Heads up, amiibo collectors. Nintendo has a new version of Mario coming later this month that you might want to add to your stash.
The company will launch the silver Mario amiibo on May 29. Unlike the gold Mario amiibo, which launched last month as a Walmart exclusive, the new silver version will not be tied to a specific retailer.
The new Mario silver edition amiibo will be fully compatible with a number of Wii U and 3DS games, including: Mario Party 10, Super Smash Bros , Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker , and Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy+.
As PCMag's sister site IGN noted, we've been hearing rumors about the silver Mario amiibo for a while now. Earlier this month, an amiibo collector spotted one for sale on a Chinese auction site and purchased it before posting a video of it being used with Mario Party 10.
Meanwhile, the shiny new Mario comes after Nintendo earlier this month apologized for the shortage of amiibo figurines, and promised to be more communicative with customers about when new ones are on their way. Amiibos first arrived last year, but the company had trouble keeping up with demand. In February, it blamed a U.S. port strike, but some versions were in short supply due to retailer exclusivity.
For the uninitiated, amiibos store game data, so when you touch your amiibo to a Wii U GamePad, character data is downloaded into the game you're playing, or you can send data to the figurine.