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Animal Crossing Welcome amiibo and new cards coming in December

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo unveiled that there is an update coming for Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Nearly four years after the release, Nintendo is releasing a free update for the game.

The update, which will come this November, will bring amiibo functionality to the game.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf will support all four series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which consist of 400 cards in total. According to the amiibo website, tapping an Animal Crossing amiibo card to your game will prompt the villager on the card to visit your town. They may even move in!

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New 30th Anniversary Legend of Zelda amiibo on the way

Posted on September 3, 2016 by Jason Nason

The Legend of Zelda is kind of a big deal. But if you’re here you already know that.

During the Nintendo Direct on Thursday Nintendo announced some news about The Legend of Zelda. Not only is the newest game, Breath of the Wild, set for release on the Wii U and NX in March, but The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, previously released on the Wii console, launches for the Virtual Console service today in Nintendo eShop for Wii U. Plus we were reminded that the original game that launched the Zelda franchise will be included when the Nintendo Entertainment System: NES Classic Edition launches on November 11th.

But for the 30th Anniversary of the franchise we’re also getting some celebratory new amiibo.

This holiday season Nintendo will release four special amiibo figures: 8-Bit Link, Ocarina of Time Link and a two-pack that includes both Toon Link and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. These amiibo will work the same as Super Smash Bros. series Link, Toon Link and Zelda amiibo, and will also have special functionality in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild when it launches next year.

The amiibo will be released on December 2nd.

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Animal Crossing: New Leaf update coming to support amiibo

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Jason Nason

Nintendo unveiled this morning that there is an update coming for Animal Crossing: New Leaf for the Nintendo 3DS. Nearly four years after the release, Nintendo is releasing a free update for the game.

The update, which will come this November, will bring amiibo functionality to the game.

Animal Crossing: New Leaf will support all four series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards, which consist of 400 cards in total. According to the amiibo website, tapping an Animal Crossing amiibo card to your game will prompt the villager on the card to visit your town. They may even move in!

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Wolf Link Amiibo Compatible With Breath Of The Wild

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Les Major

Did you nab up a copy of Twilight Princess HD? Well Wolf Link’s amiibo is getting new life in The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild! We’re not too sure on how it works if you don’t play the Cave of Shadows in Twilight Princess, but Wolf Link can join your new adventure! That’s right, two Link’s at the same time! Have Wolf Link join… well whoever this Link is! What do you think? Who is this new Link? An old friend, or a new lineage of the Hyrule legend?

For those of you who did break down and get an import stand alone amiibo, it looks like he may still be compatible without Cave of Shadows data. A stage show from E3 showed a Wolf Link amiibo being tapped in that only came up at three hearts. This may be the default if no other data is detected.

Check out the trailer below to see Wolf Link in action in The Legend of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild!

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Squid Sisters Amiibo Set Announced For July Release

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Nintendo of America has announced that a double set of new Amiibo fashioned after the Squid Sisters from last year’s Splatoon will hit American retail on July 8th for an MSRP of $24.99 USD. The set will unlock new songs and dance moves to be used in the game, according to the trailer they will also unlock some fresh tracks for your stylish squid-kid to enjoy.Read More

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Animal Crossing was released 15 years ago

Posted on April 17, 2016 by Jason Nason

It’s hard to believe that Animal Crossing is fifteen years old as it only seems like yesterday I was sitting in my room playing the first game in North America on my Nintendo GameCube. It’s also hard to imagine that the game took up an entire memory card, which is why the original game came packaged with one.

The very first Animal Crossing game was released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on April 14th, 2001. Since then there have been several releases across multiple generations, including the most recent spin offs Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival.

To commemorate the day, Nintendo of Japan released a small gratitude video, showing the games through the years and thanking gamers for playing the games.

It’s been a wild ride (or Wild World) and hopefully there is a lot more to come.

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Sweet Animal Crossing Deals in Canada this week

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Jason Nason

If you’re an Animal Crossing fan and don’t already have all of the games and amiibo this might just be your week. Several Canadian retailers have select Animal Crossing amiibo, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, and Animal Crossing amiibo Festival on for some pretty awesome deals!

And when I saw awesome, I mean it. Some of the deals include 50% off the three-pack amiibo sets, buy one amiibo get one free. There is also a deal for 50% off Animal Crossing amiibo festival, and EB Games has a free amiibo with purchase of Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer.

Among the participating retailers are Toys’R’Us, Best Buy, EB Games, and Amazon.ca.

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More Animal Crossing Cards and Isabelle amiibo coming in June

Posted on March 7, 2016 by Jason Nason

The third series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards are just around the corner in North America and Nintendo has announced the date for the fourth series of cards.

During the latest Nintndo Direct it was announced that the fourth series of cards would be released in North America in June. This will bring the series up to 400 cards.

Also Isabelle would be released as a stand alone figure. Previously Isabelle was only available as part of the Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival bundle. The amiibo for Isabelle is actually slightly different, with Isabelle sporting a summer outfit.

The third series of cards comes out in a few weeks, and I’ve barely scratched the surface on the second series.

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Fourth Series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards Announced

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Jason Nason

ac_amiibo_s4The third series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards may have just been released in Japan but there are already more planned.

On a post on Nintendo Japan’s website the next series of cards has been announced. The next 100 cards will hit stores in Japan on March 24th. As always the cards will come in packs of three for about ¥324. This will bring the series up to 400 cards.

The second series of cards just came out in North America last week with the third series of English cards set for March. While I have yet to complete my first series set I’ve already started collecting the second series.

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Third Wave of Animal Crossing and more amiibo Coming in March

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Jason Nason

On March 18th, new amiibo figures in the Animal Crossing series will launch in stores, including characters like Timmy & Tommy, Kapp’n and Rover.

The Digby amiibo, which was only available packaged with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, will also be made available as a stand-alone amiibo.

The next series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards also launches in March, bringing the grand total of available amiibo cards to be used in games like Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival for Wii U and Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer for Nintendo 3DS to a whopping 300.

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Twilight Princess HD amiibo Functionality Detailed

Posted on January 22, 2016 by Jason Nason

When The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD launches on March 4th it will include a Wolf Link amiibo figure based on the same character from the classic game.

When tapped to the Wii U GamePad controller, the Wolf Link amiibo will open the Cave of Shadows, a challenging new bonus dungeon in the game. After completing the Cave of Shadows, players can save their remaining hearts to the Wolf Link amiibo, and then use those hearts inside the Cave of Shadows to replenish life energy. After conquering the cave, players can save a record of their remaining hearts to the Wolf Link amiibo and attempt to beat their score at any time.

Some of the data stored on the Wolf Link amiibo figure can also be used with The Legend of Zelda game for Wii U, which launches this year. More details about that functionality will be revealed at a later date.

Perhaps at E3?

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Nintendo Affirms April Release Date For Star Fox Zero, Confirms Amiibo Support

Posted on January 21, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Star Fox Zero

Nintendo reaffirmed their plan to launch Arwings into the stars on April 22nd despite rumors that they would delay the upcoming Star Fox reboot, Star Fox Zero, after an online retailer listed the game for a July release.

The game not only features a unique dual screen approach to piloting the Arwing but will also have support for Amiibo Nintendo confirmed via press release. So far two Star Fox characters – Fox and Falco- have joined Nintendo’s line of collectable figures. It is not known what functionality Amiibo will bring to Star Fox Zero or whether or not we will get that Arwing themed figure that Miyamoto teased last year.

Here’s the full quote from Nintendo’s Press Release:

Finally, Star Fox Zero delivers a new beginning for the classic shooter series. With a unique control scheme that uses both the TV screen and the screen on the GamePad, players pilot multiple vehicles through intergalactic levels with Fox and his classic crew. The game launches exclusively for Wii U on April 22 and will feature amiibo compatibility. More details will be revealed at a later time.

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Don’t Open That Shovel Knight amiibo Collectors

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Les Major

Shovel Knight amiibo

Surprisingly enough, unlike seemingly all other amiibo figures, Shovel Knight is useable through the packaging! So if you’re a collector of amiibo figures, you can keep Shovel Knight secure in his box and still use those neat new features available from using him. Isn’t that great? This is currently what we’ve seen from the first release Shovel Knight amiibos. It seems to just feature two cardboard flaps at the bottom and no NFC inhibiting foil piece.

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Second and Third Series Animal Crossing amiibo Cards

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Jason Nason

The second series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards will be released in North America on January 22nd but the third series are almost out in Japan. Before we get our hands on series 2 the third set of 100 cards will be available in Japan. One week before to be exact.

While I’m still working to collect all 100 from the first series, I thought I’d share a few images of the second and third series of cards. These are the Japanese cards from the Nintendo of Japan website.

Enjoy.

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Donkey Kong and Slam Bowser Skylanders Get Individual Release

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Jason Nason

Today, Activision announced that two all-new standalone Nintendo SuperCharged Combo Packs for Skylanders Superchargers for the Nintendo Wii, Wii U, and Nintendo 3DS.

Last year, Activision joined up with Nintendo to release exclusive Skylanders for their latest game Superchargers. The team up brought Donkey Kong and Bowser to Skylanders Superchargers as guest stars. These special characters were previously only available with the starter pack of the Wii, Wii U, and 3DS games so if you didn’t want to buy one of each you were out of luck.

Now, you’re in luck!

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