These items can be unlocked through
the use of amiibo cards or by purchasing them from the in - game shop, after which they can be used by Bowser instead of his default equipment.
These require
the use of Amiibo cards for seemingly no reason other than to sell Amiibo cards.
There's only a single trio of levels and
the use of amiibo cards is frustrating to say the least.
I'd definitely like to integrate
the use of Amiibo cards and Amiibo into the series.
So that's another way that we've linked Amiibo Festival and Happy Home Designer through
the use of Amiibo cards.
Not exact matches
The official Japanese website for Animal Crossing:
amiibo Festival recently updated with a selection
of new videos showing off every gamemode in the game
using Animal Crossing
amiibo cards.
The Mario sports games have a fanbase, but considering those games tend to be more casual or party style games, the
use of amiibo altogether seems a little unnecessary, and the overall opinion on these
cards is just... meh.
Fans
of amiibo will be happy to know their Mario universe figures can be
used to unlock special character
cards, which serve the same function as the Battle Cards but feature unique art pulled from the wider world of Mario g
cards, which serve the same function as the Battle
Cards but feature unique art pulled from the wider world of Mario g
Cards but feature unique art pulled from the wider world
of Mario games.
We went ahead and tested this out on our copy by
using two
of the Japanese Animal Crossing
amiibo Cards (see our unboxing here) imported last month.
This package includes a retail box copy
of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, along with the Nintendo 3DS NFC Reader / Writer accessory required to
use Animal Crossing
amiibo Cards on the older Nintendo 3DS systems.
So, instead
of Happy Home Designer becoming the next game in the series, it's a spin off, and now the
cards that were exclusive to it and
Amiibo Festival are about to be able to be
used in New Leaf who's also seeing a price drop.
This entry by Connor really stood out to me as being unique by making clever
use of the Happy Home Camera feature in the game with the angle
of the camera, as well as
using Animal Crossing
amiibo cards for the characters.
This apparent pseudo version
of furniture trading
using the
amiibo cards is definitely intriguing, depending on exactly how it works.
Today, I went to GameStop and got Twilight Princess HD (with a Wolf Link
amiibo (sencond to last one they had)-RRB-, a 10 $ Eshop
card which I will
use on Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and a pre-owned copy
of Kirby: Squeak Squad.
The next series
of Animal Crossing
amiibo cards also launches in March, bringing the grand total
of available
amiibo cards to be
used in games like Animal Crossing:
amiibo Festival for Wii U and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for Nintendo 3DS to a whopping 300.
One thing that we focused on was, «What kind
of game play experience can we create
using Amiibo figures and
Amiibo cards?»
The
cards are a more portable form
of amiibo that can be
used with the game to design a house for the character on the
card.
If that's not enough
of a hook for you, Nintendo has also released a set
of Amiibo Cards for Happy Home Designer that can be
used to add new characters to the game.
This apparent pseudo version
of furniture trading
using the
amiibo cards is definitely intriguing, depending on exactly how it works.
The official Japanese website for Animal Crossing:
amiibo Festival recently updated with a selection
of new videos showing off every gamemode in the game
using Animal Crossing
amiibo cards.
- get Public Works tasks from Isabelle - early on you'll have to build a school - choose the outside look from a selection
of options then work on the inside - inside includes work on benches, lockers, tables and more - later you'll work on a hospital, cafe, a shop and more - the hospital tasks you with working on multiple rooms -
use the stylus to drag and drop items into the playing field - tap the object to change the perspective and move them all easily to somewhere on the grid - drag the characters around as well - tapping on the D - Pad lets you change the camera angle - move around with the Circle Pad and interact with others by pressing the A-button - the plaza is where old and new animals are gathered - a speech bubble above a head denotes requests - once you've wrapped up the development
of a property, a scene will play where the animals interact with the property - animals will say specific things when they are in stores / school or comment on things that are placed around the house - throw in your own favorite characters by purchasing
amiibo cards - scan them and they will enter the house or scene -
cards also give requests from characters before you even meet them in the game - some characters are exclusive to the
cards - put data back on the
card and give that information to the friend
-- Just an Animal Crossing quiz show — Up to 4 players —
Uses amiibo cards — Tap your
card to decide your character — The mode is tough and is essentially for diehard fans — When you want to answer, tap your
amiibo card when the spotlight is on your character — If you scan your
card when the spotlight is on
of your rivals, they answer instead — You have to scan at the beginning
of your turn
One thing that we focused on was, «What kind
of game play experience can we create
using Amiibo figures and
Amiibo cards?»
-
use one
of the Animal Crossing
amiibo in order to «summon» them in the real world - both Animal Crossing
amiibo figures and Animal Crossing
amiibo cards can be
used - feature already included in the «Welcome
amiibo» edition
of the game
One
of Nintendo's expansive ways to promote this series with
Amiibo cards that can be collected,
used, or traded with friends.
Today, I went to GameStop and got Twilight Princess HD (with a Wolf Link
amiibo (sencond to last one they had)-RRB-, a 10 $ Eshop
card which I will
use on Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and a pre-owned copy
of Kirby: Squeak Squad.
Those who purchase first editions
of the game will receive a Shadow Mewtwo
Amiibo card that, when
used, instantly unlocks Shadow Mewtwo in the game.
The
amiibo functionality alone is a great upgrade for Animal Crossing fans with easier
use of Animal Crossing
amiibo cards.
On top
of that, players can
use their collection
of Animal Crossing
amiibo cards ** to take part in a variety
of minigames.
While Ultra Smash had been the first Nintendo sports title to
use amiibo, Nintendo's tiny statues, Superstars launched with its own line
of amiibo cards, which could be
used to unlock «superstar» versions
of each character in a more timely fashion.
The
amiibo card is not required to unlock the character so it's still possible to
use Shadow Mewtwo even without purchasing a first print run copy
of the game.
After playing two rounds, you can begin unlocking another eight mini-games which make
use of Animal Crossing
amiibo cards.
We went ahead and tested this out on our copy by
using two
of the Japanese Animal Crossing
amiibo Cards (see our unboxing here) imported last month.
This entry by Connor really stood out to me as being unique by making clever
use of the Happy Home Camera feature in the game with the angle
of the camera, as well as
using Animal Crossing
amiibo cards for the characters.
The Super Mario wave
of amiibo figures are compatible with the game, allowing you to
use cards in battle to give you an extra boost.
By tapping a Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi or Bowser
amiibo to the New Nintendo 3DS family
of systems (or an NFC Reader / Writer accessory
used with a Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL or Nintendo 2DS system), you will receive one
of many Character
Cards based on the character that was tapped.
Special Battle
Cards and
amiibo - activated Character
Cards can also be
used to turn the tide
of battle.
The bundle features a white New Nintendo 3DS system, a digital copy
of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, two sets
of themed cover plates for the system, and an
amiibo card to
use with the game.
The game will allow players to not only design the interior
of a villager's home, but also the exterior, including their garden;
amiibo cards can be
used to invite other villagers and to bring them into the game to design their house to their specification.
Some
of these games offer an interesting experience, but the way they
use the
Amiibo cards is simply frustrating.
In theory, they will allow fans to
use amiibo in supported games by scanning the
cards instead
of figures.
2015 brought an immense amount
of marketing to the franchise, from
amiibo cards (
used with the 3DS spinoff Happy Home Designer) that invoke memories
of those Game Boy Advance eReader
cards that were incorporated with Wild World, to its own
amiibo figure line (
used with the less - than - well - received
amiibo Festival game on the Wii U), to an appearance in Mario Kart 8.
Instead, it's a board game, and you'll
use amiibo of characters such as Isabelle, KK Slider and Tom Nook as the playing pieces; in fact, the game will launch as bundle that includes two Animal Crossing
amiibo and three
amiibo cards.
Of course, the Switch still has
amiibo functionality, so all those figures and
cards released so far could still find a
use on the system, along with some new ones.