For the Animal Crossing thing, wouldn't it have to be strictly the AC characters? Since non of the rest of them are really animals.
Honestly, I absolutely love the concept, but I feel Nintendo isn't using them to their full potential. Something where havin one figurine is ok, but there's still a bonus to the other figurines. Smash Bros. with the Amiibo fighters nailed it perfectly. That's why I went and bought a Yoshi. But Hyrule Warriors and Splatoon were just glorified DLC.
I want to see creative things like maybe a Double Dash mode in MK8 where each Amiibo (that is a playable character) you tap can act as your partner. Or maybe an Animal Crossing apartment where you can tap an Amiibo and that character will move into the apartment acting as a neighbor who will talk and give you missions for their game-themed objects.
Then if you have characters you cant see working anywhere else, use the dumb stuff like MK8 Mii costumes.
For the Animal Crossing thing, wouldn't it have to be strictly the AC characters? Since non of the rest of them are really animals.
My favorite use of amiibo is yarn yoshi.
Basically gives yoshi the color of the character.