Release date: 28 November 2014. Nintendo characters come to life in new ways as amiibo - interactive figures that have the ability to communicate with multiple specially designed games by just touching them to the Wii U GamePad Controller. amiibo can interact with compatible games when players touch them to the Wii U GamePad controller, reading character data into games and saving data to the figure. In Super Smash Bros for Wii U players can battle alongside or against their amiibo characters levelling them up in the process. WARNING(S): Only for domestic use.