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Nintendo Switch amiibo reader guide: All locations

7 Mar 2017
Steve Wright

The Nintendo Switch is less than a week old, and players are still learning its particulars.

Today, we demonstrate where the amiibo NFC reader is located on the Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Cons and Pro Controller. With this knowledge you can scan amiibo and grab in-game goodies in titles like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Joy-Cons

Only the right-hand Joy-Con has an amiibo NFC reader. It’s on top of the right joystick.

Pro Controller

The Pro Controller’s amiibo NFC reader is on top of the controller, right at the Switch logo.

That’s it — easy once you know, eh?

The Nintendo Switch is available now. We reviewed it here, Zelda: Breath of the Wild here and also detailed how to use amiibo within Breath of the Wild.

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Steve's the owner and Editor-in-Chief of Stevivor.com, the country’s leading independent video games outlet. Steve arrived in Australia back in 2001 on what was meant to be a three-month working holiday before deciding to emigrate and, eventually, becoming a citizen.

Stevivor is a combination of ‘Steve’ and ‘Survivor’, which made more sense back in 2001 when Jeff Probst was up in Queensland. The site started as Steve’s travel blog before transitioning over into video games.

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