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Video games that use Amiibo figurines

  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the KingdomIn The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, fusing a rocket to a shield is enough to send Link soaring through the air. That one trick says a great deal about this 2023 action-adventure game for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo EPD built it…
  • Resident Evil RequiemResident Evil Requiem sold five million copies in its first five days, which made it the fastest-selling game in the long-running Resident Evil series. Capcom released it on the 27th of February 2026, and critics greeted it warmly. It is…
  • The Elder Scrolls V: SkyrimA modder made Falskaar for Skyrim as a job application to Bethesda. Bungie hired him instead.
  • Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii UA 2015 Smash fan poll kept its top winners secret until October 2021. Sora and Banjo and Kazooie led the vote.
  • Super Smash Bros. UltimateSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate began with a dying wish from Nintendo's president. It was Satoru Iwata's last request.
  • The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the WildThe Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild had sold 34.51 million copies by March 2025. That made it the bestselling Zelda game and one of the bestselling video games ever. It is a 2017 action-adventure from Nintendo EPD, built for the Wii U…
  • Super Mario OdysseySuper Mario Odyssey opens with an act of violence against a hat. Bowser's airship drags Mario's cap into its rear propellers and shreds it to pieces. Mario has just been knocked off the ship, and he lands in a kingdom of living hats. From…
  • Donkey Kong BananzaDonkey Kong Bananza gives a gorilla one job: dig down, and smash whatever gets in the way. Nintendo EPD developed the 2025 platform game for the Nintendo Switch 2, and its landscapes crumble under nearly every punch, slap and throw. The…
  • Street Fighter 6Street Fighter 6 sold more than one million units within five days of going on sale. Capcom both developed and published the 2023 fighting game, and it counts as the seventh main entry in the Street Fighter franchise. That early number…
  • Animal Crossing: New HorizonsBefore anyone could play Animal Crossing: New Horizons, a delay wiped more than US$1 billion off Nintendo's market value. When the company announced the postponement, its stock value fell by 3.5 percent. That is a strange amount of weight…

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