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amiibo is certainly turning out to be a big thing in Nintendo's eyes. Whether or not the rewards for utilizing each amiibo is worthy to you, Nintendo plans to implement all sorts of bonuses. It appears right now that every amiibo is meant to do 'something' in each game though games not featuring certain characters may have more limited uses or lesser-valued ones. We've had plenty of threads on here for amiibo and I'm sure that will continue. Still, I wanted to establish a general discussion thread that doesn't have a specific focus or thought. We'll also use this thread for informing the forums about upcoming news regarding new waves of amiibo or new compatibility. Enjoy! Tell us which amiibo you're planning to get! To get the party started, here are the various waves of amiibo on their way, compatibility information from Nintendo's website, and various links to other threads regarding amiibo.


Known amiibo

Super Smash Bros.
















Yarn Yoshi


Super Mario


Splatoon


Animal Crossing (multiple waves)






Animal Crossing amiibo Cards


30th Anniversary Mario


Chibi-Robo, Shovel Knight, and Mega Man


Skylanders Superchargers - Bowser and DK


The Legend of Zelda


Compatible Games

Super Smash Bros for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Party 10, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Woolly World, Splatoon, CodeName: S.T.E.A.M., ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON LEGACY, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, and more…




Nintendo's amiibo Website


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11/18/14, 01:30    Edited: 02/05/16, 15:49
 
   
 
Hmm, there are Japanese Marths available on ebay for $32, shipping included. Not sure I can resist....
01/01/15, 18:45   
@pokepal148

I have a Link amiibo and I sort of agree. Steph and I have talked about how it's odd his face isn't tilted up so you can see the damn thing.

I really don't understand why these had to be the exact same poses as the Smash trophies. It really makes no sense to me, because they could easily have improved them with a few tweaks.
01/01/15, 19:38   
@ploot
Impressive! And you even opened them!
01/01/15, 23:02   
My Pit came in the mail yesterday. Thanks, GameStop!
01/05/15, 00:17   
@Mr_Mustache
Does that make a full collection? Join the cool kids!

I have all of Wave 3 preordered, aside from Lucario, Rosalina and Meta Knight. EEP.
01/05/15, 00:22   
@ploot

I still need my WFT from Kris, and then I have to buy Mario....sometime.
01/05/15, 00:27   
The triple pack of Marth, Villager, and Trainer going for anywhere from $150 - $250 almost certainly means I'm flipping them this week. I wasn't planning on it, but I'm not going to leave a couple hundred bucks on the table for toys I haven't decided I'm ever going to play with...
01/05/15, 16:26   
@Kal-El814

Sell 'em to Pokepal. I hear he's quite the collector
01/05/15, 20:57   
@Shadowlink

No, he didn't actually buy his amiibo, remember? Target bought them for him. Allegedly.
01/05/15, 21:01   
@ludist210

It's ok, Kal-El bought these Amiibos. Any transactions between Kal-El and Pokepal will simply be the exchange of gifts, because Kal-El isn't a real store and Nintendo gets no extra money.

Or something.
01/05/15, 21:09   
I finally received the Luigi amiibo I was going to give Karen as a stocking stuffer. I haven't taken it out of its box, but it looks better than expected! Not sure if we'll actually use it as an amiibo, though: Karen talked about putting it on her desk at work.
01/05/15, 21:39   
@Guillaume

Luigi is probably the best quality amiibo that I own. Samus looks good too.
01/05/15, 22:19   
So this happened today.

A Nintendo representative went on reddit answering questions about Amiibo

And this gave me a big sigh of relief:


Asked by /u/ZWyles:
Ask him if the rarer figures will be getting another run please!


NR: "As far as I know—yes. I'm constantly asked about certain figures being discontinued, and I've yet to receive that memo. From the way I understand it, it's going to be similar to the Disney Vault. Characters like the Wii Fit Trainer will come out, disappear, and be redistributed later on. I know certain retailers have removed some figures from their systems, but that is most likely because we haven't sent them any reorders they've asked for. This is Nintendo's first time dealing in toys themselves, so it should be expected that things will be rocky at first, and we're not producing the figures ourselves. Nintendo doesn't have it's own toy factory."
01/06/15, 07:53   
I picked up the last Fox amiibo at Future Shop. Apparently, he's rare now. Not sure if I will take him out of the packaging.
01/06/15, 08:23   
I was doing this thing with my kindergarten kids today where they make their own online "picture book" type thing and one of them managed to find a bunch of pictures of Amiibos and put them in his. I don't think he necessarily PLANNED this, but it was still neat.
01/07/15, 01:07   
Paleo_Orca said:
So this happened today.

A Nintendo representative went on reddit answering questions about Amiibo

And this gave me a big sigh of relief:


Asked by /u/ZWyles:
Ask him if the rarer figures will be getting another run please!


NR: "As far as I know—yes. I'm constantly asked about certain figures being discontinued, and I've yet to receive that memo. From the way I understand it, it's going to be similar to the Disney Vault. Characters like the Wii Fit Trainer will come out, disappear, and be redistributed later on. I know certain retailers have removed some figures from their systems, but that is most likely because we haven't sent them any reorders they've asked for. This is Nintendo's first time dealing in toys themselves, so it should be expected that things will be rocky at first, and we're not producing the figures ourselves. Nintendo doesn't have it's own toy factory."

I hope this is true!

On a related note, the Limited Edition of Majora's Mask was announced today for the US.......and it's already sold out.
01/07/15, 02:17   
I am good to go for all wave 3 amiibos, except Lucario, Rosalina and Luma, and Meta Knight.
Target Canada outright said they won't be doing preorders, and Toys R Us Canada seems to be following suit.
As for the Best Buy exclusive, I have no idea there.
I would love a solid release date, maaannnnnnn.

@sirmastersephiroth
Speaking of Canada, I don't think this was even announced here. I saw the news on Reddit this morning and couldn't find anywhere to order.
01/07/15, 02:43   
@sirmastersephiroth

"As far as I know..."

"From the way I understand it..."

He doesn't know what he's talking about.

Also top lel at this being Nintendo's first time making toys. Lord, what a useless response.
01/07/15, 02:50   
@sirmastersephiroth

Kind of burying the lede there. That seems like it should be its own news item.
01/07/15, 03:00   
@sirmastersephiroth

It went up on Amazon.ca... and sold out in half an hour. Good thing I got one in!

@ploot

Might be out of luck on Amazon but do check EB. I called in tonight and they should have a listing for it this week. I would assume tomorrow.
01/07/15, 03:16   
Edited: 01/07/15, 03:18
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