Toys / amiibo

*Bolop* AMIIBO!^note Pictured is the entire Super Smash Bros. lineup. Here's a closer look.

amiibo (there's no capitalization) are NFC figurines and collectibles by Nintendo in the vein of Skylanders, Disney Infinity, and LEGO Dimensions. Unlike other microchip embedded figures, there's no external reader required (except for original model Nintendo 3DS) and the figures work across multiple games — some unlock small bonuses, while others unlock new modes and capabilities. The line launched in 2014.

Releases are sorted by North American release date; or closest equivalent if not released in America. See also these lists for more in-depth information.

Figure lines

• Super Smash Bros.: The flagship line, featuring characters across most of Nintendo's major franchises and a handful of third parties.
  • for 3DS/Wii U: 58 characters plus five variants,^note NES R.O.B. (exclusive to North America and Europe), gold Mega Man (albeit marketed as a Mega Man Legacy Collection figure rather than one for Super Smash Bros.), female Corrin, and alternate costumes for Cloud and Bayonetta representing the entire playable roster, including Miis and DLC characters.
  • Ultimate: Features 33 returning and new characters that were not present in for 3DS/Wii U, including all DLC characters (with separate figures for Pokémon Trainer and his Pokémon, Steve and Alex, and Pyra and Mythra).
• Super Mario: In addition to the characters below, Bowser Jr. and Dr. Mario^note who is really a Mario variant, but sometimes has unique functionality of his own from the Smash Bros. line are often also compatible with certain games alongside other Mario characters. Piranha Plant and King K. Rool also have a chance of joining this group, but no games other than Smash are compatible with them yet.
  • Wave 1: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, plus Mario also has limited-edition Gold and Silver variants.^note Silver Mario is exclusive to North America and Europe. Released with Mario Party 10.
  • Wave 2: Wario, Rosalina, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Daisy, Waluigi, and Boo. Released with Mario Party: Star Rush.
  • Wave 3: Goomba and Koopa Troopa. Released with Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions.
  • Super Mario Odyssey: Mario, Peach, and Bowser in white wedding outfits.
  • Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: Cat Mario and Cat Peach.
• Splatoon:
  • Splatoon: An Inkling Girl (in both orange and green versions), an Inkling Boy (blue and purple versions), an Inkling Squid (green and orange versions), and the Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie.
  • Splatoon 2: New molds for an Inkling Girl (pink), an Inkling Boy (green), and an Inkling Squid (purple); plus Pearl and Marina (aka "Off the Hook"), an Octoling Boy, an Octoling Girl, and an Octoling Octopus.
  • Splatoon 3: Inkling (Yellow), Octoling (Blue), Smallfry, and the Deep Cut trio: Shiver, Frye, and Big Man.
• Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary: An 8-bit Mario figure, in both classic brown-red and modern red-blue colors. Released with Super Mario Maker.
• Yoshi's Woolly World: Four Yoshi plushies (Green, Pink, Light Blue, and a larger-sized Mega Green) and, for the 3DS re-release, a Poochy plushie.
• Skylanders: Turbo Charge Donkey Kong and Hammer Slam Bowser, which can switch between Skylander and amiibo modes, were released for Skylanders: SuperChargers. As with other SuperChargers characters, they also get their own (non-amiibo) vehicle toys; and all four toys are also available in black-and-silver "Dark" versions offered exclusively through the invokedLimited Special Collector's Ultimate Edition bundles.
• Animal Crossing: The Villager Smash Bros. figure is often considered an Animal Crossing character by various games.
  • Happy Home Designer: Four card series of 100 cards each, with each card representing a different character; plus five promo cards.^note Two distributed in magazines, three bundled with amiibo Festival.
  • amiibo Festival: 16 figure amiibo of Isabelle in both summer and winter outfits, Tom Nook, K.K. Slider, Mabel, Lottie, Cyrus, Reese, Digby, Resetti, Blathers, Celeste, Kicks, Kapp'n, Rover, and Timmy and Tommy.
  • New Leaf: Welcome amiibo: 50 "RV" cards, plus another set of six promo cards themed on Sanrio characters (though the Sanrio cards were not released in the UsefulNotes/UnitedStates initially, and their release was tied into Animal Crossing: New Horizons instead).
  • New Horizons: A fifth card series of 48 cards; 24 specials and 24 regular villagers.
• Chibi-Robo!: A figure of Chibi-Robo was packaged with Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash.
• Shovel Knight: Originally a single figure of Shovel Knight himself. A second wave around three years later that tied into the King of Cards/Showdown update featured a three-pack of Plague Knight, Specter Knight, and King Knight; and a separate limited gold version of Shovel Knight.
• The Legend of Zelda: In addition to the list below, Sheik from Smash Bros. is usually counted as a Zelda character.
  • Wave 1: Wolf Link, bundled with Twilight Princess HD.
  • Wave 2:^note (marketed as 30th Anniversary - The Legend of Zelda at launch) 8-Bit Link, Ocarina of Time Link, Wind Waker (Toon) Link, and Wind Waker (Toon) Zelda
  • Breath of the Wild: Two versions of Breath of the Wild Link (Archer and Rider), Breath of the Wild Zelda, Bokoblin, and a Guardian
  • Wave 3: Majora's Mask Link, Twilight Princess Link, and Skyward Sword Link
  • Breath of the Wild Wave 2: Champions Mipha, Daruk, Revali, and Urbosa.
  • Link's Awakening: Link's Awakening Link
  • Skyward Sword HD: Skyward Sword Zelda & Loftwing
  • Tears of the Kingdom: Tears of the Kingdom versions of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf
• Pokkén Tournament: Early production runs of the Wii U release came packaged with a Shadow Mewtwo card.
• Kirby: Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Waddle Dee. Released with Kirby: Planet Robobot.
• Monster Hunter:
  • Monster Hunter: Stories (Japan only): The line includes figures for two versions of One-Eyed Rathalos and Rider (male and female Riders), Rathian and Cheval, Barioth and Avinia, Qurupeco and Dan, and Navirou.
  • Monster Hunter: Rise: Magnamalo, Palico, and Palamute.
  • Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: Razewing Ratha, Ema, and Tsukino.
  • Monster Hunter: Rise: Sunbreak: Malzeno, and "Malzeno X" armor versions of Palico and Palamute.
• BoxBoy! (Japan only^note also a limited-time release in Australia and New Zealand): The trilogy collection includes a figure of Qbby.
• Mario Sports Superstars: A set of 90 cards, each with a different combination of one of 18 characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Rosalina, Wario, Waluigi, Yoshi, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, Boo, Birdo, Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, Metal Mario and Pink Gold Peach) and one of five sports (soccer, baseball, tennis, golf, and horse racing).
• Fire Emblem: All games compatible with Fire Emblem figures include those characters appearing in Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U: Marth, Ike, Robin, Lucina, Roy, and Corrin; plus later games add Byleth from Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  • Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia: Alm and Celica.
  • Fire Emblem Warriors: Chrom and Tiki.
• Pikmin: A figure of various breeds of Pikmin. Released with Hey! Pikmin. The Olimar figure from Smash Bros. is also considered a Pikmin figure.
• Metroid: Zero Suit Samus, Ridley, and Dark Samus from Smash Bros. are also treated as members of this series.
  • Metroid: Samus Returns: Samus and a Metroid.
  • Metroid Dread: Samus in a new set of Power Armor, and an E.M.M.I. unit.
• Super Mario Cereal: The box of this Tie-In Cereal doubles as an amiibo. Really.
• Detective Pikachu: A larger-than-standard Detective Pikachu to coincide with the physical (and international) release of Detective Pikachu.
• Mega Man: A figure of Mega Man. Released with Mega Man 11.
• Dark Souls: Solaire of Astoria doing the "Praise the Sun" pose. Released with Dark Souls Remastered.
• Diablo: A Loot Goblin.
• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Japan only): The 2019 game comes packaged with two amiibo cards, one of PowerPro-kun and one depending on the retailer: Ikari, Yabe, Hayakawa, Ganda, and Daijobu.
• Super Nintendo World: The Power-Up Band accessories function as amiibo, though they only work with the Switch and not Wii U or 3DS. They orignally came in Mario, Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad, and Yoshi varieties, with Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong added later for the DK Country expansion and limited-edition Golden Mario bands^note which act as regular Mario amiibo, not Gold Mario released during anniversaries.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (Japan only): Launch copies of Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Dawn of the Battle Royale!! come with a random amiibo card depicting a character from Yu-Gi-Oh! SEVENS: Yuga, Luke, Gakuto, Romin, Roa, Nail, and Asana.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Noah and Mio. There are also Xenoblade 1 and 2 figures (Shulk, Pyra, and Mythra) as part of the Smash line.

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Compatible Wii U Games

• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: Supports all characters on its roster. Figures store an AI fighter called a "Figure Player" that can not only be customized with different attack variations and stats, but can also be "taught" specific behaviors. Figure Players can be used freely with both the Wii U and 3DS games.
• Mario Kart 8: Nine Mario characters ^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, DK, Rosalina, Bowser, Wario, and Toad and ten others ^note Link, Samus, Captain Falcon, Kirby, Fox, Olimar, Villager, Sonic, Mega Man, and Pac-Man unlock character-based costumes for Miis.
• Hyrule Warriors: Zelda characters (Link, Zelda, Sheik, and Ganondorf; later updates added Toon Link and Wolf Link) grant random high-rank (three- to five-star) versions of the highest-level weapons already unlocked for that character, and the first use of a Link figure unlocks an exclusive Spinner weapon. All other amiibo generate random low-rank (no- to three-star) weapons or other rewards such as rupees or enemy materials.
• Kirby and the Rainbow Curse: Kirby characters (Kirby, King Dedede, and Meta Knight) can each give Kirby a powerup and corresponding alt. skin for one stage once a day.
• Mario Party 10: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, DK, Wario, and Rosalina can access a special amiibo Party mode, with a different game board based on the character used. These figures can also store items for use in the game. All other figures can be scanned for daily bonuses.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Toad unlocks a "pixel Toad" to find in levels. All other figures give 1-Up mushrooms.
• Splatoon: Each of the three Inklings unlocks 20 extra missions that can be completed for exclusive gear, weapons, and new minigames for the Lobby. Callie and Marie allow the player to watch a performance by the Squid Sisters in the lobby (similar to those during Splatfests) with a selection of songs, including amiibo-exclusive ones.
• amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Bits: Any amiibo can activate three-minute demos of NES and SNES games. Each individual amiibo is tied to a specific game chosen at random, and using the same amiibo multiple times in a row accesses different segments from the same game.
• Super Mario Maker: amiibo give powerups that can then be placed in Mario Bros. 1-style courses through the Level Editor: The 8-bit Mario figure summons a Big Mushroom, which makes Mario giant and causes other graphical changes (like a faux-CRT display and putting Mario hats and mustaches on the enemies). 82 other characters^note The base game includes Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U's entire default roster, plus Mewtwo and Lucas but minus Miis, Mario Wave 1 (including Gold and Silver Marios) plus Waluigi and Goomba, Splatoon's Inklings, the four Yoshi plushies from Yoshi's Woolly World (counted separately from normal Yoshi and each other), the Animal Crossing figures, and Chibi-Robo. Updates added Wolf Link, Callie, and Marie. unlock costumes for use with Mystery Mushroom powerups, which act as Super Mushrooms but also switch out Mario's sprite for an 8-bit version of the amiibo character. Costumes can also be collected by playing the 100-Mario Challenge (including non-amiibo-related ones).
• Yoshi's Woolly World: When a Yoshi amiibo of any kind is scanned in, it acts as a clone of your Yoshi; similar to the Double Cherry power-up from Super Mario 3D World. With the plushie Yoshis specifically, the clone can also be customized with alternate yarn patterns. In addition, 50 other characters^note Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U's default roster except for those from Pokémon (including both colors of R.O.B.), Toad, and Splatoon's Inklings unlock a yarn pattern resembling that figure (or in the case of non-plushie Yoshi figures, a normal non-yarn skin). Any other amiibo scanned will unlock a generic "amiibo Yoshi" pattern that looks like Yoshi wearing an amiibo t-shirt. A later patch adds the plush Poochy amiibo, which can be used to have Poochy assist the player.
• Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival: The Animal Crossing figures can be scanned to activate playable characters, as well as do such things as roll dice; the characters can be leveled up to unlock alternate outfits. The cards (all 400 original cards and promos, but none from New Leaf or New Horizons) are used for minigames and can add their characters and Happy Home Designer homes to the game board — once eight have moved in, their cards can be used during the board game for a higher chance to roll the dice number on their card. The Villager swaps out the gyroid in the plaza with a statue of the Villager.
• Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, DK, Wario, Rosalina, and Bowser Jr. can be used as doubles partners in certain game modes. They can also be leveled up to become stronger.
• Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen (Japan only): The Animal Crossing series (any figure or card from the Happy Home Designer and amiibo Festival waves will do; later waves are unconfirmed) and Pac-Man each unlock a playable song and elements for the "Kisekae Shoot" picture mode. All other amiibo can be scanned for "oval" currency.
• Shovel Knight: Each Shovel Knight figure unlocks challenges for Challenge Mode and a purely cosmetic Fairy Companion for all campaigns. Shovel Knight can also save customized appearances and abilities for the in-game character in his own campaign, while the other three grant (again, purely cosmetic) alternate armors in their respective campaigns. In Shovel Knight Showdown, all figures unlock alternate costumes for their respective characters. (Shovel Knight originally enabled an exclusive co-op multiplayer mode in this version, but this was removed and replaced with the fairy when the Treasure Trove update made co-op a standard feature on all non-portable platforms.)
• The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD: Supports Wolf Link, regular Link(s), Zelda (and Sheik), and Ganondorf. Wolf Link unlocks a challenge mode called the Cave of Shadows and will store the remaining health at the end; this stored health can then be used to heal upon future attempts. Link refills your arrows, Zelda fills up your hearts, and Ganondorf raises difficulty by doubling damage taken.
• Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Mario and Sonic grant entry to the Mario League and Sonic League tournaments respectively; winning a league will permanently unlock its corresponding Gold Mario or Super Sonic Mii costume. Any other amiibo scanned will give coins or rings.
• Pokkén Tournament: The Shadow Mewtwo card temporarily unlocks the character, bypassing the in-game requirements. Other amiibo can unlock random customization items for the player's in-game avatar.
• Word Search by POWGI: If you scan in any amiibo, the game will incorporate its nickname and/or owner data into puzzles.
• Star Fox Zero: Fox and Falco unlock alternate Arwings; Fox's Arwing unlock is based on its SNES appearance and Falco activates a black Arwing that can lock on to two targets at once but takes triple damage.
  • Star Fox Guard: If either Fox or Falco are scanned before a mission, you can call in an airstrike during that mission to wipe out all enemy robots. Each can be used once a day.
• Mini-Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, DK, Diddy Kong, Rosalina, and Bowser Jr. each unlock a set of levels themed after the character and allow the character to be playable with his/her own special ability. Other amiibo can be scanned to play as Mini-Spec, a generic block character.
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: All amiibo drop random amounts of materials such as barrels, meat, fish, and plants; and are limited to one scan per figure a day.
  • Zelda characters (both from Smash and the Zelda series itself) drop a treasure chest in addition to the materials; they each have specific item pools in their chests depending on the character that include weapons (for example, the Bokoblin drops Boko weapons in its chests and meat for its materials). Most of these^note Rider Link, the Champions, and Smash and Zelda Wave 2 and 3 figures feature exclusive gear not available otherwise.^note Rider Link has horse gear, other Links have costume sets and swords (six sets total), Sheik and the four Champions each have a mask, and Smash Zelda and Ganondorf and Toon Zelda each have a piece of equipment.
  • The first scan of a Smash Bros. Link^note or Twilight Princess Link, which is considered identical will summon Epona as a rideable steed instead of materials. Epona can then be registered to be available permanently; if not registered then further scans will have a chance of resummoning her.
  • Wolf Link, instead of generating materials, summons the character as an animal companion to assist the player; with his health equaling the high score saved from the Twilight Princess HD Cave of Shadows (or a default three hearts, if no score is saved).

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Compatible 3DS Games

• Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS: Supports all characters on its roster. Figures store an AI fighter called a "Figure Player" that can not only be customized with different attack variations and stats, but can also be "taught" specific behaviors. Figure Players can be used freely with both the Wii U and 3DS games.
• One Piece: Super Grand Battle! (Japan only): Ten characters ^note Mario, Luigi, DK, Yoshi, Link, Samus, Kirby, Fox, Marth, and Wii Fit Trainer unlock costumes for the One Piece cast.
• Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy +: Twelve characters ^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Link, Zelda (or Sheik), Captain Falcon, Samus, Fox, Olimar, and Pac-Man unlock variant planes with character-related paintjobs.
• Code Name: S.T.E.A.M: Smash for 3DS and Wii U's non-DLC Fire Emblem characters (Marth, Ike, Robin, and Lucina) let you use said characters in battles as Guest Fighters. If the character dies, the figure must be rescanned to be usable again.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 1 3D: Shulk can be scanned for tokens (also available from StreetPass) that unlock music and character models.
• Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer: The Animal Crossing cards and figures (not counting the New Leaf or New Horizons expansion sets) summon the pictured character, who will then ask the player to decorate their home. Further amiibo can then be scanned to have their characters visit that home. The Smash Villager figure also unlocks a new decoration for use.
• Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash: In the platforming levels, the Chibi-Robo amiibo activates a Super Mode for the in-game Chibi-Robo; between the levels it accesses a figure vending machine. The Chibi-Robo amiibo can also be leveled up with high scores, allowing for more Super Mode activations per day and a higher chance of rare figures from the vending machine. 44 other amiibo^note 40 from Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U (the default roster minus Dr. Mario, Toon Link, Zero Suit Samus (who all count the same as regular Mario/Link/Samus), and third-party and Pokémon characters), the three Inklings from Splatoon, and Toad from Mario add additional figures to the machine where Chibi-Robo strikes a pose based on the amiibo character, and all amiibo can be scanned to earn in-game coins.
• Shovel Knight: Each Shovel Knight figure unlocks challenges for Challenge Mode and a purely cosmetic Fairy Companion for all campaigns. Shovel Knight can also save customized appearances and abilities for the in-game character in his own campaign, while the other three grant (again, purely cosmetic) alternate armors in their respective campaigns.
• Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam: During the game, players can buy or earn blank amiibo cards. By scanning Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, or Bowser, a blank card will get the character's image on it and be stored to the figure. The figure can then be scanned during a battle to activate one of its stored cards' effects.
• Fire Emblem Fates: Non-DLC Fire Emblem characters from Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U (Marth, Ike, Robin, and Lucina) will visit My Castle, with each scan having a different effect. On the first two scans the visiting character will give you exclusive accessories, on the third scan they will request a battle with you (which allows for them to be permanently recruited if you win), and all subsequent scans will have them man one of your shops to let you buy more of their accessories or purchase copies of their unique weapons. In addition, Robin and Lucina enable several Easter Eggs involving characters Odin, Selena, and Laslow.
• Mega Man Legacy Collection: Mega Man can be scanned to unlock eleven exclusive invokedOfficial Fan-Submitted Content challenges.
• Mario and Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Mario and Sonic power up the game's Mario and Sonic suits, respectively, for your Mii; turning them into Gold Mario and Super Sonic and giving enhanced stats for 24 hours. Any other amiibo scanned will give coins or rings.
• Hyrule Warriors Legends: Zelda characters (Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Toon Link, and Wolf Link) grant random high-rank (three- to five-star) versions of the highest-level weapons already unlocked for that character. All other amiibo generate random low-rank (no- to three-star) weapons or other rewards such as rupees or enemy materials.
• Word Search by POWGI: If you scan in any amiibo, the game will incorporate its nickname and/or owner data into puzzles.
• Mini-Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge: Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, Bowser, DK, Diddy Kong, Rosalina, and Bowser Jr. each unlock a set of levels themed after the character and allow the character to be playable with his/her own special ability. Other amiibo can be scanned to play as Mini-Spec, a generic block character.
• Kirby: Planet Robobot: Scanning an amiibo will give Kirby a Copy Ability, with most characters^note the Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U line except for its third-party characters, Mario Wave 1, Splatoon's Inklings, the Kirby and Animal Crossing lines (figures and cards), and Chibi-Robo. providing specific abilities (Mario gives Fire, Link gives Sword, etc.) and the rest giving random ones. Both figures of Kirby himself grant rare Copy Abilities not found in normal gameplay,^note the Smash figure gives a copy of his Smash Bros. moveset, and the one from the Kirby series gives UFO and the other Kirby-series amiibo also grant unique costumes along with their abilities. In the "Meta Knightmare Returns" mode, amiibo give health-restoring food instead of Copy Abilities.
  • Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, the standalone Updated Re-release of one of Planet Robobot's minigames, allows players to scan amiibo (five per day) in order to obtain materials to craft equipment. Most amiibo give small amounts of material, the Smash Bros. figures of Kirby characters give medium amounts, and the Kirby and BoxBoy! series amiibo give the most.
  • Kirby's Blowout Blast (another standalone Updated Re-release from Planet Robobot): Scanning Kirby characters will each add a statue of said character to the main hub and unlock a music track.
• Teddy Together (Japan and Europe only): Scanning any amiibo generates coins for shopping, lollies for fur color unlocks, or seeds for gardening.
• NicoNico (Japan only): In the 3DS app, scanning Callie or Marie will unlock a Squid Sisters concert video, with each version being slightly different to focus on its specific character. The amiibo can also change the colors of the concert video's comments.
• Metroid Prime: Federation Force: In campaign mode, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, and the Metroid unlock unique paint jobs for the mech, which increase the amount of (respectively) missile, Slow Beam, and repair capsule ammo obtained per pickup, while other amiibo unlock the X-ray paint job which has no special effect. In Blast Ball, both Samuses, the Metroid, and six Mario characters^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Rosalina, Bowser, and Bowser Jr. all unlock paint jobs specific to those characters, while other amiibo unlock the Skull paint job. No Blast Ball paint jobs have special effects.
• Style Savvy: Fashion Forward: In the original Japanese release, four characters ^note Mario, Peach, Yoshi, and Kirby each unlock a unique article of clothing. The Western releases add ten more compatible female characters.^note Rosalina, Zelda, Sheik, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Palutena, Wii Fit Trainer, Lucina, Inkling Girl and Isabelle All other amiibo can unlock an extra exclusive item in random colors in all releases.
• Picross 3D: Round 2: Ten characters, mostly from Mario and Kirby,^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Link each unlock a puzzle featuring that character.^note Though Peach and Toad share a single puzzle between them.
• Azure Striker Gunvolt 2: Shovel Knight unlocks the character as a boss fight. Defeat him as Gunvolt to earn a Shovel Ring or Copen to earn a Code of Shovelry.
• Mario Party: Star Rush: Supports 13 Mario figures (Waves 1 and 2 plus Bowser Jr.). Although specifics vary between game modes, scanning a figure will generally summon the character in some form and provide a Dice Block. If the figure has Mario Party 10 data on it, the Dice Block will be enhanced. These amiibo can also be scanned for continues in Challenge Tower mode and stamps in the Character Museum. Plus, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Rosalina can unlock their respective characters ahead of the in-game unlocks, Dr. Mario unlocks a music track for Rhythm Challenge mode, and Boo will cause him to appear in the background of Boo's Block Party.
• Animal Crossing: New Leaf: Welcome amiibo: Supports the Animal Crossing,^note excluding the later New Horizons cards Splatoon 1, Legend of Zelda, and Monster Hunter Stories (1) series, plus Villager and Sheik from Smash. Scanning any figure or RV card will result in its character (or in the case of non-AC amiibo, a character inspired by their home game) visiting your town in their RV, where you can get themed items and possibly have them move in permanently. Animal Crossing cards from the four pre-existing card sets will not have an RV, but will still give items and (in the case of regular villagers) can be asked to move in. The Animal Crossing: Puzzle League and Desert Island Escape minigames are also compatible with amiibo. In Puzzle League, figures can be scanned to provide special abilities during the game, while Desert Island Escape allows any figure or card to be scanned to make its character playable in the game without needing Play Coins.
• Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World: When a Yoshi amiibo of any kind is scanned in, it acts as a clone of your Yoshi; similar to the Double Cherry power-up from Super Mario 3D World. With the plushie Yoshis specifically, the clone can also be customized with alternate yarn patterns. The Poochy plush amiibo can be used to have Poochy assist the player and unlock bonus time missions in Poochy Dash mode. In addition, 81 other characters^note Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U's full roster except for Pokémon characters, Bayonetta, and Cloud (including both colors of R.O.B.), Mario Waves 1 and 2 (with Wario separate from his Smash version), Splatoon 1 (including both sets of Inkling colors), the Animal Crossing figures, Wolf Link, and Waddle Dee unlock a yarn pattern resembling that figure (or in the case of non-plushie Yoshi figures, a normal non-yarn skin). Any other amiibo scanned will unlock a generic "amiibo Yoshi" pattern that looks like Yoshi wearing an amiibo t-shirt.
• Mario Sports Superstars: Tapping a Mario Sports card grants its character a "Star" status with better stats in the shown sport. Tapping three cards unlocks the Road to Superstar mode, where players can earn an even stronger "Superstar" status for characters. Any other amiibo give random equipment.
• Bye-Bye BoxBoy!: The Japan-exclusive Qbby figure unlocks a Qucy costume and a Green Boy Color visual filter (which can also be earned via an Old Save Bonus or 100% Completion). Kirby characters also unlock alternate costumes.
• Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia: Alm and Celica's stats can be saved to their respective figures, and can then be used to summon a phantom duplicate of them for a single turn at the cost of some health. They also each unlock a Bonus Dungeon. Other amiibo can summon their own phantom allies; with the six Fire Emblem characters from Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U summoning that character, while other amiibo give phantoms of generic classes.
• Hey! Pikmin: Scanning the Pikmin or Olimar figure in a level spawns back-up Pikmin; with Olimar spawning four but Pikmin is able to level up and spawn more. Scanning them or one of 40 other figures^note Mario Waves 1 and 2, Splatoon 1 (including the Mario and Inkling Palette Swaps), and Animal Crossing (figures only, not cards) on the world map will open a "Secret Spot" mini-level where the figure can be collected as a treasure item. The Pikmin figure can also unlock any other in-game figure at random. Unlike most amiibo-compatible games, only those figures are accepted and amiibo of the same characters from other figure lines are not supported. All unsupported amiibo can be scanned for a minimal amount of Sparklium.
• Miitopia: Twenty-six characters ^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Rosalina, Daisy, Donkey Kong, Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, Sheik, Kirby, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Ness, all three Inklings, both Squid Sisters, Isabelle, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, and Resetti each unlock a costume based on that character for a Mii to wear. Repeat scans and all other figures (not cards) grant arcade tickets.
• Monster Hunter: Stories: The first, Japan-exclusive set of Monster Hunter Stories figures unlock versions of their monsters (or an Aptonoth, in the case of Navirou) that are based on the Ride On anime. Other amiibo can be scanned for items.
• Metroid: Samus Returns: Metroid characters unlock one item for use during gameplay and one feature accessible after beating the game: Metroid series Samus gives an Aeion Reserve Tank and a Metroid II: Return of Samus art gallery. The Metroid gives a Metroid Marker which shows the location of the nearest Metroid and the Harder Than Hard Fusion difficulty setting. Smash Samus gives a Missile Reserve Tank and a concept art gallery. Zero Suit Samus gives an Energy Reserve Tank and a sound test mode.
• Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser's Minions: Scanning ten Mario characters^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Toad, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Boo, Goomba, and Koopa Troopa adds stamps to in-game stamp sheets, and completed sheets can be redeemed for equipment. Boo, Goomba, and Koopa Troopa also unlock bonus stamp sheets and Gold Captain versions of themselves in Minion Quest mode.
• Fire Emblem Warriors: The ten Fire Emblem characters from the Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U and Fire Emblem lines^note Marth, Ike, Robin, Lucina, Roy, Corrin, Alm, Celica, Chrom, and Tiki grant various random items up to five times per day. Chrom and Tiki can also drop exclusive equipment of Chrom's Training Sword and Tiki's Tear, respectively.
• Mario Party: The Top 100: 16 Mario characters (Waves 1-3 plus Bowser Jr.) can be scanned to get 10 coins when standing on an amiibo space and can restore a life when your health runs out. If Goomba or Koopa Troopa are scanned, they'll give more coins if the same character is also on the amiibo space; and they can also act as a shortcut to unlocking certain Minigame Packs.
• Style Savvy: Styling Star: Eight sets of patterns and emblems can be unlocked by scanning amiibo: four are based on specific Mario characters (Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi) and four on entire lines (Zelda, Kirby, Splatoon, and Animal Crossing (including Smash for 3DS and Wii U figures associated with those lines like Ganondorf and the Villager but not Smash Ultimate ones like its versions of Inkling and Isabelle)). All other amiibo unlock random patterns and emblems.
• Kirby Battle Royale: Kirby characters (Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, and Waddle Dee) and Qbby unlock alternate costumes.
• Detective Pikachu: Scanning the Detective Pikachu amiibo grants access to hint videos that the player might have missed in the course of the game.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Toad provides an Invincibility Mushroom, replacing the "Pixel Toad" minigame from the Wii U version. The three Mario Odyssey figures unlock the Odyssey-themed levels ahead of the in-game requirements. Other figures give 1-Up mushrooms.
• WarioWare Gold: In an amiibo Sketch area of the game, scanning one of 83 characters^note Mario Waves 1-3 and Odyssey, plus Bowser Jr., Dr. Mario, Rosalina, and Wario from Smash separate from their Mario versions; Splatoon 1 and 2 (all Inklings separate from one another, but no Octolings); Yoshi's Woolly World (plush Yoshis separate from one another and regular Yoshi); Animal Crossing (figures only; including Smash's Villager); Zelda (including Sheik and Ganondorf; all Zeldas share an sketch as do most Links, Toon Link and Breath of the Wild Link are separate); the Pikmin and Olimar from Pikmin; Samus, Zero Suit Samus, and the Metroid from Metroid; and nine additional Smash characters (Fox, Falco, Captain Falcon, Little Mac, Palutena, Wii Fit Trainer, Mr. Game & Watch, R.O.B., and Duck Hunt) will have Wario draw a picture related to the character that can then be sold for coins. Other figures get a generic sketch, but no cards are accepted. Up to three different amiibo can be scanned a day.
• Luigi's Mansion: Supports Luigi, Mario, Toad, and Boo. The Luigi figure gives Luigi a chance to revive after being defeated and highlights furniture that Speedy Spirits are hiding in, Mario converts Poison Mushrooms to health-restoring Super Mushrooms, Toad heals Luigi when he talks to the character in-game, and Boo will show the locations of Boos that have been found but escaped Luigi on the map.
• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey: Eight Mario characters ^note Mario, Peach, Toad, Bowser, Bowser Jr., Goomba, Koopa Troopa, and Boo give items when scanned.
• Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn: Kirby characters can each give Kirby a powerup and corresponding hat.

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Compatible Switch Games

In addition to the below, figures can also be used to copy Mii characters from the Wii U or 3DS to the Switch, via the Mii data of the figure's registered owner.

• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild: All amiibo drop random amounts of materials such as barrels, meat, fish, and plants; and are limited to one scan per figure a day.
  • Zelda characters (both from Smash and the Zelda series itself) drop a treasure chest in addition to the materials; they each have specific item pools in their chests depending on the character that include weapons (for example, the Bokoblin drops Boko weapons in its chests and meat for its materials). Most of these^note Rider Link, the Champions, and Smash and Zelda Wave 2 and 3 figures feature exclusive gear not available otherwise.^note Rider Link has horse gear, other Links have costume sets and swords (six sets total), Sheik and the four Champions each have a mask, and Smash Zelda and Ganondorf and Toon Zelda each have a piece of equipment.
  • The first scan of a Smash Bros. Link^note or Twilight Princess Link, which is considered identical will summon Epona as a rideable steed instead of materials. Epona can then be registered to be available permanently; if not registered then further scans will have a chance of resummoning her.
  • Wolf Link, instead of generating materials, summons the character as an animal companion to assist the player; with his health equaling the high score saved from the Twilight Princess HD Cave of Shadows (or a default three hearts, if no score is saved).
  • Zelda with Loftwing drops no chest, like she's considered a non-Zelda amiibo. Tears of the Kingdom Link, on the other hand, does drop a chest.
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe: Ten Mario characters, ^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, DK, Rosalina, Bowser, Wario, and Toad, with Daisy added after the final wave of DLC five other characters, ^note Captain Falcon, Fox, Sonic, Mega Man, and Pac-Man and six full lines ^note Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Metroid, The Legend of Zelda, and Kirby; prior to the final wave of DLC, only Samus, Link, and Kirby were compatible from the latter three lines unlock character-based costumes for Miis.
• Shovel Knight: Each Shovel Knight figure unlocks challenges for Challenge Mode and a purely cosmetic Fairy Companion for all campaigns. Shovel Knight can also save customized appearances and abilities for the in-game character in his own campaign, while the other three grant (again, purely cosmetic) alternate armors in their respective campaigns. In Shovel Knight Showdown, all figures unlock alternate costumes for their respective characters.
• Splatoon 2: All Splatoon 1 and 2 figures can save control and gear setup to the figure (allowing it to transfer between games), unlock exclusive gear (dependent on the player's "Fresh" level) and music tracks, and allow the player's character to take pictures with the amiibo character. Off the Hook also add alternate sounds and visuals to the Squid Beats 2 minigame. The Squid Sisters are locked until the single-player campaign is completed, but the Inkling, Off the Hook, and Octoling amiibo aren't.
• Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle: Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi each unlock weapons for them and their respective Rabbid counterparts.
• Pokkén Tournament DX: All amiibo can unlock random customization items for the player's in-game avatar.
• Conga Master Party!: Tap any amiibo from the Mario, Zelda, Splatoon, Animal Crossing, or Metroid lines to unlock special costumes. If you don't have the character the costume is for yet, they'll be unlocked as well.
• Fire Emblem Warriors: The ten Fire Emblem characters from the Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U and Fire Emblem lines^note Marth, Ike, Robin, Lucina, Roy, Corrin, Alm, Celica, Chrom, and Tiki grant various random items up to five times per day. Chrom and Tiki can also drop exclusive equipment of Chrom's Training Sword and Tiki's Tear, respectively.
• Super Mario Odyssey: All amiibo can be scanned at "Uncle amiibo" robots to get hints to Power Moon locations; and ten Mario characters^note the three Mario Odyssey figures, Mario, Dr. Mario, Gold (or Silver) Mario, Luigi, Wario, Waluigi, and Diddy Kong also grant outfits for Mario to wear (all of which can be unlocked in-game without amiibo). When scanning elsewhere in the game, Mario gives an Invincibility Power-Up, Peach adds a Life-Up Heart, Bowser reveals the locations of regional coins, and everyone else drops a few coins or a healing heart.
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: All Zelda amiibo (including the ones from Smash Bros.) grant a chance to receive special equipment: the Champion's Tunic, the Master Sword, and the Hylian Shield. (Note that the items can also be found elsewhere in the game.) Other amiibo grant other Switch-exclusive loot.
• Azure Striker Gunvolt: Striker Pack: Shovel Knight unlocks the character as a boss fight in Azure Striker Gunvolt 2. Defeat him as Gunvolt to earn a Shovel Ring or Copen to earn a Code of Shovelry.
• Resident Evil: Revelations and Resident Evil: Revelations 2: All amiibo give random weapon loot, with Capcom characters (Mega Man, Ryu, and the Monster Hunter Stories (1) characters) giving slightly better loot.
• Bayonetta 2: Scanning amiibo can unlock items before they can be purchased in-game: both variants of the Smash Bayonetta amiibo each unlock a different batch of costumes; while Peach, Daisy, Link, Samus and Fox (or Falco) each unlock the costume based on its respective character. Koopa-related Mario characters (Bowser, Bowser Jr, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, and Boo) unlock the Chain Chomp weapon. Other amiibo randomly receive halos, items and materials, along with a message that is in most cases specific to the character.
• Kirby Star Allies: All amiibo will drop health items, point stars, and a puzzle piece, with Kirby characters and Qbby providing better health items and stars and multiple puzzle pieces.
• Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition: Zelda characters (Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ganondorf, Toon Link, and Wolf Link) grant random high-rank (three- to five-star) versions of the highest-level weapons already unlocked for that character. All other amiibo generate random low-rank (no- to three-star) weapons or other rewards such as rupees or enemy materials.
• Little Nightmares: The Pac-Man figure gives Six a Pac-like mask to wear.
• Mega Man Legacy Collection 1 + 2: Mega Man can be scanned to unlock exclusive invokedOfficial Fan-Submitted Content challenges in both games.
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker: Toad provides an Invincibility Mushroom to use in a level (replacing the "Pixel Toad" minigame from the Wii U version that is now a proper minigame unlocked after beating a given level). The three Mario Odyssey figures unlock the Odyssey-themed levels ahead of the in-game requirements, while other figurines give 1-Up mushrooms.
• Mega Man 11: Up to 20 amiibo can be scanned each day to get free items.^note small or large health refills, small or large weapon refills, or 1-Ups The two Mega Man figures guarantee a 1-Up.
• Super Mario Party: Scanning any figure receives in-game Party Points, and Mario characters (Waves 1-3 plus Bowser Jr., but except Toad, who isn't playable) unlock their own shiny stickers (which are also available to purchase in-game).
• Dark Souls Remastered: The Solaire of Astoria amiibo will unlock the "Praise the Sun" pose early.
• Diablo III: Eternal Collection: The Loot Goblin opens a portal to the Vault where they can collect treasure, instead of players normally having to hunt down a Treasure Goblin and hope its defeat opens a portal. Any other amiibo will summon tough monsters that can be defeated for loot.
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Supports all characters on its roster. As with Smash for 3DS/Wii U, figures store an AI fighter called a "Figure Player" that can not only be customized with different attack variations and stats, but can also be "taught" specific behaviors. New to Ultimate, Figure Players can be used in the online Battle Arena mode, and can be sent on "journeys" to fight against other Figure Players over the internet. Save data from for 3DS/Wii U can be transferred to Ultimate, giving the resulting Figure Player a boost in its starting level. Nearly every other figure to date that doesn't represent someone playable will unlock that character as a Spirit (45 unlocks in all),^note Toad, Waluigi, Boo, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, and the Odyssey figures from Mario (the latter of which provide both Figure Players and Spirits); the Squid Sisters, Off the Hook, (both Spirits unlocked by either member of their respective duo) and the Octolings (Octoling Boy and Girl share a Spirit, Octopus does not) from Splatoon; the 14 Animal Crossing figures that aren't Isabelle (with Cyrus and Reese sharing a Spirit); Alm, Celica (sharing a Spirit) and Tiki from Fire Emblem; Wolf Link and six Breath of the Wild characters from Zelda; the four Knights from Shovel Knight; and Poochy, Chibi-Robo, Waddle Dee, Qbby, Pikmin, Metroid, and Detective Pikachu from various other lines plus the Timmy and Tommy figure from Animal Crossing also grants early access to a store in Spirits mode.
• Yoshi's Crafted World: Eleven Mario and Yoshi characters^note Yoshi (with separate unlocks for regular Yoshi and all three plushie Yoshi colors), Poochy, Mario, Luigi, Peach, Toad, Bowser, and Koopa Troopa each unlock an outfit for Yoshi based on that character, and a twelfth amiibo-packaging outfit is unlocked by any other amiibo.
• Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2019 (Japan only): The six PowerPro cards can earn in-game items, and items can be saved to the cards to transfer between games.
• Fire Emblem: Three Houses: There is an in-game location called the amiibo Gazebo where the player can scan in amiibo for items. Fire Emblem amiibo (including ones from Smash for 3DS/Wii U, but not Byleth from Smash Ultimate) will unlock battle music associated with the character for use in non-story missions.
• Super Kirby Clash: Players can scan amiibo (five per day) in order to obtain materials to craft equipment. Most amiibo give small amounts of material, the Smash Bros. figures of Kirby characters give medium amounts, and the Kirby and BoxBoy! series amiibo give the most.
• The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening: In the Chamber Dungeon mode, the Link's Awakening Link adds a Shadow Link enemy that will hunt down the player, and there are five exclusive Chambers that can be unlocked in random order by other Zelda amiibo. Dungeons can also be loaded to Zelda amiibo to transfer between games.
• Just Shapes & Beats: As of the Shovel Knight-themed "Just Shovels & Knights" expansion, the four Shovel Knight figures can each be used to unlock their corresponding level immediately; and any amiibo (five per day) can be scanned for 100 Beat Points each.
• Animal Crossing: New Horizons: The game supports amiibo figures and cards from the Animal Crossing series. Supported characters unlock posters of themselves as purchasable items, can be used in a "Photopia" photo-shoot mode, and if they're not major NPCs they can be invited to move into the town permanently. All characters can also be invited to the Roost. In the Happy Home Paradise DLC, amiibo can be scanned to invite characters to build vacation homes. The Smash Villager only unlocks a poster.
• Megabyte Punch: All amiibo can be used to unlock exclusive colors for your fighter.
• Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity: All Zelda amiibo grant specific materials based around or a weapon for that character, aside from Bokoblin which gives Link monster weapons.^note Wolf Link counts as Link, Guardian counts as Terrako, and Ganondorf counts as Calamity Ganon. All other amiibo generate random other materials.
• Cyber Shadow: The four Shovel Knight figures each unlock a Palette Swap costume and cosmetic fairy companion matching the character.
• Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury: In both game modes, Cat Mario grants a White Cat Bell and Cat Peach gives a random powerup. 3D World has other Mario figures drop a Super Star, and all other figures give a 1-Up Mushroom. In Bowser's Fury, Bowser makes Fury Bowser appear immediately instead of having to wait and Bowser Jr. unleashes a shockwave to damage enemies and blocks, while everything else drops a Super Mushroom.
• Monster Hunter: Rise: Scanning the Rise figures unlocks cosmetic armor sets, with the initial wave featuring armor based on Magnamalo and the Sunbreak wave based on Malzeno (Palico and Palamute figures unlock for their respective species, while the monster figures unlock the armor for human characters). Scanning any Monster Hunter Stories 2 figure will unlock stickers for co-op communication. Any amiibo can be scanned at the Store to gamble on an amiibo Lottery for random items, up to three unique amiibo a day.
• Miitopia: Twenty-six characters ^note Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, Toad, Rosalina, Daisy, Donkey Kong, Link, Zelda, Ganondorf, Sheik, Kirby, Samus, Zero Suit Samus, Ness, all three Inklings, both Squid Sisters, Isabelle, K.K. Slider, Tom Nook, and Resetti each unlock a costume based on that character for a Mii to wear. Repeat scans and all other figures (not cards) grant arcade tickets.
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin: The Stories figures unlock cosmetic armor sets based on various in-game characters (Razewing Ratha grants Young Red's armor, Tsukino grants a costume based on herself, Ema grants her outfit to female player characters and Kyle's to males, and the Stories 1 figures grant that game's starting armor) and any Monster Hunter Rise figure will unlock stickers for co-op communication. All amiibo can also be used for Tsukino's Lunar Luck, where you're given a fortune and an item (up to ten amiibo a day).
• The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD: Using the Zelda & Loftwing figure in a surface location will allow you to immediately warp back to the sky overworld map, and using it again in the sky will let you return to the place on the surface that you originally left.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! RUSH DUEL: Dawn of the Battle Royale!!: Scanning a Yu-Gi-Oh! amiibo card unlocks a set of cosmetics based on the scanned character, including an Avatar, card sleeve, deck box, and field. Equipping all parts from the same set also unlocks special voice clips from that character that play during duels.
• Metroid Dread: On their first scans, Dread Samus and E.M.M.I. add an Energy and Missile Tank respectively that increase the capacity for health and ammo. All Metroid figures can be scanned once a day each to replenish a resource; with the various Samuses restoring energy and the villains (Ridley, Dark Samus, Metroid, E.M.M.I.) restoring missiles.
• Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon: The Shovel Knight figures summon a cosmetic fairy companion based on the scanned character (including separate versions for regular and gold Shovel Knight).
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land: All amiibo drop coins and health or stat-boosting items, with most figures giving the bare minimum while Kirby and BoxBoy! characters drop more. Scans are limited to five between each level played.
• Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes: Up to five amiibo a day can be scanned for random material, money, or weapons; with Fire Emblem characters granting better-quality items.
• Xenoblade Chronicles 3: All amiibo can scanned to acquire in-game items for use. Scanning Shulk, Pyra, or Mythra amiibo can unlock cosmetic weapon skins of their weapons for Swordfighter characters. Noah and Mio each unlock "Leisure Time" casual outfits for themselves and two other party members and Consul armor for themselves.
• Splatoon 3: All Splatoon figures can save an additional 5 Freshest Fits slots per figure (allowing them to transfer between games), unlock exclusive gear, and allow the player's character to take pictures with the amiibo character. Gear unlocks for Splatoon 1 and 2 figures are identical to previous games and will unlock automatically if the amiibo has been scanned in Splatoon 2 at least once.
• Fire Emblem Engage: There is an in-game location called the amiibo Gazebo where the player can scan in amiibo for items (five a day). Fire Emblem amiibo will each give a Fashion Ticket and a Music Ticket that can be redeemed for costumes and music tracks, respectively, based on the game's "Emblem" characters; until all twelve of each are unlocked.
• Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe: All amiibo will drop health items and point stars, with Kirby characters and Qbby providing better items including Copy Abilities.
• The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom: Like in the previous game, All amiibo drop random amounts of materials such as barrels, meat, fish, and plants; and are limited to one scan per figure a day. Zelda characters drop a treasure chest in addition to the materials.^note This time, Zelda with Loftwing is included.
  • 24 Zelda characters^note All figures to date, except the three Smash Links and Wolf Link are counted as duplicates of similar Link figures will, among their treasure possibilities, give exclusive paraglider designs based on the character.
  • In addition, most also feature special gear in their chests^note the various Links (excluding Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom) have costume sets and swords (seven sets total), Sheik and the four Champions each have a mask, and Smash Zelda, Ganondorf, and Toon Zelda each have a piece of equipment. (with Link's Awakening gear being a new addition) The various Twilight Princess-based Link figures^note including Smash Link and now Wolf Link summon Epona as they did in Breath of the Wild. But unlike in Breath, the gear can now also be found hidden in the game without amiibo. (Wolf Link and Rider Link's horse gear, however, do not carry over; with the latter being unlockable in-game instead.)

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Note that variant figures of the same character are considered mostly interchangeable as far as all in-game functionality is concerned - for instance, any game that requires a Mario character unlock will accept versions of that character from the Smash, Mario, Yoshi's Woolly World, or Skylanders lines. However, some games differentiate specific figures of the same character (for instance, Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U distinguishes Dr. Mario from Mario, while Mario Party 10 does not), and a few figures (such as Wolf Link and Shadow Mewtwo) are treated as wholly separate characters.

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Tropes on amiibo themselves:

• all lowercase letters: "amiibo"'s proper spelling is with a lowercase a, regardless of where it appears.
• And Your Reward Is Clothes: Several games' amiibo unlocks are alternate costumes, though some games also involve special abilities to go with them. Mario Odyssey notably included Peach's dress as one of the amiibo costumes for Mario.
• Art Evolution: While earlier amiibo had the infamous clear plastic stand pieces to keep them in pose, later series made them less obvious by giving them character-fitting shapes. For example the Archer Link amiibo's stand piece is shaped like a dust cloud, Ridley haves a landing impact effect and the Ice Climbers have a chunk of ice behind them.
• Bribing Your Way to Victory: In some games, scanning an amiibo gives things such as extra health.
• Crossover: Inevitable, given the nature of amiibo:
  • Certain games function with amiibo from other series, like Codename: S.T.E.A.M. interacting with the Fire Emblem figures.
  • Nearly every franchise represented as an amiibo is compatible with Super Mario Maker and effectively allows you to play as that character in a Super Mario platformer, regardless of how improbable it sounds, including Sonic, an Inkling, Isabelle, and Wii Fit Trainer.
  • Turbo Charge Donkey Kong and Hammer Slam Bowser take this a step further by being a crossover between two NFC figure series, being both Skylanders figures and amiibo figures... and can switch between both! Similarly, Diablo's Loot Goblin is part of Blizzard's "Cute but Deadly" series of collectibles (a recolor of a previously-released "Treasure Goblin" figure, in fact) that's equipped with an NFC chip.
  • Not only does Animal Crossing: New Leaf's amiibo functionality feature visits from AC versions of Zelda, Splatoon, and Monster Hunter characters, but Sanrio released a small series of promotional amiibo cards that showed an AC character paired with one of their own (such as Isabelle with Hello Kitty). Sanrio characters don't "visit" like the other crossovers, but the cards unlock furniture sets based on its Sanrio character.
• Early-Bird Cameo:
  • The Super Mario series Mario was the first amiibo ever shown, as a prototype with a generic brown base before the amiibo name was revealed. This prototype would go on to show up in early releases at the back of the box, only to be replaced by the final version with the Super Mario base following its own release.
  • Designs for Mario line Rosalina, Donkey Kong and Wario amiibo showed up in Mario Party 10 long before any such figures were available for purchase.
• Free Prize at the Bottom: The Super Mario Cereal box is a variation on this, as the box itself is the prize.
• Gotta Catch Them All: Zig-zagged. Some games keep collections of items unlocked by amiibo, but others don't; and even those that do only ask for a subset of the figures available and not all of them. The closest are (Poochy &) Yoshi's Woolly World and Super Mario Maker, which have unique unlocks for almost every figure made at their date of release (and Mario Maker even added unlocks for later-released amiibo via patches).
• Gold Makes Everything Shiny:
  • The Mario-series Mario amiibo has both gold and silver variants. Mega Man has his own gold variant figure for the 3DS release of Legacy Collection, and Shovel Knight got one for his game's final King of Cards/Shovel Knight Showdown expansion.
  • The amiibo functionality for Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash and Mario and Sonic at the Rio Olympics involve activating Golden Super Modes.
  • Capcom made limited-edition gold versions of the various Monster Hunter figures as tournament and contest prizes.
• Irony: Due to being Smash DLC characters and getting amiibo long after their own games were released, Corrin and Byleth were not compatible with their respective home games Fire Emblem Fates and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.
• It's Been Done: The idea of NFC figures and cards providing bonuses for console gaming isn't new, Mattel tried it with the HyperScan in 2006. Unfortunately, it didn't go too well for them not because of the gimmick, but because the Hyper Scan was poorly designed in the first place.
• Market-Based Title: A variant using product colors instead of the title. The figure of R.O.B. was released in different colors for different regions based on how the Famicom and NES, and therefore R.O.B. himself, were colored differently - Japan gets Famicom white and red while America gets NES grey. However, the Famicom R.O.B. amiibo were eventually released in all regions.
• Mons: Can be played this way in Super Smash Bros., where you can teach an amiibo different strategies, feed it equipment to permanently raise its stats, and level it up from facing against other players and/or their own amiibo. Mario Tennis is similar.
• Mythology Gag:
  • The Smash Bros. Shulk figure was originally exclusive to GameStop in North America, just as his game Xenoblade Chronicles 1 was.
  • The Yarn Yoshi amiibo plushes are strikingly visually similar to the yarn Yoshi dolls seen in the E3 2014 Digital Event video.
  • The abilities granted in Kirby: Planet Robobot (when they are specified and not random) are in most cases a reference to the character scanned; often a power or weapon the character uses in their own games.
• Nonstandard Character Design:
  • Occasionally a figure will have a special feature that not even other figures in the same line have:
    • Mr. Game & Watch has several poses that can be swapped out on its base.
    • The Guardian in the Zelda line has poseable limbs.
    • Boo glows in the dark.
    • The Metroid's membrane is made of squishy soft plastic.
  • The Yoshi's Woolly World amiibo are actual plush toys. Then there's Mega Yarn Yoshi, which is decidedly larger than any other amiibo.
  • A planned Star Fox Zero Arwing figure would have been able to transform from starfighter to Chicken Walker as it does in the game. It had to be scrapped due to not meeting safety guidelines, however.
  • The first round of Monster Hunter Stories figures (except for Navirou) can have their riders mixed-and-matched on the different mounts.
• Nose Art: The Ace Combat paintjobs. The designs can also qualify them as Itasha.
• Not Completely Useless: Like all the Pokémon amiibo, Jigglypuff does not unlock any particularly worthwhile content in any game besides Super Smash Bros.. Furthermore, it is not as sought after as other Pokémon amiibo, due to its simplistic design and lesser popularity. When scanned in Kirby: Planet Robobot however, it gives Kirby the rare Mike ability, which can unleash three Instant KO attacks. This can turn some parts of the game (especially boss battles) into complete cakewalks, making it one of the most useful amiibo for that particular game.
• Not Rare Over There: Several amiibo that are hard to find in one region (such as the U.S.) may be quite common in others (such as Japan and Australia).
  • The Animal Crossing series 5 set has 6 cards per pack in North America, instead of 3 like other regions, but all regions have only 1 special card. Since there are 24 specials and only 24 normal villagers ^note previous sets had 16 specials out of 100. this makes obtaining special cards in the set significantly harder and more expensive in North America (especially if you're looking to collect all of them), while having three extra villagers makes them too common.
• Old Save Bonus: A few games are made to recognize amiibo save data from previous titles in its series. So far this includes Mario Party Star Rush, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Splatoon 3.
• Palette Swap:
  • Some amiibo are little more than color swaps of each other, such as Famicom R.O.B. and NES R.O.B., Mario and Gold/Silver Mario, Mega Man and Gold Mega Man, and Inkling Girl/Boy/Squid (Splatoon 1) color variants. They might unlock different things depending on the game, but then those unlocks might also be Palette Swaps of one another.
  • Capcom really likes dealing in extremely rare gold/silver color variant amiibo, mostly as contest prizes. Among them are the Gold Mega Man amiibo (the only one given a wide release), Gold One-Eyed Rathalos and Rider amiibo, Silver Rathian and Cheval amiibo, both Gold and Silver versions of the Monster Hunter Rise amiibo, and Gold Monster Hunter Stories 2 amiibo.
• Play Every Day: Some games allow multiple scans from the same figure, but only once a day.
• Product Placement:
  • amiibo Tap and Mini-Mario and Friends are little more than a way for amiibo to advertise eShop games (the Virtual Console for the former, Mario vs. Donkey Kong for the latter) and vice-versa.
  • The Smash Falco figure was timed to release on the same day as Star Fox Zero in order to help promote the game. But then Star Fox got delayed...
  • Mega Man's Smash figure received a special gold variant for his Legacy Collection Compilation Re-release.
  • Wolf Link and the Squid Sisters were added to Super Mario Maker in order to help promote their amiibo releases.
• Production Throwback: amiibo are more likely to be compatible with games outside their characters' home series if said games are from the same developers or publishers. Besides all the Nintendo games that reference each other: Fire Emblem characters are featured in Intelligent Systems games (like Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.), Kirby with HAL Laboratory (BoxBoy! and Picross 3D 2), Pac-Man with Bandai Namco (One Piece, Ace Combat, Taiko no Tatsujin), and Shovel Knight with Yacht Club Games (Gunvolt 2, Cyber Shadow). There is a practical reason for this: if you want amiibo to be compatible with your game, it's easier to use your own characters than it is to negotiate rights for a guest appearance by someone else's.
• Promotional Powerless Piece of Garbage: The Mario Cereal box can be scanned as an amiibo, but it doesn't even count as a character. The only game were it does anything remotely unique is in Mario Odyssey: Uncle amiibo will identify most characters by name, but unrecognized figures will default to being described as "lovely" instead; and the cereal box only differs in that in place of "lovely", it's "delicious".
• Randomly Drops: Several games, especially ones that accept any amiibo and not just specific characters, hand out item rewards randomly.
• Regional Bonus: The European (and later American) release of Style Savvy: Fashion Forward added ten amiibo to the four already compatible in the Japanese version. Japan later got them in a patch.
• Revenue-Enhancing Devices: Unlike other "toys-to-life" lines, most amiibo features are optional to their games. In some cases the amiibo aren't even needed to get the bonuses and an alternate way to earn them is available.
  • A few games requiring amiibo were made, but these made up for it by being free downloads or including the amiibo as part of the purchase price.
  • Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash is probably the worst case of this, as a whole bonus world and its entire figure collection are locked off without the Chibi-Robo amiibo (which, to be fair, is bundled with the game).
• Save-Game Limits: Each amiibo can only hold one set of game data at a time. Played with by the Skylanders crossover figures, which can hold Skylanders data alongside amiibo data.
• Spiritual Successor:
  • The figurines are ones to the Pokémon Rumble U NFC figures.
  • The Animal Crossing amiibo cards could be a successor to the prematurely discontinued Nintendo e-Reader. It helps that the original GameCube game had similar e-Reader cards - the design of the amiibo cards is even similar to the design of the Japanese e-Reader cards.
• Stylistic Suck:
  • Game Grumps partook in a hilariously badly-acted commercial for the Shovel Knight amiibo.
  • WarioWare Gold has Wario draw a picture of the figure scanned, with about the same artistic skill as a six-year-old. Unless the figure is of Wario himself, in which case he makes a professionally-done self-portrait and portrays himself as a Bishōnen.
• Toyless Toyline Character:
  • Up until the second wave of Mario figures, Mario games frequently supported characters that were not yet in the Mario series of figures but were in Smash Bros. Mario Party 10 even showed Donkey Kong, Rosalina, and Wario with theoretical Mario-series designs that didn't actually exist as figures until well over a year later. Even after that second wave, Bowser Jr. still doesn't have a Mario series figure. Both Mario Party 10 and Mario Tennis also have playable characters that don't have amiibo in any line, especially Toadette, who has been playable in these games and Mario Party: Star Rush ^note also to note that Toadette is the only playable character in Mario Party: Star Rush to not have an amiibo.
  • Zig-zagged in Super Mario Maker:
    • Played straight for about twenty of the 99 costumes available in the base game, which have no corresponding amiibo and aren't likely to get them. The same goes for most of the update costumes.
    • Averted for several costumes that were set up for amiibo compatibility, even though figures had not been announced yet; including Waluigi, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, half of the Animal Crossing figure line (the other half had been announced by then), and likely the Arwing (as an amiibo was in the works for Star Fox Zero even if it got scrapped later). Even Baby Mario and Nabbit are set up to have amiibo unlock their costumes, without their amiibo actually materializing.
    • Also averted for a handful of Event Course costumes. Wolf Link, Callie, and Marie were added to the game to tie into their amiibo releases and included compatibility as part of the download.
    • Subverted for Daisy, Ice Climbers, and Squirtle. They were released as Event Course costumes, but unlike Wolf Link and the Squid Sisters, no amiibo were incoming at the time. When they did receive amiibo later on, Super Mario Maker wasn't updated to recognize them, leaving their figures incompatible despite having their respective costumes.^note The Birdo and Baby Mario cards from Mario Sports also don't unlock corresponding costumes, but the entire Mario Sports line is flat-out incompatible to begin with. The same could potentially be said for the Felyne costume, as it predated the Monster Hunter figures and can't be unlocked by them either.
• Toys-To-Life Game: Are placed on the console to get bonus content in-game.
• Wolverine Publicity: While Mario is the face of amiibo marketing (as he is for Nintendo as a whole), Link, as the best-selling amiibo character, has the greatest number of variant figures of any character with a whopping 14 versions (Smash Bros. regular, Toon, and Young Links; Wolf Link, 8-bit Link, Ocarina of Time, Wind Waker, Majora's Mask, Twilight Princess, Skyward Sword, Breath of the Wild Rider and Archer, Link's Awakening, and Tears of the Kingdom). ^note though Wolf Link doesn't actually count as a Link amiibo Mario comes in at a distant second, with nine variants (Smash Bros. regular and Dr. Mario, Super Mario, Gold, Silver, Classic and Modern 8-bit, Odyssey wedding, and Cat).^note Mario does tie with Link if you count his five Mario Sports Superstar cards, though like Wolf Link, those don't work as general replacements for the figurines.

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