Scanning the Villager amiibo will unlock a golden Villager Statue in the catalog, and scanning the Isabelle amiibo unlocks the Isabelle Scooter. Scanning the amiibo again after inviting a character will save all furniture in the room to the amiibo, which can then be scanned in a different copy of the game in order to transfer furniture to other players to help fill their catalog. Invited characters will remain in that location indefinitely unless asked to leave, and a maximum of 5 characters can exist in a single location at once. Villagers can have their clothing and headgear customized, and special characters have a limited selection of clothing that they can be changed between. This is the only way to perform remodels for special characters, as they will never become clients during regular gameplay.Īmiibo can also be scanned while in a client's house or facility to invite the character to that location. The player will then be able to recruit that character as a client and perform a remodel for their house. The phone allows an amiibo to be scanned, who will be contacted by the player using the phone. This includes Carrie's amiibo card, despite her being a potential client.Īfter completing a few remodels for Nook's Homes, Lyle will bring an amiibo phone into the office for the player to use.
The game is not compatible with the Welcome amiibo series or Sanrio series of cards, and attempting to scan these amiibo will freeze the game. Happy Home Designer is the first title to support the use of amiibo, and is compatible with the first four series of cards and all currently available figurines. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UĪmiibo are compatible with the following Animal Crossing series titles:Īrtwork of the player using the amiibo phone
While it is unknown exactly when the cards were discontinued, Nintendo announced in September 2020 that series 1-4 will be returning to select retailers in November 2020 for a retail price of US$5.99 per pack, possibly due to increased demand as a result of the success of Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Selected amiibo from other series can scanned to unlock special crossover villagers based on the The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, and Monster Hunter series.Īnimal Crossing: New Horizons is compatible with all previously released Animal Crossing amiibo, but not those from other series. Two additional series of cards were made available for the launch of Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo in 2016, which introduces amiibo compatibility into New Leaf and can also utilise previously released cards and figurines. amiibo are typically compatible with multiple different games and will unlock bonus content or affect gameplay once read.Īmiibo was first introduced to the Animal Crossing series with figures released for Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival from 2015 to 2017, and four series of cards for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer, although the figures and cards are compatible with both games. amiibo functionality can be used directly with these consoles by using their built-in NFC readers, though the original Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL require an official NFC adapter to also be used. It consists of a wireless communications and storage protocol for connecting figurines and cards to the Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and Nintendo Switch video game consoles. Amiibo is a toys-to-life platform by Nintendo that launched in November 2014.