Tears of the Kingdom – amiibo Announced

Other than the Collector's Edition, Tears of the Kingdom will get an amiibo of Link at launch, where there must be some sort of clause at Nintendo stating that all major versions of Link have to be turned into one. Well, this figure based upon the following artwork:

There also exists a big statue of it, which was seen a Nintendo Live 2022 (take a look here). But I personally would have preferred if they went with this artwork instead:

The one we will be getting still looks too similar to the ones from Breath of the Wild, with the blue Champion tunic, where they should have gone for something more unique if it truly has to be the fourteenth amiibo of Link. And I'm not exaggerating here, there have been thirteen different amiibo of Link so far.

What to do with all these many amiibo? Well, this tweet from Nintendo of Europe gives a good insight, so check it out. Generally, it sounds like amiibo will be used exactly the same way as in Breath of the Wild, so you can scan them to obtain weapons and materials. The German version also mentions that there will be pieces of equipment, so it probably will give unique armor again as well.

But there is something new, because you can now customize your Paraglider with fabrics. And different amiibo will unlock different fabrics for the glider. For example, the new one gives you something that looks like the Champion's Tunic:

The Rider Link amiibo from Breath of the Wild gives you a fabric based on the Hylian Hood:

The Zelda & Loftwing amiibo from Skyward Sword HD will make your Paraglider look like the Sailcloth from the game, which is quite clever:

And finally, Young Link from Majora's Mask makes it look like Majora's Mask. Let's hope that the Majora's Mask armor item will return as well, for a nice combo:

I wonder if there will be more or if  this is all of them, but I suppose that Nintendo was just giving examples and there also might be a Windfish Paraglider and the like. It also makes you wonder whether the customization of the Paraglider is truly limited to amiibo or not. Maybe you can also colorize it at the Kochi Dye Shop in Hateno Village this time?