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Amiibo Toy Figurine Characters Announced by Nintendo for 3DS & Wii U. Supports Smash Bros, Mario Kart 8 & More

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Amiibo for Wii U & 3DS is the official name of Nintendo’s Skylanders-like lineup of tfficially announced and detailed during Nintendo’s E3 2014 Press Conference.

Give a look at what Nintendo intends to bring to the “Toy To Life” category (as Nintendo refers to it) phenomenon with this introductory video to Amiibo.

— CONNECT WITH THE GAME —

Introducing Amiibo Character Figurines, designed to connect and interact with compatible games. By holding the Amiibo over your Wii U GamePad, you’ll open up new experiences with each corresponding game. Your Amiibo will store data as you play, making it your very own, one-of-a-kind Amiibo.

Key Amiibo Features:

* The First Amiibo Series Will Be “Super Smash Bros. Wii U – Amiibo Series #1?

* Send Your Amiiibo In To A Smash Fight & Grow Stronger! – In Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, you’ll be able to scan your Amiibo into the game. You’ll then be able to fight against your Amiibo, team up with it in battle, or watch it battle other in-game characters. Your Amiibo will be able to increase its attack and defense stats, and even learn new fighting tactics!

* Amiibo Launches This Holiday – At launch, there will be around 10 different Amiibo figurines available. More will be released during holiday 2014 and throughout 2015.

* A Range of Compatible Games – In addition to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, a variety of other games will offer Amiibo compatibility. How they interact will vary from game to game.

* Wii U Games With Planned Amiibo Support Include: Super Smash Bros. For Wii U, Mario Kart 8, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Party 10, Yoshi’s Woolly World and more!

* Compatible With Nintendo 3DS Too – Nintendo 3DS systems will be compatible with Amiibo functionality using a peripheral device scheduled to launch in 2015. Stay tuned for more information on the Nintendo 3DS games that will work with Amiibo.

Like Skylanders and Disney Infinity, Nintendo will produce their own line of toy figurines that you can purchase (for an extra cost, they are sold seperately) then use to interact with various Nintendo titles, including the upcoming Wii U & 3DS Super Smash Bros., and the already released Mario Kart 8 for Wii U.

Using the Wii U Gamepad’s NFC Scanner in the bottom left-hand corner, you simply hover the figurine over it to zap the character into the game you are currently playing. From there, Nintendo expands on the idea already utilized in other “Toy to Life” titles (like Skylanders) by allowing your data to be re-uploaded back to the figure when you are done playing.

In this way, you will be able to completely customize your character whom you can then take over to a friends house. The character will be bound to the figurine, not to the game, opening up all kinds of new possibilities. The biggest draw to this system is the ability to take the same figure, and use it for multiple titles, watching it continue to evolve without having to buy a new figure.

Here is Nintendo’s Amiibo reveal video from E3 2014.

In Super Smash Bros. 4, you will be able to use your Amiibo figurine to level up and completely customize your own Smash fighter, raising their skills, and giving you the ability to bring in customized item sets to multiplayer fights!

By gaining experience points from winning battles, you can improve their Attack, Defense and Speed stats, customize their equipment, give them various “Effects” (such as Critical Hit Bonus, Improved Meteor Smash or Explosive Perfect Shield), collect Gifts and even customize their moveset!

You can also watch the figures duke it out, watch them fight the CPU, or team up with various figures against the CPU, or fight against your figure yourself! There will be multiple ways to interact with Amiibo figures. Additionally, Amiibo will level-up faster if they fight against other Amiibo.

And don’t worry, the 3DS will also get Amiibo support (in particular for Super Smash Bros. 3DS) via an accessory, like the Skylanders Portal of Power, that will allow you to use the figures with portable titles.

Amiibo will also support: Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U), Yoshi’s Woolly World (Wii U), Mario Party 10 (Wii U), as well as the aforementioned Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS, with future titles offering Amiibo support in the works.

Here’s what the official Amiibo packaging will probably look like according to the figures on-hand at E3 2014.

The first line-up of Amiigo figurines will launch alongside Super Smash Bros. Wii U this holiday, with 14 figures revealed so far (no word on whether or not all of them will be part of Amiibo Series #1).

The previously revealed figures include: Mario, Donkey Kong, Yoshi, Princess Peach, Kirby, Princess Zelda, Pikachu from Pokemon, Marth from Fire Emblem, Fox McCloud from Star Fox, Link from Zelda, Samus from Metroid, Villager from Animal Crossing, Pit from Kid Icarus and Wii Fit Trainer Girl.

New figurines will be released stretching into 2015 and hopefully beyond.

Btw, Nintendo didn’t ignore the fact that they are taking a page from the Skylanders & Disney Infinity playbooks. As they also announced that both Disney Infinity & Skylanders: Trap Team for Wii U/3DS will be getting special Amiibo functionality for their games that will only be available when playing the Wii U or 3DS versions using Amiibo. Very interesting.

 

I’m super excited about Amiibo, despite this idea being stale due to the massive success, popularity and milking of Skylanders & Disney Infinity.

Even so, having figures of Nintendo mascots and beloved Nintendo characters is absolutely awesome and is a dream come true for Nintendo fans. Let’s face it, Nintendo has the most iconic characters of any videogame company, so being able to buy toy versions that interact with Nintendo titles is really neat! It’s also fun to see Nintendo reference the classic Super Smash Bros. Melee toy-scene from that game’s opening… in truth, this is like Nintendo taking the original concept of Smash (toys fighting each other) and making it real! Huzzah!

I can’t wait to try Amiibo out!

Warface is now available for free through steam

A new free-to-play FPS developed CRYENGINE 3 is now available for free download through steam.

Warface introduced initially closed testing beta in January 2013 and is now available as a free download for the masses. The game features 4 playable classes: Rifleman, engineer, doctor and sniper. It also includes co-op where players fight against bots and other shooters, such as Team Deathmatch modes of PvP and pitched battle. The game also features "actions based on team", as giving a boost to help scale a wall and customization of weapons to his teammates.

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Shovel Knight Achievements Guide

The Shovel Knight achievements guide lists every achievement for this PC & Mac 2D action platformer game and tells you how to get and unlock them.

In the Shovel Knight achievement guide we’ll show there are 45 Achievements (0 Secret) to earn in the PC and Mac versions.

[Work-In-Progress]

1. First Purchase — Buy your first item.

2. Only You — Use caution and common sense around campfires.

3. Victory! — Finish the game.

4. Music Lover — Obtain all song scrolls.

5. Master Angler — Successfully fish 5 sparkling fishing spots.

6. Decked Out — Purchase or unlock all relics, equipment, and upgrades.

7. Relic Roundtable — Defeat an enemy by using each relic.

8. I Scream For Ichor — Sample each of the Troupple King’s ichors.

9. Nice Hat… — Help out all the moochers in the fancy shop.

10. Reflect Lord — Hit enemies with a reflected projectile 30 times.

11. Again! — Finish New Game Plus.

Tip: To unlock a New Game Plus AKA “Game+” save file, you’ll have to finish the game for the first time. The second playthrough on New Game Plus is on a harder difficulty level, although to make it a little easier all your prior collected armor and/or upgrades carry over. Complete the game a second time on this same save file to unlock this achievement.

12. Hall Champion — Solve the woes of the Hall of Champions.

13. Well Met — Defeat all of the wandering travelers.

14. Halfway — Defeat 4 of the Order of No Quarter.

15. Hey Big Spender — Spend a combined 25000 gold at the shop.

16. No Damage! — Finish any Stage without taking damage.

Location: It’s the easiest to get in the very first level, For Shovelry.

Gear used:
- Flare Wand (must-have)
- Phase Locket (optional)
- Shovel Beam (optional)
- Magic Armor (recommended)

17. Impossible! — Finish the game without dying.

18. Penny Pincher — Finish the game without spending any money.

19. Perfect Platformer — Finish the game without falling into a bottomless pit.

20. Checkpointless — Destroy every possible checkpoint in the game.

21. Master Shoveler — Purchase all available Shovel Blade upgrades.

22. Flare Wander — Defeat an enemy with the Flare Wand from more than 25 blocks away.

23. Another Dimension — Collect 2000 worth of gold lying on spikes, while using the Phase Locket.

24. Super Sphere — Destroy 5 enemies within 5 seconds using the Chaos Spheres.

25. Knuckle Down — Hang in the air for more than 4 seconds using the Dust Knuckles.

26. Reflected Riches — Bounce the same Alchemical Coin 5 times in a row.

Location: It’s the easiest to get at the start of The Lich Yard level.

27. Arc of Iron — Defeat 3 enemies with one Throwing Anchor.

28. Flying Feat — Defeat 3 enemies using the Propeller Dagger without touching the ground.

29. Boom! — Defeat 5 foes at once using the Booming Horn.

30. Clearing a Path — Run over 5 enemies using the same Mobile Gear.

31. I’m Alive! — Finish any stage without dying.

32. True Shovelry — Beat the game without collecting any relics.

33. Hurry Up! — Beat the game within 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Video Guide: Watch this speedrun of the entire game done fast for the best gameplay tips.

34. Order of Hoarders — Have 50000 gold on hand.

35. Get the Point — Destroy all checkpoints in a single stage.

36. Untouched — Emerge unscathed from a battle with any Knight of the Order of No Quarter.

37. Shovel Economy — Finish a level and swing the Shovel Blade fewer than 20 times.

38. On a Diet — Finish a level without eating any food.

39. Sparker — Finish off any boss using the Ground Spark technique.

40. You’re Fired — Finish off the Black Knight with a reflected shot.

41. Pungent — Listen to all of Croaker’s puns.

42. Juggler — Impress Mona with your skills.

43. Dirt Poor — Don’t collect any gold for an entire Order of No Quarter stage.

44. Hooper — Bounce on the Hoop Kid’s hoop for 5 seconds.

45. Troupple Acolyte — Discover the secrets of the Troupple King.

Special thanks to Yacht Club Games, Camero, Windtalgia & Sanic for the list, tips & guide videos.

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