As tested in Recent Direct, you can use them with the switch
Recently, Nintendo shared more information about Super Nintendo World through a physical walking tour with Mario’s father: Shigeru Miyamoto. It was amazing! Go look at it.
Back? You may have noticed that at some point in the video, Nintendo triggered the Power-Up Bands (which are basically a form of Magic Bands from Disney parks) and some form of Switch functionality. Well, thanks to a new landing site, we now know a little more about how all of this will work.
According to the site, amiibo will correspond with the character of the band itself. Therefore, the previous red band with the red “M” for Mario will become a “Mario amiibo”. Other groups match Luigi, Peach, Daisy, Toad and Yoshi. The bands are used directly with the Joy-Con’s NFC Switch point or Pro controller, but “are not compatible with the 3DS or Wii U.”
Of course, the bands will also function in the park as a scoring maintenance mechanism, interacting with various “activities”. I wonder how they will play the American version of the park with long queues.
Startup band [Nintendo]
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