Yesterday we mentioned that a Villager statue can be obtained in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer by scanning the related amiibo. You can now see some footage of it in the video below.

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Dark Pit amiibo up on Best Buy’s website

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 5 Comments

Update 2: Back in stock again apparently!

Update: Now gone. It lasted a decent amount of time on Best Buy’s site!

The Dark Pit amiibo can currently be purchased on Best Buy’s website. Get an order in here. If it doesn’t work, try using this link.

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Rumor: GameStop taking pre-orders for R.O.B, Duck Hunt, Game & Watch amiibo 3-pack on August 8

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 2 Comments

The R.O.B., Duck Hunt, and Game & Watch amiibo could be seeing their first pre-orders as early as next week. Speculation has surfaced about an event GameStop will be hosting on August 8, and an exclusive three pack containing the three figures will supposedly be offered.

Here’s the lowdown:

– Special GameStop amiibo event
– Stores are being allocated extra hours in the early morning
– The 3-pack will be a GameStop exclusive (not the individuals)
– The 3-pack will be a Retro Pack featuring R.O.B., Duck Hunt, and Mr. Game & Watch
– Each store will have roughly 30 available for pre-order
– Pre-orders will be the traditional “head in store and put $5 down” style rather than Web In Store
– If a location allows more than their allocated pre-orders, the customer will not receive their pre-order
– As of now, the 3-pack is the only pre-order officially announced internally for the 8/8 event
– As a side effect, GameStop most likely not be receiving individuals of R.O.B., Duck Hunt, or Mr. Game & Watch
– Pro members may be allowed in to stores an hour early

All of this information is unconfirmed for the time being. If we hear anything official, we’ll be sure to bring the news to you.

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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – Villager amiibo unlocks a trophy

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 11 Comments

The Villager amiibo from the Smash Bros. line unlocks a little something special in Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. By using the figure, players are given a gold trophy. This is the only amiibo from the Smash Bros. line that we hear works with Happy Home Designer thus far.

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Nintendo plans to release 400 Animal Crossing amiibo cards

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Nintendo will be bringing out a whole bunch of amiibo cards. Actually, there are plans to release 400 in total.

The Animal Crossing amiibo cards will be seeing four different series. In each one, there will be 100 different cards. Plenty to collect!

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Nintendo sold 4.2 million amiibo in Q1, total up to 14.7 million

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Nintendo reported its first quarter results of the fiscal 2016 year yesterday. Bloomberg reveals that, during this period (April 1 through June 30), the company sold another 4.2 million amiibo. Total sales of the figures are now up to 14.7 million since last year’s launch.

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Dark Pit amiibo expected to be fairly well-stocked at Best Buy on Friday

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 2 Comments

All things considered, last week’s sale of the Palutena amiibo on Amazon’s website went quite well. The figure’s availability lasted about an hour, so many consumers were able to get an order in.

There may be similar luck when Dark Pit goes on sale at Best Buy this Friday. We’re hearing that many stores in the United States will have roughly 50 units on hand, with some locations getting as many as 80. The lowest number seems to be at around 15 currently, but on the whole, Dark Pit should be relatively well-stocked.

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Japanese Chibi-Robo! amiibo boxart

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Images | 3 Comments

The Japanese boxart for the Chibi-Robo! amiibo is now available for viewing. We’ve attached it above.

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Super Mario Maker supports 99 amiibo costumes, can unlock without figures or cards

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 23 Comments

Nintendo opened the official Japanese website for Super Mario Maker today. Thanks to information included on the page, we have additional details about how amiibo works in the game.

Super Mario Maker will support over 99 amiibo costumes. With the exception of the Mii fighters, there will be compatibility for every figure, including Pokemon, Chibi-Robo, and some of the Animal Crossing cards.

We have one other important tidbit as well: players will be able to obtain the various costumes without amiibo. It’s possible to earn them by playing through the 100 Mario Challenge.

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