Animal Crossing: New Horizons is getting a big new software update in January which includes the addition of four new villagers who are based on the beloved The Legend of Zelda and Splatoon series. Now Nintendo has revealed the amiibo which you will need to unlock these special game-themed villagers. Each of the four new villagers can be unlocked by scanning a compatible Zelda or Splatoon amiibo and here’s exactly which ones unlock each character:
TULIN (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA)
- Bokoblin (Breath of the Wild)
- Daruk (Breath of the Wild)
- Ganondorf (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Link (Archer) (Breath of the Wild)
- Link (Majora’s Mask)
- Link (Smash Bros)
- Link (Skyward Sword)
- Link (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Revali (Breath of the Wild)
- Toon Link (Smash Bros)
- Toon Link (Wind Waker)
- Tulin (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Young Link (Smash Bros)
- Yunobo (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Zelda (Wind Waker)
- Zelda and Loftbird (Skyward Sword)
MINERU (THE LEGEND OF ZELDA)
- Ganondorf (Smash Bros)
- Guardian (Breath of the Wild)
- Link (8-Bit) (The Legend of Zelda)
- Link (Link’s Awakening)
- Link (Ocarina of Time)
- Link (Rider) (Breath of the Wild)
- Link (Twilight Princess)
- Mipha (Breath of the Wild)
- Riju (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Sheik (Smash Bros)
- Sidon (Tears of the Kingdom)
- Urbosa (Breath of the Wild)
- Wolf Link (Twilight Princess)
- Zelda (Breath of the Wild)
- Zelda (Smash Bros)
- Zelda (Tears of the Kingdom)
CECE (SPLATOON)
- Big Man
- Callie (Alterna)
- Callie (Splatoon)
- Marina (Side Order)
- Marina (Splatoon 2)
- Octoling Boy
- Octoling Boy (Blue)
- Octoling Girl
- Octoling Octopus
- Shiver
- Smallfry
VICHÉ (SPLATOON)
- Big Man
- Frye
- Inkling Boy (Blue)
- Inkling Boy (Green)
- Inkling Boy (Purple)
- Inkling Girl (Green)
- Inkling Girl (Orange)
- Inkling Girl (Smash Bros)
- Inkling Girl (Yellow)
- Inkling Squid
- Inkling Squid (Purple)
- Marie (Alterna)
- Marie (Splatoon)
- Pearl (Side Order)
- Pearl (Splatoon 2)
Good ol’ fashioned non-news from the Toadstool Mushbrain.
Haven’t played in a while but this is interesting I just need to see how everyone looks I have 1 more villager spot left.
I love amiibo so much, man. I’m surprised these are tied to so many different Zelda amiibo… but I suppose that’s just so Animal Crossing players can easily scan them in with any figures they have (I feel like there must be a lot of overlap with Breath of the Wild players back in 2017 lol)
I literally have all of the Zelda amiibo (just got the last 2 I needed this past week or so, both without the tariff price increases!), so I’m happy haha. I love the Zelda villagers so much
Confirmed that Wolf Link from New Leaf isn’t returning :,)
Good to have a list like this compiled. Thanks!
Huh! Makes it easier than having to get the actual amiibo of the characters! Glad I gotten amiibo cards to make it easier!:) Gonna happily scan Shiver and Frye once the update is released!
People keep saying amiibos are lootboxes in physical form, it’s not because you pay for it once and you unlock many things in many supported games. If it were lootboxes in physical form you would have to pay to unlock every single time you use it on top of buying the amiibo.
On subject: that’s cool that this many unlocks a lot, too bad I’m not interested in this game but it’s cool nonetheless.
Digital lootboxes aren’t cute figures to display on your shelf, every amiibo I got was because I like the figure, the content inside were never appealing to me