Mini-Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge

 Wii U
Metascore
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. Cubed3
    May 4, 2016
    80
    Anyone with an amiibo should download this to try it out, especially if he or she enjoys puzzle games and/or Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars.
  2. Nintendo Life
    May 24, 2016
    70
    It's a fun if not premium experience, with some rather uninspired level designs mixed in with moments of greater quality - for amiibo fans it's well worth a look.
  3. Post Arcade (National Post)
    May 3, 2016
    60
    That said, if you’ve already got a shelf full of Amiibo there’s no reason not to at least give Mini Mario & Friends Amiibo Challenge a go. It’ll cost you nothing and requires just a wee bit of space on your Wii U hard drive. No point looking a gift horse in the mouth. However, if you’ve yet to pick up at least a few Amiibo or have shied away from collecting the core Mario characters, this is one free game you can skip without losing much sleep.

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User Score
6.9

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 2 out of 14
  1. moothemagiccow
    May 5, 2016
    5
    The game is "free" but you need a $15 amiibo to play it. It's almost exactly the same as Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, to the pointThe game is "free" but you need a $15 amiibo to play it. It's almost exactly the same as Mario vs Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars, to the point where it seems like they planned amiibo functionality and then spun it off into this game.
    If you have any amiibo, you can play like ten levels. If you have a Mario character amiibo (like, I had Yoshi) you can play five extra levels. The more characters you have, the more levels you can play. The whole game (basics + Yoshi levels) took me about an hour, including the time to get the extras in every level.
    The Yoshi levels were not that different from Tipping Stars. Yoshi can eat enemies, so there are enemies, but they may as well not be there. There is a special kind of Egg Cannon only Yoshi can use, but it didn't present a lot of difficulty.
    It's an oddity, in that it's sort of a demo for Tipping Stars (even has a link to buy the game on the main menu) but it's not actually free. You must press an amiibo to the gamepad to start the game. I'd call it DLC, but most of the levels were introductory.
    If you already own a lot of amiibo, this is a no-brainer. If you don't, I wouldn't bother.    … Full Review »
  2. VideoGameLover
    May 2, 2016
    10
    Oh shut up negative troll reviews who hate for the sake of hating.

    This game is FREE and for free it's an amazing game! Fun, frantic,    Oh shut up negative troll reviews who hate for the sake of hating.

    This game is FREE and for free it's an amazing game! Fun, frantic, deep, fast. If you own a 3DS or Wii U get it now!    … Full Review »
  3. The_Jujuman
    May 1, 2016
    10
    Sure you will need an Amiibo to play, but for the many of us that already have them this is a wonderful gift from Nintendo. In order to 100%Sure you will need an Amiibo to play, but for the many of us that already have them this is a wonderful gift from Nintendo. In order to 100% the game you will need access to 10 Amiibos, mostly those from the Mushroom Kingdom and the Kongs.

    The game is not overly complicated to play, nor will it take more than a day to complete. The puzzles are well thought out and planning is generally the key to success. Some of the levels require a specific Amiibo for collectibles, so you will be required to play through some of the levels more than once to capture them all.

    Level design is charming and the music is classic Nintendo. Its a solid 8 (mostly because it is free), but given the ridiculous negatives, I'm giving it a 10 to balance out the unfair reviews that it has received.    … Full Review »
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