Sir Abacus
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It doesn't know how to use items or play on any other stage than Final Destination.
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An Amiibo made it to Losers Finals in a Smash Bros tournament
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It doesn't know how to use items or play on any other stage than Final Destination.
Icyflamez96
Member
An Amiibo only online mode and/or tourney sounds like an excellent idea.
Mr. Poolman
Member
This is how Skynet begins.
kunonabi
Member
I would love to see that. Amiibo side tourney's could be a lot of fun.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Don't get too cocky, Star Fox!
I feel like I'm missing some crucial piece of intel here
Fox was a famously overused character in competitive Melee.
Champomade
Member
I dont understand. Are these things moving? Are they very shophisticated robots able to play video games? I thought they were only figurines...
Seven Force
Banned
This is a fantastic idea.
no.
you actually need a human to hold a controller. Then you put the amiibo nearby, and he sends telepathical waves to control your brain/fingers and play.
kinda like Ratatouille, but you know... better.
if the human try to resist, the amiibo will break his fingers.
Amiibo have chips in them that communicate with WiiU when they're placed on a WiiU GamePad. What happens next depends on the game. In Smash Bros., they "come to life" in the game as a CPU-controlled character. You name this character, pick its color, customize its moves, modify its stats and abilities with equipment, and feed it gear to level it up faster. But the main way they level up is by fighting. They can fight with you, against you, against your friends, against each other, against other amiibo. And they learn from the people they fight. So if you taunt after getting a kill, they'll start taunting after a kill. If you chase a Smash Ball, they'll start to chase a Smash Ball. If you intercept someone offstage with a meteor smash, they'll start trying to do the same. Apparently, there have been lv. 50 amiibo who have four-stocked lv. 9 CPUs -- lv. 9 being the previous "highest difficulty." So amiibo are a fun way to create monstrous opponents or partners. They also find loot for you, like coins and trophies and custom gear. And they also look really cool on a shelf.
Champomade
Member
Damn and all this this for £10. I guess that's all the nintendo R&D which didnt go into doing a next gen console which is finally paying off
actually, amiibos are going to build the next gen console.
sorry, I'm bored at work 
Neiteio's answer was pretty awesome.
Neiteio's answer was pretty awesome.Even unfed amiibo can apparently mop the floor with multiple lv. 9s, so yeah, I imagine they're great sparring partners. I haven't started training mine yet, though.
I borderline cannot even touch my dk amiibo anymore. I got him to level 50 and he was a very tough opponent. Then I fed him and he's all but unstoppable.
But then I just keep feeding him more. My friend has a Fox amiibo and there is no way Buttkong is losing to that jerk
This is actually terrifying
How well does that learning part actually work?
I didn't really know about that, so I just had my amiibos level up by fighting each other while I watched tv or something.
Will my amiibos have a significant disadvantage?
BroggieDoge
Member
Stuck in Bayonetta 2? Can't get shake that blue shell in MK8? Have your amiibo take over for you. AmiiPlay... Coming soon...TBD 2015
Relaxed Muscle
Member
Does this mean if I train an Amiibo and win a tournament I get the money?
Icyflamez96
Member
No your Amiibo gets it
I think the learning stuff is BS. My D.K amiibo has started trying to get meteor smashes, chasing the smash ball, and trying to grab people and walk them to their deaths in walk-offs without learning it from anyone.
if i accidentally step on my opponent, do I get disqualified?
lol wow
Reminds me to of the last south park episode
lol wow
It eats the prize pool
Yeah it's not hard to do well when you're cheating.
Tidus_Great
Banned
i like how a supposed tournament has poverty ass tv and seating. Class it up a bit, i know it's gaming but it looks like the set of an 80s porno
Poverty ass tv? Looks like a fighting game tournament standard Asus monitor to me.
Leafhopper
Banned
But...that's what makes these tournaments so great! And what's exactly wrong with the monitor?
R.O.B. reborn.
Personally I'm still skeptical about the learning claims. I know for sure the IGN claim about learning to taunt after a kill is BS because my amiibo did that on its own.
Aaronrules380
Member
I'm not great at Smash, but I'm having trouble beating my two amiibos right now. I have Link and Mario
unsurprising considering that:
1) many people, myself included, have trouble beating their high level amiibos even once
2) amiibos receive stat bonuses, aka they play with handicap on
I wish we could turn off their stat advantages and juts play them skill vs. skill, because I really do think their combat prowess and AI is truly impressive, it's just hard to judge it only on its merits when they get stat boosts.
1) many people, myself included, have trouble beating their high level amiibos even once
2) amiibos receive stat bonuses, aka they play with handicap on
I wish we could turn off their stat advantages and juts play them skill vs. skill, because I really do think their combat prowess and AI is truly impressive, it's just hard to judge it only on its merits when they get stat boosts.
BassForever
Member
Do unfed amiibos still get stat boost as I've mostly used mine in 8 player smash and they don't seem to do any extra damage compared to myself, level 9 random ai, or my friends.
I don't know. I haven't fed ANY of my amiibos, and at level 40+ they still kick the shit out of me. They don't appear to do anything impossible speed-wise, but they may still have damage/defense boosts, not sure.
I wonder. I just erased my Samus' data and started her over from level 1. It's level 25 now, and I've been taunting after many (though not all) kills. Now it taunts, fairly regularly, though not every time.
My other Samus amiibo was leveled by fighting my Yoshi amiibo, starting from level 1 all the way to 50. She never, ever taunted after a kill. And she could barely beat a level 9 cpu at level 50, and even lost to one once.
Once I get the new one to 50, I'll test it against a level 9 and see how it compares.
Yes, they get damage boosts and I suspect knockback boosts.
For example, if I recall correctly, level 50 peach was doing about 16% with fresh side+B, compared to a human player doing 8-9% with fresh side+B. Up smashes are especially painful, maybe in the 30-40% range. You can still spar with them to train yourself not to get hit, in theory.
theprodigy
Member
Yes, they also don't have landing lag which is hilarious
sixteen-bit
Member
Plot Twist:
KDJ was secretly sending the inputs.
KDJ was secretly sending the inputs.
Get out of my headReminds me to of the last south park episode