Amiibo

Nintendo announces a new Amiibo of Min Min from ARMS

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Nintendo is looking forward to next year and new Amiibos are coming on the scene. After revealing Kazuya as a new playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Min Min is the newest Amiibo for next year. All deep-heart fans from Nintendo remember when the first Amiibos were announced. They were so hard to get … Read more

Monster Hunter Rise: Collector’s Edition includes Magnamalo Amiibo

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Capcom recently announced Monster Hunter Rise for the Nintendo Switch. The game is getting a Collector’s Edition with a bunch of extra goodies, including a Magnamalo Amiibo. Monster Hunter Rise was recently announced at Tokyo Game Show 2020. The upcoming action role-playing game in the Monster Hunter series is coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch. It … Read more

Simon Belmont, Incineroar, Chrom Amiibo launch this week; pre-orders in stock

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The next wave of Amiibo is hitting stores this week and is once again available for pre-order online. On November 15, we’ll see a wave of Amiibo come out that includes Castlevania‘s Simon Belmont, the Pokemon Incineroar, and Fire Emblem Awakening‘s Chrom.  Each retail for $15.99. Nintendo launched Snake, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Link Amiibo figures … Read more

Pre-orders are open for Link, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Snake Amiibo

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Nintendo is releasing four new Amiibos later this month. You can now pre-order the Snake, Ivysaur, Squirtle, and Link figures ahead of their September 20 launch. Each of the four Amiibos retail individually for $15.99. With the exception of Link, they are part of the Super Smash Bros. line of Amiibo. The Link Amiibo model … Read more

Nintendo Site Reveals Metallic Mario Amiibo Figures

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Nintendo’s future strategy for its “Amiibo” product line seems to be getting clearer by the day: the interactive and highly-collectible figurines are here to stay, and more Amiibos are on the way in 2015. After enjoying the astounding success of the first waves of Amiibo figures in late 2014, Nintendo seems quite dedicated to the idea, and with good … Read more

Editorial | The Latest Nintendo Direct Was A Beast

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Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct presentation was Nintendo’s first in 2015, and the publisher wasted little time rolling out its big plans for the first half of the year. It was not a “news bomb,” it was more like an air strike of announcements.

Nintendo Direct - Jan14

Frankly, to re-cap yesterday’s Nintendo Direct is difficult, because so much was revealed: it almost felt like an E3 presser bundled into a brief presentation. By now you may have heard that the New Nintendo 3DS XL is finally coming to North America, or caught that release dates were confirmed for titles such as Majora’s Mask 3D, Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, Xenoblade Chronicles 3DS, Splatoon, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, and more. Maybe you even spotted the upcoming “Wave 4” Amiibos, or the new Super Mario Edition lineup.

Just in case you missed anything, I will quickly tackle and summarize it all; I’d like to give a special thanks to Vlad N. for his contribution to this re-cap:

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Kirby And The Rainbow Curse Trailer Confirms New Details & Amiibo Support

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Nintendo released a new trailer yesterday for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse; as you may know, the upcoming Wii U game expands on the ideas of the original DS title Kirby and the Canvas Curse, and it’s coming sooner than you’d think – February 13, 2015. The video (Japanese only, sorry) shows footage of all kinds of stages, and even … Read more

Miyamoto Hints About Amiibo Cards for Discontinued Figures

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Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto recently discussed some of the present and future plans for Nintendo with the Associated Press; including Wii U software, development of new hardware, and the company’s all-new line of interactive figures – Amiibo. As you may already know, the Amiibo toys have been in such high demand that some of them are nearly … Read more

Nintendo’s Amiibo Sales Match Super Smash Bros.

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The sales of Nintendo’s Amiibo figures are surprising, to say the least – according to Nintendo of America, there is roughly a 1:1 ratio and “attach rate” of Amiibo toys to copies of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.  To be more specific, that’s over 710,000 figures – and copies of Super Smash Bros.  There are 12 … Read more