Nintendo’s Skylander-like Amiibo figurine are now up for pre-order

By Will Fulton Published October 10, 2014

Nintendo’s Amiibo figurines are finally available to pre-order from online retailers. There are 18 total figures listed. Most of those are scheduled for a November 21 release alongide Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, but a few are currently listed for December 31. The figures cost $13 each, though some retailers may offer discounted bundles.

The following figurines have been listed as going on sale November 21:

Mario
Link
Kirby
Fox
Donkey Kong
Yoshi
Samus
Peach
Pikachu
Wii Fit Trainer
Marth
Animal Crossing Villager

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These remaining figurines are marked for a December 31 release:

Luigi
Zelda
Diddy King
Little Mac
Captain Falcon
Pit

Pre-orders are currently available through Target, GameStop, Best Buy, and Walmart. They’ve been up on Amazon prior to this announcement. Check out their sites for possible bundles of figurine included with Smash Bros.

The Amiibo figurines, revealed at E3 earlier this year, are Nintendo’s take on Skylanders’ approach to integrating persistent, physical toys with digital games. The figures of popular Nintendo characters can be dropped into various games via an NFC scanner on the Wii U gamepad o a 3DS peripheral. Currently we only have a sense of how they will work in Super Smash Bros as customizable AI fighters with growing stats that you can fight alongside or against.

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