Many might remember info on this figure series leaked years ago and caused a fight between Ubisoft and Nintendo. Ubisoft showed off the figure system early, it was "leaked". Rumor has it it built up a stock of figures and Nintendo was to slow to implement the system which as of writing this is still not in stores causing Ubisoft to loose money.
It's not that it's a bad idea, it just took forever to implement for some unknown reason. What games that exist for these figures will also be up for debate if it's worth it.
If the the figures do well as Skylander or Disney Infinity, Nintendo is looking at an influx of cash.
