Figure Player

Figure Players, also known as FPs, also also known as Amiibos, are the main mechanic of Amiibrawl.

All Amiibrawl participants are FPs. In some previous lore, this was a side effect from arriving in the pocket dimension that Amiibrawl takes place in (and by pocket dimension I actually mean Space Florida); to a much larger extent, though, this is the result of a deal with Planos as a condition of participating in the tournament.

FPs have their souls stored in their NFC tag, a small white item of about the size of a coin that is usually kept on their person.

Someone is doing research on FPs, including on how to edit them and on what exactly they are. Ark is also researching FPs, including by turning herself into one, though her research is presently less far along than whoever's is behind the Boxes is, or perhaps has a different focus. Ash is capable of being an FP or a Player, which is due to Brooke's research.

According to Amiibologist, who was studying FPs at New Donk University, FPs can be distinguished from CPUs, which have less variation in behaviour, and Players, which have more.

Boxes

Starting in Amiibrawl 10, some FPs began appearing with boxes (◻) at the end of their names. The first of these was Katt◻, a consequence of his recent soul transplant due to her NFC tag going missing, but then boxes started appearing at the ends of other fighters' names. If a fighter's name is the full 10 characters, the box will replace the last letter rather than being placed after it.

The boxes are a consequence of sloppy bin editing; if changes are made to a FP's soul and this is not done carefully, the box will appear. As a result, the impacts of the boxes vary from fighter to fighter. Katt◻, the only one whose boxing was Planos's fault, just seemed mildly unfocused. Catmint◻ started acting a bit weird and became faster in combat, and Ben◻ just felt mildly nauseous (but may have had enhanced combat abilities; it is unclear whether this is actually the box's fault), while Static Mik◻ was very severely affected. A presumed attempt to un-box Mik◻ only made matters worse, with Static ◻◻◻◻ being almost entirely incoherent and only speaking in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet. For the most part, since the boxes indicate a change in the FP's very soul, boxed fighters are unlikely to be aware that anything is different, although in dramatic situations there may be exceptions.

It is currently unknown who is responsible for the boxes, though presumably it would have to be someone with access to Planos's FP technology or similar technology of their own. As far as the investigation team is concerned, Brooke is the prime suspect. Viking◻ was the former prime suspect until his own boxing, although technically the prospect of a self-boxing isn't entirely off the table.

Currently Boxed FPs (as of Amiibrawl 12 (with boxes removed from names for clarity): Katt, Catmint, Static Mike, Ben, Viking, They/Them.