Super Smash Bros for 3DS updated with amiibo support
Wii U figure player progress carries over
Super Smash Bros for 3DS has received an update that adds amiibo support to the raucous mascot battler - provided you own the New Nintendo 3DS, which can read the figures.
Once you have registered a figure inside the game, you can place the amiibo on the touchscreen during the match set up to make it become a figure player - who can fight with or against you.
Figure players rank up and learn new strategies as they fight, and their skills are saved back onto the statue when you leave the game. Your plastic pals can also gift you coins, trophies, and custom moves after a particularly tough match.
Best of all, any amiibo that you have used with the Wii U version of the game will also be read by the 3DS edition and your fighter player's progress will carry over from game to game.
If you don't have the new console, you'll have to wait for an amiibo-scanning portal peripheral which will be released for Nintendo 3DS, 3DS XL, and 2DS sometime later this year.
The update also lets you upload snapshots, replays, and Mii Fighters to Nintendo's servers, so you can send them directly to your friends. Plus, expect some "stability fixes and other minor adjustments".
