Nintendo seems to have a good thing going with their line of amiibos. They have sold a whole bunch since launch in 2014 and things don’t seem to be slowing down. Well, given this fact, they have just recently announced a bunch of upcoming new amiibos as well as a new form factor two, including yarn amiibos and amiibo cards. Yes you heard me right, new cards that can take place of the actual little figurine and amiibos made of yarn.
Check out the list below for all the details of what is new and upcoming in the world of Nintendo amiibos:
amiibo Cards
- A totally new form of amiibo is coming this fall! The first set of amiibo cards will be based on Animal Crossing characters and will be compatible with the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer game. An NFC reader/writer peripheral for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL and Nintendo 2DS – which offers the functionality for scanning amiibo currently included in the New Nintendo 3DS XL system – will also launch the same day as the new Animal Crossing game.
The Next Waves of Super Smash Bros. Series Amiibo
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On May 29, a new set of amiibo in the Super Smash Bros. series will launch, featuring Charizard, PAC-MAN, Wario, Jigglypuff, Greninja, Robin, Lucina and Ness. July brings Dark Pit and Palutena. And in September, Zero Suit Samus, Ganondorf, Olimar, Dr. Mario and Bowser Jr. will join the amiibo family.
Play Classic Nintendo Games Using Amiibo
- With amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits, Wii U users can download the free application from the Nintendo eShop and tap any amiibo to unlock game-play highlights from select NES and Super NES games.
Yarn Yoshi Amiibo
- A new set of Yoshi amiibo figures made of actual yarn will launch later this fall along with the Yoshi’s Woolly World game. Tapping one of these yarn amiibo to the Wii U GamePad controller while playing Yoshi’s Woolly World will make another Yoshi appear in the game to assist the player. The Yarn Yoshi amiibo will be available in three colours: green, pink and light blue.
Splatoon Amiibo
- Launching simultaneously with Splatoon on May 29 are Inkling Girl, Inkling Boy and Inkling Squid amiibo figures. By tapping one of these amiibo to the GamePad, players can receive special missions to unlock weapons and gear.
More Mii Racing Suits!
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On April 23, a new free downloadable software update to Mario Kart 8 will add support for nine more amiibo figures, including Mega Man, Sonic and PAC-MAN. Players can tap these amiibo to outfit their Mii characters in Mii Racing Suits themed to those amiibo characters.
Oh, and one more quick amiibo tidbit, there are more Marth amiibos hitting store shelves sometime this April.