Breath of the Wild and the ethics of amiibo hacking
This is a wonderfully complicated mix of in game rewards, but they aren&#x27;t DLC, some have exclusive in game rewards you can&#x27;t get elsewhere. You can buy some Amiibo retail, but others which unlock exclusives in a brand new game are locked behind owning collectibles which aren&#x27;t retail-available any more (and expensive from third party resellers). Some of the items are cosmetic, nice callbacks to older games and similar. Others provide in game advantages.<p>That makes the ethical questions very challenging to address. Personally I feel more &#x27;ok&#x27; with hackery for the items that aren&#x27;t available retail, but I hate &#x27;pay to win&#x27; in games as well. It&#x27;s hard to articulate how I feel about the situation. I think the article is spot-on that making these available in DLC packs or something as well would clarify the situation a lot.