Amiibo are going to be even better on Nintendo Switch
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Good news, Amiibo fans! Your new Switch is going to be even more Amiibo-friendly! While the Wii U itself may not have been a huge moneymaker for Nintendo, there is one part of this experience that exceeded every expectation. In the height of the `Toys to Life` explosion, Nintendo revealed a series of figurines from all of their most popular games that could interact with the game console with a tap. They`re called Amiibo, and not only are they coming to Nintendo Switch, but it`s clear the company is doubling down on this experience. Here`s how Amiibo will work when you switch (pop!) to Nintendo Switch! NFC readers are everywhere now On the Wii U, the only way to send an Amiibo into the digital world was through a little square on the Gamepad. Tapping the base of an Amiibo to this square would send whatever information you had saved to this figurine into the game you were playing. It works well, but if you`re playing a multiplayer game or just plain didn`t want to use the Gamepa...