Amiibo

 This article is about a product that is in constant development. Editors must cite sources for contributions with new information to this article. Edits that do not follow this standard will be reverted without notice. For more information, see the Citation Policy. 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.

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, features 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 Super Smash Bros. line Mario figure can also be used to unlock content in Mario Kart 8. Multiple games can read an amiibo's data, while only one game's data can be written to the figure at a time.

Trivia

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