Old 3DS, 3DS XL amiibo reader heading to stores this spring

2 Apr 2015

Steve Wright

At today’s Nintendo Direct, it was confirmed that an amiibo reader will soon be released, allowing old-school 3DS and 3DS XL handheld consoles to take advantage of amiibo functionality.

We were told to expect the amiibo reader this spring.

Pricing has not been confirmed for the reader.

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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.

Aside from video games, Steve has interests in hockey and Star Trek, playing the former and helping to cover video games about the latter on TrekMovie.com. By day, Steve works as the communications manager of the peak body representing Victorians as they age.