Amiibo Will Unlock Virtual Console Trials on Wii U

By Alex Osborn

During last night's financial meeting, Nintendo president and CEO Satoru Iwata announced a new feature for amiibo that retro gamers will no doubt enjoy.

Tapping the plastic figurines on the Wii U GamePad will unlock time-limited trials of original Nintendo and Super Nintendo Virtual Console games. Doing so in quick succession will allow players to cycle through various scenes of particular games. Iwata likened this maneuver to swapping out cartridges.

The functionality will go live later this year for Wii U. Stay tuned for information on 3DS support, as I suspect it is only a matter of time before Nintendo brings the same feature to its line of handheld devices.

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