Here are some images to use.
View: https://imgur.com/a/lFPhM
Also the unboxing ones.
View: https://imgur.com/a/yNsz8
I recommend picking up Amiiqo at Amiiqo Canada to get a decent price and
good customer service. Amiiqo Canada is an Canadian reseller and all
stock ships directly from Ontario, CANADA. Check out their site here.
Shop | Amiiqo Canada | Canada's Official Amiiqo Vendor
It seems like only yesterday, I discovered the wonders of Amiiqo and
Maxlanders. DLC’s (Downloadable Content) are everywhere and it shows no
sign of slowing down. At first developers used this concept as a means
to extend the replay value of your game. However, over time this content
was either already in game or watered down to the point of feeling
ripped off. Let’s look at Mario Kart DLC for example, there are 19
Amiibo outfits to purchase. 12.99 x 19 Amiibos = $246.81 (Not including
taxes) WTF! I’m a big supporter of the big N but this is ridiculous.
Amiibos are so popular, even the evil EA is jealous!!!
You can’t take all your Amiibos, even with Amiibo cases that’s a lot to
carry around. Its not portable or viable to be transporting all your
valuables. I for one always try to carry light as possible, it’s not fun
to be tied down with so many items. I’m constantly traveling and I can’t
afford to pack everything I need to enjoy my games to the fullest.
Digital content has made it easier to take your gaming anywhere you
want. Plus I don’t think you will be the popular one with carrying
around Amiibo bags.
Nothing could be worse than someone stealing or damaging your hard
earned investments. Thats a lot to worry about and these days, who has
time to pack everything.
Hopefully after this review, you will finally see the full potential of
Amiiqo. Now with introductions out of the way, lets get to this
wonderful unboxing.
My first impressions were, “Amiiqo is so small!!!” Wow, I didn’t expect
this product to be so portable. This is nice and convenient, I can
definitely see how useful this product can be. Amiiqo has nice
presentation with its labeling, this is how I’d imagine retails stores
would sell it. No hard plastic or scissors required to open this
product. Its really annoying that manufacturers find the need to do
this, especially when they package the scissors you need in hard
plastic. How ironic is that? lol. You need to familiarize yourself with
terms and functions of your Amiiqo
Precautions
Using Amiiqo is pretty straight forward and I’ll guide you thru it if
you have any doubts in yourself. Before we begin, lets discuss
precautions with maintaining your backups. Anytime you remove banks you
risk the possibility of losing your backups and the 10 included with
your Amiiqo. Given the nature of the included Amiibos, you cannot simply
restore these backups. Some are unreleased, therefore you have no option
to restore these leaked backups. Your Amiiqo comes with
1. DarkPit
2. Palutena
3. Ganondorf
4. Falco
5. R.O.B
6. Link
7. Mario
8. Pikachu
9. Yoshi
10. Donkey Kong
Managing Banks
Banks are the backups present in your Amiiqo. Every time you scan your
Amiiqo it will give you information about your banks and amount present.
When you add or remove banks your Amiiqo will request to scan it in
order to update the present count in available.
Backups:
The backups you make with Amiiqo are stored in a BIN format. These
backups are stored in your Internal storage and there’s no setting to
change it to the SD card. Even if you move your BIN files over to the SD
card, you cannot assign banks from the SD. This limitation may be
removed at later firmware or app update.
Lock & Unlocking:
The Purpose of these functions is to change Amiiqo’s modes. Lock mode
for using the Amiiqo as an Amiibo with character select mod. Unlock mode
is for adding and removing Amiibos from Amiiqo.
1. Setting Up Amiiqo
You can start off by downloading the android companion app and its
available to download here. Make sure you allow Unknown sources in your
phone to install the Amiiqo apk. Be sure to activate your NFC function
on your android device. Once you run the app, it will ask you to scan
the Amiiqo for the first time. Once I did, it asked to update the Amiiqo
firmware to the latest version. I find this very useful as the Amiiqo
Team can always add more functionality, improve stability and add
support for any special amiibos that may release in the future.
2. Making Backups
Let’s begin by making a backup of our own, I’ll use my Link Amiibo for
example purposes.
Once you scan your Amiibo of choice you have options to Dump and Unlock
Select Dump and scan the Amiibo on your NFC sensor
You Dump will display the name of the BIN and remember the name
3. Adding Amiibos to your Amiiqo Collection
Now that you made your first backup, lets add it to the Amiiqo
Re-scan your Amiiqo and select the option Set Bankcount
Add the amount of backups your currently have, since I have just
Link I’ll set the amount to 11
It will ask you to scan the Amiiqo again, this will save the
Bankcount to 11
Now select Manage Bankcount, you will be greeted with blank file
named Bank #11
Click on 11 and file browser will appear, locate your BIN file and
press OK
Amiiqo will generate the appropriate icon for your backup
Now go back to the main menu and it will ask you to scan the Amiiqo.
Profit
4. Locking and Unlocking Amiiqo
Now that you have your Amiiqo setup, let’s get ready to rumble
Select the Lock option and then scan the Amiiqo
This is will change Amiiqo to Amiibo mode with character selection
The Lock mode will be used with daily function to use with WiiU and 3DS.
A simple click will switch banks to change your Amiibo character. When
in this mode you cannot add or remove Amiibos until you Unlock it again.
Scan Amiiqo and it will behave like a normal Amiibo
Select Unlock and press+hold the button after the Amiiqo makes the
scan sound.
Now your back to Unlock Mode
My hands on experience with Amiiqo has been mostly a positive
experience. Some users have reported issues with making backups of the
Lucario Amiibo. This is no problem, as Amiiqo doesn’t have an icon for
the Lucario backups ATM. This is a minor issue and a simple update can
remedy this. I had no problem making backups and adding them to Amiiqo.
Below are some examples of how Amiiqo can change your gaming experience.
I know some you have noticed, this product puts iOS users at a
disadvantage. While others are probably wondering the price point of
this product. Rest assure there’s good news for everyone. Team Amiiqo
has announced a price drop from its early adopter price tag of $89.99
USD. The new price will be lowered to an affordable retail price of
$49.99USD to all resellers soon. To even sweeten the deal, they also
announced a NFC to USB accessory to use with PC. This will fill in
the gap for all iOS and Non-NFC android smartphone users. Additionally,
you can even preorder the NFC to USB accessory for $29.95USD. I hope you
enjoyed this article as much as I did writing it.
View: https://imgur.com/a/lFPhM
Also the unboxing ones.
View: https://imgur.com/a/yNsz8
I recommend picking up Amiiqo at Amiiqo Canada to get a decent price and
good customer service. Amiiqo Canada is an Canadian reseller and all
stock ships directly from Ontario, CANADA. Check out their site here.
Shop | Amiiqo Canada | Canada's Official Amiiqo Vendor
It seems like only yesterday, I discovered the wonders of Amiiqo and
Maxlanders. DLC’s (Downloadable Content) are everywhere and it shows no
sign of slowing down. At first developers used this concept as a means
to extend the replay value of your game. However, over time this content
was either already in game or watered down to the point of feeling
ripped off. Let’s look at Mario Kart DLC for example, there are 19
Amiibo outfits to purchase. 12.99 x 19 Amiibos = $246.81 (Not including
taxes) WTF! I’m a big supporter of the big N but this is ridiculous.
Amiibos are so popular, even the evil EA is jealous!!!
You can’t take all your Amiibos, even with Amiibo cases that’s a lot to
carry around. Its not portable or viable to be transporting all your
valuables. I for one always try to carry light as possible, it’s not fun
to be tied down with so many items. I’m constantly traveling and I can’t
afford to pack everything I need to enjoy my games to the fullest.
Digital content has made it easier to take your gaming anywhere you
want. Plus I don’t think you will be the popular one with carrying
around Amiibo bags.
Nothing could be worse than someone stealing or damaging your hard
earned investments. Thats a lot to worry about and these days, who has
time to pack everything.
Hopefully after this review, you will finally see the full potential of
Amiiqo. Now with introductions out of the way, lets get to this
wonderful unboxing.
My first impressions were, “Amiiqo is so small!!!” Wow, I didn’t expect
this product to be so portable. This is nice and convenient, I can
definitely see how useful this product can be. Amiiqo has nice
presentation with its labeling, this is how I’d imagine retails stores
would sell it. No hard plastic or scissors required to open this
product. Its really annoying that manufacturers find the need to do
this, especially when they package the scissors you need in hard
plastic. How ironic is that? lol. You need to familiarize yourself with
terms and functions of your Amiiqo
Precautions
Using Amiiqo is pretty straight forward and I’ll guide you thru it if
you have any doubts in yourself. Before we begin, lets discuss
precautions with maintaining your backups. Anytime you remove banks you
risk the possibility of losing your backups and the 10 included with
your Amiiqo. Given the nature of the included Amiibos, you cannot simply
restore these backups. Some are unreleased, therefore you have no option
to restore these leaked backups. Your Amiiqo comes with
1. DarkPit
2. Palutena
3. Ganondorf
4. Falco
5. R.O.B
6. Link
7. Mario
8. Pikachu
9. Yoshi
10. Donkey Kong
Managing Banks
Banks are the backups present in your Amiiqo. Every time you scan your
Amiiqo it will give you information about your banks and amount present.
When you add or remove banks your Amiiqo will request to scan it in
order to update the present count in available.
Backups:
The backups you make with Amiiqo are stored in a BIN format. These
backups are stored in your Internal storage and there’s no setting to
change it to the SD card. Even if you move your BIN files over to the SD
card, you cannot assign banks from the SD. This limitation may be
removed at later firmware or app update.
Lock & Unlocking:
The Purpose of these functions is to change Amiiqo’s modes. Lock mode
for using the Amiiqo as an Amiibo with character select mod. Unlock mode
is for adding and removing Amiibos from Amiiqo.
1. Setting Up Amiiqo
You can start off by downloading the android companion app and its
available to download here. Make sure you allow Unknown sources in your
phone to install the Amiiqo apk. Be sure to activate your NFC function
on your android device. Once you run the app, it will ask you to scan
the Amiiqo for the first time. Once I did, it asked to update the Amiiqo
firmware to the latest version. I find this very useful as the Amiiqo
Team can always add more functionality, improve stability and add
support for any special amiibos that may release in the future.
2. Making Backups
Let’s begin by making a backup of our own, I’ll use my Link Amiibo for
example purposes.
Once you scan your Amiibo of choice you have options to Dump and Unlock
Select Dump and scan the Amiibo on your NFC sensor
You Dump will display the name of the BIN and remember the name
3. Adding Amiibos to your Amiiqo Collection
Now that you made your first backup, lets add it to the Amiiqo
Re-scan your Amiiqo and select the option Set Bankcount
Add the amount of backups your currently have, since I have just
Link I’ll set the amount to 11
It will ask you to scan the Amiiqo again, this will save the
Bankcount to 11
Now select Manage Bankcount, you will be greeted with blank file
named Bank #11
Click on 11 and file browser will appear, locate your BIN file and
press OK
Amiiqo will generate the appropriate icon for your backup
Now go back to the main menu and it will ask you to scan the Amiiqo.
Profit
4. Locking and Unlocking Amiiqo
Now that you have your Amiiqo setup, let’s get ready to rumble
Select the Lock option and then scan the Amiiqo
This is will change Amiiqo to Amiibo mode with character selection
The Lock mode will be used with daily function to use with WiiU and 3DS.
A simple click will switch banks to change your Amiibo character. When
in this mode you cannot add or remove Amiibos until you Unlock it again.
Scan Amiiqo and it will behave like a normal Amiibo
Select Unlock and press+hold the button after the Amiiqo makes the
scan sound.
Now your back to Unlock Mode
My hands on experience with Amiiqo has been mostly a positive
experience. Some users have reported issues with making backups of the
Lucario Amiibo. This is no problem, as Amiiqo doesn’t have an icon for
the Lucario backups ATM. This is a minor issue and a simple update can
remedy this. I had no problem making backups and adding them to Amiiqo.
Below are some examples of how Amiiqo can change your gaming experience.
I know some you have noticed, this product puts iOS users at a
disadvantage. While others are probably wondering the price point of
this product. Rest assure there’s good news for everyone. Team Amiiqo
has announced a price drop from its early adopter price tag of $89.99
USD. The new price will be lowered to an affordable retail price of
$49.99USD to all resellers soon. To even sweeten the deal, they also
announced a NFC to USB accessory to use with PC. This will fill in
the gap for all iOS and Non-NFC android smartphone users. Additionally,
you can even preorder the NFC to USB accessory for $29.95USD. I hope you
enjoyed this article as much as I did writing it.