Amiibo

amiibo (アミーボ) are a line of interactive figurines available for usage with the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS systems.

Function
amiibo are collectable figures that were first introduced for ‘’Super Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U’’. Using near field communication via the Wii U gamepad, Nintendo 3DS amiibo adapter platform, or the New Nintendo 3DS touch screen, scanning an amiibo unlocks special content in numerous Nintendo video games. Currently, there are four Fire Emblem amiibos: Marth, Ike, Robin, and Lucina.

Usage
The above four amiibos can be used for the following games with the following effects in game:
 * ‘’amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits - Unlocks demos of various classic games.
 * ’’Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Gives the player 1-Up Mushrooms
 * ’’Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.’’ - Makes the scanned character usable once per level, although they cannot be revived at checkpoints.
 * ’’Fire Emblem if - Allows the player to challenge the scanned character to battle and recruit them.
 * ’’Hyrule Warriors - Gives the player a weapon with up to three stars, a random material, or a random number of rupees. Up to five can be scanned daily.
 * ’’Mario Party 10’’ - Allows the player to play Scratch Bonus and win Mario Party points.
 * ’’One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X’’ – Unlocks a Marth costume for Brook
 * ’’Yoshi’s Woolly World’’ – Unlocks a yarn print based on the scanned character.