Every Nintendo game series has some obscure merchandise, and in the case ofAnimal Crossing, just one example of that merchandise is millefeui cards. Thesesuper retro items are elusivefor buyers, especially since it’s been almost twenty years since they were first released. Japan-exclusive, obscure movie-tie ins, and only produced for a couple of years,these cards are the perfect storm to create an expensive collector’s itemfor dedicatedAnimal Crossingfans.
Animal Crossingplayers are no strangers to collectible cards and the struggles that come with trying to collect them all, butmillefeui cards are a very special case. amiibo cards, another type of collectibleAnimal Crossingcard, can also fetch high prices but are not nearly as rare and coveted as the Japan-exclusive millefeui cards.
What Are Millefeiu Cards?
A Mid 2000s, Japan Exclusive For The Most Hardcore Of Fans
Millefeui cards are an extremely unique type ofAnimal Crossingmerchandise that came out in 2006. The collectible cards are partially transparent and came in packs of six cards,each to be stacked to create fun scenesusing places and characters from the iconic Nintendo series. Putting together six cards will build a room with furniture, villagers, wallpaper, building exteriors, and extra details like villagers peeking out from behind houses or trees.
These incredibly cute cards allow fans to build scenes with endless combinations,just like decorating their towns and houses inAnimal Crossing,which also makes them a very coveted collector’s item. They’ve become a popular item online thanks to content creators likeMore Mori, who showcases their collection in a YouTube Shorts series.
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These very unique collector’s items were first released alongside the animated moviebased onAnimal Crossing: Wild World, titledGekijōban Doubutsu no Mori, about a little girl moving to a new town and making friends with various villagers that live there. The film was only released in Japan, so subsequentlythe promotional millefeui cards were also only ever released in Japan. The country-exclusive nature of these cards adds significantly to their desirability.
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Unfortunately, since it’s been almost twenty years since the millefeui cards came out and with their exclusivity to Japan,it’s not incredibly surprising that these collector’s items are very priceyon reseller sites like eBay. Every type of gaming collectible can be pricey after a while (or right away due to scalping) butNintendo collectibles in particular always fetch a premium. Any modernAnimal Crossingfans that want to go retro will have to be prepared to fork over a hefty wad of cash.
The price for a small collection of millefeui cards seems to currently sit around $250 to $300 at the time of writing. These sets of cards are not anywhere near complete, as most sellers over just a few cards at a time due to their rarity. Buying the cards in their original packaging is even more rare of an opportunity, as listings for unopened cards do not appear often. One seller,fashionlady11, hasthe entire set of 320 millefeui cards for sale for $9,999.00. That’s practically an entire mortgage payment to Tom Nook, but it could be worth it to some highly dedicated fans.
Amiibo Cards Are A Very Different Collectible For Animal Crossing
Both Sets Of Cards, But With Very Different Purposes
CollectibleAnimal Crossingcards may sound familiar, and that’s because there’s an entirely different type ofAnimal Crossingcard that fans adore.These other cards are called amiibos, and while theyalso come out as figures, the most collectible ones for fans are cards. So far,there have been five series of amiibo cardsfor the entireAnimal Crossingseries.
First released alongsideAnimal Crossing: Happy Home Designerin 2015,amiibos are a scannable toy figure or card of a character from the serieslike Isabelle or Tom Nook. Originally inAnimal Crossing: Happy Home Designeron the Nintendo 3DS,amiibos were used to invite characters into the gameand allow the player to design a house for that specific character.
Since then, amiibo have had various in-game functions in theAnimal Crossingseries, thoughthe core function of scanning a figure or cardto interact in some way with that specific character has remained the same, even inACNHwheninviting the same Villager multiple times.
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Animal Crossingamiibo came to more significant attention with the release ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsas the latest release in the series became wildly popular. Since finding “dreamies”, what fans call their favorite Villagers, became incredibly important to players, amiibo cards became much more important and highly sought after. However,some of the most popular Villagers weren’t yet available through amiibo cards, which potentially added to their popularity since players could only find them organically or through intense hunting across the deserted islands.
Are Animal Crossing Amiibo Cards Worth Money?
The Stalk Market Has Nothing On These Cards
amiibo cards forAnimal Crossingare worth some money, though not nearly as much as millefeui cards. Specific characters that are particularly popular, like Marshal or Maple, may fetch higher prices between $15 to $25 online.Full sets of amiibo cards from all five series, around 448 cards, are also selling for high prices, but not nearly as much as a full set of millefeui cards.
The biggest reason that amiibo cards do not fetch the same high prices as millefeui cards is due to the fact that, besides being a much more recent and mass-produced type of merchandise, amiibo cards can be replicated using NFC chips. OnceAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsbecame a massive hit,fans were quick to create their own amiibo “cards” to sell to each other online, which diluted the market and made the official amiibo cards more of a collector’s item than a necessity to achieve your ideal Villager living situation.
amiibo cards are still subject to scalping, especially when Nintendo releases cards for excitingAnimal Crossingcrossovers, like theTarget-exclusive Sanrio cards, or for cards of beloved Villagers like Raymond. However, since these cards are usually produced en masse, it doesn’t take long for the price of even the most highly sought-after cards to come down.
