What Amiibo do in Every Wii U Game

We played all 22 Amiibo compatible games on the Wii U to see how Amiibo work in all of them!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:07 Amiibo Tap: Nintendo's Greatest Hits
0:37 Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival
4:30 Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
4:50 Hyurle Warriors
5:20 Kirby and the Rainbow Curse
5:53 Mario Kart 8
6:16 Mario Party 10
6:55 Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
7:25 Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash
7:43 Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge
8:17 Pokken Tournament
8:37 Shovel Knight
9:55 Splatoon
10:38 Star Fox Guard
11:00 Star Fox Zero
11:22 Super Mario Maker
12:01 Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
12:22 Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusuen
12:55 The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
13:43 The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
14:28 Word Puzzles by POWGI
14:46 Yoshi's Woolly World
15:26 Outro
Additional Footage:
Mario & Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games: • Mario and Sonic at the...
• Mario and Sonic at the...
Shovel Knight Co-Op Mode: • Shovel Knight - Full C...
Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen: • [Taiko no Tatsujin: AT...
Word Puzzles by POWGI: • Word Puzzles by POWGI ...
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[@thegamingpro3352]

I'm surprised he's still mentally stable after traveling to every state for gamestops, playing 3d mario and mario kart for a week, 2d mario for 2 weeks, and collecting every N64 game

[@Sanicfan9192]

He’s not.

[@berlain1238]

And 2d sonic

[@Equalizer2922]

He’s just good at hiding the insanity

[@NathanielBandy]

well...lol

[@KJcrazy6]

​@@NathanielBandy hi

[@NathanielBandy]

If you missed the 3DS Amiibo video, you can check it out here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKeaY518Yph5sMk

[@vichilltime]

Let’s gooo

[@Roid33]

Here before he fixes the spelling error

[@QuimbyFletcher1996]

Nathan, you better run before the WOZ turns you into an amiibo (trophy)

[@sonickreekgamer7625]

Can you make a mariokart 8 deluxe wave 6 backwards video like the other 5 waves

[@user-ni9zo5ej1t]

Will there be bandy's universe season 2?

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

My favorite was Yoshi's wooly world, where you got a skin based of them. It was pretty cool.

[@vichilltime]

No way you got hearted

[@Lasagnaman901]

Mario maker did it better

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Wooly World was a good game and I remember playing with the Double Yoshi. I had a blue one

[@Lexzim9098]

I really miss the era of Super Mario Maker 1 of using the Amiibos in order to unlock all of the Mystery Mushrooms, whether it's: Mr. Pikman; Mario driving a car; Jigglypuff etc.., the one feature I've missed dearly from Super Mario Maker 2! Great upload as always Nathaniel! ❤

[@bigjalapeno7061]

I remember making a Halloween themed level with the Sonic costume and my friend lending me his Sonic Amiibo for it

[@angrycharizard]

I think Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge will go down in history as the MOST obscure officially released Mario game. And the fact that it's on a home console is even crazier

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Yea maybe. I actually played it though and liked it

[@TheMarioGamer-hs7im]

Although I’ve never gotten an Amibo, the Wii U games are especially cool! Very sad it is discontinued and the services are shutting down here soon! Cool vid and huge like!

[@garfieldfan925]

The Wii U is when Amiibos shined.

[@TheMarioGamer-hs7im]

@@garfieldfan925 That’s true

[@schimnesthaisbasement5015]

Small details: - The Splatoon amiibo stages are the same as the main campaign, except that you play them with a different weapon, that's all. - In Super Mario Maker, there's a limit to how many amiibo costumes you can unlock in 100-Mario, so i feel like using some of the amiibo figures first is a good call as i haven't been able to unlock every costume yet and i reached the limit in every difficulty except super expert and i unlocked some costumes i could've unlocked with amiibo earlier. Lastly, i haven't checked this one, but you apparently can play online with amiibo in Mario Tennis, something you can't do in Sm4sh, sad that the online is going away yet i was never able to play Mario Tennis online lol, while Wii Sports Club i have been able quite a few times. Edit: I love the idea of amiibo, its a way to connect different games and different systems, with all the services down on Wii U and 3DS, it feels cool that there's an official way of still giving some new content to old games via amiibo, i just wish they had some better ways of doing so, like the Word Search game (also apparently some of the new amiibo figures don't work on Wii U or 3DS).

[@canwereach100millionsuscri9]

im prettry sure specific costumes are linked to specific difficulties (as in you can only get them from clearing their designated difficulty or higher), theres also a lot that dont come from the 100 mario challenge

[@schimnesthaisbasement5015]

@@canwereach100millionsuscri9 oh yes, and also the event costumes of course. I haven't seen the specific difficulty ones, that's crazy.

[@MCFawful]

From what I remember, I’d argue Yoshi’s Woolly World probably has one of the best amiibo usages. Even after release I remember using amiibo that didn’t have costumes and tried scanning them in; lots of great memories with that game.

[@kingknight387]

WHOASHI, IT’S A DOUBLE YOSHI EXPLOSHI

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

That cra-shi

[@ShurikanBlade]

For the TPHD Ganon amiibo. Difficulty isn't necessarily locked behind the amiibo since hero mode has the same effect. Tho if you tap the amiibo in hero mode you will actually take 4x the damage

[@FredDoesStuff0423]

Can't wait for the sequel, "What Amiibo do in every 3DS game"

[@rglgra]

Yes i cant either (i cant tell if this is a joke or not)

[@evolutioner8573]

​@@rglgrayeah me2 it sound sarcastic but also not.

[@rglgra]

​@evolutioner8573 yes mostly cuz nb said its coming out but after this comment

[@xinpingdonohoe3978]

That really did not take very long.

[@evolutioner8573]

@@rglgra yep and now it came out 😃 im gona watch it now

[@what_the_hell_is_this.]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="394">6:34</a> you don't have to scan the Amiibo every time you want to roll the dice (in mario party 10) you can also just push the A button on the GamePad instead. just saying

[@Nerdtendo6366]

The fact I own about half of the WiiU games that use amiibo scares me

[@evolutioner8573]

But thats pretty cool, than you can have a lots of fun with amibo.

[@garfieldfan925]

I can confirm that they do something.

[@Lexzim9098]

Indeed

[@kolkagaming1234]

Amiibo are the toy’s to life genre’s last hope

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Skylanders: Dead Disney Infinity: Dead Telepods: Dead LEGO Dimensions: Dead Amiibo: "Alive" (But honestly, they might be dying since a lot Switch games from nowadays have little to no Amiibo support)

[@Bryce_the_Woomy_Boi]

​@@mariajimenafigueroa233 that pokemon thing: dead

[@garfieldfan925]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 Amiibo is barely used on Switch though.

[@kolkagaming1234]

I miss Skylander I played from Giants to imaginations, I played Spyro’s adventure at my friends house. I feel like since Activision abandoned the franchise in 2019 they’ve become a hated video game company

[@anotheryoutubeaccount5259]

​@@kolkagaming1234 no

[@sbyoutube6100]

Best Amiibos are The Yoshis Wooly World 🗣🔥🗣🔥

[@jadenr_11]

as a person who finally bought the Wii U in 2024. I think this vid is a win

[@JHOPEELEVENJamesCoulter]

Some here I got this year

[@aidanmoore8751]

You know....amiibo and 3DS/WII U games go together much better than amiibo and switch games. At least...that's my opinion. (Also i got some suggestions for future videos.) Ranking every captain toad stage. Ranking every mario maker amiibo costume. And ranking every yoshi's wooly world costume. Just wanted to mention these ideas of mine because the games were mentioned in the video.

[@Krishavoc14]

Now time for every switch game!!!!!!! When you have the time of corse

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

The winner is... Super Smash Bros Ultimate!

[@KeebeThePlush]

Even the idea of what amino festival does making you constantly tap amino infuriates me

[@starreturns1]

How ironic that I've been looking for a video like this for a while lol

[@sonickreekgamer7625]

Love the unique amiibo

[@evolutioner8573]

Me2 :D

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I used a Amiibo in Hyrule Warriors so I can use the Spinner. I wish the clay Kirby game had better controls. I got a Zelda Amiibo card pack just to make use of the Amiibo features. It also helped me make money in Tears of the Kingdom.

[@xer0895]

Welcome back! I missed you :)

[@Sanicfan9192]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="538">8:58</a> I heard him say custom knight and thought he was talking about fnaf lol

[@desh206]

I love the splash screen of Wii U games,they would make you very exited for the game you were about to play

[@evolutioner8573]

Yeahh i also love them of wii u i wish more consoles had these. And no not ps4 or ps5 splash screens these ones are realy lame.

[@senritsujumpsuit6021]

all the menus on WiiU had so much feeling baked in having all those Miis run up upon booting the system an Miiverse post popping up @@evolutioner8573

[@NormansWorldMovies]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="640">10:40</a> I've never heard of Star Fox Guard

[@tubular6420]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="36">0:36</a> AAAAAHH!!

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

Please! No Amiibo Festival!! I wanna play Gex!

[@tubular6420]

@@mariajimenafigueroa233 *G E X*

[@Josephcavagnaro]

thanks for teaching me about some things i didnt know about amiibo I didnt know every amiibo was compatible with pokken tournament & Captain toad.

[@sonickreekgamer7625]

Can you please make a wave 6 backwards video for Mario kart 8 deluxe

[@llama_god4880]

I still wish my Wii U worked.

[@kapoiosagnwstosxexe]

NEW VIDEO FINALLY!!!

[@Josiah_XD]

love these vids keep it up!!

[@Lexzim9098]

Nowadays, Amiibos have been left completely neglected by Nintendo, and it's also quite crazy to think how there were more of them sold than the total hardware sales of the Wii U, further exemplifying the poor marketing of the system!

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

It's probably because Toys to Life are dead

[@crazynaut223]

I wouldn't say they've been completely neglected considering they're still being made. Also "they sold more amiibo than consoles" is a weird argument when most people probably bought multiple figures.

[@sahaprocks7751]

Because toys to life are dead and they really give no benefit to Nintendo since they don’t sell that well. They just release some new amiibo once in a while now. Also OF COURSE they sold better than the Wii U. They’re cheaper and people buy a bunch of them. I’m betting most of those sales are from the Amiibo crisis, when everyone was hoarding all the rare figures

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Pretty sad. It would be cool if they did more with them

[@lol-ih1tl]

Splatoon and Smash continue to use amiibo

[@Jarzulgt]

Amibos do in fact do something

[@GDRhythmic]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="464">7:44</a> I used to play this game all the time back in like... 2015 I think?? And I was a kid who only had the Sonic amiibo at the time so I could only play as the default character who can't play any special levels or go through special routes so every time I got a new amiibo I was so ecstatic to try the new challenge levels they took me forever cuz I was bad at solving puzzles so I got a lot of content out of it. Heard the theme for like 2 seconds and was immediately hit with a wave of nostalgia

[@evolutioner8573]

Nice i also grew up with wii u. And yeah i also had this game and i had animail crossing amibo's form amibo festival but bruh i dint even tried to use it in this game couse i throught it was only possible with mario amibos. Ah nastolga.

[@GamerFunOriginallyAarush]

This is definitely an interesting video to watch! I like the concept!

[@theenderkirby939]

Yeah be intresting for 3ds too I guess

[@miikadelachs]

I love the Woolly World amiibo

[@mariajimenafigueroa233]

They're so cute

[@craiggrissett5232]

Nice amiibo collection, Nathaniel.

[@SuspiciousScout]

It's worth noting that for the Star Fox Zero amiibo, you can unlock the Black Arwing if you 100% the game, but I'm not certain if you can unlock the SNES Arwing, unless I just forgot.

[@SuperEliasboi64]

I have the Woolly yoshi it’s adorable

[@DioramaNooks]

Hah. Nice vid. You brought back bad memories of Amiibo Festival. Glad to see some amiibo content still out there. I’m a big fan of them. So much that my initial run of diorama nooks gives reverence to them. Hope more get released. It it doesn’t seem very likely…

[@Homing3000]

Rank every Super Monkey Ball level from easiest to hardest!

[@Supersaturn11]

youtube chose to say this video is all about yoshis wooly world and this is one of my favourite games off all time so it makes me happy:)

[@UltraGamerAustin]

I’ve been watching you since 2018 on a different account keep up the great work. I also have a Wii U and I enjoyed this games

[@theenderkirby939]

Welcome back my amiibos xd

[@eddychim209]

There are also other Toys to Life figurines like Amiibos, which are ones for "Disney Infinity", "Lego Dimensions", and "Skylanders", which are one of the games we don’t see you talk about on your channel, you REALLY need to check those games out, they are really awesome games, Skylanders have really awesome characters, I really hope you see this comment.

[@coolguy4-ls2gl]

I can’t wait for the sora amiibo, I only collect the smash series so I look forward to completing my collection

[@WorldofGamingLongPlays]

to remind me about games with amiibo support for the future

[@NeoNobody]

Nathaniel: *plays Animal Crossing Amiibo Festival’s music* Me: omg I love Amiibo Festival! It’s so nostalgic! Nathaniel: “This is by far one of the worst Nintendo games ever made”

[@TheBlueDeclan]

Because honesty, the amount of content u get is less, u pay 60dollar game and still need 3 amibo cards to play some minigames and even bad controls

[@zarinblade5936]

If only there were an amiibo for Starfox Zero that would make the game playable.

[@jarednobrony789]

This is way better than the canceled Amiiboverse show.

[@MythicalGeniusYT]

@NathanielBandy You should do a marathon type thing with the paper mario games

[@Loading4499]

him posting on my birthday made this an even better birthday for me :)

[@pink-a-palouza7888]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="65">1:05</a> I got amiibo fest on clearance just for Isabelle and her brother but I’ve been collecting the animal crossing cards so I could try this game and I’m glad that the other animal crossing games has amiibo usage too 😂 but its one of the same reason why I collected Pokemon cards tho

[@904funny]

Scanning Wolf Link in Warriors always gives you the weapon for Midna or Twili Midna

[@honeybee3483]

You forgot meantion 8-Bit Mario/Modern 8-Bit Mario Amiibos giving Big Mushroom that turn you big, as well funny graphic filter in Super Mario Maker

[@GodGamer-qi6xe]

Wii u 🔛🔝

[@LampHatScott]

I have a sonic amiibo. The only game i found use in was smash Ultimate. I thought I was going to try it with other games. Turns out most of the games I own don't support amiibo.

[@904funny]

I’ve been wondering if it’s possible to speedrun/ get to the end credits of any game/scene in Amiibo Tap

[@noahschlosser5804]

Honey, do you want some water "😐 No"

[@evilbot2099]

omg the amiibo cards are just dinosaur king!

[@NickTubeMemes]

I only knew the Wii U actually existed because of me finding out about Super Mario Maker, so you know this console was marketed poorly.

[@Max_Toons]

We gotta hurry up because we only have 2 months left to get more Amiibo costumes in Mario Maker! Some of the Amiibo costumes might be locked behind the 100 Mario Challenge, which will no longer be accessible in April!

[@BallinYoMama]

cant wait for wat every amiibo does in switch games

[@NintendoRetro]

when you do your 100% video game marathons the 4 you should do is every kirby game for the first one every yoshi game for the second one every paper mario game for the third one and every zelda game for the fourth one

[@marvelfan2169]

I loved this video idea. Could you do this video again but with nintendo Switch?

[@Paulprogamer513]

You are the goat of the Nintendo

[@SullySadface]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="760">12:40</a> That lil drum is so cute and yet its face infuriates me. What a good lil guy.

[@DomDominic-js3gr]

can you 100% every mario party game in 2 weeks pls I would love to see that idea

[@M64bros]

I still have my Super Smash Bros Mario amiibo ever since 2014!

[@casual3123]

Nintendo knew Desert Island Escape was good if they brought it back in the Welcome Amiibo Update

[@KeebeThePlush]

To this day I forget that breathe of the wild was released on the Wii U

[@landonjackson3524]

love the content Nathaniel keep it up (and tell bathaniel I said hi)

[@polocatfan]

a thing that really sucked about the splatoon amiibos was that in europe every single version of a certain splatoon amiibo were stolen, and nintendo were like "waaaa! we're not releasing them now!" which means europe lost access to features in a game for something that wasn't their fault at all.

[@TheStickCollector]

I should wait for the switch video to come out then Slightly more useful

[@Boomshockalocka007]

But Shovel Knight has 5 amiibo!? (Love the video!)

[@vurvo574]

Desert Island Escape is also unlockable in New Leaf, so you have no reason to play Amiibo Festival

[@bgjck]

I really wished that the Wii U got a true Animal Crossing game and if it did, so many casual gamers might have bought a Wii U for Animal Crossing alone. Just look at how big Animal Crossing new Horizons on the Switch was to casual gamers.

[@pistincup352]

Now you have to do it with the 3Ds

[@linksfungaming6826]

Cool

[@charKT-7461]

the only Amiibo I have is the 35th anniversary retro Mario Amiibo that was bundled with my Mario Maker Wii U bundle

[@RevolutionFalls]

You could build a boat with that many aMiibo

[@tikprpro03]

Actually, for Mario Party 10, you can just press A on the gamepad to roll instead of using the amiibo

[@slyar]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="411">6:51</a> Don't diss Amiibo Party like that

[@ImJustGeto]

47 minutes ago 2 AM in the morning on a school night waiting for this video

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Lol you said people were probably wondering what Mini Mario and Friends Amiibo Challenge was but I actually played it

[@bluewater6878]

Do Amiibo on every 3DS next!

[@tiredhippo82]

So weird more 3ds games use amiibo than wii U since amiibo felt like they were made for the Wii U while using them on 3DS felt more of an after thought.

[@Kaos_Kosmic]

Let's hope a Switch version of this video even if I love the Wii U

[@vichilltime]

W upload

[@ParkTheMark13]

Dang! You have a lot of amiibos

[@franciscotapia9682]

Ultra smash was high-quality enough to be part of the sacred mario timeline over ^@^^$sey and showtime

[@GamingGrunt-bx6ly]

Hey Nathaniel can your next video be how the donkey Kong country series is trash

[@Pjieha-pro]

YES I SAW THE SKYLANDER ONES!😊

[@carstons4481]

One thing you missed is that with the pixel mario Amibo you get a special big mushroom in mario maker

[@justinrhee50]

He's back, and striving for originality

[@bigjalapeno7061]

Hell yea

[@dacunhafernando2753]

Nathalien pls do every Nintendo switch games

[@user-he4ir3wj3l]

I kinda wish Nintendo would bring back the amiibos , sure there being used in smash brothers ultimate , but I wish they returned in Mario maker 2, and animal crossing new horizons.

[@CaptainCat101]

I really ought to get a WII-U, just so my amiibo have something to do