Metroid Dread lauched alongside the game's official Samus & E.M.M.I Double Pack amiibo — which has unfortunately been delayed until the 5th of November in the UK and the rest of Europe. Players can also grab daily in-game rewards by using any of a total of six previously released Metroid series amiibo.
Let's take a look at exactly which amiibo are compatible with Metroid Dread and what effects they'll have when you tap them off that NFC reader.
All Metroid Dread Compatible amiibo and What They Do
Samus & E.M.M.I Double Pack amiibo (Metroid Dread)
The Metroid Dread Samus amiibo will net you one permanent extra energy tank.
The Metroid Dread E.M.M.I. amiibo bestows one permanent Missile+ Tank.
These are one-time-only deals that will only occur the first time you tap your new amiibo off your NFC reader.
Further to this, tapping Samus once-a-day will grant you a daily life energy refill, while E.M.M.I. grants you a daily missile ammo restock.
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Samus (Super Smash Bros. Series)
The original Smash Bros. Samus amiibo grants you a daily life energy refill.
Samus Aran (Metroid Series)
This Samus Returns amiibo grants you a daily life energy refill.
Zero Suit Samus (Super Smash Bros. Series)
The Zero Suit Samus amiibo grants you a daily life energy refill.
Dark Samus (Super Smash Bros. Series)
The Dark Samus amiibo grants you a daily missile ammo restock.
Metroid (Metroid Series)
The Metroid amiibo grants you a daily missile ammo restock.
Ridley (Super Smash Bros. Series)
The Ridley amiibo grants you a daily missile ammo restock.
How To Use Your Metroid amiibo
In order to use any of the above amiibo to gain some sweet in-game bonuses, you'll first need to hit the "-" button on your Switch then go to the amiibo section of the in-game menu where you'll be prompted to tap them off the NFC reader on your Nintendo Switch.
The NFC reader is located on the right stick of your Joy-Con controllers, on the right stick of the Switch Lite and over the Nintendo Switch logo in the centre of the official Pro Controller.
This guide is part of our Metroid Dread walkthrough and guide series, which includes all ability locations, all missile tank locations, all energy tank locations, all energy parts, all suit upgrades, all power bomb tanks, plus every compatible amiibo unlock, E.M.M.I. and boss battle tips, and other helpful tips to help you get through the game and get those post-game unlocks.
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Are the Dread amiibo's permanent upgrades on top of the game's upgrades? So for example the Emmi would make the max Missile capacity 285 instead of 275?
@GoAwaySpaceJam Yes!
Remember when amiibo first was announced and Nintendo promised that characters would function the same across all games (in other words the SSB Mario amiibo would be functionally identical to the future Mario amiibos in all games)?
Apart from SSB has there been a single game that ever lived up to that promise?
It really sucks that to get every single health/missile upgrade you have to buy $30 figure pack that I have never seen in stock anywhere, while my SSB/Samus Returns amiibo do nothing more than save me a tiny bit of grinding from time to time.
Not as frustrating as $60 ports of games that launched at $50 nearly a decade ago, but frustrating all the same.
I didn't get the bonus energy tank when I used the Samus from the Samus and EMMI set .is there any reason for this?
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