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RARE was interested in amiibo-style toys back in the N64 days
Scanner works finally... Oh look, Urchin was gonna have an Amiibo a decade before they were even a thing !!!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/JjnLcmUjzm
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016@IOnEI_Falcon It was just toy, although I remember T&C wanted to do Amiibo style things with toys years and years ago during the N64 cycle.
— Christopher Seavor (@conkerhimself) January 11, 2016Looks like RARE was ahead of the game! Too bad they didn't actually follow through on it. I guess the tech was just too expensive at the time, as was the cost of manufacturing toys. I bet they really regret missing out on this!