Touch, view and connect with games. With amiibo, you can discover ways to interact with your favorite Nintendo characters and games. When you use such a character to touch the NFC contact point of your Nintedo device while playing certain games, the data on the chip is transferred to the respective game and used in a variety of ways. In addition, your character's data will be updated as you play. This makes your amiibo unique. Connect to a variety of games. You can use amiibos in a variety of other games. The way you use them depends on the game.