Nintendo just announced a new series of amiibo cards (series 5)

[Boccages]

Look at the attachment for the gist of the announcement.

Does it means we will get amiibo cards for the 8 new ACNH villagers ? For sure ! A series of amiibo cards usually contains 100 cards.

Does it mean Nintendo is bringing back old missing villagers? Maybe. Does it mean we will get new never before seen characters? It is likely.

 

[Millysaurusrexjr]

I wonder if they are going to add even more villagers..?

 

[Corrie]

Maybe the new cards have something to do with the upcoming NH update? o:

 

[Moritz]

Major hype if we get the new horizons 8 as amiibo cards!
I'm sure we will hear more of them in the direct

 

[Boccages]

I really liked that tweet from Animal Crossing World

 

[~Kilza~]

I feel like the safe assumption would be that a new series of amiibo cards would contain cards for the new NPCs who were added plus the new villagers. After that? I don't really know how they'd fill it out, lol. I imagine the Animal Crossing Direct will help fill in those details.

 

[Serabee]

WOAH! Looks like Nintendo's definitely planning some interesting stuff for ACNH.

Question, though (not trying to start drama, I'm just curious)- why is it "likely" they'll add new villagers? Did the initial Amiibos just re-release old ones? Why would this be different?

 

[Corrie]

WOAH! Looks like Nintendo's definitely planning some interesting stuff for ACNH.

Question, though (not trying to start drama, I'm just curious)- why is it "likely" they'll add new villagers? Did the initial Amiibos just re-release old ones? Why would this be different?

For them to add the new 8 villagers plus the new NPCs wouldn't seem worth it for a whole new series. It's just a guess though. Maybe series 5 will be smaller then the others. Hard to know!

 

[Kg1595]

WOAH! Looks like Nintendo's definitely planning some interesting stuff for ACNH.

Question, though (not trying to start drama, I'm just curious)- why is it "likely" they'll add new villagers? Did the initial Amiibos just re-release old ones? Why would this be different?

Yes, the re-released series 1-4 amiibos are just old villagers, not new ones like Raymond or Sherb. The latter would need to be in this new series 5.

 

[Serabee]

For them to add the new 8 villagers plus the new NPCs wouldn't seem worth it for a whole new series. It's just a guess though. Maybe series 5 will be smaller then the others. Hard to know!

I just figured they'd be adding old missing villagers, but OP is suggesting that's possible, but new never before seen character are more likely... I'm just curious why?

 

[Corrie]

I just figured they'd be adding old missing villagers, but OP is suggesting that's possible, but new never before seen character are more likely... I'm just curious why?

Just a guess? I can imagine the bloodbath if they release new villagers that you could only get via cards lol.

 

[Serabee]

Yes, the re-released amiibos are just old villagers, not new ones like Raymond or Sherb. The latter would need to be in this new series 5.

By new villagers I meant "never before seen" like was mentioned in the first post! I assumed that didn't mean Raymond or Sherb, since they've been seen, but maybe I misunderstood.
Obviously they'd need more than just those guys, though, to fill out a whole series. But it seems more likely to me they'd RR old villagers than add totally new ones.

 

[Kg1595]

Just a guess? I can imagine the bloodbath if they release new villagers that you could only get via cards lol.

It would be the Sanrio debacle all over again

 

[azurill]

I would love to have amiibo cards of the new villagers.

 

[Corrie]

It would be the Sanrio debacle all over again ☹

Yeah, ew, no thanks. Hopefully if they do release new villagers, I won't care for any of them so I won't be tempted to buy cards lol. It's bad enough I collected all the cards as it is. It pains me to collect more lol.

 

[Serabee]

Yeah, ew, no thanks. Hopefully if they do release new villagers, I won't care for any of them so I won't be tempted to buy cards lol. It's bad enough I collected all the cards as it is. It pains me to collect more lol.

I feel like new ones would likely be able to be traded though, simply because all the previous "series" ones can be. While the Sanrio ones were exclusive crossover ones, which make more sense for keeping exclusive. Obviously I'm just guessing, but I imagine if new villagers came from the pack we'd at least be able to adopt them from one another.
But I'm still not sure we'll get new ones. I mean, obviously, I'd love some! But I don't want to get my hopes up.

 

[DaisyFan]

Series 5 amiibo cards? Yes please! My guesses would be the characters from New Horizons, including 8 new villagers.

 

[Etown20]

Wasn't there something in the datamine about unlisted amiibo numbers that were to be filled in later? Do we know how many? That could be a clue to how big series 5 might be.

 

[Nefarious]

I really hope that a new series means that old forgotten villagers are coming back as well. It would be a very small pack if it only contained the 8 new villagers and the new NPCs. I could also see them printing new cards for the villagers that were introduced through the RV set of amiibo cards.

 

[AccfSally]

Gosh, I hope it doesn't turn into another Sanrio Card mess.