I own two amiibos and I am very happy with my purchase and want to a excuse to buy more. Currently, I am not able to defeat my amiibos with the help of my brother, BUT IT IS OK! I normally abhor playing smash with him because we would argue because of our differences of experience. Instead, we are laughing and having fun trying to destroy or amiibos.



The amiibos are so cool with the learning AI, but do not train one by playing as Rosalina. At first, my Samus amiibo had the bad habit of down smashing before players were close enough, as though it was controlling a Luma. It is past that, but while the skills they learn can sometimes be a bit confusing on how exactly they learned them by fighting, enough thought processing will clear it up. Unfamilar to the controls, it took me awhile to learn the star bit shots as Rosalina, so Samus didn't fire many projectiles. Once I started using my side b at a distance, Samus took the idea and ran with it. I always wanted to play Samus, but fire projectiles was never fun for me. I am so happy to see Samus turning the field into a missile storm, something I never could!



It truly is fun to just watch amiibos you trained. Sometimes we fight them to train ourselves, sometimes we watch them fight for a good laugh, sometimes we fight with them simply because it is fun. Watching my Samus get the Smash Ball on that Twlight Princess bridge map, and menacingly walk towards a amiibo Pikachu was hilarous. I was shouting at Samus(Yung Venuz) to shoot Pikachu(Sparky), because Samus was moving turtle pace while Pikachu was sprinting to get as far away as possible, before getting final smashed from a mile away.



While the damage boosting thing does take a little bit of sparkle away, the amiibos feel like they develop a personality based off your flaws. The damage boosting was most likely done to even the playing field with high level players and their trained amiibos. If I get equally destroyed by my amiibo who punishes my stale moves and bad habits , why on earth would I want to buy a comp trained amiibo who is nothing more than another level 9 CPU to me? Unexpectedly, it seems the AI might have a few smokes and mirrors to make it fight better. I am convinced that this was done for my enjoyment and investment, and I eagerly support amiibos as a fun and friendly way to play the game. They may not have comp material, but I was seeking a amiibo I could tell stories about and love, and I got it better than I could have imagined.



Is there a way to reset amiibos to their factory state though? I would love to train my Samus again once I master it in battle.