I don't know why this game even exists honestly other than just to use the symbols
on the amiibo cards.
However in order to use the card, I had to have an amiibo handy to create the card and then to store the card as
data on the amiibo.
During the event,
information on amiibo, abilities and the game's world were shared during the 20 minute presentation.
Also, if you visit the Amiibo Hut, you can scan in any amiibo for an additional pattern
based on the amiibo character you used.
Nintendo released a new Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer TV commercial
focusing on the amiibo cards today, watch it below:
I think this game maybe should have been cheaper, like around $ 20, especially since many people are going to be spending a lot of
money on the amiibo cards (even if they do work with the Wii U game as well.)
I've always had a lot of affection for the Goron race in particular, and I was thrilled to finally be able to get my
hands on an amiibo figure depicting one of them.
Today IGN shared a video showing off the My Castle features of the game with a great deal of focus
on amiibo functionality.
Invitational, squaring off against Masahiro Sakurai at the Developer Roundtable, the Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. reveal, spending time at the Capcom and Natsume booths, mucking around with the Splatoon developers, their thoughts
on the amiibo figures, and spending time with Eiji Aonuma, Takashi Tezuka, Shigeru Miyamoto and Charles Martinet.
Being such a divisive game, I'd love to hear your thoughts too
on amiibo Festival if you've played it.
This morning's Splatoon Direct finally raised the curtain
on amiibo support for the anticipated shooter.
Quiz Show - One to four players answer trivia questions about Animal Crossing while playing as the
character on their amiibo card of choice.
Image and Form, the team behind SteamWorld, has released an all new video diary outlining their
thoughts on amiibo support being added to their game in the near...
Within the Nintendo's annual financial report were details
on amiibo sales over the past fiscal year.
In addition to the
note on Amiibo compatibility, the Pokkén Tournament page on the Nintendo of America website also notes that a Shadow Mewtwo Amiibo card will be included with physical copies of the first edition of the game.
Based on the heavy placement of each villager's
furniture on their amiibo card, we think this will be a large aspect of the cards.
If you thought that Nintendo were slowing down
on the Amiibo front, the coverage of Amiibo during the Treehouse Stream for Nintendo is evidence that this certainly is not the case.
We have the amiibo surprise, which will grant some tokens and a new base to
use on the Amiibo boards.
Nintendo of Japan has introduced an all new cover plate set based
on the amiibo costumes found in Super Mario Maker.
Earlier this month,
reports on the amiibo functionality in Metroid: Samus Returns began to surface, but some of the details were left...
No details
on the Amiibo function for the game have been released yet, but we'll keep an eye out and update you when we learn exactly what the Amiibo functions for Hyrule Warriors are.
I'd believed it, since its
reliance on amiibo meant that Nintendo would at least make money in some way on it, but when Nintendo was never flat out saying it, I wasn't placing all my hopes on it.
With it being our very own #ZeldaWeek, it's time for our next Big Feature piece and where we
touched on amiibo regarding other recent Zelda titles in our previous piece: The Wind Waker Remaster that Could have Been!
We already know Wind Waker HD missed out
on amiibo due to being released the year before amiibo came out, but both amiibo and dlc did make it into the Zelda spin - off Hyrule Warriors.
For the short term, hopefully they can try to
lean on amiibo, 3DS, and their merchandise partnerships with companies like Vans to offset some of their losses on the console side.
We usually don't post these sorts of things, but there's some pretty good deals here especially with the Buy 2, Get 1
Free on amiibo at Toys R Us.
As long as the system has been disconnected from the Internet, doing so effectively resets the cool -
down on your Amiibo, allowing players to spam them until they collect every piece of Link's Ocarina of Time outfit or Sheik's Mask.
Digital stores are leading the way with the best deals of the week, plus there's a massive US
clearance on amiibo figures.
You can read it here but be sure to check out their other
reviews on amiibo, Micro Land and World Of Nintendo figures.
While I know that the overall
sentiment on amiibo Festival hasn't been the most positive so far, the inclusion of online play with your friends is sure to help, assuming the game itself is fairly solid.
If that's real, I just wanted to float the idea of allowing backers to preorder the amiibo specially, given the terrible job Nintendo has done with meeting
demand on amiibo.
Included in Nintendo's annual financial report was a small
nugget on amiibo sales over the past fiscal year.