N2 Elite still viable?

Sure. There are some other options as well - Powersaves for Amiibo is a cheaper option and comes with a rewriteable tag that holds 1 amiibo (not all of them come with the rewriteable tag though)
The good part about it is that it can write to one-time use tags as well, so you can use it in place of an Android phone and buy like 100 tags from AliExpress for $40.
There's also NaMiiO, but I think N2 Elite is better.

 

I own an N2 Elite thinking I would get use out of it until I realized I had absolutely no games that used Amiibos, and any games I did have, it wasn't worth setting an Amiibo up for it

Other than that, yeah, you can download .bin files for all the Amiibos fairly simply. I don't have an Android, so the USB reader is relatively convenient. I got mine nearly for free, but otherwise I think it's a pretty good investment, and one of the best alternatives for Amiibo related stuff

 

where do you get that nearly for free? and which games except animal crossing and smash bros make use of the amiibo in a big way?

 

I bought the N2 Elite on Amazon and there was a huge mixup, and I got the USB reader only, no N2 Elite device. The seller refunded the entire order, let me keep the USB reader, and gave me no joke, an extra $100 as compensation. I paid money for the actual N2 Elite, but not necessarily out of my own pocket if that makes sense

Animal Crossing and Smash definitely. Mario Maker on the Wii U as well as Yoshi's Wooly world would benefit from the N2 Elite for unlockable costumes too. Theres a few games made just for Amiibos but I can't really think of anything at the moment that uses them in a big way

 

I'm from the US as well, but I got mine from playmods.co.uk. Honestly every site that was an "official reseller" of the N2 Elite looked really sketchy to me, but I took the chance and there were no issues with the order. I ordered mine July 8th and it arrived July 18th for reference

 

I got mine from axiogame.com, yes is reliable.

So far, they are adding signature to upcoming amiibos, I had added a temp countermeasure to the android app.

 

very confident, since is just an increment of bytes from the usual.

 

Yup, might have to. The thing is so far signatures are only added on newer amiibos, so we are unsure how are they going to be added to older amiibos. So for now, it's ok to use the database that is going on.

 

I only have the USB writer, not the app (iphone user here). Im concerned there has been no activity on their site. I expect the thing is dead. If Nintendo added an extra signature to new amiibo it shouldnt affect the old ones. All the old bins will still work. The only way they could stop the old bins from working is to stop the real deal from working too. But if there is a new signature or something that's coming to new amiibo I dont expect an update to add support for it, which is unfortunate