Today IGN shared a video showing off the My Castle features of the game with a great deal of
focus on amiibo functionality.
,
focusing on the amiibo compatibility!
[7] While Happy Home Designer was ultimately released on the 3DS as a spinoff title and not as a continuation of the core Animal Crossing series,
its focus on amiibo cards and the NFC capabilities of the New Nintendo 3DS is no accident.
The cast has primarily
focused on amiibo since its beginning (for good reason!)
Nintendo released a new Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer TV commercial
focusing on the amiibo cards today, watch it below:
Not exact matches
Animal Crossing:
amiibo Festival is a new Animal Crossing game that
focuses on Nintendo
amiibo Cards and Figures.
The early morning Nintendo Direct
focused on the new Super Smash Bros. content, and Nintendo pulled back the curtain
on the wildly popular
amiibo figures as well.
We can only speculate as to how far along another Animal Crossing game might be, but Kyogoku makes it clear that the current
focus has been squarely
on the currently announced games saying that «we're in full development for Happy Home Designer and
Amiibo Festival.
Specifically, this Nintendo Direct briefing will
focus on the upcoming «Welcome
Amiibo» update for the 3DS game.
One thing that we
focused on was, «What kind of game play experience can we create using
Amiibo figures and
Amiibo cards?»
Still, given the
focus on character customisation in the game, a Splatoon
amiibo does make sense.
After
focusing on the Inkling Girl
amiibo on Monday, and then all three new Splatoon 2
amiibo yesterday, we thought we'd switch things up a bit and showcase an even newer figure to...
We expect the presentation to
focus heavily
on the upcoming Animal Crossing: New Leaf Welcome
amiibo update releasing later this fall.
A wave of dedicated
amiibo cards are
on the way, and there will be a mini-Direct exclusively
focused on the franchise.
We can only speculate as to how far along another Animal Crossing game might be, but Kyogoku makes it clear that the current
focus has been squarely
on the currently announced games saying that «we're in full development for Happy Home Designer and
Amiibo Festival.
One thing that we
focused on was, «What kind of game play experience can we create using
Amiibo figures and
Amiibo cards?»
Japan's Animal Crossing: New Leaf direct is going to
focus in
on the new update hitting the game, which is all about
amiibo interaction.
The three commercials
focus on the Animal Crossing
amiibo Cards integration, the public facilities, and designing your villagers» dream homes.
The Animal Crossing Nintendo Direct
focused on a brand new update, Animal Crossing: Welcome
Amiibo, that went live today.
During the latest Nintendo Direct the curtain was pulled back
on a brand new line of
amiibo figures this time
focusing on the Legend of Zelda franchise.
Pretty awesome, a bit of a shame that I'll pass
on this game for a bit to
focus on upgrading my 3DS and building up
Amiibo funds for Monster Hunter Stories.
The early morning Nintendo Direct
focused on the new Super Smash Bros. content, and Nintendo pulled back the curtain
on the wildly popular
amiibo figures as well.
Nintendo can also
focus on releasing different variants of their evergreen
amiibo's in order to keep sales steadily increasing.
Nintendo might bring him back later
on (especially when Smash comes to the Switch), but due to distribution / printing they'll probably
focus on newer
amiibo.
One of the things they
focused on was the inclusion of a Shadow Mewtwo
Amiibo card for early adopters of the game.
It's worth mentioning that you can obtain them without
amiibo in a treasure chest at the Throat of the World, which won't take you long to reach if you
focus on the main storyline.
When Jeff asked about the possibility of
amiibo support in this latest installment, a developer said that the team will be
focusing on Skylanders only at the moment but immediately followed the statement by saying, «We'll have a big surprise at E3.»
With the big
focus on Zelda in the Treehouse stream, I'd definitely bet
on seeing
amiibo.
Specifically, the new Nintendo Direct is expected to
focus on the upcoming update for Animal Crossing: New Leaf
on Nintendo 3DS, which will introduce a variety of new features to the game including
amiibo support in the game, with 50 new
amiibo cards for the title coming in December.