Pokémon Cards
The Legend of Zelda isn’t Nintendo’s only big anniversary this year, as Pokémon is celebrating 20 years. At the time of this writing there are more than 720 different Pokémon in total, but only six of them have amiibo figures so far thanks to the Super Smash Bros. series. The fact of the matter is that it’s wildly unrealistic to expect Nintendo to bring out actual figures for each and every creature in the series, but luckily they don’t have to. Instead, they should launch Pokémon amiibo cards throughout several waves, just like they’re doing with Animal Crossing.
There are currently two waves of 100 cards each available for the Animal Crossing amiibo cards, with two more waves still to come. It’s not unreasonable, then, to see Nintendo giving Pokémon a similar treatment over the course of a year or so. There are 6 generations of Pokémon, with anywhere from 72 to 156 new creatures in each one, so each new wave of cards should just cover each separate generation. Kick things off with the original 151, followed by the Gold/Silver generation in wave 2, and so on and so forth.
The Pokémon trading card game has also been going strong for nearly 20 years, with new sets constantly releasing, so the idea of new Pokémon cards to collect and trade would feel perfect for the series. Add in some minor in-game functionality with each card, and fans will have even more reason to try catching them all, all over again. The first edition of the upcoming Pokkén Tournament will come packaged with an exclusive Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card, so soon there will already be one out there in the wild. That just leaves 721 more to go.
