Nintendo Debuting Skylander-Like Figures at E3

<p>Mr&period; Iwata announced Nintendo will be debuting special figurines at E3 2014 that can be used in a variety of games for both the Wii U and 3DS&period; Currently this project is being called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Nintendo Figurine Platform” or &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;NFP” for short&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is a hope for Nintendo that these in-game playable figures will help expose Nintendo to a wider audience and boost sales&period; Only a Mario figure has been shown but it can be assumed that there will be a lot more characters available once the first game is for sale in retail stores&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>More information about the figures and games will be announced at this year’s E3&period; Nintendo is hosting a live video presentation from their Treehouse this year in place of an E3 physical presentation&period; What Nintendo characters do you hope will become playable figurines&quest; Leave a comment below telling us what you expect from Nintendo’s in-game figures&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wired&period;com&sol;2014&sol;05&sol;nintendo-nfc-figurines&sol;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;800080&semi;"><strong>Wired <&sol;strong><&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;