lmao Nintendo is putting some kind of fast travel feature in Skyward Sword HD but only if you buy one specific amiibo https://youtu.be/BjSHq7e3mB8
fucking Uvisoft's Starlink, one of the last toys-to-life games, doesn't have this limitation. You can play completely without the toys, just switching your config in the game menu. There's even some digital-only stuff included with the base game lol
then again, NFC tags are cheap and if you have a phone with NFC (afaik iPhones let you use the NFC chip nowadays? not sure) you can just make your own copies of amiibos, they'll be much more portable, just not as pretty on a shelf