During a recent investor meeting, Nintendo announced that the external 3DS NFC reader is coming to Japan in summer 2015. Brian is an Editor at IGN. You can follow him @albinoalbert on Twitter.

The external NFC reader for older 3DS systems will release in Japan this summer - stay tuned for more details on if/when the reader will become available in other territories as news develops.

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Switch 2 will be compatible with Amiibo figures due to an NFC reader in the right Joy-Con, as revealed in FCC filing. Nintendo may continue Amiibos selectively, possibly releasing limited numbers ...

The ACS ACR122U NFC Reader is pretty popular and widely supported. It doesn’t work as a HID device out of the box, but with the right software, you can configure it to output the UID as keyboard ...

Most NFC tags follow the ISO 14443 standard for wireless, proximity-based data transmission. There are five sub-types too, conveniently labeled type 1 through 5.