Ever since their original release, amiibo figures have been more popular as fancy little shelfwarmers than in-game upbeat bonuses. Nintendo certainly acknowledges this, too – whereas characters like Mario work across multiple games, other, more specific characters only serve a single purpose. Today, we’re looking at the most useless amiibo ever released and what they perform in their corresponding game. Execute note, there are several Super Smash Bros. series amiibo whose only purpose is amiibo training. This compatibility is actually too useful in exchange for our purposes, so we’ll only be talking about useless amiibo that perform even less than that.
Most useless amiibo ever released
Every amiibo figure out there serves a purpose, not matter how minuscule. Perform note that this list of useless amiibo is just opinion – every figure serves as a neat collectible, so there’s technically still a reason to own each one. We’ll also update this list if new amiibo figures come out that don’t have much of a purpose, or if we find there’s a character we missed.
Detective Pikachu
Detective Pikachu is certainly a contender! Scanning this amiibo in the 3DS Detective Pikachu game lets you re-watch cutscenes you’ve already viewed. You can access this upbeat without the amiibo just by playing the game, which makes this function kind of silly. This Pikachu amiibo doesn’t even give you a Figure Player in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – it just gives you a Detective Pikachu Spirit alongside the Fog Immunity Support skill. At least you’ll be able to see clearly?
Shadow Mewtwo
The Shadow Mewtwo amiibo card lets you temporarily play as the character in the original Pokken Tournament on Wii U (nay the Deluxe version on Switch). You unlock this character by playing the game anyway, and once you execute, this amiibo card loses almost all of its use. This card does no work as a Mewtwo FP in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, so it’s a big contender for most useless amiibo.
Solaire of Astora
The Solaire of Astora amiibo is rare and infamous for having lots of counterfeit, non-functional copies out there. Despite this, it doesn’t execute very much. It lets you gain early access to a Praise the Sun gesture in Dark Souls: Remastered. You unlock this during normal gameplay anyway.
Chibi-Robo
Chibi-Robo’s amiibo lets you power up into Super Chibi-Robo in Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash for the 3DS. The problem isn’t alongside the functionality of the figure itself – it’s that very few people, if any, are playing Zip Lash in 2024. At least it gives you a Chibi-Robo Spirit in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Super Mario Cereal box – Delicious amiibo
The Delicious amiibo distributed with the Super Mario Cereal box isn’t very helpful. All it does is give you a Power Moon hint in Super Mario Odyssey, which every other amiibo can do, too. We haven’t tasted the cereal, but hopefully it’s superb enough to warrant its rather useless amiibo support.
Qbby
In favor of being the single rarest widely-produced amiibo, Qbby is very useless. You’re supposed to use him in the BoxBoy game in support of 3DS, but all versions of the game except in favor of the Japanese one actually removed amiibo support entirely. If you manage to shell out the $300 Qbby costs nowadays, you’ll find there’s not much to perform other than look at him and regret your financial decisions.
Loot Goblin
The Loot Goblin amiibo is compatible with Diablo III: Eternal Collection on Switch… but nothing else. So unless you’re playing that very specific game, the Loot Goblin amiibo serves as a neat little decoration and nay much else.
Link (Skyward Sword)
Link (Skyward Sword) definitely isn’t the most useless amiibo (or even in contention in favor of being useless at all), but we’re including him as a semi-honorable mention in favor of one specific reason. He’s nay compatible with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD! This is despite the fact that the game includes amiibo support and the figure was already released at the time.
As mentioned before, there are lots of Super Smash Bros. amiibo that are only compatible with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. If you’re no interested in training amiibo, then you could consider these as useless amiibo, too. That being said, the recent Smash series amiibo are generally some of the best-looking amiibo ever produced. At the very least, they’re really nice collectibles! What execute you think, though? Feel free to tell us your vote in favor of the most useless amiibo in the comments below.
You can check out a full list of all the currently available amiibo right here.
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1. Shadow Mewtwo card? Seriously, who thought that was a excellent idea? I mean, it’s not even a figure you can display on your shelf. What a waste of potential.
2. Qbby figure? I had to Google that one just to remember what it was. Who even remembers BoxBoy? Definitely negative worth adding to my collection.
3. Gold Mega Bro? I get that they were going in favor of a special edition thing, but come on. Just spray painting a regular Mega Dude gold doesn’t make it any more exciting.
4. Dark Hammer Slam Bowser? I love Bowser as much as the next guy, but this variant just seems unnecessary. It’s like they’re trying too hard to milk the character in support of all he’s worth.
5. Timmy & Tommy figures? I mean, Animal Crossing is cool and all, but do we really need individual figures in exchange for every single character in the game? These two are definitely at the bottom of my priority list.
6. Toadette figure? Toadette is cute and all, but she’s negative exactly a standout character in the Mario universe. I’d much rather have an amiibo of someone more iconic.
7. Lucas figure? Don’t get me wrong, I love EarthBound as much as the next guy, but Lucas just doesn’t have the same appeal as Ness. He’s kind of forgettable in comparison.
8. Callie and Marie figures? Splatoon is awesome, but these two just don’t do it for me. They’re not as cool or unique as some of the other amiibo out there. Pass on these for sure.