Starting this fall, players with a New Nintendo 3DS or a 3DS NFC Amiibo reader will be able to use the figure and cards created for Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival in 2012's New Leaf. Using an animal card will let you invite a character to live in your town, while Amiibo figures from other Nintendo series, like Splatoon, appear to unlock special in-game items. It's the kind of natural integration we'd expect from a newly released title -- so it's doubly impressive this functionality is being baked into a such an old game. The update is free, and should be available to 3DS owners later this year.