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File:Amiibo.jpg
Amiibo Illustration
Concept artwork for amiibo.

Amiibo (stylized as amiibo) is an upcoming line of near field communication-based figurines used as add-ons to games with amiibo compatibility. The line launched on November 21, 2014 in North America, and will be released on November 28, 2014 in Europe, both released on the same day as Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, the first amiibo-compatible game. To use the figures, players must have downloaded System Update 5.3.0 for their Wii U system.

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. 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.[1] Multiple games can read an amiibo's data, while only one game's data can be written to the figure.[2]

Mario-related games planned to be compatible with amiibo

Game Description
  Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker 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 unlocks the Link costume), updating their racing suit and look based on the scanned amiibo.[3][4] This games only reads the data on the amiibo.
  Mario Party 10 N/A
 
  		Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, once an amiibo is scanned in the game, the player is able to play both as them or against them. They are referred as Figure Players (shortened as FP) in-game. 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.[5] This game both reads and writes data on the amiibo.
  Yoshi's Woolly World N/A

Figures

Figure List

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Figures Wave Compatible 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     N/A N/A N/A
Charizard N/A N/A N/A N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Diddy Kong 2 2 1 N/A   N/A N/A 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   N/A N/A N/A
Lucario 3 3 2 N/A   N/A N/A N/A
Luigi 2 2 1     N/A N/A N/A
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 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   N/A N/A 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   N/A N/A N/A

amiibo × Super Smash Bros.

Region Wave Release dates
  North America

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3

November 21, 2014
December 2014[6]
February 2015[7]

  Europe

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3
Wave 4

November 28, 2014[8]
December 19, 2014[9]
January 23, 2015[7]
February 20, 2015[7]

  Japan

Wave 1
Wave 2
Wave 3

December 6, 2014[10]
January 22, 2015[11]
February, 2015[11]

Future Waves

  • Ness (Shown as a "FP" in the Super Smash Bros. For Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza video.)
  • Charizard (Shown as a "FP" in the Super Smash Bros. For Wii U: 50-Fact Extravaganza video.)

Gallery

Concept art

  • Amiibo-mariokart8.jpg

    The "Mario Kart 8" Mii racing suits and their required amiibo figurines.

  • Several Super Smash Bros. amiibo figurines.

  • Promotional poster for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U amiibos.

  • The Nintendo 3DS amiibo peripheral.

  • amiibo Racing Suits concept in Mario Kart 8.

  • Amiibomario.png

    Concept art of a standard Mario figurine.

Figures gallery

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. ^ https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B1NBlLkIYAAh_2O.jpg:large
  2. ^ http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/11/nintendo_outlines_confusing_amiibo_save_data_limitations
  3. ^ http://www.gonintendo.com/s/240940-mario-kart-8-getting-amiibo-racing-suits-in-future-update
  4. ^ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/amiibo/list/index.html
  5. ^ http://www.smashbros.com/us/howto/entry8.html
  6. ^ Updates on Super Smash Bros., amiibo, and Captain Toad. Nintendo of America (October 7, 2014). Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  7. ^ a b c http://www.gonintendo.com/s/241448-amiibo-waves-3-4-dated-for-europe-america
  8. ^ Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS has sold more than 2.8 million units worldwide. Nintendo of Europe (October 7, 2014). Retrieved October 7, 2014
  9. ^ http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/10/nintendo_announces_amiibo_release_dates_and_new_figurines Found September 7th 2014.
  10. ^ http://www.nintendo.co.jp/amiibo/lineup/index.html
  11. ^ a b http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/11/11/nintendos-next-wave-of-amiibo-includes-mega-man-and-sonic

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