The concept of ‘toys-to-life’ video games that made use of NFC-enabled toys or statuettes was originally popularized with 2011’s ‘Skylanders,’ a remarkably successful series of toys with their own video game tie-in. A few years after ‘Skylanders’ made it big, Nintendo sought to cash in on the concept with the creation of Amiibo — nifty little statuettes of Nintendo game characters that could be used in a variety of games on the Wii U console. While the popularity of
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