Amiibo

Amiibo[lower-alpha 1] (officially stylized as amiibo; plural: Amiibo[1]) is a toys-to-life platform by Nintendo, which was launched in November 2014. It consists of a wireless communications and storage protocol for connecting figurines to the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch video game consoles. These figurines are similar in form and functionality to that of the Skylanders, Disney Infinity and Lego Dimensions series of toys-to-life platforms. The Amiibo platform was preannounced to potentially accommodate any form of toy, specifically including general plans for future card games.[2][3] These toys use near field communication (NFC) to interact with supported video game software, potentially allowing data to be transferred in and out of games and across multiple platforms.

Amiibo

International standard	Near field communication
Developed by	Nintendo
Introduced	June 10, 2014 (2014-06-10)
Industry	Video games
Connector type	Wireless
Compatible hardware	Wii U Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch
Physical range	< 20 cm (7.9 in)

Amiibo functionality can be used directly with the Nintendo Switch, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS consoles by using built-in NFC readers. In addition, the rest of the 3DS hardware line can use an official NFC adapter. By September 2016, Nintendo reported that 39 million Amiibo toys had been sold, along with more than 30 million Amiibo cards.[4]

History

Development

Several Amiibo figurines

They came up with the name in Japan, and the ‘amii’ portion comes from a little something in Japanese that conveys the sentiment of friend, of playing with your friend. That’s what they’re really trying to convey with it. I think for us it sounds a little like amigo. That’s not the origin of the name, but it conveys the intent.

— Bill Trinen, translator at Nintendo[5]

Toys for Bob and its parent company Activision had offered an opportunity for Nintendo to be a partner in a new video game franchise known as Skylanders, which would use RFID-equipped character figurines and a special reader component to interact with the game itself, and could store data on the figurine itself such as the corresponding character's statistics. While Nintendo passed on the exclusivity deal, the franchise itself quickly became one of Activison's most successful franchises upon its launch as a spin-off of the Spyro the Dragon series, and also resulted in competition from Disney Interactive Studios, who released a game with a similar concept known as Disney Infinity in 2013.[6][7]

In March 2013, long predating Amiibo, Nintendo unveiled Pokémon Rumble U, the first game for the Wii U to use the Wii U GamePad's near-field communications support to enable the use of its own interactive figurines.[8] During an investors' meeting in May 2014, Nintendo presented a prototype of a more comprehensive figurine platform for its 3DS and Wii U consoles, which was designed so that the figurines could be used across multiple games. The new system was codenamed NFP, standing for either "Nintendo Figurine Platform" or "NFC Featured Platform", and was slated to be officially unveiled during E3.[9]

On June 10, 2014 during E3 2014, Nintendo officially announced the Amiibo platform, and that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U would be among the first games to provide features integrating with Amiibo figurines.[10]

In a corporate policy event after the launch of the Amiibo platform, Nintendo executive Shigeru Miyamoto addressed the platform's future by stating that the company was "now moving forward with projects that make use of NFC in a variety of unique ways. Nintendo is known as a video game company, but in fact, it is also a toy company."[11][3]

Release

Super Smash Bros. Amiibo toys were first released in North America on November 21, 2014, in Europe on November 28, 2014, and in Japan on December 6, 2014, along with the release of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.[12][13][14][14]

The Super Mario series, featuring Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, and Toad, arrived on March 20, 2015 for both regions.[15]

In 2015, Nintendo began to extend the Amiibo line into new form factors; on February 27, 2015, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata revealed that the company had plans to release Amiibo-enabled trading cards. On April 1, 2015, Nintendo unveiled Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, a spin-off in the Animal Crossing series that utilizes cards. Nintendo also unveiled Amiibo yarn plushies as a tie-in for Yoshi's Woolly World.[16][17][18]

During the E3 2015 Nintendo Direct on June 16, 2015, Activision revealed Bowser and Donkey Kong Amiibo (Hammer Slam Bowser and Turbo Charge Donkey Kong) and vehicles for use in Skylanders: SuperChargers. These toys are compatible with either the Skylanders games or Amiibo games by means of a mode switch on their bases. They will work across platforms in Skylanders: SuperChargers.[19][20]

On August 27, 2015, an Amiibo toy of the titular character from the indie video game Shovel Knight was unveiled, which will unlock content exclusive to the 3DS and Wii U versions of the game and its future installments. It is the first Amiibo toy of a non-Nintendo character that is not associated with a first-party title; previous Amiibo toys of third-party characters were associated with Super Smash Bros.[21] Additionally, production and distribution of the figurine will be overseen by the game's publisher, Yacht Club Games, rather than Nintendo (except in Japan where the latter is the publisher), although it will still officially be marketed by Nintendo as part of the Amiibo line as a form of brand licensing. Explaining the arrangement, a Nintendo representative stated that "we were like, what's one thing that Nintendo could do that nobody [else] could ever do?"[22]

The Amiibo line for The Legend of Zelda initially began solely with the Wolf Link figurine, which is mainly used in The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD and later Breath of the Wild. It expanded with the 30th Anniversary collection (8-bit Link, Ocarina of Time Link, The Wind Waker Link, and The Wind Waker Zelda), and the Breath of the Wild collection (Archer Link, Rider Link, Zelda, Bokoblin, Mipha, Daruk, Revali, Urbosa and the Guardian figurine). At E3 2017, Nintendo unveiled several new Amiibo figurines, including wedding-themed Mario, Peach and Bowser figurines which coincided with the launch of the Nintendo Switch game Super Mario Odyssey, as well as figurines of Chrom and Tiki from the Fire Emblem series to tie in with the release of Fire Emblem Warriors on Switch and New 3DS systems. Two Metroid-themed Amiibo figures released alongside the 3DS remake of Metroid II, Metroid: Samus Returns, and figurines released later based around the four Champions in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Third-party software developer Bethesda Softworks announced that existing Zelda figurines would be compatible with the Nintendo Switch port of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, allowing players to obtain select Zelda items and clothing for their Dragonborn, including the Master Sword, Hylian Shield and the Champion's Tunic from Breath of the Wild.

Collectibility and supply issues

Life-to-date number of Amiibo shipped, millions

Amiibo	FY	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Year	Total
Figures	2014–15	N/A	N/A	5.7[23]	4.8[24]	10.5[24]	39.0
	2015–16	4.2[25]	6.4[26]	9.9[27]	4.2[28]	24.7[28]
	2016–17	1.7[29]	2.1	3.8	-	6.5
Cards	2015–16	N/A	8.6[26]	12.9[27]	7.4[28]	28.9[28]	30.6
	2016–17	1.3[29]	0.4	-	-	1.7

Upon initial launch, the Amiibo line quickly spiked in popularity, with preorders selling out before the products became available to the public. While Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata stated that Amiibo will be kept in stock, he also explained that some will be "limited-time offers which will cede their positions to new ones once they are sold out".[30] The rarity of certain Amiibo figurines influenced the prices held by online retailers and auctions, of which most can be seen offering select items at prices above the retail price. In Nintendo's 3rd Quarter Financial Results Briefing for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2015, Satoru Iwata expressed surprise at such online auctions that offered "premium prices" of sold out Amiibo toys.[31] A number of first-wave Amiibo toys with manufacturing defects were discovered and sold for notably high prices, such as a Samus figurine with cannons on both arms instead of one being sold on eBay for US$2,500, and a defect of Princess Peach with missing legs being sold for US$25,100.[32][33][34]

On April 2, 2015, when preorders were being taken for the May 29 release of the Super Smash Bros. series Wave 4 and the Splatoon series, the US preorder process crashed both GameStop's website and in-store register system.[35] Nintendo acknowledged these issues in early May 2015.[36][37] Amazon forwent the entire preorder process for those waves; it instead blocked out specific time intervals on their release date during which the non-retailer exclusive Amiibo and the Super Mario series Silver Mario Amiibo were available.[38] The retailer continued this practice with its exclusive release of the Palutena Amiibo as well as those released on September 11, 2015.[39][40]

In May 2015 in the UK, a truck was stolen that contained preorders of the special edition of Splatoon, which included a rare Squid Inkling Amiibo as a preorder bonus: the only way to obtain the figure in the UK. As a result, Nintendo lacked the stock to supply the Squid Inkling Amiibos to those who preordered, and offered Inkling Girl or Inkling Boy Amiibos instead alongside a standard edition with a £10 refund, or full refunds.[41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48]

In response to the lack of certain Amiibo toys in the United States, Satoru Iwata explained on February 17, 2015 that "an ongoing labor dispute on the west coast" has delayed the "discharge of cargo over the past six months", and is the cause of the absences of certain Amiibo toys intended to be delivered before its launch in November.[49] Following this announcement, rarer Amiibo toys such as Wii Fit Trainer, Meta Knight, and Ike have been receiving limited re-releases in North America.[50][51] For the US, the exclusive Best Buy release of the Dark Pit figurine, the retailer announced it would not take any preorders or online orders and the item would be limited to one per customer.[52] While some news sources such as Kotaku came out in favour of Best Buy's practice,[53] alternatively in response to this (and the difficulty of acquiring previous retailer-exclusives), others, such as Brian Altano, Jose Otero, and Peer Schneider of IGN's Nintendo Voice Chat podcast, have encouraged American collectors to import these hard-to-find items.[54]

Hardware support

The Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch contain integrated NFC support, and are Amiibo-compatible. On Wii U, toys are scanned using an NFC reader contained within the Wii U GamePad. Amiibo support was formally introduced to the consoles' firmware between November and December 2014; these updates added an Amiibo menu to the system settings area, allowing users to scan, register, and erase data from toys. The Nintendo Switch similarly features an NFC reader in both the Joy-Con R and Pro Controller.[55][56][57][58][59]

A separate NFC reader accessory allows use of Amiibo on the original Nintendo 3DS, 3DS XL, and 2DS models; in Japan, released in "Summer 2015", and released alongside Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer in North America.[60] The New Nintendo 3DS, New 3DS XL, and New 2DS XL contain an integrated NFC reader utilizing the touch (bottom) screen.

Amiibo data communication

Supported games offer one of two kinds of Amiibo compatibility; the ability to access an Amiibo toy's NFC tag and store data, and read-only recognition. Each Amiibo toy largely corresponds to a specific game that can access its storage space, though some may have multiple games that can use it. However, each Amiibo toy can only store data from one compatible game at a time, meaning data must be deleted to use it with a different title. For example, a Mario Amiibo figurine containing data from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U must have the data for that game deleted to store data from Mario Party 10.[61] Many games offer compatibility with specific Amiibo toys on a read-only basis, allowing for additional content to be unlocked in that game. For example, using certain figurines with Mario Kart 8 or Mario Kart 8 Deluxe unlocks Mii costumes based on the corresponding character. Multiple variations of the same character offer the same compatibility, although special variations can unlock unique content with specific games.[62] Existing Wii U and 3DS games can receive updates for Amiibo functionality.[63] Due to their co-development effort on Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, Bandai Namco Entertainment were the first third-party publishers to embrace the Amiibo concept in some of their own games.[64]

List of Amiibo

The following list features all known NFC items branded under Amiibo, originally produced in the form of character figurines as of 2014, then cards as of 2015, and other types in the future. Nintendo designed all Amiibo characters to be cross-compatible with all games that support specific Amiibo characters, regardless of whichever model line these characters belong to; for example, Mario figurines from both the Super Smash Bros. and Super Mario series have the same functionality.[65] Yoshi's line are soft dolls instead of hard plastic figurines.

There are currently 174 Amiibo figurines, 3 Amiibo card series, and 20 noted variants on this list.

Amiibo platform compatibility
Character	Amiibo series[66]	Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U[67]	Mario Kart 8 / Mario Kart 8 Deluxe[13]	Super Mario Maker / Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS	One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X[68]	Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy +[69]	Picross 3D: Round 2[70][71]	Animal Crossing: New Leaf / Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Blathers[72]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Celeste[72]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Cyrus	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Digby	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Isabelle[lower-alpha 2][73]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only[74]				Read Only
K.K. [75] (also known as K.K. Slider)	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Kapp'n[73]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Kicks[72]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Lottie	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Mabel	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Reese	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Resetti[72](also known as Mr. Resetti)	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Rover[73]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Timmy & Tommy[73]	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Tom Nook	Animal Crossing		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Animal Crossing Amiibo cards[76][77][78][79]	Animal Crossing (Series 1, 2, 3, 4, RV, Sanrio RV and other cards)		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only[lower-alpha 3]				Read Only	[lower-alpha 4]
Qbby[80]	BoxBoy!								Read Only
Chibi-Robo[81]	Chibi-Robo!			Read Only					Read Only
Solaire of Astora	Dark Souls
Loot Goblin	Diablo
Alm	Fire Emblem								Read Only
Celica	Fire Emblem								Read Only
Chrom	Fire Emblem
Tiki	Fire Emblem								Read Only
King Dedede[82]	Kirby			Read Only			Read Only
Kirby[82]	Kirby		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only		Read Only
Meta Knight[82]	Kirby			Read Only			Read Only
Waddle Dee[82]	Kirby								Read Only
Mario Sports Superstars Amiibo cards[83]	Mario Sports Superstars
Mega Man	Mega Man		Read Only
Metroid	Metroid								Read Only
Samus Aran	Metroid		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Barioth and Ayuria	Monster Hunter							Read Only
Nabiru	Monster Hunter							Read Only
One-Eyed Rathalos and Female Rider	Monster Hunter							Read Only
One-Eyed Rathalos and Male Rider	Monster Hunter							Read Only
Qurupeco and Dan	Monster Hunter							Read Only
Rathian and Cheval	Monster Hunter							Read Only
Pikmin	Pikmin		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only					Read Only
Detective Pikachu	Pokémon								Read Only
Shadow Mewtwo[lower-alpha 5][84]	Pokkén Tournament
King Knight	Shovel Knight								Read Only
Plague Knight	Shovel Knight								Read Only
Shovel Knight[85]	Shovel Knight								Read Only
Specter Knight	Shovel Knight								Read Only
Hammer Slam Bowser[lower-alpha 6]	Skylanders		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Turbo Charge Donkey Kong[lower-alpha 6]	Skylanders		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Callie[86]	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Inkling Boy[lower-alpha 7][86]	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only
Inkling Girl[lower-alpha 8][86]	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only
Inkling Squid[lower-alpha 9][86]	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only
Marie[86]	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only	Read Only
Marina	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)						Read Only
Octoling Boy	Splatoon								Read Only
Octoling Girl	Splatoon								Read Only
Octoling Octopus	Splatoon								Read Only
Pearl	Splatoon		Read Only (Deluxe)						Read Only
Boo	Super Mario								Read Only
Bowser	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Bowser (Wedding Outfit)	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Daisy	Super Mario
Diddy Kong	Super Mario			Read Only
Donkey Kong	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Goomba	Super Mario			Read Only					Read Only
Koopa Troopa	Super Mario								Read Only
Luigi	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Mario[lower-alpha 10][87]	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Mario (Wedding Outfit)	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Peach	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Peach (Wedding Outfit)	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Rosalina	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only
Toad	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only			Read Only		Read Only
Waluigi	Super Mario			Read Only					Read Only
Wario	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only
Yoshi	Super Mario		Read Only	Read Only[74]	Read Only		Read Only
8-Bit Mario[lower-alpha 11]	Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Delicious Amiibo[lower-alpha 12][88]	Super Mario Cereal
Bayonetta[89][lower-alpha 13]	Super Smash Bros.
Bowser	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Bowser Jr.	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Captain Falcon	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only
Charizard	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Chrom	Super Smash Bros.
Cloud[89][lower-alpha 13]	Super Smash Bros.
Corrin[89][lower-alpha 14]	Super Smash Bros.
Dark Pit	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Dark Samus	Super Smash Bros.
Daisy	Super Smash Bros.
Diddy Kong	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Donkey Kong	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Dr. Mario	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Duck Hunt	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Falco	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Fox	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Ganondorf	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only				Read Only
Greninja	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Hero[lower-alpha 15]	Super Smash Bros.
Ice Climbers	Super Smash Bros.
Ike	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Incineroar	Super Smash Bros.
Inkling	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only
Isabelle	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only (Deluxe)	Read Only				Read Only
Ivysaur	Super Smash Bros.
Jigglypuff	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Joker	Super Smash Bros.
Ken	Super Smash Bros.
King Dedede	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only			Read Only
King K. Rool	Super Smash Bros.
Kirby	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only[90]	Read Only		Read Only
Link	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Little Mac	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Lucario	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Lucas[91]	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Lucina	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Luigi	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Mario	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Marth	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only	Read Only
Mega Man[lower-alpha 16][92]	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only
Meta Knight	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only			Read Only
Mewtwo	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Mii Brawler	Super Smash Bros.
Mii Gunner	Super Smash Bros.
Mii Swordfighter	Super Smash Bros.
Mr. Game & Watch[lower-alpha 17][93]	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Ness	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Pac-Man	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only
Palutena	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Peach	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only	Read Only
Pichu	Super Smash Bros.
Piranha Plant	Super Smash Bros.
Pit	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Pikachu	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Pikmin & Olimar	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only
Pokémon Trainer	Super Smash Bros.
Richter	Super Smash Bros.
Ridley	Super Smash Bros.
R.O.B.[lower-alpha 18][89][94][95]	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Robin	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Rosalina and Luma	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only
Roy[96]	Super Smash Bros.
Ryu[96]	Super Smash Bros.
Samus	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Sheik	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only		Read Only		Read Only
Shulk	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only
Simon	Super Smash Bros.
Snake	Super Smash Bros.
Sonic	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only
Squirtle	Super Smash Bros.
Toon Link	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Villager	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only				Read Only
Wario	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only
Wii Fit Trainer	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only	Read Only
Wolf	Super Smash Bros.
Yoshi	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only[74]	Read Only		Read Only
Young Link[lower-alpha 19]	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Zelda	Super Smash Bros.			Read Only		Read Only		Read Only
Zero Suit Samus	Super Smash Bros.		Read Only	Read Only		Read Only
Bokoblin	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Daruk	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Guardian	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Link (Archer)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Rider)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (The Legend of Zelda)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Link's Awakening)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Majora's Mask)[lower-alpha 19]	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Ocarina of Time)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Skyward Sword)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Link (Twilight Princess)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Mipha	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Revali	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Toon Link (The Wind Waker)	The Legend of Zelda		Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only	Read Only
Urbosa	The Legend of Zelda								Read Only
Wolf Link[97][98]	The Legend of Zelda			Read Only[99]				Read Only	Read Only
Zelda	The Legend of Zelda			Read Only		Read Only		Read Only
Zelda (The Wind Waker)	The Legend of Zelda			Read Only		Read Only		Read Only
Yarn Poochy [100]	Yoshi's Woolly World								Read Only
Yarn Yoshi[lower-alpha 20]	Yoshi's Woolly World		Read Only	Read Only[74]			Read Only

Games with universal Amiibo support (read-only unless otherwise noted)

Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits[101] Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Animal Crossing: New Horizons Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome Amiibo Bye-Bye BoxBoy! Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker[63] Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash[81][lower-alpha 21] Fire Emblem: Awakening Fire Emblem: Fates Fire Emblem: Three Houses Fire Emblem: Warriors Hey! Pikmin[lower-alpha 22] Hyrule Warriors[63] Hyrule Warriors Legends[102] Kirby and the Rainbow Curse Kirby Battle Royale Kirby: Planet Robobot[103] Kirby's Blowout Blast Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening Luigi's Mansion Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions Mario Party 10[13][lower-alpha 23] Mario Party: Star Rush Mario Party: The Top 100 Mario Sports Superstars[lower-alpha 24] Metroid Prime: Blast Ball[104] Metroid Prime: Federation Force[104] Miitopia [lower-alpha 25] Mini Mario & Friends: Amiibo Challenge[105][lower-alpha 26] Monster Hunter Stories[104][lower-alpha 27] Pokkén Tournament[84][106] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World[104][lower-alpha 28] Star Fox Zero Style Savvy: Fashion Forward[107] Style Savvy: Styling Star Super Kirby Clash Super Mario Maker Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS Super Mario Odyssey Super Mario Party Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete ☆ Tomodachi Daisakusen![108] Team Kirby Clash Deluxe[109][109] Teddy Together[110] WarioWare Gold [lower-alpha 25] Word Puzzles by POWGI[111][112] Yoshi's Crafted World[113] Yoshi's Woolly World[63][lower-alpha 29]

Games with series specific Amiibo support
Supported game	Compatible Amiibo (read-only)	Compatible Amiibo (read/write)	Series
Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival	Animal Crossing Amiibo cards (Series 1, 2, 3, 4, and other cards) Villager[114]	Blathers Celeste Cyrus Digby Isabelle (both varieties) K.K. Kapp'n Kicks Lottie Mabel Reese Resetti Rover Timmy & Tommy Tom Nook AC: Happy Home Designer only: Animal Crossing Amiibo cards (Series 1, 2, 3, 4 and other cards)	Animal Crossing
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer[115]	Villager
Azure Striker Gunvolt 2[116]	Shovel Knight	None	Shovel Knight
Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack[116]
Cyber Shadow[117]	King Knight Plague Knight Shovel Knight Specter Knight	None
Shovel Knight[85]	King Knight[118] Plague Knight[118] Specter Knight[118]	Shovel Knight[119]
Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.[67]	Ike[120] Lucina[120] Marth[120] Robin[120]	None	Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem Fates[120]
Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia	Corrin (both varieties) Ike Lucina Marth Robin Roy	Alm[121] Celica[122]
Bye-Bye BoxBoy!	King Dedede (both varieties) Kirby (both varieties) Meta Knight (both varieties) Waddle Dee Qbby	None	Kirby Kirby Battle Royale and Bye-Bye BoxBoy! only: Boxboy! series
Kirby Battle Royale[123]	King Dedede (both varieties) Kirby (both varieties) Meta Knight (both varieties) Waddle Dee Qbby	None
Kirby's Blowout Blast[124]	King Dedede (both varieties) Kirby (both varieties) Meta Knight (both varieties) Waddle Dee	None
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse[125]	King Dedede (both varieties) Kirby (both varieties) Meta Knight (both varieties)	None
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild[126][127]	Bokoblin Daruk[128] Ganondorf Guardian Link/Toon Link (all varieties) Mipha[128] Revali[128] Urbosa[128] Wolf Link[129] Zelda/Sheik (all varieties)	None	The Legend of Zelda
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD	Ganondorf Link/Toon Link (all varieties) Zelda/Sheik (all varieties)	Wolf Link[129]
Little Nightmares	Pac-Man	None	Pac-Man
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam[130]	None	Bowser (all varieties) Luigi (both varieties) Mario (all varieties) Peach (both varieties) Toad Yoshi (all varieties) Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash only: Bowser Jr. Donkey Kong (all varieties) Rosalina/Rosalina and Luma Wario (both varieties)	Super Mario
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash[131][132]
Mario Sports Superstars	Mario Sports Superstars Amiibo cards	None
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games	Mario (all varieties) Sonic	None	Mario & Sonic
Mega Man Legacy Collection[133]	Mega Man[133] (both varieties)	None	Mega Man
Mega Man Legacy Collection 2[134]
Mega Man 11[135]
Niconico[104]	Callie Marie	None	Splatoon
Splatoon[136]	Callie Inkling Boy (all varieties) Inkling Girl (all varieties) Inkling Squid (all varieties) Marie
Star Fox Guard[137][138]	Falco Fox	None	Star Fox
Star Fox Zero[139][140]
Xenoblade Chronicles 3D[141]	Shulk	None	Xenoblade Chronicles

List of Animal Crossing Amiibo cards

The following is a list of all confirmed Amiibo cards for the Animal Crossing series of games.[142][143][144] Series 1, 2, 3 and 4 consist of 100 cards each.[145] Additionally, there are five cards which aren't part of any series. After the announcement that New Leaf would receive an Amiibo update a new series of 50 Animal Crossing RV cards was announced, plus an additional series of 6 cards based around characters by Sanrio.

Series 1 Card number Character 001 Isabelle 002 Tom Nook 003 DJ K.K. 004 Sable 005 Kapp'n 006 Resetti 007 Joan 008 Timmy 009 Digby 010 Pascal 011 Harriet 012 Redd 013 Saharah 014 Luna 015 Tortimer 016 Lyle 017 Lottie 018 Bob 019 Fauna 020 Curt 021 Portia 022 Leonardo 023 Cheri 024 Kyle 025 Al 026 Renée 027 Lopez 028 Jambette 029 Rasher 030 Tiffany 031 Sheldon 032 Bluebear 033 Bill 034 Kiki 035 Deli 036 Alli 037 Kabuki 038 Patty 039 Jitters 040 Gigi 041 Quillson 042 Marcie 043 Puck 044 Shari 045 Octavian 046 Winnie 047 Knox 048 Sterling 049 Bonbon 050 Punchy 051 Opal 052 Poppy 053 Limberg 054 Deena 055 Snake 056 Bangle 057 Phil 058 Monique 059 Nate 060 Samson 061 Tutu 062 T-Bone 063 Mint 064 Pudge 065 Midge 066 Gruff 067 Flurry 068 Clyde 069 Bella 070 Biff 071 Yuka 072 Lionel 073 Flo 074 Cobb 075 Amelia 076 Jeremiah 077 Cherry 078 Roscoe 079 Truffles 080 Eugene 081 Eunice 082 Goose 083 Annalisa 084 Benjamin 085 Pancetti 086 Chief 087 Bunnie 088 Clay 089 Diana 090 Axel 091 Muffy 092 Henry 093 Bertha 094 Cyrano 095 Peanut 096 Cole 097 Willow 098 Roald 099 Molly 100 Walker

Series 2 Card number Character 101 K.K. 102 Reese 103 Kicks 104 Labelle 105 Copper 106 Booker 107 Katie 108 Tommy 109 Porter 110 Leila 111 Shrunk 112 Don 113 Isabelle 114 Blanca 115 Nat 116 Chip 117 Jack 118 Poncho 119 Felicity 120 Ozzie 121 Tia 122 Lucha 123 Fuchsia 124 Harry 125 Gwen 126 Coach 127 Kitt 128 Tom 129 Tipper 130 Prince 131 Pate 132 Vladimir 133 Savannah 134 Kidd 135 Phoebe 136 Egbert 137 Cookie 138 Sly 139 Blaire 140 Avery 141 Nana 142 Peck 143 Olivia 144 Cesar 145 Carmen 146 Rodney 147 Scoot 148 Whitney 149 Broccolo 150 Coco 151 Groucho 152 Wendy 153 Alfonso 154 Rhonda 155 Butch 156 Gabi 157 Moose 158 Timbra 159 Zell 160 Pekoe 161 Teddy 162 Mathilda 163 Ed 164 Bianca 165 Filbert 166 Kitty 167 Beau 168 Nan 169 Bud 170 Ruby 171 Benedict 172 Agnes 173 Julian 174 Bettina 175 Jay 176 Sprinkle 177 Flip 178 Hugh 179 Hopper 180 Pecan 181 Drake 182 Alice 183 Camofrog 184 Anicotti 185 Chops 186 Charlise 187 Vic 188 Ankha 189 Drift 190 Vesta 191 Marcel 192 Pango 193 Keaton 194 Gladys 195 Hamphrey 196 Freya 197 Kid Cat 198 Agent S 199 Big Top 200 Rocket

Series 3 Card number Character 201 Rover 202 Blathers 203 Tom Nook 204 Pelly 205 Phyllis 206 Pete 207 Mabel 208 Leif 209 Wendell 210 Cyrus 211 Grams 212 Timmy 213 Digby 214 Don 215 Isabelle 216 Franklin 217 Jingle 218 Lily 219 Anchovy 220 Tabby 221 Kody 222 Miranda 223 Del 224 Paula 225 Ken 226 Mitzi 227 Rodeo 228 Bubbles 229 Cousteau 230 Velma 231 Elvis 232 Canberra 233 Colton 234 Marina 235 Spork 236 Freckles 237 Bam 238 Friga 239 Ricky 240 Deirdre 241 Hans 242 Chevre 243 Drago 244 Tangy 245 Mac 246 Eloise 247 Wart Jr. 248 Hazel 249 Beardo 250 Ava 251 Chester 252 Merry 253 Genji 254 Greta 255 Wolfgang 256 Diva 257 Klaus 258 Daisy 259 Stinky 260 Tammi 261 Tucker 262 Blanche 263 Gaston 264 Marshal 265 Gala 266 Joey 267 Pippy 268 Buck 269 Bree 270 Rooney 271 Curlos 272 Skye 273 Moe 274 Flora 275 Hamlet 276 Astrid 277 Monty 278 Dora 279 Biskit 280 Victoria 281 Lyman 282 Violet 283 Frank 284 Chadder 285 Merengue 286 Cube 287 Claudia 288 Curly 289 Boomer 290 Caroline 291 Sparro 292 Baabara 293 Rolf 294 Maple 295 Antonio 296 Soleil 297 Apollo 298 Derwin 299 Francine 300 Chrissy

Series 4 Card number Character 301 Isabelle 302 Brewster 303 Katrina 304 Phineas 305 Celeste 306 Tommy 307 Gracie 308 Leilani 309 Resetti 310 Timmy 311 Lottie 312 Shrunk 313 Pavé 314 Gulliver 315 Redd 316 Zipper 317 Goldie 318 Stitches 319 Pinky 320 Mott 321 Mallary 322 Rocco 323 Katt 324 Graham 325 Peaches 326 Dizzy 327 Penelope 328 Boone 329 Broffina 330 Croque 331 Pashmina 332 Shep 333 Lolly 334 Erik 335 Dotty 336 Pierce 337 Queenie 338 Fang 339 Frita 340 Tex 341 Melba 342 Bones 343 Anabelle 344 Rudy 345 Naomi 346 Peewee 347 Tammy 348 Olaf 349 Lucy 350 Elmer 351 Puddles 352 Rory 353 Elise 354 Walt 355 Mira 356 Pietro 357 Aurora 358 Papi 359 Apple 360 Rod 361 Purrl 362 Static 363 Celia 364 Zucker 365 Peggy 366 Ribbot 367 Annalise 368 Chow 369 Sylvia 370 Jacques 371 Sally 372 Doc 373 Pompom 374 Tank 375 Becky 376 Rizzo 377 Sydney 378 Barold 379 Nibbles 380 Kevin 381 Gloria 382 Lobo 383 Hippeux 384 Margie 385 Lucky 386 Rosie 387 Rowan 388 Maelle 389 Bruce 390 O'Hare 391 Gayle 392 Cranston 393 Frobert 394 Grizzly 395 Cally 396 Simon 397 Iggly 398 Angus 399 Twiggy 400 Robin

Other cards Card number Character CP Isabelle[lower-alpha 30][146] CP K.K.[lower-alpha 31][147] Leaf Goldie[lower-alpha 32][148] Leaf Rosie[lower-alpha 32][148] Leaf Stitches[lower-alpha 32][148]

RV Series Card number Character 01 Vivian 02 Hopkins 03 June 04 Piper 05 Paolo 06 Hornsby 07 Stella 08 Tybalt 09 Huck 10 Slyvana 11 Boris 12 Wade 13 Carrie 14 Ketchup 15 Rex 16 Stu 17 Ursala 18 Jacob 19 Maddie 20 Billy 21 Boyd 22 Bitty 23 Maggie 24 Murphy 25 Plucky 26 Sandy 27 Claude 28 Raddle 29 Julia 30 Louie 31 Bea 32 Admiral 33 Ellie 34 Boots 35 Weber 36 Candi 37 Leopold 38 Spike 39 Cashmere 40 Tad 41 Norma 42 Gonzo 43 Sprocket 44 Snooty 45 Olive 46 Dobie 47 Buzz 48 Cleo 49 Ike 50 Tasha

Sanrio RV Series Card number Character S1 Rilla S2 Marty S3 Etoile S4 Chai S5 Chelsea S6 Toby

Exclusives

In North America, Australia, and New Zealand, at launch some Amiibo were only available in selected retailers.[149][150] In Australia and New Zealand, this practice is limited to Mario (Silver Edition),[150] Dark Hammer Slam Bowser, and Dark Turbo Charge Donkey Kong[151][152] being limited to EB Games, Mario (Gold Edition) being limited to Target[150] in Australia and Mighty Ape[153] in New Zealand, Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo Sanrio Collaboration Pack and Qbby Amiibo being limited to the Official Nintendo AU/NZ eBay Store;[154][155] however, in North America it is much more widespread. Some characters, such as Villager, were originally non-exclusives, but later became exclusive to retailers during restocks.[156]

See also

• Nintendo e-Reader
• GameCube – Game Boy Advance link cable
• Transfer Pak
• VMU

Notes

1. Japanese: アミーボ Hepburn: Amībo
2. Produced with Summer and Winter outfits.
3. Not all cards are supported. Compatible cards are 001/113/215/301/CP Isabelle, 002/203 Tom Nook, 003 DJ KK, 005 Kapp'n, 006/309 Resetti, 009/213 Digby, 017/311 Lottie, 101/CP K.K., 102 Reese, 103 Kicks, 201 Rover, 202 Blathers, 207 Mabel, 210 Cyrus, and 305 Celeste.
4. Only 001/113/215/301/CP Isabelle are compatible.
5. This Amiibo card is exclusively available with first print copies of Pokkén Tournament.
6. These figurines feature an interchangeable base, allowing them to function as both Amiibo figurines and Skylanders figurines. Alternate "Dark Edition" color schemes are only available in Dark Edition Starter Packs.
7. Available with blue and purple hair. Also has a Splatoon 2 variant with green hair and a different pose
8. Available with orange and green hair. Also has a Splatoon 2 variant with pink hair and a different pose
9. Produced in green and orange. Exclusively produced in a 3-pack containing Inkling Boy, Inkling Girl and Inkling Squid in North America and Australia. Also in purple for the Splatoon 2 variant with a different pose
10. Also produced in Gold edition (North America, Australia and Japan) and Silver edition (North America and Australia).
11. Produced in classic and modern colors
12. This Amiibo card is printed onto boxes of the Super Mario Cereal made as a tie-in promotion for Super Mario Odyssey.
13. Also produced as a Player 2 variant with an alternate pose
14. Produced as male or female Corrin. Female Corrin is branded as a Player 2 variant
15. Only The Luminary from Dragon Quest XI
16. Also produced in Gold edition in North America, which is included exclusively in the Mega Man Legacy Collection Collector's Edition bundle.
17. Due to its flat 2D appearance, this character comes with four switchable poses.
18. Produced in NES colors and Famicom colors, which are based on the color schemes of the respective video game consoles.
19. Recognized as Link in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, and recognized as Young Link in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
20. Produced in green, light blue and pink. Additionally, there is a green Mega Yarn Yoshi. Unlike other Amiibo figurines, these are made of real yarn.
21. The Chibi-Robo Amiibo has read/write support.
22. The Pikmin Amiibo toy has read/write support.
23. All varieties of the Bowser, Donkey Kong, Luigi, Mario, Peach, Rosalina and Luma, Toad, Wario, and Yoshi Amiibo have read/write support.
24. The Mario Sports Superstars Amiibo cards have read/write support.
25. Cards are not supported.
26. Not compatible with Shadow Mewtwo and Animal Crossing Amiibo cards.
27. The Barioth and Ayuria, Nabiru, One-Eyed Rathalos and Female Rider, One-Eyed Rathalos and Male Rider, Qurupeco and Dan, and Rathian and Cheval Amiibo have read/write support.
28. The Yarn Poochy and Yarn Yoshi Amiibo have read/write support.
29. The Yarn Yoshi Amiibo have read/write support.
30. This is a promotional card included with Japanese magazine Chara Parfait (キャラぱふぇ), issue September/October 2015, released on August 1, 2015. Original Japanese card name is しずえ (Shizue). Isabelle's artwork is based on that of card 001, but shows her in a different pose.
31. This is a promotional card that was included with Japanese magazine Picopuri (ぴこぷり), issue April–June 2016, released on March 15, 2016. Original Japanese card name is とたけけ (Totakeke). K.K.'s artwork is based on that of card 101, but shows him in a different pose.
32. This Amiibo card is exclusively available with first print copies of Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival.

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• Media related to Amiibo at Wikimedia Commons
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