Amiibo Question

[Taketheword]

Hello everyone, and hello Arseen (I know you're reading this).

I own 0 Amiibos (in fact I don't even own a Wii U yet sadly). I plan on getting a Wii U fairly soon (my first intended play-through is TP HD). My question is...what are the REAL benefits of Amiibos? I am not talking about the fact that they may look great in a display case or the fact that (it is my understanding that..) you can save your game to them? I mean what are the real advantages? Does anything make them a must-have Wii U component? For example, if I asked the same question about the e-Reader for GBA, one would probably say "It allows you to play extra SMB3 levels".

Thanks, and I apologize for being an Amiibo noob.

[Arseen]

You can't save your game on to the Amiibo.

Some real usages of the Amiibos are:

1: On Hyrule Warriors you can only get one weapon (the Spinner) by scanning one of the Link Amiibos (or at least 1 of the 2 early ones, not sure do the new lines of Links work).
2: In Twilight Princess HD if you scan the Wolf Amiibo you get in to spesial endurance dungeon (bit like Cave of Ordeals but you play as Wolf Link).

Well that's it.

Besides that you can save some stats in Smash bros on to them, and you can carry some data over from Twilight Princes HD on to the Breath of the Wild with Wolf Amiibo, You get special skins on Yoshi's Wooly World, You can scan up to 5 Amiibos per day on Hyrule Warriors to get random gifts of weapons, materials and money, Zelda themed Amiibos give some advances on Twilight Princess HD (exept Ganondorf that makes game twice as hard)...

Not sure what the new Zelda themed Amiibos do.

[Bear78]

you can carry some data over from Twilight Princes HD on to the Breath of the Wild with Wolf Amiibo

From my understanding, when you play the Wolf Link Amiibo dungeon in TP you can gain hearts for wolf link up to 20 (Just like normal link).  When you scan the Wolf Link amiibo into Breath of the Wild, you get a Wolf companion that travels with you (Think Fallout dog) and however many hearts you earned in TP is what his health will be in Breath of the Wild.  Not sure if you can level him up in Breath of the Wild or not.

[TAFK]

Also the Mario Anniversary amiibo is the only way you can place giant mushrooms (that make mario giant and pixelated) in SMM

[Taketheword]

Thanks for the solid responses guys. It looks like (as a huge Zelda fan), I'll have to get some of the Zelda Amiibos (especially wolf link), but it doesn't sound like I have to have a shelf full to get the most out of the Wii U once I get it.

[TAFK]

Thanks for the solid responses guys. It looks like (as a huge Zelda fan), I'll have to get some of the Zelda Amiibos (especially wolf link), but it doesn't sound like I have to have a shelf full to get the most out of the Wii U once I get it.

Yeah, if you're looking for the bare minimum 'here are amiibos that add features I couldn't otherwise have' your list is only probably 6-7 for everything (even less depending what games you want).

Also if you're ever interested this website has a great chart to tell you which amiibos give you what in which game.

[alexenochs]

yeah amiibos are pretty rad i know theres a way to make "fake amiibos" with NFC chips hell there are even nfc chips inside cards you can print on and people have made their own VERY NICE looking amiibos this is something i havent done myself but maybe in the future? i have all the amiibos i want tho lol

[wiggy]

There's a company who makes what amounts to a flash cart for amiibos. I've heard mixed reviews, but seems cool enough for someone who doesn't really have interest in the toys themselves, but does in the perks they offer in-game.

[TDIRunner]

There's a company who makes what amounts to a flash cart for amiibos. I've heard mixed reviews, but seems cool enough for someone who doesn't really have interest in the toys themselves, but does in the perks they offer in-game.

Pretty much describes me perfectly.

I own 3 Amiibo, but all of them came with games that I bought. 

[larryinc64]

As someone who owns most of them, yeah they are kinda useless.

It kinda pays off to get 1 or 2 of your favorite looking characters as many games have unlockable costumes and stuff, but overall, minus a few things, there is not much content locked off for them.

[marioxb]

I have an Amiibo question. Does anyone own a Famicom Mini (Japanese version of Classic NES mini) and a Famicom ROB Amiibo, as well as the same in the "real" items? It would be neat to see how they scale vs the originals, especially with the Famicom mini's tiny scaled controllers.

One other question: Are there any amiibo that are the exact same insides, just a different figure, for example Super Mario series DK vs Smash Bros. DK?

[Arseen]

One other question: Are there any amiibo that are the exact same insides, just a different figure, for example Super Mario series DK vs Smash Bros. DK?

As far as I know only maybe the 2 different 30th anniversary Marios if even those.
All others register different due to their sub number.

[larryinc64]

All dupe characters (8Bit Mario, Smash Mario SM Mario/Silver/Gold) mostly act the same but can have some subtle differences

The Smash/SM or Smash/Kirby work the same, but the silver and Gold and 8-Bit Marios unlock different stuff in SMM.

[Arseen]

All dupe characters (8Bit Mario, Smash Mario SM Mario/Silver/Gold) mostly act the same but can have some subtle differences

The Smash/SM or Smash/Kirby work the same, but the silver and Gold and 8-Bit Marios unlock different stuff in SMM.

Yes they act the same but they have sub-number on their disc and games can tell for examble the Kirby's apart.
But for some reason the sub-number on both 8-Bit Marios is the same.

[Taketheword]

They should make Mario Kart Amiibo. You have to scan in your racer.