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.

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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

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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…

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Nintendo's amiibo Website
URL to share (right click and copy)

@cusideabelincoln

Lemme know how much or whatever, we'll shoot you Paypal and an address.

Think I'll be getting the new Peach amiibo soon. Looking at the 2 Peaches side by side, the SMB version is far superior. Not sure I can say that about any of the others.

Gamewizard disappeared! Now I'm worried about Gold Mario again.

@Koovaps
SMB Bowser is better, I feel.
Luigi can be argued as well, of course.

@Mr_Mustache

You can send me that address; I've got the spare in my possession!

Looks like that guy that said he was going to buy up all the Rosalina figures...did.

And he decided to flip off all his figures as well. I guess the army of Rosalinas might be offended by that...?

@GameDadGrant What a cool dude.

What a pathetic human being. I kinda pity him.

Yeah, that guy's a real winner.

In other news, my Super Mario amiibo look great. I picked up Luigi, Yoshi, Toad, and Gold Mario. After seeing them all next to each other... I had to pick up Peach and Bowser. Mario is next once he's sold solo. I gave up my Mario Party 10 preorder since I just don't see myself playing it any time soon.

Gold Mario! You were in my metaphorical grasp. Where did you go??

@GameDadGrant

I thought this was old news...I'd seen it on GAF before? Glad I snagged mine when I did (for cost, no less).

@ploot

I think the whole SMB line looks great, but since they're functionally identical to the SB line, I'm cool not getting them all. Peach is the biggest upgrade to me, so I'll get her, and Luigi rules, so that's why I got him.

@cusideabelincoln

Received! Did that wire transfer come through? Thanks again!

@ploot

I'm hoping for you, man..

News worthy???

So a shit-ton of news has hit amiibo-wise! I'll start by reposting my thoughts from the other thread...

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I feel such dread regarding the amiibo situation. Yes Nintendo has had time to learn from the initial launch. Yes the Port Strike made things harder originally. Yes retailers are taking more efforts to make amiibo accessible to everyone (i.e. limiting purchase quantities). But dammit to hell with the retailer specific ones and dammit to hell for knowing this early when they release. Somehow I feel like this just prepares scalpers when really it doesn't.

I need to get the whole Smash collection... I'm so far in already. How hard is this going to be?


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So I ask... for the love of Nintendo... please help myself and us all out as we have been going into these next months. We'll need the support I think. I wish Nintendo would announce that they aim to be able to provide anyone who wants an amiibo... those amiibo but their end-game is still unclear. With bringing back Marth and such I wonder if they are trying harder....

I'll be using the same tactic I've been doing which is trying to double up or even triple up my preorders if I can and then passing those along to you all. Please if you can, do the same. At worst you end up selling it on Amazon or ebay if we all end up with it. We don't know which ones will be retailer exclusive or hard to find but we certainly need to get each other's backs.

May 29th
Charizard
Pac-Man
Wario
Jigglypuff
Greninja
Lucina
Robin
Ness

July 2015
Dark Pit
Palutena

September 2015
Olimar/Pikmin
Bowser Jr.
Dr. Mario
Zero Suit Samus
Ganondorf

Plus we've got those Yoshi Wooly World amiibo coming this Fall. I know I'll need those as I've wanted a Yarn Yoshi in general since the game was announced. And on May 29th we have the Splatoon packs!? Damn! I know I'll be compelled to buy the set. G'dammit Nintendo. You set me up for this... and I'm taking the bait like a pro.

Yeay, more retailer specific amiibo stinks hard, but the new amiibo look great, especially that yarn Yoshi! I likely won't do any preorders, but I'm always happy to scour neighborhood stores when they come out.

I'm still stressing a bit over whether Gamewizard is coming back or not. Amiibo can be a pain.

@Abdooooo

Yeah, gotta admit that (as someone who initially wasn't interested in amiibo), the new stuff Nintendo showed today looked really good. The Splatoon figures look excellent, as does Yarn Yoshi. And Lucas!? No way I'm not getting one of those.

So much for my only amiibo that I need to get being Ness. Now there's Ness and Lucas as my must-gets, and my probably-gonna-gets are Palutena and Splatoon (the set depends on the price, might just nab the girl).

@TriforceBun
It seems the squid amiibo only comes in the three-pack. I can't resist!