“Unfortunately, we won’t be releasing an Arwing amiibo,” Miyamoto said in a translated interview. “We did have a few prototypes. There was an Arwing amiibo that transforms into the Walker, but we weren’t able to turn that into a product that could meet safety guidelines for children.”
We first heard Miyamoto hoped to build an Arwing amiibo back at E3 2014, the same year he announced his role as producer for the new Star Fox game. Last year, he told us that Nintendo was experimenting with an Arwing amiibo prototype that could transform from ship to a bipedal Walker mode.
“We had to give up on that idea, but maybe we’ll do something with it in the future. Who knows,” Miyamoto said.