview with Iwata that cheaper amiibo figures and even cards are probably down the pipeline:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-1...-nfc-cards

Granted, these are probably not going to serve the same functions that, say, the Smash amiibos serve, but they aren't going to all be prohibitively expensive.

All in all though it depends on whether the benefits appeal to you or not. If you don't own any of the three games they currently work for, for example, you have no reason to buy them. If you DO want the benefits and don't want a figure, well... that's the tie up.