Nintendo's Sells 7 Million Amiibo Toys in the US Alone
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Nintendo has now sold more than 7 million Amiibo toys in the United States alone, the company revealed as part of the NPD Group's August sales report. The "toys-to-life" figures, which are compatible with a number of Wii U and 3DS games, launched in June 2014 and have become something of a phenomenon.
On a worldwide basis, Nintendo had sold 14.7 million Amiibo toys by the end of June 2015.
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By comparison, Activision has sold more than 250 million Skylanders toys worldwide since the franchise debuted four years ago. In all, the Skylanders series has generated $3 billion for Activision.
In other Amiibo-related news, Nintendo announced at the end of August that Shovel Knight, the eponymous lead character of action-platformer Shovel Knight, is getting his own Amiibo later this year. This marks the first time a third-party game has gotten its own Amiibo.
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