Talk:Amiibo/Archive 1

Bowser?

While a Bowser amiibo figurine hasn't been shown physically yet, gameplay in the trailer shows Bowser with the "FP" marker floating above him, which is indicative of an amiibo character. Here's a direct link- http://youtu.be/odUjMhc6YgU?t=2m22s

I think this might be worth mentioning somewhere. - Burb

Multiple Amiibo fights?

We know they will happen, but how? It at least appears that only one figurine can connect to the game pad at a time, and the 3ds extension can only hold one, so how will more than one fight, could you press it on, take it off, press another one on and take it off, then do the same after the fight to save? How will this work? 98.112.97.173 16:40, 24 June 2014 (EDT)

About Training

So will there be a way to get your Amiibo out of "training mode" so it doesn't learn your friend's moves when battling a friend
Zrksyd (talk) 08:09, 6 November 2014 (EST)

Compatability

Do you think we should do a chart for which Amiibos work with which games? Guybrush20X6 (talk) 08:48, 7 November 2014 (EST)

It's a tough call. It wouldn't be that difficult to do at this point given how few games are amiibo compatible, but it could get rather unwieldy in the future (especially for characters like Mario and Link). Miles (talk) 09:33, 7 November 2014 (EST)

amiibos by themselves aren't really a Smash Bros. property - yeah, all the ones we have so far are Smashers in their SSB4 artwork pose, but I expect in future to see ones for other characters. So I don't think it's in our scope to even list amiibos that don't work with a Smash Bros. game. Toomai Glittershine The Obfuscating 13:11, 7 November 2014 (EST)

Wave 4

According to MarioWiki, certain characters (Mega Man, Sonic, and Shulk, as well as Dedede and Meta Knight outside of Japan) listed here as part of Wave 3 are actually Wave 4. Can someone check this? ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 21:56, 11 November 2014 (EST)

According to IGN, Shulk, Mega Man, and Sonic will be released in February 2015, whereas the rest will be released in January. I'm not exactly sure if it's "wave 4", because each wave contains about 10 amiibo figures and this only contains 3, but do what you want with that information. Rtzxy Reflect! 22:06, 11 November 2014 (EST)

I'd go by the Japanese order of release, with all 10 being released in January (Even though we're not a Japanese wiki we should use this order since they're not region locked). Laikue (talk | contribs) 22:11, 11 November 2014 (EST)

All amiibo release in February in America; the dates I'm describing above is for Japan, not America, so, according to IGN, not all amiibo will release in Japan in January. I may be wrong, though; I don't know how reliable IGN is, so… Rtzxy Reflect! 22:18, 11 November 2014 (EST)

WaveShine

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/11/26/story-fox-amiibo-nearly-won-super-smash-bros-tournament/#qjx8ujDizKh3D4Lb.01 Worth noting somewhere? 72.105.2.8 14:30, 2 December 2014 (EST)

So...

This could be true. BlueStreak 19:55, 6 December 2014 (EST)

That, at the moment, is a rumor, so we can't put it into the article just yet, if at all if it turns out to be false. Rtzxy Reflect! 20:19, 6 December 2014 (EST)

I don't see why they'd discontinue them. Either way, it's a rumor. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 20:22, 6 December 2014 (EST)

Myth busted. Move along now.

--- Monsieur Crow, Author Extraordinaire, 22:58, 8 December 2014 (EST)

How about this. 178.167.254.202 17:10, 14 December 2014 (EST)

Damage multiplier at Lv. 50

Should there be more details of the boosts to damage and anything else that amiibos get at Lv. 50, like 1.5x to attack? It seems like it's an important aspect of training them. 70.48.100.134 22:37, 7 December 2014 (EST)

I own two amiibo, and it seems like they don't gain any physical boosts until you feed them equipment or change their specials. The Arnge I'm no rubble monkey! 22:43, 9 December 2014 (EST)

There have apparently been various tests done on SmashBoards that show that even amiibos who are not fed any equipment or customized still get boosts to its stats when it reaches higher levels like here. 70.55.34.236 23:31, 10 December 2014 (EST)

Notability of defects

While I think the dual-cannon Samus is notable, I don't really think any of the subsequent defects are, as they're really just running off the hype the Samus generated instead of their own. I think we should trim it down to something like "This sparked several more auctions on other amiibo with various defects". Toomai Glittershine The Riotous 22:23, 9 December 2014 (EST)

I agree. The amount of amiibo defects is bound to increase. As they are included, I can see the page becoming overly clogged with specific amiibos that all have their defects. The Arnge I'm no rubble monkey! 22:29, 9 December 2014 (EST)

So, is it good to edit the page now that the topic has technically been discussed? Or do we need more users' approval? The Arnge I'm no rubble monkey! 22:40, 9 December 2014 (EST)

I say we do edit it, but we at least make links to pages about other defective amiibos. BlueStreak 07:22, 10 December 2014 (EST)

Capitalisation

Wikipedia doesn't follow Nintendo's lowercase "a" stylisation; I think we should have the same courtesy. Plus, SmashWiki is not official. RickTommy 18:18, 16 December 2014 (EST)

Wikipedia has different standards in terms of stylizing. Also, Nintendo official sources as well as fan usage fairly universally use the all-lowercase format. Miles (talk) 18:29, 16 December 2014 (EST)

Wave 2 Release

I haven't seen them yet (or at least Captain Falcon), and I checked the websites for ToysRUs, Target, Amazon, and Best Buy today, and heard that Pit, Captain Falcon, and Pit were delayed. Are we sure all of them are out yet? 72.152.70.243 18:24, 18 December 2014 (EST)

Never mind, Target has them. Guess I just checked at the wrong time. 107.77.90.126 15:55, 19 December 2014 (EST)

Defective amiibo Trivia

Ok, that one trivia point by itself is definititely worth a section, or a list in the trivia point (like, "blah blah blah defective amiibo crap", then "other defective amiibo include" and then put a bullet point list with all the links). Because that shit is getting ridiculous. BlueStreak Speeds By 18:23, 31 December 2014 (EST)

The issue is that it's really one news story that got a lot of press and a bunch of smaller ones that were piggybacking on the first. We really don't need to cover every factory defect, honestly, so it's hard to find a good middle ground. Miles (talk) 18:30, 31 December 2014 (EST)

Is this notable?

According to this video, someone managed to hack amiibo to simulate the scanning of unreleased amiibo, in this case being Duck Hunt. Is this notable enough to add to the article? Awesomelink234 PK FLASHBOMB! 10:16, 2 January 2015 (EST)

European release date Wave 3

In Europe, Ike, Lucario, Bowser, Rosalina, Sheik, and Toon Link will be released January 23th and Sonic, Shulk, Meta Knight, King Dedede, and Mega Man February 20th. 84.26.240.80 14:52, 3 January 2015 (EST)

Source? And 23rd :P Laikue (talk | contribs) 21:47, 3 January 2015 (EST)

[1] 84.26.240.80 09:57, 4 January 2015 (EST)

Can someone add this now? 84.26.240.80 08:09, 7 January 2015 (EST)

"Wave 4" is Wave 5

The Super Mario amiibo is technically Wave 4. Though it is the fourth wave of specifically SSB amiibo, but you may want to mention somewhere that it is the fifth wave overall if you go with that. Personally I think we should add the Super Mario amiibo list, sans Toad, since they work with SSB, and include somewhere in that section "the pack also includes a Toad amiibo, which does not function with Super Smash Bros.". Either way it'd be nice to have a reference to the true fourth wave somewhere. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 12:46, 14 January 2015 (EST)

I disagree, as they are the same amiibo, just with a different model on top. I don't think we need it. As for the difference between Waves 4 and 5, I don't know. Is there somewhere that said this? Laikue (talk | contribs) 13:33, 14 January 2015 (EST)

I wouldn't even put them on this page in the first place, because they're not Smash related. As for the wave number confusion, I...might actually consider the Smash ones wave 5, since they're said to be released in the spring, which is (presumably) after the Mario amiibo release date of 3/20/15 iirc. But that's just me. BlueStreak Speeds By 14:56, 14 January 2015 (EST)

I think we first need to come to a conclusion as to what to do with non-Smash Bros. amiibo in general - do we list them, do we mention them, or do we ignore them? If we ignore them then we wouldn't count them in the wave numbers; otherwise we might depending on what exactly we do.

Personally, I think we should count them as "Smash Bros. waves 1-4" and "Super Mario wave 1". I also think we should ditch the subsections and make a table, though not until we decide whether we'll be mentioning the non-Smash Bros. ones. Toomai Glittershine The Altruistic 15:02, 14 January 2015 (EST)

Here's what I think.

If it's compatible with Smash, then we list it. If not, then we don't. Simple as that. BlueStreak Speeds By 15:11, 14 January 2015 (EST)

Doing Super Mario Wave 1 and Smash Wave 1-4 would work, that's what Mariowiki is doing now anyway. Imo it looks better and things should stay relatively consistent across NIWA. Laikue (talk | contribs) 15:26, 14 January 2015 (EST)

lol nothing is consistent across niwa All amiibo compatible with Smash Bros. should be mentioned here, whether they have a Smash Bros. pose or not, with Toad therefore being the only amiibo not required to be mentioned. It would be nice to have them mentioned somewhere, but if we switch over to a table that would be harder. I agree with Smash Bros. Wave 4 and Super Mario Wave 1. ---Preceding unsigned comment added by you. Or maybe Nutta. 15:59, 14 January 2015 (EST)

Well according to this, all of the Super Mario amiibos except Toad will be compatible with Super Smash Bros., so I think we should add it. Awesomelink234 PK FLASHBOMB! 08:06, 16 January 2015 (EST)

Wave 4

According to GAME.co.uk, the 4th wave amiibo (The 'zard, Pacman, Robin, Ness, Lucina and Wario) will be released 24/4/15, at least in the UK. Just throwing it out here. --Warupeachi (talk) 08:38, 20 January 2015 (EST)

Mewtwo amiibo

So...I woke up this morning (around this time is the normal time I wake up), and I was scrolling through Facebook...and I found this. If it fulfills the SW:NEWGAME requirements, would it be worth mentioning at all? Aidan the Aura Master 06:46, 28 January 2015 (EST)

That falls into the "needs discussion" tier of SW:NEWGAME. I'm pretty skeptical given a) we don't know for sure that there will be a Mewtwo amiibo yet at all, and b) the screenshot's Mewtwo model looks very different from the artwork that seemingly was used as a base design. Is that screenshot a Project M one? Miles (talk) 07:37, 28 January 2015 (EST)

That...would appear to be the case. Starting to get a little more skeptical about this now... Aidan the Aura Master 07:38, 28 January 2015 (EST)

Google "Waluigi amiibo", it's not impossible to create a custom amiibo and package it. With that in mind, the screenshot is just from Project M so it's definitely bullshit (plus if it's in it's packaging that means they've already started producing them, which I doubt they have). Laikue (talk | contribs) 09:51, 28 January 2015 (EST)

I saw this on GoNintendo with the headline "fan-made amiibo". I believe that's case closed. Toomai Glittershine The Prismatic 10:20, 28 January 2015 (EST)

Collectables from amiibos

From what I've tested, amiibos will not obtain CDs from their pick ups -- that includes when you rescan. People on Reddit and GameFAQs have tested this too. Kjhf (talk) 18:23, 1 February 2015 (EST)

It's shown right here, sooooo yeah. However, amiibo have never gotten me CDs, so that may just be that. I personally have gotten trophies I've visually seen my amiibo pick up when I re-scanned them. Plus another user claimed to get a Wonder Red trophy his amiibo picked up. I'll reword it as such. Laikue (talk | contribs) 18:28, 1 February 2015 (EST)

That page just says "you get stuff", it doesn't say anything about the characters picking them up. Toomai Glittershine The Researcher 18:30, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I'm talking more about the image, which clearly shows Mario picking up a Custom part and being next to an Entei trophy and then both appearing in the retrieval screen in the picture to the right. Laikue (talk | contribs) 18:32, 1 February 2015 (EST)

I thought I heard somewhere that amiibo don't have the memory capability to save anything but the number of things they're carrying (that is, only the system knows/decides what exactly they have). Not sure how outdated that may be though. Toomai Glittershine The Obfuscating 18:35, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Huh, maybe some kind of ID# thing? Laikue (talk | contribs) 18:40, 1 February 2015 (EST)

Rosalina Not a Target Exclusive in Canada (but still an exclusive in USA)

Shall we mention that Rosalina's amiibo is a Target exclusive only in USA, but not in Canada due to Target Canada going out of business?

Korea

Where can I find amiibos in Korea? 175.124.124.224 00:54, 8 February 2015 (EST)

No idea, this site is the first thing I found on Google though, it's kinda expensive however... (at least where I am, I don't know if site changes price based on location). Also, this really isn't the place to ask this, you should probably go on Smashboards or the Smash Bros./amiibo reddit next time you have a question like this. Laikue (talk | contribs) 01:06, 8 February 2015 (EST)

I watched the Nintendo Direct today, Korea is getting amiibos :D 14.36.196.171 08:21, 19 March 2015 (EDT)

I'm at work right now and can't easily double-check, but I do recall there being a Direct for Korea today. If they're being released in the same waves as the rest of the world, just a bit later, we can add the release dates as appropriate. (Also the MSRP.) Miles (talk) 10:26, 19 March 2015 (EDT)

Amiibo Cards

Nintendo is planning to Release Cards, Should they be added to the page? Igor the Mii (talk) 11:14, 21 February 2015 (EST)

I suppose so if it has something to do with amiibos. Smashworker101 (talk) 11:16, 21 February 2015 (EST)

amiibo info from Nintendo's Financial Briefing

I'll just leave this here, I don't know what if anything is worth adding to the article, but it's interesting nonetheless. Laikue (talk | contribs) 13:08, 21 February 2015 (EST)

4 per row instead of 5

I don't see why this is a problem. Like, at all. It makes no difference on the Desktop version and makes the Mobile version better. Plus, there are no little one head "tails" when there are four per row. Laikue (talk | contribs) 08:16, 3 April 2015 (EDT)

My main issue is that it makes the game rows too thick. I am interested in others' thoughts on the subject, though. Miles (talk) 08:45, 3 April 2015 (EDT)

Since no one else is gonna counter, I'll put out that your point only applies to the Mario Kart row, everywhere else has enough space to stay the same height through the transition. I still believe that we should take the side of the Mobile version this time around. Laikue (talk | contribs) 23:05, 4 April 2015 (EDT)

One or multiple amiibo on a console?

I feel kinda stupid for asking this, espeically knowing how to use amiibo; just so you know this is NOT a rumor. :| It is possible to have multiple amiibo play in SSB4? If so, how does it work? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hylia's Eye (talk • contribs) 21:41, 15 April 2015‎

You scan them in at the CSS like you would add any other human or AI player. I'm not sure what you don't understand. Miles (talk) 22:19, 15 April 2015 (EDT)

I mean, can you scan one and then scan another after the first one shows on the character select screen? Hylia's Eye (talk) 15:55, 20 April 2015 (EDT)

Yes, you can scan more than one. It's possible to have an 8-Player match of all amiibo fighters if you have eight amiibo to use. Miles (talk) 16:08, 20 April 2015 (EDT)

Ace Horizon Combat Legacy Plus

By the game itself, do you mean the the files? Nintenzilla (talk) 20:28, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

No, I mean, if people have used those amiibos, and a new design has emerged, then that's full-on proof right there. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 20:45, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

I get it, but what about Olimar?Nintenzilla (talk) 20:49, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

Ok, amiibo that have yet to be released? Those don't go there; that's speculation. So you're good on that one. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 20:51, 28 April 2015 (EDT)

It's not speculation. Check the compatibility chart next time, it's generally accurate. Laikue (talk | contribs) 02:32, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

My bad. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 06:56, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

Oops, sorry about that!Nintenzilla (talk) 09:15, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

Dr.Mario Amiibo in Splatoon

That's so strange, the video got removed! I can't find a trace of it!Nintenzilla (talk) 10:32, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

Well, to be quite frank (and I mean no offense to you when I say this), you might've been mistaken. The amiibo compatibility site clearly shows that only Splatoon amiibo are compatible with Splatoon, and the Direct that first showed the Splatoon amiibo clearly showed that only Splatoon amiibo would be compatible with Splatoon. Aidan, Master of Speed and Aura 10:37, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

Well, considering the video was pulled from Youtube, it could very well be that Nintendo is trying to cover this up. Maybe not all of the features have been shown yet, usually we get an Amiibo trailer to show what's compatible, which we haven't gotten yet. And this wouldn't be the first time Nintendo has covered up for things, remember that leak from the Summer, or the Amazon leak? Nintenzilla (talk) 10:47, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

But why Dr. Mario of all characters? How would he fit into Splatoon? 73MPL4R Only the dead have seen the end of war 10:50, 29 April 2015 (EDT)

Maybe it was just a simple error. Since Dr. Mario is part of the newest wave of amiibo, it would make some sense if the classification was messed up. Zm123bro (talk) 10:57, 29 April 2015 (EDT)