Metroid Dread amiibo Figures Increases Players Health and Missiles - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 June 2021 / 1,425 Views

Nintendo during its E3 2021 Nintendo Direct announced Metroid Dread for the Nintendo Switch, which will launch on October 8.

Following the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo hosted a Nintendo Treehouse Live, which featured 22 minutes of gameplay footage of Metroid Dread.

The Metroid Dread double pack amiibo figures listing on GameStop reveals what the Samus and E.M.M.I. figures will do while playing the game.

The Samus amiibo provides an extra energy tank, which will increase your health by 100. It can also be tapped once per day to receive health. The E.M.M.I. amiibo provides Samus a Missile+ tank, which increases her missile capacity by 10. It can also be tapped once per day to replenish some missiles.

Metroid Dread amiibo Figures Increases Players Health and Missiles

"A new Samus amiibo figure featuring her suit from the Metroid Dread game and an E.M.M.I. amiibo figure are available in a 2-pack set," reads the description on the listing. "Scan the Samus amiibo for an extra energy tank to increase your health by 100, additionally the Samus amiibo can be tapped again to receive health once per day. The E.M.M.I. amiibo grants Samus a Missile+ tank, increasing her missile capacity by 10, additionally the E.M.M.I. amiibo can be tapped again to replenish some missiles once per day."

The Metroid Dread double pack amiibo figures will launch alongside the game on October 8.

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11 Comments

ironmanDX (on 18 June 2021)

Wait... No one calling this out? Literally pay to win feature.

Kakadu18 ironmanDX (on 18 June 2021)

This is a singleplayer game, it doesn't matter.

KLAMarine ironmanDX (on 18 June 2021)

As long as it's optional and it's a single player game shrugs

SuperNintend0rk KLAMarine (on 18 June 2021)

Agreed. Plus if you really care about it but don't want to spend an arm and a leg, you can always buy a set of those cheap knockoff amiibo cards on ebay and get the exact same functionality.

JWeinCom ironmanDX (on 18 June 2021)

Even in a single player game it can throw off the difficulty curb. It creates an incentive to make it harder to make you buy shit.

I don't really think that's what they're doing (I've yet to play a Nintendo game with Amiibo support that felt significantly more difficult than previous no-Amiibo entries). But, it's paying for a feature that should be free. A reduced difficulty mode is a really good way for younger, less skilled, or differently abled gamers to be able to experience a game. If they're going to include a reduced difficulty mode (which I think they should whenever feasible) it should not be locked behind a paywall.