Cool Custom & Production Error Nintendo Amiibo Figures

The Amiibo hype is real. Nintendo’s new toys-to-life category that launched last week alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is off to a stellar start, with plenty of gamers commenting on the scarcity of certain Amiibos on NeoGaf and other online forums.

But what’s really getting some Nintendo fans talking are the Amiibos that, whether on purpose or by accident, have been modified to look a little different than what the Big N intended.

Some Amiibo fanatics have gone to great length to customize their figures in order to give them a unique look. Behold the following creations by “ChibiSilverWings”

Dark Link

Villager with Blood Stained Shovel

NeoGaf has a long thread with more pictures.

One Nintendo fan who altered his Samus to look like she was wearing the famous light suit from the Metroid franchise commented that it took him 10 hours to complete the customization. Now that’s dedication.

It’s pretty clear that Nintendo has a hit on its hands. Other NFC toys like Skylanders and Disney Infinity may have arrived to market first, but the passion that some Nintendo fans seem to have for their favorite characters suggests Amiibo could allow Nintendo to catch up fairly quickly this holiday season, provided they can keep making them fast enough.

And it’s not just fan-made customizations that are getting headlines in Amiibo-world this week either. One potentially very lucky Best Buy shopper picked up a Samus Amiibo that looks… a little different.

The buyer, Adam Truesdale, originally posted this pic to Reddit and then confirmed to Gamespot that he purchased the Samus on the right in the above pic that is outfitted with a second blaster.

Truesdale said he almost opened it up and started playing with it until a friend pointed out the problem. Truesdale told Gamespot he is keeping the Amiibo sealed for now, and that’s likely a good financial decision.

Other NFC toys like Skylanders have a history of skyrocketing in value if something unique or different is found on a model that makes a specific toy more rare than other ones on the market. Unique gold and silver colored Skylanders or ones that were only given away at trade shows like E3 have gone on eBay for thousands of dollars.

It’s not clear just how special this Samus model is just yet, but there’s an excellent chance that an Amiibo with a unique production error like this could potentially be worth a lot of money in the collector’s market.

Have you customized your Amiibo or found another odd production error at a store near you? Let us know in the comments.

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Sources: NeoGaf, Gamespot

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Cool Custom & Production Error Nintendo Amiibo Figures

Latest Wii U Update Adds Amiibo Support

It won’t be long until gamers are pummelling famous Nintendo characters (and a handful of third-party all-stars) in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Yes, the fan-favorite fight franchise looks to be making its definitive debut on the Wii U, but along with it comes the arrival of the Big N’s toys-t0-life initiative, Amiibo.

In anticipation of the figures’ impending arrival later this November, the house of Mario has released another update for its current home hardware. This downloadable update does a couple of things, such as further add to the stability of the system itself, but the coup de grace comes in the form of support for the aforementioned Amiibo figurines.

According to the official Nintendo website, fans will now be able to do a number of different things to their new Nintendo-themed collectable once they have one in their possession. Options such as registering an owner for an Amiibo toy or even deleting information stored on it are available right under the System Settings option on the main menu.

Changes to System Settings:

Amiibo Settings has been added to System Settings. Amiibo Settings allows users to register an amiibo owner and nickname, delete data written to an amiibo by supported software, or reset an Amiibo

Improvements to system stability and usability:

Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience

With Nintendo ramping up to make Amiibo an integral part of its business strategy going forward, it’ll be interesting to see what other uses and types of support the highly collectable peripherals gain in the future. With titles like Mario Kart 8 and Hyrule Warriors adding support for the specialty toys, it’s obvious that Ninty intends for Amiibo to stay.

There are still many more Nintendo characters allegedly set to debut in this experimental line of playthings in the coming months (presumably rounding out the entirety of the Super Smash Bros. roster in the process), but there will undoubtedly be new lines of Amiibo making rounds in 2015 as well. With other titles like Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, the next line of toys can’t be far behind.

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Amiibo will be arriving alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on November 21, 2014.

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Source: Nintendo (via Gematsu)

Latest Wii U Update Adds Amiibo Support