From CNET: When it comes to Nintendo's Amiibo line of toys, demand is still far larger than the company had expected.
Nintendo has been significantly raising its internal production estimates for the figurines, which are molded to look like popular characters, such as Mario or his pal Yoshi from the action adventure game Super Mario Bros.
But what they look like is only a part of what they do. When a player touches one of them to one of the company's game controllers or its 3DS handheld, the character appears in the game's world. The toys, of which the company has shown more that 60, were first released last year.
The toys have become one of the fastest-growing segments of the video game industry, tallying more than $4 billion in sales since the first iterations, created by game maker Activision Blizzard, were released in 2011.
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