Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 20 Comments

The Shovel Knight amiibo, which was leaked yesterday through retailer listings, has now been officially confirmed. An announcement was just made during a presentation being held at Nindies@Night.

Polygon reports that Yacht Club will be selling the figure on its own. It’s the first licensed amiibo, and Nintendo will promote the Shovel Knight figure “in line at retail” along with the other figures”.

The Shovel Knight amiibo will unlock unique content in the Wii U and 3DS games. On Wii U, the figure provides a co-op mode, and a challenge mode on both platforms.

Nintendo’s Damon Baker also teased, “There will be more Yacht Club and Shovel Knight content coming to Nintendo platforms in the future”.

The Shovel Knight amiibo will be compatible with all future Yacht Club titles on Nintendo systems.

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Update 4: GAME is now taking pre-orders for the Shovel Knight amiibo.

Update 3: Bumped to the top. 4u2play’s listing is interesting, as it mentions co-op on Wii U and the ability to customize Shovel Knight.

Here’s the full translation (thanks Jake):

Coop Multiplayer (Wii U exclusive)

• Enter a friends’ game and shovel together!
• Special Coop-Moves support you on your journey together.

Full flexibility:

• Enter the level where you destroy your enemies and find precious treasures
• Earn never seen relicts, skills and powers.
• Alter the appearance of your Shovel Knight with cool cosmetic details.

User your personal amiibo seamless on Wii U and 3DS.

• The Shovel Knight amiibo will work with all Nintendo Products that Yacht Club Games will create in the near future.
• Compatible with Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS and Wii U.

Update 2: The Shovel Knight amiibo has also been listed by 4u2play.

Update: GAME’s tweet has been removed. We also have another, higher-quality image of the supposed amiibo from Reddit.

Is Shovel Knight getting its own amiibo? A tweet from UK retailer GAME claims that a figure based on Yacht Club Games’ character will actually be happening.

GAME Brighton posted the following on Twitter today:

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Nintendo has provided an update regarding the status of the amiibo stock situation over on its Facebook page.

The Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard, and Pac-Man are returning to store shelves “over the next few days”. Note that quantities will be limited.

Here’s the full message:

Additional Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard and PAC-MAN amiibo will be hitting shelves in limited quantities over the next few days.

For more information about timing and availability, be sure to visit your local retail stores or check out their websites.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Earlier this week, Nintendo finally confirmed the Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle for North America. We learned that it will come with the 30th Anniversary Mario – Modern Color amiibo, which was thought to be exclusive to the newly-announced package. However, that may not actually be true.

Last night, a Walmart Canada employee shared a planogram, which shows the 30th Anniversary Mario – Modern Color amiibo on the rack. This indicates that the figure will not be exclusive to the Super Mario Maker Wii U bundle… though now there’s speculation going around that the amiibo will only be sold at Walmart.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brady(@emitremmus22) in General Nintendo, News | 0 comments

The next wave of amiibo figures are available for pre-order from the official Nintendo UK store. Figures available right now include Captain Olimar, Dr. Mario, R.O.B., and the Mii Fighters.

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Nintendo UK have uploaded the trailer below to their Youtube channel, which showcases the amiibo functionality in Super Mario Maker.

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Nintendo has shared the official packaging images for the Animal Crossing amiibo figures. The full set can be found below.

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Nintendo published an image comparing the size of the new Mega Yarn Yoshi amiibo to the standard plush. View it above.

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Nintendo has shared the boxart for the just-announced Mega Yarn Yoshi amiibo. Give it a look above.

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We have a few images showing off the Game & Watch amiibo, which are in the gallery below. The figure will be available in both North America and Europe next month.

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