As we inch closer to Smash Wii U’s launch on November 21, Nintendo gets closer to launching its toys-to-life figure line. Nintendo’s amiibo were unveiled at E3 2014 . Players can register and train A.I.-driven amiibo figures to fight or unleash on their friends. Nintendo’s figures also unlock costumes in Mario Kart 8 and weapons in Hyrule Warriors . It will be a part of Nintendo's other upcoming 2015 games.

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Nintendo sent us all 12 of its first wave of amiibo figures. We unboxed them for you and took a bunch of pictures. Please look forward to more amiibo coverage coming to IGN in the next few weeks.

Jose Otero is an Associate Editor at IGN and host of Nintendo Voice Chat . You can follow him on Twitter