 So I thought I was done talking about my own personal issues with content locked behind amiibo at least for a while because Nintendo doesn't lock significant content behind amiibo often and I thought you know We're probably not going to talk about this again until maybe Super Mario Odyssey and then after that who knows probably not again until some switch game in 2018 and I was fine with that because The topic is kind of redundant in a way, but Nintendo was personally asked about the Amiibo issue in Metroid Samus Returns and how some people don't like the idea that one of the hardest difficulty modes in the game is locked behind an amiibo that currently is sold out and We all know Nintendo's history with amiibo You probably won't be able to get your hands on it outside of buying from a scalper for Months if not a year or two from now if Nintendo even does more runs of it in the first place because not every single amiibo has Always been restocked at all. So I mean give you a prime example I still don't own the Zelda 30th anniversary amiibo because they've never been restocked since they came out and I understand those might have been limited run, but The anniversary amiibo come on anyways, so US gamer decided to ask Nintendo to clarify About stuff at a preview event here is is what happened This was written by Matt Kim over at us gamer net and he says at a preview event for Metroid Samus Returns Nintendo finally clarified amiibo support for the game Especially with regards to how hard mode will work in the game as it turns out this probably was a case where better Communication could have cleared up the whole problem Okay, so Nintendo's clarifying. This is good. Maybe things aren't as bad as I thought All right. Here is how the rest of this piece goes Here's the lowdown of what Nintendo told us gamer when I asked Nintendo representatives at the preview event if hard mode was locked behind amiibos. They were clear to make the distinction Fusion mode they corrected me. Yes fusion mode Which will give players access to Samus's fusion suit as well as a more challenging Difficulty in the game is indeed locked behind the Metroid amiibo This content will not be offered as separate DLC in Nintendo's digital e-shop However, there will be a standard hard mode that will be unlockable once players complete the game on regular difficulty This mode which is confusingly separate from the fusion modes harder difficulty It's said to be harder than the standard difficulty But not as hard as them as that found in the fusion mode It was previously reported that amiibo tie-in for Metro to unlock hard mode for the game In fact purchasing the amiibo would be the only way for players to access the fusion mode content making it a mandatory Accessory if players want to access everything Samus returns has to offer. This is still the case Only Nintendo failed to explain that fusion mode difficulty is separate from a standard hard mode. Okay Let's just think about this for a moment Metroid Samus returns does have a hard mode when you beat the game If you want the hardest difficulty in the game, however, you need an amiibo This is almost similar to Breath of the Wild in that master mode is the hardest mode in the game But you can make it even harder with the Ganon amiibo if you want you can increase damage again, and that's fine whatever But that's not what this is. This isn't like a double damage thing. This is an entirely new mode So essentially the way I view it you have normal mode and then you have your medium settings or your hard mode And then you have your extreme very hard mode. That's what this sounds like. This doesn't make me feel better The fact that Nintendo wants to clarify its fusion mode It's not hard mode. But hey, by the way, it's more difficult than hard mode. It's like really so if it's Yes, there's a harder difficulty you can unlock in the game But it's not as hard as the difficulty you can get from the amiibo So still the hardest difficulty in Metroid Samus returns is still locked behind an amiibo And it's just funny how Nintendo is like, no, don't call it hard mode. Don't don't it's not it's fusion mode It's harder than hard mode, but it's not hard come on Nintendo you don't really think people are that stupid, do you? The complaints I had about this still stand just because there's another difficulty mode between between standard mode and The hardest difficulty in the game doesn't change the fact that the hardest difficulty in the game is locked behind an amiibo That people cannot get their hands on And I know someday maybe I have less complaints because I'm a member of the media and they might start sending me amiibo And that's fine, but I still don't have the general complaint because my my friend can't get it no one can get it's just this is just a really frustrating situation and It's weird how You know Matt Kim is a kind of suggestion here in this piece that if there was better communication It could have cleared up the whole problem. Well, this is better communication and it doesn't clear up anything It's exactly what we thought it was. We just now know that there's an extra difficulty mode in between Having that extra difficulty mode in between and calling it hard mode Doesn't change the fact that fusion mode is harder than that and Nintendo told him the fusion mode is harder than hard mode So, oh man This is just this is just a mess And maybe the thing they can get away with this because it's a remaster or recreation of an older game I don't know and as I said breath of the wild kind of sort of dabbles in this because if you really want the hardest difficulty You should really want the Ganon amiibo in addition to You know In addition to master mode, but Still at least like master mode you could it was it was attainable via a digital purchase and The double damage aspect isn't necessarily a difficulty mode in the game per se Fusion mode is an entirely new difficult. Oh, oh Sorry, I'm making all this background noise over here. I'm so frustrated I Let me know what you guys think about this down in the comments below because this is just Baffling to me and how like oh no, no, don't call it this don't call it this remember. It's fusion mode It's not hard mode, but it's harder than hard mode. So Yes, you need the amiibo by the way. Oh man Nintendo Nintendo Nintendo your clarifications don't help the situation. It's still exactly what we thought it was Anyways folks, I'm Nathaniel Ruffles jantz from Nintendo Prime if you like this video You know what to do if you dislike the video hit that dislike button Subscribe for more videos like this and as always folks. I will catch you in the next one