It looks like The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom will have amiibo support when it launches on 26th September 2024. At least, that's what the game's Japanese website says.
Near the bottom of the official page on Nintendo's Japanese website, we and many other fans have spotted the little amiibo symbol next to the game's box art and release date. We're not too surprised, given that the Link's Awakening remake — which uses the same art style — also has amiibo support, but it certainly has us thinking "Hey, can we get a Zelda amiibo in the same style as the Link's Awakening one?".
In Link's Awakening, the amiibo are used primarily for the remake-exclusive Chamber Dungeon, which is the dungeon creator. The amiibo unlock different chambers that you can add to your dungeons.
We don't know what this means for Echoes of Wisdom yet; we can't imagine there will be a dungeon maker, but imagine the possibility of using amiibo with the Tri Rod? Perhaps only Zelda's amiibo will work with the game? Who knows.
The US and European stores don't mention amiibo at the time of writing this currently, but Nintendo will likely share more details in the coming months. For now, we're going to wrack our brains for some fun ideas with Zelda and amiibo.
What do you think amiibo will do in Echoes of Wisdom? Do you want a new Zelda amiibo like us? Copy your thoughts into the comments.
[source nintendo.com]
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Are we entirely sure they're even still making them? There've only been three released in 2024 so far, two of those were a combo pack, the last one was four months ago, and there aren't any presently announced.
I would really like a new Zelda amiibo but I dont have any more space in my display case
Since Zelda is totally absent from Link's Awakening, it's nice to see a rendition of Zelda in this style so it makes sense that Zelda will get such an amiibo.
Maybe scanning different Zelda amiibo (such as those for Smash Bros, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild, and Tears of the Kingdom) can unlock cosmetics based on those games?
Maybe scanning other Zelda amiibo might do things like unlock access to special Echoes. Can you imagine summoning a Guardian as an echo?!
Or maybe even scanning Kirby can summon an Anti-Kirby echo!
If it happens? That's cool, but just for Zelda.
The approach that TotK had wasn't so bad, BotW was ridiculous!
Doubtless there will be Zelda figurines. They have no problem finding the sales for them.
Amiibo Zelda in this style is a given.
I think we might not get any "Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom" amiibo.
Mainly becasue we did not get any amiibo for Super Mario Wonder.
And come on! Elephant Mario was such an obvious amiibo!
Amiibo release statistics: number of figures, cards and compatible games by year.
https://amiibo.life/releases
2024 is looking slim.
As we did not get an elephant Mario amiibo I think
something is going on with the amiibo production.
Maybe one of these:
1. Nintendo are focusing on amiibo for Switch 2 games and there will be no more amiibo for Switch 1 games. Maybe even some sort of amiibo 2.0
2. Amiibo sales might be dropping and Nintendo is phasing out the whole amiibo production.
Agree with the sub-headline. It is a little weird to enable this without releasing a new amiibo. They’re probably already discontinued in Kuwait so a new one wouldn’t hurt.
I realize this is completely unrealistic, but how cool would it be for each Amiibo that exists to be an echo in the game? You scan it and you get a little Samus that does a few shots, a Kirby sucks in an enemy, etc.
Yes please to a Zelda amiibo in this style to go with the Link one!
That said, hope there won't be functions completely locked behind amiibo or at the very least that you will be able to use any Zelda, Link etc.
It's an odd situation, I thought we'd at least have gotten 1 last batch of Splatoon 3 amiibo considering Splatoon 2 got a batch connected to its single player expansion. Splatoon 3 wasn't even in the Direct so it seems Splatoon 3 will get the already announced Summer Nights Splatfest, FinalFest and then that's it for the game.
Maybe Sora was the end of amiibo. Considering amiibo started in 2014 as a Smash thing, ending in 2024 with the final Smash character would be a fitting end.
We had toy Link for Link's Awakening. I'm counting on toy Zelda for this one
Pretty please?! With a cherry on top?!
@Hyrulewarrior
The restocks gave me the impression that they might be slowing down or stopping production, and this was a last chance thing with their factories.
The Smash Bros series was the main force pushing amiibo sales, and we just got the final one recently with the Sora amiibo.
Aside from that would be Animal Crossing, but that's much less challenging and expensive to manufacture as they're almost all trading cards.
Some fun little novelties with all of the currently available Zelda amiibo would be neat, even if they're just cosmetics, but being able to summon echo Guardians, Bokoblins and the like (as @RupeeClock alluded to) as an exclusive little extra would be awesome, and all the better if other amiibo are supported as well.
But I suspect that we'll probably see the dungeon maker (or similar) make a return. Either way, more amiibo support is a good thing in my eyes given how so few games make any use of them anymore.
I hope that they don't lock content behind the plastic paywall of amiibo. I have zero interest in collecting little plastic figures yet don't want to miss out on dlc.
(A continuation of my previous comment.)
I think it was somewhat strange that Pikmin 4 did not get any amiibo either.
Oatchi would have been a nice amiibo.
Here are some of the bigger Nintendo releases of later years:
Did they get new amiibo?
YES - Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Febrary 25, 2021)
YES - Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (July 16, 2021)
YES - Metroid Dread (October 8, 2021)
NO - Mario Party Superstars (October 29, 2021)
NO - Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March 25, 2022)
YES - Splatoon 3 (September 9, 2022)
NO - Metroid Prime Remastered (February 8, 2023)
YES - Zelda: Tears of the kingdom (May 12, 2023)
NO - Pikmin 4 (July 21, 2023)
NO - Mario Wonder (October 20, 2023)
NO - Super Mario RPG (November 17, 2023)
NO - Princess Peach: Showtime! (March 22, 2024)
NO - Mario vs. Donkey Kong (February 16, 2024)
? - Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (September 26, 2024)
(Did not include the sport games in the list, as Nintendo does not seem to make amiibo-figures for their sport games. Well, not counting Super Smash Bros.
Also did not include Paper Mario, as i think maybe its a bit too flat for amiibo figures, the Game and Watch man did get one though..)
I would not be shocked if there turns up a Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom amiibo, but I don't see it as very likely.
It seems Nintendo stopped making amiibo to their own games after Splatoon 3 and Zelda: Tears of the kindom. Not counting completing the Super Smash Bros collection.
@Lizuka
They weren't released, they were teased!
Most people, me included, are still waiting for the real release of Mythra/Pyra and Sora!
Nice! Would be cool if amiibo unlocked Echoes. Also I need a new Zelda amiibo.
There will 100% be a dungeon maker of some sorts, not sure why the doubt
Yunobo amiibo would be so cool with this game!
@Lofoten But Super Mario Bros Wonder never had amiibo support to begin with - which is probably why we never got a Mario Elephant amiibo.
With the game coming out in September ... and with Nintendo usually having a Direct in September ... it would not surprise me that they would announce one then.
A surprise to no one really, every Switch Zelda game has had an amiibo, and it's pretty much franchise with the most figures
If this game doesn't get an amiibo...the line is officially over.
I would buy it in a second if they make it. The first amiibo I ever bought was the Zelda Smash amiibo and I’d love to keep the collection going.
Right when you thought amiibo was dead! take that amiibo haters!💪🏼🥱
@Scarmucci
"But Super Mario Bros Wonder never had amiibo support to begin with - which is probably why we never got a Mario Elephant amiibo."
Well, I don't have an uncle who works at Nintendo, so I can't say for sure, but I would imagine amiibo support and new amiibo are probably discussed and decided upon around the same time - not too late in the development of the game. (If they hadn't already decided "no more new amiibo for Switch" by then.)
What comes first: the amiibo idea or the amiibo functionality idea, who knows, maybe it differs.
If they wanted to have new amiibo for Mario Wonder, I think they could have easily added some sort of amiibo support to the game before release.
The amiibo support is usually not earth shattering functionality.
I have a hard time imagining a meeting going like:
Nintendo person 1: We should really have a Mario elephant amiibo!
Nintendo person 2, 3 and 4: Wowie zowie!
Nintendo person 1: But, what kind of amiibo functionality can be added to Wonder?
Nintendo person 2: Hm.
Nintendo person 3: Hmm.
Nintendo person 4: Hmmm.
Nintendo person 1: Seems we have run out of ideas. There will be no Mario elephant amiibo.
@Lofoten My point is that the Japanese website has the amiibo icon for the new Zelda game. Mario Wonder never had it - hence no Elephant Mario amiibo. I don't think Nintendo is in the habit of releasing amiibo for games that do not support amiibo. I have no idea what the ''discussion'' may have been - nor do I care. Wonder did not have amiibo support - so - no amiibo.
Would be a shame if Zelda finally got to star in her own game but didn't get her own new amino to go with it. How many Link amiibo are there, 12 or 14? How many Zelda, 2 or 3?
I'm not sure I'd buy it but she's adorable and they should do it, or announce amiibo are done.
@Scarmucci
But not all games with amiibo support gets their own new amiibo.
There already are a lot of Zelda amiibo that could work with the game.
I hope there's a Zelda one for this game, I'm feeling hyped for the game's style right now (and I'm still in the midst of my Zelda series binge). Would also be a more affordable keepsake to get than that dang gold Switch Lite.
@CasNicks aw man now youve got me excited for something that aint gonna happen
At this point I've mostly moved on from amiibo and I'm not really interested in getting any more, so I just hope they don't lock anything interesting behind it. I'm okay when amiibo unlock something non-permanent or just give you consumable items or something, but it sucks when I can't get 100% completion of a game without amiibo.
@Hyrulewarrior My thoughts exactly! Maybe we can get a Link Mode for a Prequel campaign to the main story.
Even though Nintendo have not released any new amiibo for new games for a long, long time, this could possibly be the exception:
1. All the mainline Zeldas released on cart on Switch did get amiibo so far:
2. Links amiibo for Links awakening is the only amiibo in this style. Poor lonely Link. A Zelda amiibo in the same style would go very well with it and probably boost sale for the Link-amiibo as well.
If there is an upcoming Zelda amiibo for Exchoes of Wisdom, would it be her classic look in the start of the game or her desguiced look?
I would guess her classic look, as it is more iconic.
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