Splatoon 1 and 2 Amiibo/Amiibo Cards: What you need to know about using them in Splatoon 3

Hey fellow lovers of Splatoon! It’s your girl Kat Alyst, here with some funky fresh findings about amiibo cards.

These are the mini amiibo cards! Very small, am I right? I got them from ebay (link for those of you who want to see for yourself: https://www.ebay.com/itm/195386966549?ViewItem=&item=195386966549), and I’m happy to report that they work! But there’s a few things I think are important to know if you want to use them on multiple consoles/get the gear faster.

So a little background info: I share my amiibo collection with my little brother, who has a switch of his own, so I had to make sure that I could use these both for myself and for him (he really wanted Pearl and Marina’s gear). We ran into some interesting complications though, with both the figures and the cards, and this is where my advice comes in.

If you have a copy of Splatoon 1 or 2, register your amiibo there first. Here’s why.

Number 1: When you register an amiibo on Splatoon 3, you will only be able to get gear from it on your account. When my brother tried to borrow my amiibo and cards that were freshly registered on 3, he did not receive the option to get gear like I had, he could only take photos. If you want to share you amiibo with your friends/siblings/cousins/pet rabbit so all of you can get the gear, this is crucial. You can just go and delete the amiibo save data every time you want to use it on a new console, but it’s still better to register them on an older game, because of the next point.

Number 2: If your amiibo reads as having save data from 1 or 2, it will give you all three pieces of gear right off the bat instead of having to level up and tap them multiple times to get all three pieces. We found this out because I decided to use 2 to overwrite the data to see if that would be enough to get them to work for my brother’s switch, and unlike when I tapped them on 3 for the first time and got one piece of gear, he got all three of them. The only amiibo we haven’t gotten this to work with are Callie and Marie, and that’s because I never beat the story mode of 2, and you can only use those amiibo in 2 once you’ve done that. I imagine if you have story mode beaten, the same can be said for them. I say this having tested it with regular amiibo from 1 and amiibo cards from 1 and 2.

Here’s the downside: You won’t be able to take pictures with any of your amiibo in photo mode unless they’re registered in 3, which is a bummer, but I get why. Important thing to know: using amiibo in photo mode is the only way you can pose your player character, so that’s one reason why people are searching amiibo and amiibo cards out. So do everything you want to do with them in the way of gear with save data from 2 before you register them with 3, and you should be golden. I’m actually gonna keep mine with 2 save data on them for a bit, since I have a sister that also plays 3 who’s visiting soon, and it makes more sense to re-register them with three once she’s gotten the perks. The only thing I will say is that if you register them with an older game first, you miss out on what the character dialogue is in 3, which is unique and different from the previous games and for each individual character, but if you don’t care about that, then it doesn’t really matter. Though I will say, it’s very interesting on the Octoling amiibo that came when 2 got Octo Expansion, their dialogue has changed significantly, screenshots below.

Octoling Boy in Splatoon 2:

Octoling Boy in Splatoon 3:

I didn’t know they spoke like that, totally missed out on that last game! And it makes sense if you know what the DLC story is in 2, what an interesting detail to tie it all together! Also he is so sweet and I just want to hug this guy so much!

One thing to note if you’re new to Splatoon amiibo is that some amiibo have the same function. For Splatoon 1, there was a second three pack introduced with a green inkling girl, purple inkling boy, and orange squid. I don’t know why they did this, but I happen to have those figures since I didn’t know any better, considered using them for customs at some point. These three amiibo give you the exact same gear and dialogue as the original three from 1 and are completely unnecessary unless you want those colors/are sharing with a friend. Unfortunately on my set of mini cards, the renders for green inkling girl and purple inkling boy are incorrect. They’re both wearing gear that isn’t featured on their amiibo, and the boy has the wrong skin tone. Also, my set of cards includes 17, and that’s because there’s an extra orange inkling girl for some reason? No idea why, but hey, I’ll take it!

In conclusion, the amiibo cards are well worth your time if you want to get the gear and take fun photos without having to pay the astronomical scalper prices for the previous game’s amiibo (or if you just don’t want/don’t have room for the statues themselves). All 17 cards cost me about the same as one regular retail price amiibo ($12.99, not including tax and shipping), that is an absolute steal. I haven’t collected amiibo in a long time, not since Smash Bros where I was casually on the hunt. It’s actually kind of ironic, I first got an ebay account because of Smash Bros amiibo, my other sister found a set of Sonic and Shulk from Japan that was a good price,  so one character for me and one for her, and that was my journey into looking for stuff preowned online. I’m really happy with these, can’t wait to throw on the witch gear for spooky month. Hope you found this helpful! Have fun out there squiddos and octokids, see you on the turf!

some lesbians having music moments <3

Current Splatoon 2 Turf War Status 2023:

Whatever is happening here

People will kill themselves on a gold dynamo roller when presented an opportunity

Custom Agent #4 (Sunlight) Amiibo render! :) They've got their Hero Brella (which I've decided is their canon weapon) and Hero gear on this time! This is just the render version, before I go to 3d print it I think I'm going to thicken up the brella and make a stand so it can be removed but stood up a few inches away so it looks like they fired it off, or it can be slid onto the nozzle of the gun.

ok I'll post here too

do I like it or do I not... the answer will come to me tomorrow morning

would it be alright with you if we talked about how when you put their hands together it makes a heart (IF THIS IMAGE IS BLURRY IM SO SORRY AGHHH)

ABSOLUTELY!!!! I can't believe im an off the hook amiibo owner and never did this with them thats so cute!!!!!

I've always loved their signature hand pose the most, ofc callie and marie have the iconic original one but something about the fluidity of oth and their distinct personalities showing when they do it (pearl's hands are more rigid, her fingers are spread further while marina's hands are relaxed and her fingers are close together) it just makes me love that pose so much.

AND THEN IT MAKES A HEART WHEN YOU PUT THEM IN FRONT OF EACH OTHER SOMEONE SEDATE ME

splatoon 2 base game hero mode is unironically my favorite out of the ones i’ve played. i get why people diss on it but it was so fun when i played it for the first time. only reason i log onto splatoon 2 anymore tbh

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had to fucking rip out shiver for this

If you have the splatoon amiibo gear you can mix and match it to make a feral witch/wizard outfit

OK so the poll has decided

I put it in a blankie

Sushi goes back to Hotlantis

more designs that were for prompts based on the splatoon amiibos :^]

Btw look what I got from target

Splatoon 2 Amiibo Collection (boy, girl, squid)

Don’t get cooked!