A lot of people, myself included, have been wondering about what kind of plans Nintendo has for the future of Amiibo. Nintendo of America tweeted not too long ago that there are plans for the use of Amiibo in the Legend of Zelda spin-off game Hyrule Warriors. However, not much else had been revealed about the Amiibo’s future until a recent Investor Q&A.

Here’s a list of points made by Nintendo during the Q&A in regards to Amiibo:

Amiibo will be useable with multiple games

Nintendo is happy with the read/write speeds of Amiibo

Non-figure based Amiibo are being planned

Amiibo cards are being developed as part of the process; GBA e-Readed cards are referenced when talking about this

Miyamoto mentions a card game where you can swipe cards into the game and then use the cards to record play history

Smaller, cheaper figures are also discussed

There is potential for such figures to be used in games like Animal Crossing

Miyamoto is apparently pushing teams to come up with non-standard uses for the NFC reader in the Wii U

They hope to be able to show off the results by next year

There was also talk of using Amiibo to extend the life of already released games like Mario Kart 8

I trust Nintendo to come up with some great and innovative idea for Amiibo’s future, and I’m looking forward to seeing what they decide on. What are your thoughts? Are you excited about the future of Amiibo, or do you think they are a waste of money? Sound off in the comments below!

Source: NeoGAF

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