"I knew I should've trained him better," a friend said somberly of her Luigi Amiibo after he got steamrolled by…
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People are coming up with some, uh, creative uses for Amiibos. Andrew K managed to stuff the technology powering his Pikachu Amiibo into a Pokémon Yellow cartridge. Not only does the Pokémon Yellow cartridge act as a novel Amiibo, the cartridge still works in a Game Boy Color!
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We've all been through the maddening experience of playing a fighting game against someone who knows that one move…
If you're not careful, an Amiibo can become a monster in Smash Bros. Thankfully, this doesn't have to be…
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Nintendo's Amiibo figures use near field communication (NFC) to work. Know what else uses NFC? A lot of public…
Nintendo's Amiibo line may one day accommodate all sorts of characters, variants and in-jokes, but for now, it's…
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The Amiibo toys launched this week alongside Super Smash Bros. Wii U, the colorful pieces of plastic adding a new…
The Amiibo Samus figure Redditor Adam "Adamantium126" Truesdale received from Best Buy might not be able to enjoy a…
Last week Nintendo announced it was teaming up with stuff-in-a-box subscription service Loot Crate to offer fans a…
Yes, we only just got our hands on the first wave of Amiibo figures. But Nintendo is moving fast, and today showed…
Because the Skylanders and Disney Infinity figures weren't enough, the toy population of my desk has been increased…
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Toy commercials aren't really known for their quality, but Nintendo's new Amiibo commercial is straight-up painful.
When introduced at E3 earlier this year and in the marketing materials that followed, Nintendo's little plastic…
Amazon looks like one of the very first retailers to allow pre-ordering Nintendos line of Amiibo figures. You can…
Nintendo's Amiibo figures are, like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, designed first and foremost for video games. But…