In today's Animal Crossing Direct, Nintendo revealed a little more about the amiibo functionality available in the game. The good news? All of your old cards and figures will have a pretty nifty use after all!
Yes, your collection of amiibo is fully compatible with the new game and can be used to invite your favourite characters to your campsite. There's more, too, as your amiibo can also be used to invite an animal to an island called Photopia, where you can model your friends in creative photo shoots.
Not all amiibo will be compatible from launch - the Direct showed that K.K. Slider's amiibo isn't supported - but plans to include these are planned for the future.
If you're hoping to get the most out of island life, make sure to keep your beloved amiibo on hand when the game launches on 20th March!
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Time to buy that kk slider !
What an absolutely fantastic Direct! It answered my questions and showed how annoying things from previous games (placement of villagers houses etc.) have been fixed.
Great to see that you can use Amiibo cards to get your favourite villagers into the game (as I have the cards for them). This was probably what I wanted the most! Great to see that they implemented it.
Also, love that you can now fix or create your own terrain.
No more Christmas in winter for us Australians as well.. now we can finally have our Christmas in summer.
Now I really can't wait for this game to release. I already have it preloaded on my Switch.
I hope this means that Nintendo will reissue the amiibo cards.
And I would really appreciate it if they would reprint the Sanrio cards as they're fetching for outrageous prices on eBay.
That's interesting. This also gives Nintendo a(n) excuse/reason to release more AC amiibo for any new villagers in the game.
Great news and direct.
Okay retailers - get that stock moved while the getting is good!
I still have some cards laying around. Nice to know they will be of some use.
I am very fortunate to have pulled villager cards for some of my favourites like Ankha, Bob, Cherry, and Dotty. Can't wait to invite them to my island.
I'm almost 100% sure that the DJ KK amiibo wasn't 'supported' because DJ KK, or KK Slider, just hasn't been 'unlocked' yet in-game, similar to how Callie's (not sure about Marie) amiibo didn't function yet in Splatoon 2 until you completed the story mode.
Hopefully I can still invite Ganon to my island.
This is great! I have so many of the cards and all of the Animal Crossing amiibo figures so I'm glad these will get to be used. And hopefully they'll add other amiibo from other series too because I want Ganon and Wolf Link villagers to make their way over to my Island from New Leaf!
I got the few AC Amiibos I have from my local $5 shop in a bin.
check those places if you have them.
Now I need to visit GameStop and get more. I think I've got some cards lying around and I've got Isabelle, Digby, Mabel, Blathers, Celeste, and Tom Nook.
@DarthFoxMcCloud
A Wolf Link villager would be awesome!
Just a FYI, $5 and below have all the Amiibos....
If y'all want amiibos, now's the time to get them. The Wii U-era stock is dirt cheap!
Cool, can put my collection to good use. May pick up a few more.
Sweet, definitely going to be adding more amiibos and cards to my collection.
@Silly_G Omg yeah I want the Sanrio ones so bad. I have a massive collection of amiibo cards and I'm so sad I don't have those
But what about Amiibo from other series? Like Splatoon or LoZ? That we could use in New Leaf?
I'm really hoping they support those Amiibo too. Or perhaps add in support for them later. It'd be really nice to get little trinkets from other series. Maybe Pokemon plushies or a toy Master Sword. Stuff like that!
I would totally be that guy who moves to an island paradise and still spends most of his time indoors playing games. XD
I can't have been the only one watching hoping the Amiibo function would be superficial and of little consequence to the core game? I honestly wish they'd just kill Amiibo... It's basically physical DLC, and a bit of a waste of plastic. (Unpopular opinion.)
@KIRO it's not compatible bro. Sorry to tell you 😕🙁
@ryobi85 nooooooooooo!!!
Oh, I’ll survive. Thanks for saving me a few quid.
@KIRO I've never played animal crossing but she hype is making me think maybe I could get into it?we will see!
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