In his recent interview with the Associated Press, Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto talked about the amiibo platform and how the company plans to use them going forward, beyond the games that have already been announced to include support. When asked if those future games would still include amiibo support for figures that have have been discontinued, Miyamoto reassured the interviewer that Nintendo has the option to easily bring back the functionality of past figures no longer in production.

“We’re not making promises for certain figures, but the way ‘amiibo’ is designed is that certain games can have ‘amiibo’ specifically for that game. Other games can take advantage of past “amiibo” that developers want to make their game compatible with. In the future, we have the option, if certain ‘amiibo’ figures are no longer available in stores, to release an ‘amiibo’ in card form with the same functionality.”

Amiibo in card form might be a great idea. They’re more portable, easier to store, and allow collectors to keep their figures in their original or custom cases. Then again, given Nintendo’s history with card platforms (eReader, AR cards), one might wonder for how long Nintendo would actually support an NFC card platform.

Maybe Pogs would be better?

ABC News