GAMER LOUNGE 20XX (NO CASUALS!!)

[Kosheh]

it's a poor-man's Kirby Triple Deluxe

The poorest man, who shells out so many dollars for a special edition that's packaged with an amiibo.

I think the verbage you're looking for is "budget title with limited-edition pack-in to sweeten the deal"

Personally I think it's genius because the bundled Chibi-Robo IIRC is probably required for certain parts of the game (because, you know, they're gonna make lousy choices in level design due to the accessibility of the amiibo to tap-in for buffs), hence why the amiibo needs to be bundled with it. By itself, the game is incredibly mediocre and the figurine pretty much has to be traded in with it because the game's gonna be worth peanuts at Gamestop though the figure will make the trade-in value somewhat decent.

tl;dr Nintendo killing resale value due to demand for Chibi-Robo figurine

...that, and I feel like Chibi-Robo has since become a vessel for more avant-garde Nintendo spinoff titles that are just too cute for Donkey Kong to do. None of his games resemble one another.
By itself, Zip Line won't stand, but if it comes with the cutest little niche robot statue, collectors who aren't even going to play Chibi Robo are going to buy it, artificially inflating its sales. It worked for Mario Party 10, so of course it'll work for Chibi-Robo: Zip Line.

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