Amiibo

amiibo
Developer(s)	Nintendo
Publisher(s)	Nintendo Yacht Club Games (for Shovel Knight)
Platform(s)	Wii U, 3DS
Games
First Game Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U	Latest Yoshi's Woolly World

amiibo is Nintendo's wireless communications and storage protocol. They're used for Toy-to-Life elements in certain games on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U platforms. It was launched in November 2014 in the form of system software updates and a series of figurines known as amiibo. These figurines use near field communication (NFC) to interact with supported video games, potentially allowing data to be transferred in and out of games and across multiple platforms.

Support

There are considered two kinds of compatibility for the amiibo: read/write allows the game to access the amiibo's NFC tag and store data while read only doesn't allow the game to store data. This latter option is used to unlock additional content in the game. While most of the toys corresponds to a specific game, there are some that can be used on multiple games. However, each amiibo toy can only store data from one compatible game at a time, meaning data must be deleted from the toy in order to use it with a different title. Existing Wii U and 3DS games can receive updates that enable them to recognize amiibo toys. The toys can be used directly with the Wii U GamePad and New Nintendo 3DS series, while there was an adapter released for the rest of the Nintendo 3DS series.

Games

Nintendo 3DS

• One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy Plus
• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3D
• New Style Boutique 2: Fashion Forward
• Fire Emblem Fates
• Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
• Katachi Shin Hakken! Rittai Picross 2
• Chibi-Robo!: Zip Lash
• Shovel Knight
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam
• Hyrule Warriors Legends
• Mega Man Legacy Collection
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Nintendo Wii U

• Mario Kart 8
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Hyrule Warriors
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
• Mario Party 10
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
• Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits
• Splatoon
• Yoshi's Woolly World
• Super Mario Maker
• Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
• Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
• Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete ☆ Tomodachi Daisakusen!
• Shovel Knight
• Star Fox Zero
• Hive Jump
• Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games