Nintendo confirms selling Animal Crossing: New Horizons villagers for real money is against terms of service

[SpiritofAce]

The price of amiibo cards skyrocketed because they are popular, and it's difficult to get ahold of many packs - especially the rare villagers. I won't feel guilty for selling cards that are worth it at a high price - the demand is there, and it will be until Nintendo themselves produces more of the amiibo cards. That's business.

 

[Paperboy012305]

Thing is, I don't want the new villagers to come in their own separate pack, because if they do, it would make me think that there are only 8 new villagers and that's it. No more new/returning villagers and it'll make me sad.

 

[sarosephie]

I'm pretty sure the Nintendo ninjas are already scouting through everything!

 

[tajikey]

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I understand that but essential if you own the amiibo card prior release of the game and you're reselling for a profit. you're selling the villager for money.

There's a huge difference between bits and bytes, and a real tangible item.

 

[rezberri]

I understand that but essential if you own the amiibo card prior release of the game and you're reselling for a profit. you're selling the villager for money.

as @ tajikey (didnt wanna tag u unnesscarily!!) there's a difference between something that is essentially an actual part of the game (in-game villagers) and a trading card (amiibo cards). yes, you are buying a villager in both cases, but the difference is that an amiibo card has an in-game function and an out-of-game function, which is collecting. amiibo cards were not released specifically for acnh; amiibo cards were released for the wii u game "Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival". the ability to actually get villagers from them was added in acnl has an UPDATE to the game, so it's original function was never really intended to get villagers. they just allowed it to happen in acnh because it was a popular feature in acnl and it makes them more money. im assuming since it even is a feature, it's kinda confirmation they'll start selling amiibo cards again because like i said they're hardly around anymore which is why they're so expensive.

 

[tajikey]

as @ tajikey (didnt wanna tag u unnesscarily!!) there's a difference between something that is essentially an actual part of the game (in-game villagers) and a trading card (amiibo cards). yes, you are buying a villager in both cases, but the difference is that an amiibo card has an in-game function and an out-of-game function, which is collecting. amiibo cards were not released specifically for acnh; amiibo cards were released for the wii u game "Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival". the ability to actually get villagers from them was added in acnl has an UPDATE to the game, so it's original function was never really intended to get villagers. they just allowed it to happen in acnh because it was a popular feature in acnl and it makes them more money. im assuming since it even is a feature, it's kinda confirmation they'll start selling amiibo cards again because like i said they're hardly around anymore which is why they're so expensive.

The only thing releasing more packs will do is make Nintendo more money. I went through 18 packs of Series 4 looking for Stitches...I found one. Had I gone straight to eBay, it would have only cost me $20 or so. Additionally, I paid $4 a pack, which is below MSRP.

 

[Hobowire]

so profiting off amiibo card for villagers is acceptable because it's a tangible item and selling villagers digitally is not.

 

[tajikey]

so profiting off amiibo card for villagers is acceptable because it's a tangible item and selling villagers digitally is not.

If Nintendo says it is, then absolutely. Buying and selling Amiibo cards (a collectible) is no different than buying and selling baseball cards (also a collectible).

 

[Hobowire]

okay.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

Nintendo officials have confirmed it.
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I don't know how people didn't know this...they are making profit off of another's work after all. Everything is copyrighted.

This goes for people selling 6iv shiny pokemon for real cash as well.

 

[tajikey]

I don't know how people didn't know this...they are making profit off of another's work after all. Everything is copyrighted.

This goes for people selling 6iv shiny pokemon for real cash as well.

But, but, but, what about those neat little custom made Amiibo coins or stickers you find on Etsy? As much as I love this Site, the line between right and wrong as far as Amiibos go changes with the weather.

For the record, I consider the making and selling of hacked Amiibos to be morally, ethically, and criminally wrong. Producing them for personal use only, to me, is perfectly fine.

 

[Hobowire]

how bout if you don't sell it and spoof amiibo for personal use? There's a whole reddit thread with the coding for amiibos.

 

[Cosmic_Crossfade]

But, but, but, what about those neat little custom made Amiibo coins or stickers you find on Etsy? As much as I love this Site, the line between right and wrong as far as Amiibos go changes with the weather.

For the record, I consider the making and selling of hacked Amiibos to be morally, ethically, and criminally wrong. Producing them for personal use only, to me, is perfectly fine.

As for amiibo cards? Not sure...but since they are connected to the game, as in, can serve as a function to get certain villagers for the game which is owned and copyrighted by Nintendo, then most likey yes, it's possible to be illegal as people are still technically selling villagers via cards.

But, I mean, I'm not too sure though since they are cards still? XD Just my thoughts aha

 

[tajikey]

how bout if you don't sell it and spoof amiibo for personal use? There's a whole reddit thread with the coding for amiibos.

I'm 100% okay with that, as long as they're created and used by the same person, and on their own island.

 

[Hobowire]

and if they gave it to a friend for free?

 

[rezberri]

and if they gave it to a friend for free?

tbh if ur using ANY 3rd party thing in ACNH (whether that bc actual hacking or a fake amiibo) ud probably technically be breaking a ToS or law. it's like making fake louis vuitton bags and stuff, but with trading cards. so far there hasnt been any crackdown by Nintendo on ppl selling fake amiibo cards, but i imagine if they were to ever start up selling them again we'd see a lot of Etsy shops mysteriously disappear overnight. if u use it for urself or a friend and dont bring any attention to it thru in-game chat or public spaces, ud probably be okay.

 

[FireNinja1]

Nintendo's stance on this isn't particularly surprising. Companies such as Valve have had to deal with gray markets surrounding things like CS:GO skins being exchanged for real money. While on face these gray markets don't seem bad, they in part enabled a scandal involving a site where people (some of whom were minors) began gambling these skins, which were at least somewhat representative of real money.

I doubt that a similar issue would occur if RLC could be exchanged for Animal Crossing items in trades with other users, but there's no reason to take such a risk. (There's also tons of other issues with opening up a virtual market to RLC, but that's probably for another day.) Good to see Nintendo taking a stance against this, but I question how these TOS violations are being punished.

 

[Hobowire]

lol. it's like Microsoft with Eric Lundgren.

 

[John Wick]

What a joke.

Amiibo cards are villagers.
Should you be selling those, nintendo?

 

[SweetDollFace]

“Thats not real cash money of you to sell parts of our game that you bought, in which we don’t benefit ourselves monetary.”