Awhile ago I created (and maintain) an "amiibo Compatibility Scoreboard" to try and answer the question of "what's the most useful amiibo figure?": https://amiibo.life/figures/compatibility_scoreboard It's based purely on numbers rather than what the features are, but it's something,
Wedding Outfit Mario is winning at the moment, being compatible with 38 games' non-generic features.
Unfortunately Nintendo hasn't improved things much since then. One thing it did improve is that data can now be copied from one external drive to another from within the Wii U settings interface — something I try to remember to do every few months to a spare external drive to avoid exactly the situation described here.
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Re: Guide: The Best Value amiibo For Your Nintendo Switch
Awhile ago I created (and maintain) an "amiibo Compatibility Scoreboard" to try and answer the question of "what's the most useful amiibo figure?": https://amiibo.life/figures/compatibility_scoreboard It's based purely on numbers rather than what the features are, but it's something,
Wedding Outfit Mario is winning at the moment, being compatible with 38 games' non-generic features.
Re: Guide: Kirby Star Allies Compatible amiibo And What They Unlock
You forgot Qbby as one of the figures that gives you two Picture Pieces — though it only came out in Japan, so fair enough!
See https://www.nintendo.co.jp/hardware/amiibo/game/ah26a/index.html
Or see https://amiibo.life/games/switch/kirby-star-allies (No relation to Nintendo Life.)
Re: Editorial: Losing It All - When a Wii U's External Hard Drive Dies
I lamented this design back in 2012 when I first got my Wii U: http://blog.johnpray.net/2012/12/wii-u-external-storage-proposed-solutions/
Unfortunately Nintendo hasn't improved things much since then. One thing it did improve is that data can now be copied from one external drive to another from within the Wii U settings interface — something I try to remember to do every few months to a spare external drive to avoid exactly the situation described here.