I find it silly when people bash the game without ever playing. It's actually a pretty cute game to chill with. It's definitely more fun when you're playing with friends. There's things that Nintendo did not inform us about this game when it came out which was a big marketing mistake on them. There's so much misinformation about this game.
- You can use amiibo cards on the board game. I believe you have to play the board game once to unlock this mode. (The first time you play this game, it'll automatically make you play the current month the WiiU is set on. After playing once, you unlock all the months.) There's an option where you can change whoever you want to live on the board map. If you have HHD and designed their house using that card, the exterior will pass onto amiibo festival. If the villager is not the host, you can use the amiibo cards to roll instead of the amiibo figures (you still need amiibo figures to play). Each villager has a die # on their amiibo card so if you have a certain # you want to roll, try with the villagers; it's not guaranteed you'll get their roll but it's possible.
- No board map is the same. Almost everyone's maps I've seen has a different map like main AC games.
- You can put up PWPs and permanent buildings on the board map and they create new pathways for the board map.
- Villager birthdays are celebrated. If the villager is hosting, they'll announce it and it'll be a space you can land on for happy pints or bells. If it's a non-host, it'll still be celebrated by landing on happy/sad spaces; the game will still trigger a happening.
- After you collect all 4 stamps, you can still go to Lloid for extra stamps & happy points.
- Stalk market is a game changer. You can use the amiibo cards and the NPC events to heighten your chances of winning.
- If you need to rack up cards to unlock things, unlock the quiz show first. It's the fastest way to unlock everything. If you're trying to unlock the amiibo figures' outfits, use all of them instead of playing with computer characters.
- Each amiibo figure has 6 outfits to unlock and play as. They're all adorably hilarious.
The game is more like a mix of Fortune Street and Candyland so if you like either of those games, you'll probably like amiibo festival.