Resembling a strawberry pastry, Merengue the rhinoceros is definitely a fan favorite. This distinct rabbit villager is definitely worth having an amiibo card for. She has an education hobby and can be found under a tree reading or enjoying her day at the museum. Coco has a natural-looking home with earthy tones and stone furniture. Having a normal personality, Coco is easy to get along with and acts kindly to the player and other villagers. Coco is based on Gyroids (haniwa) which are clay figures made in the Yayoi period in Japanese history. With blank eyes and a hollow mouth, Coco is absolutely intriguing or terrifying depending on your perspective. "Don't put off till tomorrow what you can do today." So why not have this precious pastel sheep on your island if possible? She has a music hobby and will join in with other music hobby villagers to serenade the island. With her normal personality, Etoile is very friendly to the player and other villagers. Lavender wool, pastel polka dots, and covered in stars? Etoile is an adorable sheep that just recently joined the Animal Crossing: New Horizons game! Unfortunately, Etoile was a part of the Target exclusive Sanrio amiibo card set that many players were not able to obtain but she is a kawaii addition nonetheless. This sought-out Sanrio Amiibo really caused a stir! With over 400 villagers in New Horizons how can you possibly just choose 10? Well below are the most sought after, expensive, or just absolutely adored villagers that are accessible with their amiibo cards. These cards also save time than trying to go to the main island over and over or wait around for campsite visitors as well. “I made my own in the end, was simple enough and a fun project,” a Redditor wrote.Let's face it, with Amiibo Cards, you can easily obtain villagers that you seek using these magical little cards. Until that happens, it appears that fans will continue to see amiibo hacking as a fun craft activity.
We’ve reached out to Nintendo about the fake amiibo card market and whether the company is considering exploring that avenue for the collectible line and will update accordingly. and Breath of the Wild, the figures are the only official way to go. There are actual amiibo cards, although they’re limited to the Animal Crossing and Mario Sports series. “That way I could be happy that Nintendo didn't lock content behind a figure I can't find in any stores.” “I’d happily pay Nintendo for the cards,” wrote another user. “They'd be easier (and cheaper) for Nintendo to make and they'd probably be cheaper as well.” “Honestly, I would have preferred it if Amiibos were always cards,” one user wrote. The overwhelming majority of users expressed support for the card-based amiibo format, which - even at lofty prices - is still cheaper and easier to find than real amiibo figures. TaobaoĪfter uploading his video, Daniels polled the Breath of the Wild Reddit community on whether they see the amiibo black market as a boon or a problem for collectors. In China, fake amiibo cards can look extremely convincing.
Sold regularly in full sets, all 18 compatible amiibo list for as much as $60 on eBay. I want those amiibo.”īoth those unwilling to pay for the different Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda amiibo figures in order to get all the content and those unable to find them in stores thus have the amiibo cards to turn to. “Someone tell the marketing department that you did your job correctly. “A game all about item and loot and having the best gear, the best gear is locked behind an amiibo,” Daniels explained in the video. This isn’t limited to China, either: A cursory search of eBay turns up several high-priced sets of fanmade amiibo, almost all of them designed to work for The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.īreath of the Wild is a popular target for unofficial amiibo makers, due to the kinds of exclusive content its figures unlock for the game. Yet scalpers also take advantage of amiibo’s scarcity by jacking up the prices of both real and fake ones. Sellers often don’t label these cards as unofficial, due to how convincing they look. As Daniels notes in the video, they sell for high prices and closely approximate the look of real Nintendo products. Taobao, an online auction site similar to eBay, is chockfull of these homemade amiibo cards. “Nintendo right now doesn't have a console on the market here everyone gets their Nintendo products via import.” “Console gaming is only just starting to come to China after the console ban was lifted in 2015,” he explained to Polygon.