Link™ is the main character in The Legend of Zelda™ games. A young boy living in Hyrule, Link is often given the task of rescuing Princess Zelda™ and Hyrule from the Gerudo thief Ganondorf. Humble to the end, Link is known not merely as a hero but as a symbol of courage, strength and wisdom as well.

Nintendo characters come to life in new ways as amiibo™ – interactive figures that have the ability to communicate with multiple specially designed games by just touching them to the Wii U GamePad controller. Nintendo plans to release first series of amiibo™ this year alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

Features:

amiibo™ can interact with compatible games when players touch them to the Wii U GamePad controller, reading character data into games and saving data to the figure.

Different compatible games will use amiibo in different ways. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be the first game to use amiibo™. Games like Mario Kart 8, Mario Party 10, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker and Yoshi’s Woolly World are also planned to support amiibo™.

In Super Smash Bros., players can battle alongside or against their amiibo™ characters, leveling them up in the process. They can then bring them to a friend who has a Wii U and the game to show off how they’ve trained and customized their characters.