Nintendo revealed some amazing yarn-based Yoshi amiibo toys recently, as well as confirming how they would work with the forthcoming Yoshi's Woolly World. Standard Yoshi amiibo were also confirmed as compatible with the Wii U platformer, but thanks to a leak of the Australian packaging, we now know that other amiibo functionality will be included.
According to the back of the box, Mario, Luigi, Peach and "more" will unlock another Yoshi character design, based on the figure scanned. As for how this will look, your guess is as good as ours - perhaps the character will simply appear in the same colours as the one scanned, or maybe they will come complete with additional accessories, such as Mario's hat. The "more" element of the disclaimer suggests that other figures could be included, so the sky really is the limit. The catch is that only the Yarn Yoshi can save a Yoshi design.
Yoshi's Woolly World launches in Europe on 26th June. The North American release date is still to be confirmed, although Nintendo has said it will arrive in Q3. You can check out our preview here.
[source vooks.net]
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I'll buy one regardless.
I've decided to keep to only one design of each character for amiibo to save my sanity- Smash amiibo, Toad, Splatoon. So the fact I can use my Smash Yoshi is good news.
I bet my nephew will still want one though.
Cool... but I'm still getting all 3 yoshi yarn amiibos!
Can't wait for this to drop next month, its going to be my relax after work game;)
I collect amiibo but have not decided if I'm going to buy the yarn ones. I think I'll stick to the figurines.
Hey NoA,
Oh so to unlock all the designs you need all 3 Yarn Yoshi amiibo plus many of the Smash lineup...
Nice, but I can hear all the whiners already
@Captain_Gonru
According to that box, any Yoshi amiibo will help you as a companion. And I am happy that is the case.
Buying the game + all three Yoshi even though I don't actually need them
Looking forward to seeing dressed up Yoshi! This game can't come soon enough...I <3 Epic Yarn.
@Grumblevolcano People complain when there's no amiibo support, people complain when there's amiibo support. You people are insatiable.
@TeeJay It's not the same people asking for those things.
Why can't you write to the standard Yoshi amiibo? Oh right, because then you won't buy the more expensive yarn version.
@TeeJay To be honest I'd be most happy with no games having amiibo support and hence it only being Nintendo merch to collect rather than a way of locking disc content away.
Can't wait to get those Yarn Yoshi amiibos. Got all 3 coming from EU, so I won't have to wait til fall for the US versions. Unfortunately, still gotta wait for the game, which looks REALLY fun...
I'll get the blue and pink yarn Yoshi because green Yoshi is so boring.
@sinalefa @Captain_Gonru - What Sin said, it's right there in the middle of the photo, middle line under "compatible amiibo" it says "Yoshi", under "Features" it says "Play w/ double Yoshi".
I do think it's odd, aka Nintendo logic, that "Yarn Yoshi" is spelled out but it doesn't differentiate between SSB Yoshi and SMB Yoshi. Just proving once again that they need not have bothered w/ the SMB line and they just should have made a Captain Toad amiibo instead, as he's the ONLY one in the SMB line who didn't already have a SSB amiibo.
We don't have either Yoshi amiibo, but my sons play almost everything together anyway so it won't be necessary.
Looks like I can use my now-rare Smash Yoshi then!
I'm still hoping for a White Yarn Yoshi amiibo
But good news, this is.
Haha, I wonder which of all of those amiibo will be usable for this game. I can already imagine a Captain Falcon-themed Yoshi running around.
By the way.. why would you want to save a Yoshi design to an amiibo? Are these designs not automatically unlocked, so you'd simply be able to select those in-game? ..or are you able to MAKE your own custom Yoshi design? If it's not the latter, then I really wonder what the point is for this.
@Damo - "The North American release date is still to be confirmed, although Nintendo has said it will arrive in Q3."
Has Nintendo ever said Q3? I just remember reading "fall".
Jan Feb March - Q1 - Winter
Apr May June - Q2 - Spring
July Aug Sept - Q3 - Summer
Oct Nov Dec - Q4 - Fall - for normal businesses "holiday"
Unless Nintendo is being Nintendo again and Q3 is their financial Q3 which would be both Oct Nov Dec and Fall. Nintendo really needs to just start using months, like Mario Maker is "September".
I'd rather a game be simply delayed from a known date then have to use calendars in 3 different countries to have some idea of when a game might be coming out.
Sorry, just a bit ticked at the delay of undetermined length. Guess it takes an unknowable long time to translate Yoshi speak into US languages.
This Yarn Yoshis are awfully cute. I'll be lucky though to just get one color if any at all.
Gotta be "baby" versions... right?
@Grumblevolcano Yarn Yoshi saves one design, to take with you, and allows for multiplayer (just like regular Yoshi). Mario, Luigi, Peach and other(?) amiibo unlock a costume, but you can already unlock a costume in every level in the game itself. So there are plenty of costumes available if you don't have any amiibo.
@EmmatheBest Is the Super Smash Bros. Yoshi amiibo honestly now rare?
@rjejr You know, they don't just throw a game onto the shelves, once translations are done. There are many more important factors to consider when a game should be released. Europe had to wait three extra months for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse and I can assure you European translations were completed before it was even released in the US.
Nice! Can't wait to get a Yarn Yoshi (can't decide which color to pick or if I should get all three...) when the game finally comes out to the USA in the fall. I got my Smash Yoshi still no matter how hard the yarn yoshis will be to get at least Hope there's lots of designs for the other amiibo so that they get put to good use!
@rjejr
I do prefer the Mario line designs over the Smash ones (specially Luigi) so I don't mind having both. I still agree in that we should have gotten a Capt. Toad amiibo.
The wolly yoshi's are really cute though. I still want one of them
They liez!!!
I'm assuming the Yarn Yoshis will be plentiful unless Nintendo is an idiot. Don't hold your breath, folks...
PS- I wants the blue and pink ones! Amiibo, My Precious...
Going to cancel my Yarn preorder in that case especially seeing that it is Read Only.
@pigwarts5ever
I beg to differ, some people (I'm looking at you @Quorthon) appear to be on both sides of the fence.
On topic:
I really want Yarn Yoshi, but after the over 3 hour stress I received trying to pre-order Pac-man and Splatoon amiibo, I hope Yoshi is far more plentiful. Somehow I doubt it, unfortunately.
@Flopsy86 According to the article, Yarn Yoshi is read and write, while Yoshi is just read only.
@sinalefa - I just spent 5 minutes w/ my son in Target holding up both versions of Princess Peach and SSB won by a wide margin. They aren't even close, the new one looks like a McDonalds Happy Meal toy.
@hopfolla Those 3 questions'll more than likely link to one answer. Short answer: A high chance of Yes
Long Answer: The yarn yoshi'll be universal to all games that support it since you can use the smash bros one or the super mario one, though to be officially that is a TBA.
Hopefully that'll answer your question
I am definitely tempted to grab one of these Yarn Yoshi amiibo but I have a feeling they will be hard to get. Not sure how many more amiibo I want anyway.
I'm sorry Alex, but its "Yoh-shi", not "Yah-shi". Plain and simple. I had to turn off Tue video because it bothered me so much
@TeeJay ikr?
That's good news since I have a Smash Yoshi, but I do want a yarn one - hopefully they'll make more!
I hope the yarn yoshi will be washable im the washer maschine.
Honestly - I don't really care if I need this amiibo to unlock everything, I just want it sitting by my TV, on my console. And I am a grown up man. If such a thing exists, of course.
Interesting. But really I just want my Yarn Yoshi Amiibo to do two things:
I doubt the latter will happen, but who knows? Might end up being a creepy looking Mii costume like Splatoon is getting haha!
@BLPs I know the storage can't be very big, but you can't write more than one piece of game data to it because it's too small? That's pretty short sighted, isn't it? Nintendo knew there would be multiple games compatible with one figure, you'd think they would have implemented something to prevent such storage issues when writing to a single figure.
That's good to hear, but I still want the adorable yarn yoshi amiibo!
Ooh, hopefully my lifelong dream of playing as Yoshi McCloud will come to fruition... I'll also be happy with Electric Rodent Yoshi, if at all possible.
I like box fans.
I'll still try to get one anyway.
I want the pink one. CUE CUTE FANART
@Alundra-1998 - Yep, no GS within 80 miles of me, or any Walmart within 50 miles of me have one. Even this one guy who sent one to me really had to do some looking to find one.
One Yoshi with a Mario outfit, the other will have Luigi, it's gonna be so freakin'
cute!
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