Can you use Amiibo on old 3DS?

I know it doesn't scan/read them like the new 3DS but is there any way to use amiibo with the old 3DS XL? I don't have any so I don't know exactly how they work or if there's a code or some other way to use them in games with the old 3DS. Thanks!

@amyh7292:

So far there is no way that i know of. Nintendo has announced an Amiibo Reader that will give the older 3DS's support but im not sure when theyll release it in America.

@iandizion713 Okay, I had heard something kind of similar but that was a very vague statement I saw on the Amiibo site. Yeah, I'm not terribly upset by that, I just liked the Pokemon ones anyway as collectables and thought I'd try them out in Smash bros for something different

The adapter is coming to NA. No price yet, but it was shown in the last Direct.

Bet you Nintendo never releases the Old 3DS Adapter lol.

@Master_Of_Fools I was thinking the same. The "New" 3DS only has a small handful of "new' features that would make someone want to upgrade who already has the old one. Facetracking 3D, C-stick, and amiibo reader.. I mean that's basically it right? If they do release the adaptor for old 3DS that's even less incentive for amiibo fans to get the new 3DS. Again, I don't have amiibo and am not exactly butt hurt over the lack of adaptor but like you I'm skeptical this will make it to the US market. There isn't even a release date in Japan yet. So by the time there is in late summer/early fall at the EARLIEST the new 3DS is already about 9 months old, in which case from Nintendo's POV why push a device for the old model when even the new one is going on a year old? I'll believe it when I see it for the old 3DS as well...

@amyh7292: New 3DS also has more "power" but yeah your basically right.