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!
Not exact matches
But that's not all, because we haven't even
touched on NX support and
amiibo yet, until now.
Even so, there is an option
on the Home menu (found in the top - left corner of the home screen) for
Amiibo, but currently you can only register an
Amiibo to your profile by holding it over the
touch screen.
Edition (Nintendo eShop): 350 [Europe / Australia][3DS] 30 % Discount
on Pilotwings Resort (Nintendo eShop): 400 [Europe / Australia][3DS] 50 % Discount
on Wario Land II (Virtual Console): 20 [Europe / Australia][3DS] Animal Crossing:
amiibo Festival (Nintendo 3DS Theme): 20 [Europe / Australia][3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf — Bulletin Board (Nintendo 3DS Theme): 20 [Europe / Australia][3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf — Sable Able (Nintendo 3DS Theme): 20 [Europe / Australia][3DS] 40 % Discount
on Adventure Island II (Virtual Console): 20 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 30 % Discount
on Wario: Master of Disguise (Virtual Console): 100 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 30 % Discount
on Advance Wars: Dual Strike (Virtual Console): 100 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 30 % Discount
on Excitebike 64 (Virtual Console): 100 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 30 % Discount
on Nintendo Selects: Super Mario 3D World (Nintendo eShop): 250 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 30 % Discount
on Yoshi's Story (Virtual Console): 100 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 50 % Discount
on The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Virtual Console): 50 [Europe / Australia][Wii U] 40 % Discount
on Yoshi
Touch & Go (Virtual Console): 30 [Europe / Australia][Wii U / 3DS] 40 % Discount
on Metroid (Virtual Console): 20 [Europe / Australia][Wii U / 3DS] 40 % Discount
on The Legend of the Mystical Ninja (Virtual Console): 35 [Europe / Australia]
- as Captain Olimar is making his way home, an asteroid onslaught forces him to land
on a nearby planet - Sparklium is the fuel for Olimar's Dolphin III ship - with the ship's fuel depleted, you have to find items
on this planet which can be turned into fuel - collect everything from seeds to large scale treasures - you need 30,000 Sparklium to make your way home - you are eventually required to find a lost ship part at the end of the game - levels are more linear and puzzle based, and include specific goals / goodies to collect - move Captain Olimar with the Circle Pad, while all other interactions use the touchscreen - blow your whistle, throw Pikmin and also
touch certain objects - worlds are called Sectors, with six areas altogether - find all the treasure and look for new passageways to complete a sector 100 % - passageways can grant you access to secret spots or additional levels highlighted with the letter X - the first world is called Brilliant Garden, which has lush forest environments - Yellow Pikmin can easily reach the upper screen, where you can sometimes collect goodies and pull down vines - there's a level where you use yellow Pikmin as a source to connect two wires - connecting the wires lets you see enemies and platforms that were hidden in the shadows - Winged Pikmin can be flung at high speeds, and they can pick up Olimar and help him descend down into new areas - in a later level, you need to use red Pikmin to stomp out fire and clear the way for you - Rock Pikmin are the strongest ones of the bunch and can break crystals - blue Pikmin can swim and fight well underwater - the maximum amount of Pikmin you can have in a stage is 20 - blow your whistle to call over the correct Pikmin for a task or puzzle - Ravaged Rustworks offers a unique industrial environment where you climb
on pipes - Loney Tower has you climbing to the top of a tower without any help of Pikmin, and instead use pipes and Olimar's jetpack - Valley of the Breeze, found in the Leafswirl Lagoon sector, relies complete
on Winged Pikmin - Barriers of Flame is in the Sweltering Parchlands sector - here you «lll be forced to improvise with Yellow and Rock Pikmin to get around fire - every world ends with a boss stage - one boss fight puts you up against a Fiery Blowhog, where you use Red Pikmin to pick up / feed bombs to the boss - beating bosses gives you treasures worth 1,000 Sparklium each - supports
amiibo in the Splatoon, Super Mario and Animal Crossing lines -
amiibo can be scanned in to grant you access to secret spots - these are one room puzzle challenges where you collect a statue - these bonus rooms will also get you 200 Sparklium every time - you are limited by how many
amiibo you can summon to each secret spot - one of the treasures you will find is an NES cartridge for Ice Climbers, which carries the name «Revenge Fantasy».
If you
touch an
amiibo (sold separately) against it while enjoying compatible software, you can read and write data
on the
amiibo and enhance your games in surprising new ways!
When
touching a Yarn Yoshi
amiibo to the Wii U GamePad, you can play solo with Double Yoshi: two Yoshis
on screen.
Open it up and tap the
amiibo logo
on the
touch screen, then you'll be prompted to tap an
amiibo.
Scanning the Shovel Knight
amiibo on the level map or file select screen using your Wii U ™ GamePad, New Nintendo 3DS ™
Touch Screen, or Nintendo 3DS ™ NFC Reader / Writer unlocks the following: