Nintendo hopes to get in on some of that Skylanders and Disney Infinity cashola with the announcement of NFC character figurines. The figures will feature built-in Near Field Communication functionality and will be compatible with multiple games for Wii U and 3DS.
The NFC figures—codenamed NFP for "NFC Featured Platform" and "Nintendo Figurine Platform"—are set to launch sometime this year-end sales season.
According to the financial results briefing, Nintendo aims to develop more software titles compatible with the figurines. "Nintendo has a lot of well-known character IP that has originated in video games, and we have been regularly releasing titles from game franchises that make use of this character IP. This is why I believe a brand-new type of platform will be born when the character IP becomes compatible with NFP."
While the Wii U is currently the only video game platform with a built-in NFC reader/writer function, Nintendo has been developing one for Nintendo 3DS, as well. They plan to launch it in the first half of the next calendar year.
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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. His blog can be found at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter at @Moldilox.
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