Nintendo Announces amiibo Release Dates and New Figurines

I want Palutena...

Yes, i'm getting Villager day 1

Ooooh, nice! Captain Falcon will be mine, soon! And maybe Zelda, as well.

does this mean the North American release of Smash Bros Wii U will be November 21?

Finally, I get a Little Mac to call my own.

I want Rossalina!

Little Mac and Captain Falcon look awesome.

I hope Wario is gonna be on amiibo figure

Meh. I just want to play me some Smash Bros. in HD.

Still waiting for Ike.
But today had lots good Nintendo news.

Sorry to repeat myself in multiple threads, but still Ninty are very quiet about what Amiibo's actually do in Cpt Toad, Yohi, MK8 and Mario Party. Isn't this a selling point? What Amiibo's do in Smash certainly isn't. Still on the fence about going all in until we find out what they actually add to these games- otherwise they're pretty and expensive Christmas Cracker prizes.

Amazon.co.uk, hurry up and update the site so I can pre-order everything!

So glad I have a wavebird but also preordered the Mario wired GameCube controller, just to have

I want Zero Suit Samus, Palutena and Lucina

I'll be buying Robin, Kirby, and Toon Link.

Where's Shulk?!?!?

I need to have them all.

I'll have no money left for the actual game at this rate.

Welp I know how I'm rounding out my Christmas.

Second wave already?! But they haven't even explained what else the Amiibos will do in all the other games they mentioned?? I smell a Direct coming soon because they really need to address the multiple uses of these Amiibos!!!!

My wallet…my poor poor wallet

@Diddy_kong Same here.

I can just imagine what Lucina would say if there were an amiibo of Chrom. "Hold on, tiny plastic father! I'm coming!" XD

@MrGawain - Gotta save something for a Nintendo Direct, probably a good idea to get the dates out of the way so an ND can focus on the games and how the amiibo will work.

US 2nd wave of amiibo only dated Dec, probably waiting for the CTTT date so they can coincide. Did anybody watch the Treehouse where that guy and girl were playing CT and whenever they finished a level they wrre all "quick quivk cut away cut away dont show the menu screen, dont show the menu". Me thinks maybe amiibo will be involved there, its the only reason to cut away all excited like that.

Still annoyed no CT amiibo, but, BUT Im hopeing thats b/c hes not sold separately and will come in EVERY box, not a special ed. When that game first wad announced Amazon and others had it listed ad $39.99, now its $59.99 everywhere. The invlusion of an amiibo figure would explain that.

@Jazzer94 Where should I be looking? I haven't seen the new figures.

Good to see poor neglected Luigi. Getting him and Mac. Besides the Peach, Link and Samus that I have on preorder.

Still can't see this taking off at all, but who knows...

Dang, no megaman!

@MrGawain even if they merely end up as paperweights, they are pretty nice looking ones, better than most Nintendo figures.

OMG how am I supposed to hold all these!?!
[insert can't hold all amiibos meme here]

Might have to pick up a Luigi Amiibo, though I aldo really want a Greninja one.

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I'd also really like one for ^DHD!
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I still don't get it. What's the point of the action figures? Are we supposed to fight our figure and have fun? I'm not sure how that's revolutionary or fun.

People going to be broke this holiday season.

Thank god I get a 13th month...

Still going with Yoshi!

That makes a Kirby/Donkey Kong/Link/Diddy Kong/Luigi lineup for me this year. Now if only they'd release a Ness figurine...

Captain Toad will support "select" amiibo figures in 2015. I'm guessing that my Marth figure won't be one of them. =/

Give me Fire Emblem amiibos and we'll talk.

Yep I'm sold! I swear, all you have to do is make a sweet figurine of some sweet Nintendo characters, and I'll buy them all!!

Can't wait to have that Marth one!

Ah, this got me thinking, diddy kong in mario kart? lol!

Not buying untill...Toon Link @_@

The Captain, Luigi, and Pit look great.

Was just gonna get Marth. but the Pit figure is a must buy. Might pick up little Mac.

I thought Super Smash Bros for the Wii U in UK wasn't coming out until Dec 5th. You said November 28th in this article.
EDIT: Never mind I read that wrong lol the Amiibo comes out November 28th, not Super Smash Bros WiiU lol Stupid me lol

AAAAAAND they are rich

They look nice, but still don't seem to do much.

I'm interested but not keen on the pricing given how close to useless they are (and how poorly Nintendo has traditionally supported optional accessories).

@AJWolfTill Um the trailer released today linked in the other article.

Where's IKE? He's too badass not to get one.

Great! I was already getting a Link and Yoshi, now will probably get Luigi as well.

Zelda and Marth are the next ones on my list! (unless they do a Lucina one soon which might very well substitute Marth for me!)

Glad Zelda is right behind. Getting that one!

Good to see others are asking the proper questions so I don't have to get out my soapbox! Nice figures that I will likely spend too much money on tho!

I still want to find out how they work with games like Mario Kart 8

Glad that Zelda and Pit are getting releases... only got Mario on preorder so far but I'm sure I'll get a few more.

If there turns out to be a hub type plaza/game similar to Mii Plaza, then I might be interested. If you can do something with the figures besides stuff like fight against them in Smash then I might be interested. Basically I need to know a lot more about what they do before I buy.

I will admit that they look awesome though.

Here's what I expect! Shulk figurine will release alongside Xenoblade and the New 3DS. Fire Emblem figurines will launch with a new FE game sometime next year?!

Will not get one of these until Tingle. Come on, Nintendo
And David Jr. and Ankle and Knuckle too of course

I am just worried about the scalpers.

I honestly believe nintendo need to make a game like Skylanders that uses the Amiibo characters in a 3D world and you can switch between them, fighting enemies and levelling up your characters individual stats. I don't think people are gonna truly understand Amiibo, and I guarantee it won't sell as well as Skylanders or disney infinity.
The great think innitially about Skylanders was putting your figure onto the portal and it appearing in your world. The fact that you can't control your amiibo in suoer smash bros worries me, I can't see how mario kart 8 is gonna incoperate it. And the other games announced that are gonna use amiibo I just can't see how figures will add anything extra to it.
I can't believe nintendo are being so stupid with this, this should have gold written all over, but it doesn't have that killer game that's gonna make it shine like Skylanders, imagine running round the hyrule Kingdom or the mushroom Kingdom or the planets of Metroid much like disney infinity crossing over different Universes. It would be incredible. But no nintendo do something different.
I will buy the figures for collection purpose only but can't see myself using them until a killer game is announced.

Hoping for Mega Man and Pac-Man in wave 3!

We need the Duck hunt.

I guess im one of the few that couldn't care less about these. They dont do enough to warrant their cost or need to purchase.

Not interested in figures. Develop another Super Metroid.

Not buying these until I know what they actually do in Mario Kart 8. (not planning on getting Smash Bros)

I want Shulk!!!

@Lord_Redwood I second that opinion, but I already pre-ordered Link (only the second time I ever pre-ordered something.)

I can't help but feel like Amiibos will be long forgotten and unsupported as soon as 2 years from now, if that.

I just don't get it. Then again, I'm 31 years old.

I kind of want 1 or 2 just as collectibles. I don't have too much interest in them for in-game functions, but they look really cool for those of us who collect Nintendo thingies.

Zero Suit Samus! Please!

Going to buy them all, hopefully at launch.

Grrr, I want my favorite characters. T.T

@gatorboi352 They may be a fad, but it is a decent enough statue to place on a desk along with my WVU Football helmet, Pirates baseball bobblehead, and pewter original Anakin Skywalker (old guy, not bad prequel Anakin) statue.

Having played Disney Infinity, I will give Nintendo credit for making this work across multiple games. I like that my Link Amiibo will learn Mario Kart, Smash Bros, and Capt Toad (and hopefully more importantly, fine tune to my skill level) to become either an awesome co-op player or my worse nightmare challenger. Plus who knows, there may be a Nintendo Land game down the road that let's you take Link and Shulk on a grand adventure in the Mushroom Kingdom to defeat the invading Mother Brain and her minions.

Hell yeah! Amiibo rocks!
I will get a hand full just as collectibles. If they will be supported with some great game concepts later on, I'll get some - maybe lots - more!

@Jepze I don't see why not. He might not be out til 2015 since he's one of the "secret" unlockable characters

No Mega Man, no sale.

Can't wait for Toon Link (my main). Hopefully he won't be rare or not manufactured at all, I fear that this will happen to some figures, but would actually turn up some interesting rumors.

I'll get Link, Villager, and Mario.

If only they'd make ones for unlockable characters... I want Falco.

Poor, Donkey Kong Jr. Sentenced to brief appearances and rare cameos.

Why, Nintendo? Why have you abandoned your little, tank top-wearing monkey?

Give me Rosalina & Luma Nintendo. Then, we'll talk. XD XD

Ahhh... if I get one the collector in me will want them all. Also I want Robin.

Sweet, I'm getting all #Amiibo figurines!!

@readyletsgo I hope you noticed that that one is not an original Nintendo and in fact not even a Gamecube controller, it's just designed to look like one. Other than the Gamecube controller, it has four (digital?) shoulder buttons and just like the Wii Classic Controller it will be plugged into the Wiimote.

@scamander yup, I know that. It's endorsed by Nintendo but not by them. Looks cool. Getting it as I am a stupid collector, I don't need it but it'll look cool in that unopened box beside all the other crap I have unopened lol.

I have two original GameCube controllers and a wavebird, along with a classic and classic pro controller and WiiU pro controller, I just need that adapter for the WiiU to GameCube thing. Taking a while to find it in Europe to pre-order though. Except on nintys UK store but I'm not paying their crazy prices

@dkxcalibur Yeah, I'm sort of in the same boat. I've had some experience with Disney Infinity and how those figures work... but I'm still not 100% clear on why these are necessary for Smash Bros, Mario Kart, ect other than maybe to take your character profiles to a friends house or something. They are cool collectables. But something I have to have? Still not so sure.

I want My mii that would be epic