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New Wave Of Nintendo’s Amiibos Headed To North America

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The next two months will see a fresh collectable batch of Nintendo’s tap-and-interact figures coming to the states.

Prepare your wallets for a new installment of Amiibo figures, which are coming their way to North American retailers on in the next two months.

Already a huge success, with particular figures being immensely popular and already quite hard to find, Nintendo is furthering their latest toy-making efforts by pushing out a new third-wave wave of their Super Smash Bros. line of Amiibos that are coming in February.

They’re also introducing a new line of Amiibos based Super Mario Bros. series, which debut March 20.

The Super Mario Bros. Amiibo line includes the the first-ever Toad Aiimbo, who can be used in Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker for the Nintendo Wii U to unlock a special pixel Toad character for players to find.

All figures, of course, will bring their own effect for certain titles: In the upcoming Mario Party 10 for Wii U (also available on March 20), players can use either the Super Smash Bros. line or the newly announced Super Mario Bros. line of aiimbos to bring that character into the game in Aiimbo Mode and activate a special character-themed board.

Source: Kotaku

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A Closer Look At Nintendo’s First 12 Amiibo Figurines

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Nintendo finally reveals which famed characters will be apart of the initial batch of amiibo figures.

This holiday season brings the arrival of Nintendo’s own line of in-game interactive figurines, amiibo. Although they proceed into an already crowded field, rubbing up against the hugely successful likes of Disney Infinity and Skylanders, the company hopes its own draw of familiar faces will set them apart from the competition.

Amiibos, in case you’re wondering, will first make their use in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for both Wii U and 3DS. Each 8 inch figure, from the likes of Link from The Legend of Zelda to the Villager from Animal Crossing, allows users to sync them up to the game via NFC communication, level them up RPG-style, and then do battle against other figures.

Right now you can pre-order an amiibo figure through Amazon, where each one comes in at a price of $12.99. The first wave of figures will feature 12 Nintendo characters: Mario, Donkey Kong, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Link, Samus, Villager, Kirby, Star Fox, Pikachu, Marth, and Wii Fit Trainer.

From the highly detailed images provide by Nintendo themselves, they look pretty darn impressive.

Visit Nintendo’s amiibo website to check out the rest of the first 12 amiibo figures in greater detail. I’ve only post a few here, but they are totally worth a closer look. We’ll also get back to you once Nintendo announce an official release date for these guys.

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