Ryu amiibo (Super Smash Bros Series)

I love Yoshi. Yoshi is not the most interesting figure. Perhaps the pose could have been more action packed, (like the ground pound!) but it could have led to a lot of jokes. I like to play as Yoshi in Super Smash Bros. BUT I had completely misunderstood the functionality of Amiibos and who I play as in Smash is totally irrelevant besides personal affinity for a figurine. Regardless, I plan to get the new Yoshi games, so its all still good. Yoshi Specific Functionality ----------------------------------------------- Super Smash Bros. (SSB4) and Mario Kart 8 two games that currently connect with the Yoshi Amiibo. The upcoming Yoshis Wooly World and Mario Party 10 will probably work, too, but that is not announced. SSB4 records to the Yoshi an AI opponent that learns from fighting you. Mario Kart 8 gets you a yoshi suit for your Mii driver. General Amiibo Functionality -------------------------------------- Most Amiibos only unlock special items in games. I assume this aspect of Amiibos is the reason that a metal deflector is in the box preventing them from being used unless unpackaged. Otherwise, people could just purchase, unlock, and return. Mostly a collectible. (but doesnt function if kept in the box) Super Smash Bros. is currently the only game that lets you raise and level Amiibos. You do not play as Amiibos. They are like an AI friend stored in a figurine. I had thought that my personal performance as a character would influence my Amiibo development. Not the case. So buy Amiibos that you want to play against, not as. IF in the future multiple games can record to an Amiibo, only one game at a time can do that. (hopefully they can overcome this design in the future) Amiibo functionality requires updating. So you need to have your Wii hooked up to the WiFi. Hyrule Warriors update isnt out yet. But Mario Kart works (but with a subset of figures.)

One of the better looking Humanoid Amiibos. Love the detail of this one and A+ to Amazon for having a large quantity on their exclusive.

Really, really nice figure! Nintendo has done a really nice job on the execution of these Amiibos, from the pose design and sculpt to the painting work, and the packaging is GREAT. Sadly, youll have to destroy the packaging to remove the figures, and youll absolutely have to remove the figures to use them. Nintendo placed a signal blocker under the base of the figures in the blister, so that you cant use them still inside their boxes, unlike Skylanders and Disney Infinity. Compared with other similarly sized figures, these are a good value. The quality is better than most, and the Amiibo functionality is really essentially free (or very low cost). At the moment, Amiibo functionality is somewhat limited, unlocking cosmetics and minimal content, and not really offering any new gameplay options. If these figures are a success, its quite believable that Nintendo will expand their capabilities. Nintendo seems aimed at releasing Amiibos for every character appearing in the new Wii U Smash Bros, so youll have plenty of characters to choose from. If youre a collector, youll probably want to preorder them, as some seem to be rarer than others, and theres no clear communication yet as to whether Nintendo will replenish stock of sold out characters, or just continue to make new characters. Oh, and theres plenty of potential for reposes and new versions of existing Amiibos. The world needs colorful Yoshi options, and powered up Marios, and rad Samus variants. Right? In conclusion, if youre a long time Nintendo fan, the Amiibo figures really are about the best collectibles on the market. Nicely built, nicely painted, and functional.

It seems every kid wants one of these. A great birthday present for your tween.

3 stars because in the end the Kirby Amiibo works fine. Misleading description. One of the pictures shows USA packaging, but it is Japanese packaging. I was going to give this as a gift, but luckily it was for my son so I took it out of the foreign package and made it a birthday cake topper. If I had read the seller info, I would have learned it was Japanese package, but the description should clearly say this.

Works great! Pretty fun to use these in Super Smash Brothers, they start out being pretty terrible but after several bouts with my amiibo it adapted to how I fight against it and got pretty tough to beat. Made level 38 in one day so level up fairly quick if you throw them into a bunch of fights with level 9 opponents. If you own smash, you have to get one of these!

I dont even have whatever console this goes to. I just think the figures are neat. I wish I wasnt so tempted to leave them in the package though. They kind of take up a lot of space.

High quality material and attention to detail, especially at this price. He is looking off at a weird angle so he looks a little derpy on my desk but I have some great memories with my R.O.B. from the 90s so its cool to look at this little guy and reminisce.

Son loves this item

Fun to level up and collect. I own several other amiibos, but the Kirby figure seems poorly made. The paint isnt completely smooth and just doesnt seem like they put as much effort in, compared to other figures.