Can you scan an amiibo card more than once?

[thisistian]

So, if I scanned an amiibo card and have the villager moved in for a while, then decide to rebuild my town, can I still use that amiibo card for my new town?

Thanks

 

[papyrus]

Yep, you can scan them endlessly.

 

[namiieco]

Yes plus the 16 villager cycle doesn't count!

 

[thisistian]

Yes plus the 16 villager cycle doesn't count!

What's the 16-villager cycle may I ask?

 

[LuciaMew]

What's the 16-villager cycle may I ask?

If someone leave your town, you can't invite them back right away. Instead, you need to wait until there are 16 different villager move in and out of your town.

 

[Orieii]

I do it all the time since I only own 2 amiibo cards xD

 

[Decomposed]

Yep, you can scan them endlessly.

Technically, the little chips in the cards/amiibos only have 10,000-15,000 scans, so it is limited. However, if you scanned it twice a day every day, it would be 13 years before the chip quit working, lol.

 

[smolfriskeh]

Technically, the little chips in the cards/amiibos only have 10,000-15,000 scans, so it is limited. However, if you scanned it twice a day every day, it would be 13 years before the chip quit working, lol.

How do you know this?

 

[Orieii]

Technically, the little chips in the cards/amiibos only have 10,000-15,000 scans, so it is limited. However, if you scanned it twice a day every day, it would be 13 years before the chip quit working, lol.

Oh, really? The more you know xD

 

[Decomposed]

How do you know this?

It's just knowing how NFC chips work.

In general, consumer standard NFC chips, which are the chips Nintendo puts in their Amiibos, have a lifespan of 10,000-15,000 reads/writes; YMMV. Industry standard NFC chips have 100,000 read/writes. Chips with a longer lifespan are very expensive, and I doubt Nintendo included ~$40 USD NFC chips in their ~$13 USD Amiibo products.

Your NFC Reader will undoubtedly die before your NFC chips do.

Here is a link to a typically used, Chinese-made, consumer standard NFC chip. It's easily assumed these (or something similar to these) are the chips Nintendo uses for their Amiibos. They have a read/write cycle of 10,000 and will store data for 10 years.

 

[smolfriskeh]

It's just knowing how NFC chips work.

In general, consumer standard NFC chips, which are the chips Nintendo puts in their Amiibos, have a lifespan of 10,000-15,000 reads/writes; YMMV. Industry standard NFC chips have 100,000 read/writes. Chips with a longer lifespan are very expensive, and I doubt Nintendo included ~$40 USD NFC chips in their ~$13 USD Amiibo products.

Your NFC Reader will undoubtedly die before your NFC chips do.

Here is a link to a typically used, Chinese-made, consumer standard NFC chip. It's easily assumed these (or something similar to these) are the chips Nintendo uses for their Amiibos. They have a read/write cycle of 10,000 and will store data for 10 years.

Ohhh! c: that's so cool! Thank you so much!