Pokkén Tournament is only about a month away from release, and it seems like the wait only gets more difficult the closer we get to launch day. The roster of fighters has grown a bit over the past few months, and it appears to be a flashy and enjoyable fighter that'll be filling an otherwise quiet month for the Wii U. It's also been known that the game would have some amiibo compatibility, with a special Shadow Mewtwo card being packaged with first edition physical copies, and it has now been revealed that the game will be compatible with all amiibo.
The full extent of the compatibility still remains to be seen, but some details have recently been spotted on the game's page on the official Nintendo amiibo website. The information states that amiibo will "unlock in-game items", assumedly referring to all other amiibo aside from the Shadow Mewtwo card. It's not known what this is referring to, but past games have utilized unrelated amiibo in trivial, but useful ways, such as rupees being given to players in Hyrule Warriors.
What do you think? What would you like amiibo to do? Share your thoughts in the comments.
[source nintendo.com]
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Meh...Hyrule Warriors route...figures.
Only a month away? How time flies!
I was hoping that Greninja and Jigglypuff would be announced as fighters, and their stats could be recorded with their respective amiibo figures. Oh well...
If anything, it's just going to be items/equipment given to the player by using the Ambiio.
As long as the Pokémon amiibo have a use unique to them in some meaningful way I'm down
If the amiibo just unlocks random items not related to it then this is meh.
@Tsurii Huh. I completely forgot.
im still more interested in that "My Town" thing.
But will there be "pokken amiibo" ?
I would love to have a gengar amiibo
maybe they'll unlock costumes as well. gardevoir dressed up as palutena would work imo, or charizard as corrin in dragon form. or maybe they'll allow them to assist. personally, i'd prefer teh costumes. it dodges a lot of copyright problems with third party licensing like bayonetta, ryu, cloud, and other costumes.
The Pokemon amiibo should unlock the shiny forms of them in the game
I'm expecting it'll be the same as Hyrule Warriors. However, costumes would be sweet.
In Germany, the game will be called Pokemon Tekken. What a stupid name....
Do note that there are human characters in the game. In the arcade version, you can purchase (with currency earned in-game) new outfits for them. Chances are that's where this comes in.
@NeufNeuf It was necessary because the word Pocken means Smallpox
@ASonic3582 +1
Meh. I just want the Pokemon amiibo to unlock something relating to the figurine.
One thing I want to know is if the shadow mewtwo amiibo works for smash
@NeufNeuf you miss out on all the awesome puns like 'this is pokken amazing!' or 'that was a terrible pokken move'.
After the "no sound effects" thing in Super Mario Maker, the fact amiibos unlock nothing more than mere items gives The Pokémon Company a taste of their own medicine...
@Aozz It'll probably contain a HD version of Pokemon Amie to add tons of salt to those who wanted the petting minigame in FE Fates kept
Hopefully even with the Pokemon amiibo you only get in-game items.
Read it will unlock pieces of equipment fr the Pokemon, kinda like "Tekken Tag Tournament 2" pieces of clothing. Man, I haven't played TTT2 in a while, better get back to it before this one releases.
Not to interesting I'm just glad I'm getting that shadow mewtwo card! This game looks great and I'm pumped!
@DoctorOverbuild I am going to have a FANTASTIC March this year.
Here are all of my pre-orders JUST for March.
Friday the 4th of March
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD - Limited Edition + T-Shirt
Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess HD with Wolf Link amiibo Limited Edition
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD Collectors Edition Guide Book
Friday the 18th of March
Hori Pokken Tournament Pro Pad Limited Edition Controller
Pokkén Tournament + Shadow Mewtwo amiibo Card + Pro Pad Controller
Pokken Tournament + amiibo Card
R.O.B (Famicom Colours) amiibo
R.O.B (Famicom Colours) amiibo
Roy amiibo
Roy amiibo
Ryu amiibo
Ryu amiibo
Isabelle (Summer Outfit) amiibo
Isabelle (Summer Outfit) amiibo
Timmy and Tommy amiibo
Timmy and Tommy amiibo
Rover amiibo
Rover amiibo
Kapp'n amiibo
Kapp'n amiibo
Thursday the 24th of March
Hyrule Warriors: Legends Limited Edition
Hyrule Warriors: Legends Limited Edition
Hyrule Warriors: Legends Collectors Edition Guide Book
I would love one of the 'unlock in-game items' to be Mewtwo's armour from the first movie as a costume for him.
@Alundra-1998 Why two of everything?
It should be a unique experience, like leveling your own pokemon with your amiibo... The Amiibo thing, imo, is greatly misused.
Make actually game related in some big way, Nintendo! Make me NEED those cool figurines, because in my country i pay something akin 30 dollars for one...
Probably something really minor, if it involves ALL Amiibo, sadly...
Hopefully at the very least, Pikachu and Charizard do something more interesting somehow.
Pikachu outfits?
I'm still on the fence about getting this someday. Don't know if I need another fighting game in my library, especially since I'm not a huge fan of Pokemon in the first place. At the very least, I know I won't be a launch day supporter.
@GH05T Some people have more money than sense.
More games too get use out of the Amiibos is always good .
@Alundra-1998 Exactly I've got pokken tournament + pro pad and that shadow mewtwo card! I've also got twilight princess HD limited edition with the T-shirt! and when I get enough (proabaly this month) I'll pre-order hyrule warriors limited edition! I've also got that yellow 2ds pre-ordered so really looking forward to that I couldn't miss out on a Pokémon console on it's 20th anniversary! So very hyped despite the fact I should be revising for exams haha
The game I want most though if FE Fates in EU special edition!
@GH05T One for playing, one for collecting.
Anyone know if there is a story/campaign/etc yet? If not, i dont wanna pre order
Pikachu with Mario Hat anyone?
@yokokazuo Assuming the cards have nfc chips, it's likely that the shadow Mewtwo card could read like a normal Mewtwo in Smash, but that hasn't been 100% confirmed yet
@allav866
"I was hoping that Greninja and Jigglypuff would be announced as fighters"
Oh dear goodness, could you imagine the riotous spasms people here would have? People throw tantrums over mere weapon unlocks in Splatoon- a character unlock would give those people a heart attack
I'm with ya though- I'd love to see character unlocks through amiibo- provided they are characters that weren't part of the original game of course. That could expand the roster by a few slots. Making a character is tough though- takes a lot of balancing and tweaking. But if they could pull it off for all the Pokemon amiibo of characters not included in the game, that would be amazing!
It will be for Costume Pikachu. Scan a Luigi amiibo and he is dressed like him. Thats what I think at least.
@Dutch_Cheesecake Dude I'd cry if they made Pokken amiibos. I'd buy all of them!
Doesn't the NA/Westerner version(s) come with the Dark MewTwo amiibo card? If that's still a thing I doubt the amiibo do anything special like Smash, it'd be weird imo to have it be anything super important if they're giving you "an amiibo" to start with. Hyrule Warriors route it is.
Outfits, maybe?
@Sticker "Ambiio"
@Dankykong The Shadow Mewtwo comes with the first print, however you mentioned Hyrule Warriors and that doesn't rule out specific functionality since the Zelda amiibo unlock stuff specific to their characters in HW (namely powerful weapons for them). Because of this it's not unreasonable to assume other Pokemon won't have something specific to them (maybe a special skin or something) in addition to the random stuff from other amiibo. And assuming the card will read like normal Mewtwo outside Pokken,much like Toon Link, Dr Mario and ZSS read like their normal counterparts outside Smash, it's possible that it could substitute for a Mewtwo figure in Smash and unlock the Mewtwo costume in Mario Maker.
I'm sure it will be like Hyrule Warriors and the Pokemon amiibo will unlock something unique to the game (costumes, assists, etc) and the other ones will just get you a trophy or something. Either way I'm glad I have all the Pokemon amiibo!
Cosplay pikachu for all amiibo characters!!!
@yokokazuo : IF it does, and it's likely that it will, you may be able to use the Shadow Mewtwo card as a Mewtwo amiibo fighter in Smash, even if you haven't bought the Mewtwo DLC (it obviously won't unlock "Shadow Mewtwo" in Smash though). At least the read/write functionality of the NFC chip could be useful in this fashion.
@Grumblevolcano I'm waiting for the smash bros Salty amiibo.
It can be "random character every time" amiibo, as long as it makes everybody salty IDC what it does.
@JaxonH Whoa, whoa, whoa! Just to be clear, I never said anything about unlocking characters through amiibo. I meant just use them to keep stats, or however the Dark Mewtwo card would work, where you could still unlock them through normal play, but could use the amiibo to get them quicker.
I hope I can use my Olimar amiibo to unlock him as a fighter
@Zapazoid
And I hope I can unlock Falco because he's my favourite Pokémon.
They need to do a Pokken Tournament line of amiibos for this. I'd buy the crap out of those.
@allav866
Oh you mean like how Smash does it?
@JaxonH Yeah. Iirc, the arcade cabinets use NFC cards that allow the player to store stats with, so I'm sure the Wii U version could support such a feature as well, and a Shadow Mewtwo card gas been announced for the game already.
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