Amiibo are a series of figurines produced by Nintendo for use with the New Nintendo 3DS and Wii U gaming platforms. Similar to Skylanders and Disney Infinity, these figures, which are modelled after characters from Nintendo's various franchises, use near field communication to interact with supported video game software, allowing data to be transferred in and out of each game and across multiple platforms. The figures can be used directly with the Wii U GamePad and New Nintendo 3DS, with an adapter for older Nintendo 3DS systems to be released in 2015.