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Amiibo Illustration
Concept artwork for amiibo.

amiibo is a brand of near field communication-based figurines used as add-ons to games with amiibo compatibility. The first line of amiibo, based upon Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, launched on the same day as Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: the first amiibo-compatible game. It has been confirmed that there will be multiple lines based upon various games.[1]

amiibo can be used with Wii U software by placing a figure on the near-field communicator built into the Wii U GamePad under the D-pad. To use the figures, players must have downloaded System Update 5.3.0 for their Wii U system. A peripheral for the Nintendo 3DS, a circular white platform, has also been stated to be released in 2015 that will wirelessly connect to the 3DS to send and receive data; the new Nintendo 3DS, however, will feature a built in near-field communicator on the bottom touch-screen. amiibo will come with data already on them, but data can also be written on them by the hardware. Several figures will be compatible with multiple games; for example, the Mario figure made for Super Smash Bros. can also be used with Mario Kart 8 and Mario Party 10.[2] Multiple games can read an amiibo's data, while only one game's data can be written to the figure at a time.[3]

Mario-related games planned to be compatible with amiibo

Game Description Read/write or Read
  Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker N/A N/A
File:Box NA - Mario Kart 8.jpg Mario Kart 8 11 Super Smash Bros. amiibo will provide 10 alternate costumes for Miis (As Toon Link and Link both unlock the Link costume), updating their racing suit and look based on the scanned amiibo.[4][5]  
This game only reads the data on the amiibo.
  Mario Party 10 N/A N/A
   Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U Once an amiibo is scanned in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the player is able to play with them in a team battle or against them. They are referred as Figure Players (shortened as FP) in-game. They are actually being controlled by CPUs and players can train them, until they reached level 50. The player can customize their power, defense and speed values at their own will with the obtained custom parts. By playing as FPs, they may grow by level (which caps at 50) and change their strategy depending what their opponents usually do. During fights, they may obtain gifts such as Trophies and Gold, which are given to the player. While in the Wii U version they can be used as soon as the game is released, there is an update planned for the 3DS version.[6]  
This game both reads and writes data on the amiibo.
  Yoshi's Woolly World N/A N/A

Mario-related lines

Super Smash Bros.

Release Dates

Region Wave Release dates
  North America

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3

November 21, 2014
December 14, 2014
February 2015[7]

  Europe

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
Wave 4

November 28, 2014
December 19, 2014[8]
January 23, 2015[7]
February 20, 2015[7]

  Japan

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3

December 6, 2014
January 22, 2015[9]
February, 2015[9]

Figure list

Figures Wave Compatible Mario-related games
NA EU JP MK8 SSB4 CT:TT MP10 YWW
Bowser 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Captain Falcon 2 2 1          
Charizard[10] N/A N/A N/A N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Diddy Kong 2 2 1 N/A        
Donkey Kong 1 1 1     N/A N/A N/A
Fox 1 1 1     N/A N/A N/A
Ike 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
King Dedede 3 4 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Kirby 1 1 1     N/A N/A N/A
Link 1 1 1     N/A N/A N/A
Little Mac 2 2 1 N/A        
Lucario 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Luigi 2 2 1          
Mario 1 1 1     N/A   N/A
Marth 1 1 1 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Mega Man 3 4 3 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Meta Knight 3 4 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Ness[10] N/A N/A N/A N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Peach 1 1 1     N/A   N/A
Pikachu 1 1 1 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Pit 2 2 1 N/A        
Rosalina 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Samus 1 1 1     N/A N/A N/A
Sheik 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Shulk 3 4 3 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Villager 1 1 1 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Toon Link 3 3 2     N/A N/A N/A
Sonic 3 4 3 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Wii Fit Trainer 1 1 1 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Yoshi 1 1 1     N/A    
Zelda 2 2 1 N/A        

Gallery

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  • The Nintendo 3DS peripheral.

  • Several Super Smash Bros. amiibo.

  • Mario kart 8 amiibo.jpg

    The Mario Kart 8-compatible amiibo and Mii suits.

Trivia

  • The word "new" in the new Nintendo 3DS logo is stylized similarly to the amiibo logo.

References

amiibo coverage on other NIWA wikis:
  1. ^ Seedhouse, Alex (November 21, 2014). Nintendo teases plans for future amiibo series beyond Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Insider. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
  2. ^ https://cdn02.nintendo-europe.com/media/downloads/other_1/amiibo_8/charts/Amiibo_Billboard_UK.pdf
  3. ^ http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/nintendo_outlines_confusing_amiibo_save_data_limitations
  4. ^ http://www.gonintendo.com/s/240940-mario-kart-8-getting-amiibo-racing-suits-in-future-update
  5. ^ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/amiibo/list/index.html
  6. ^ http://www.smashbros.com/us/howto/entry8.html
  7. ^ a b c http://www.gonintendo.com/s/241448-amiibo-waves-3-4-dated-for-europe-america
  8. ^ http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/nintendo_announces_amiibo_release_dates_and_new_figurines Found September 7th 2014.
  9. ^ a b http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/11/nintendos-next-wave-of-amiibo-includes-mega-man-and-sonic
  10. ^ a b Shown as "FP" during the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 50-Fact Extravaganza

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