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
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Jigglypuff is Target exclusive.

@TriforceBun

The Splatoon three-pack is $34.99, which isn't bad for three amiibo. Ness is going up for sale today at 3:00 eastern (2:00 central), so I'm stalking their website to get one. Jigglypuff appears to be a Target exclusive like @DrFinkelstein said...

And no news for Canada.
I'm not liking this disconnect we seem to have regarding amiibo as of late.

Keeping my eye out for when Ness is on sale as well!

35 might be a bit steep for me, even though the squid amiibo is quite cute. Might just stick with Inkling Girl.

Greninja is likely TRU exclusive.

@DrFinkelstein

I think that wraps up the exclusives then. GameStop listed the original 6 for sale today, so...could be worse. At least GameStop handles pre-orders well. They did with Shulk (the easiest of the four exclusives from Wave 3 to find), but I know EarthBound is a different beast altogether.

Well, GameStop's site is swamped right now. This is dumb.

Use their mobile site. Evidently he's not live on there yet...he should be on the website around 6:00 EST, but I'd start checking earlier.

I did manage to snag the five that Best Buy put up earlier today (Lucina, Robin, Charizard, Wario, and Pac-Man).

EB website is messed up here, too. I can get to my cart, but then I can't get any further.

I don't think in-store is until tomorrow (and tomorrow is a holiday in Ontario). BLARGG!

I just got back from my in store purchase. It was fucking nuts. Luckily I was first in line but six others at least were waiting. Maybe more if groups weren't actually groups.

He tried several times. Each page would take minutes to load. Graphics wouldn't load. Pages would time out. I got to the final screen twice... after 67 minutes of attempts, and 30 minutes prior waiting, I finally got my six amiibo pack. So all are preordered. Then i had him try for the Splatoon pack and nabbed all three of those too much easier.

I hope this means their shit is together now but then I saw reports on twitter that they were going to stop taking orders on bundles and such, perhaps to alleviate the demand.

This was a total cluster fuck and in 2015, I'm really disappointed in Gamestop and Nintendo for not having a better grasp on this. I managed to nab a Jigglypuff when that shit went live this morning. Pure luck of the timing.

Hopefully this means I'm good to go and I can now keep an eye out for spares.

@DrFinkelstein
Congrats, my friend!

I am having the opposite of your luck over here, but I'm sure things will turn around. I hope!

@Hero_Of_Hyrule
Yeah, today has been a major disappointment in the amiibo department.
Things just aren't handled properly.

GameStop's facebook says their servers are borked and are only taking in-store pre-orders now. YAY.

*fart*

@Hero_Of_Hyrule

They were telling them this before the preorders started? Weird. The one I went to didn't say any of that sort.

Round 4 needs to be updated in the OP!
And maybe add the SMB line? And Yarn Yoshi? And Splatoon?
And the AC cards?

@ploot

That's a lot of work man! Maybe when I'm back in my home state I'll look into it!!!

Well I missed the first chance at Greninja. Just happened to be up wh3n they went live. I was through the whole fucking process and then...

Gone.

Sad to say every cool new amiibo I see revealed now I just write off as unattainable.

I had Shulk preordered 2 1/2 months before it was released and that failed to materialize. I'd like a Ness and an Olimar too, maybe a Splatoon squid girl once I've had time to play the game a little. But I know there won't be enough stock to feed anyone but a few lucky fans and an army of scalpers.

@Infinitywave

I'd hate to support your words because I wish it were the case but there are tons of Greninja on Ebay already... just sick.

Good luck with your Greninja quest. :)

Dear Nintendo, please make more amiibo per batch. You are leaving money on the table and saddening your fans.