Joker and DQ Hero amiibo get release dates for North America and Europe

OkazakiTheOtaku · Jul 15, 2020

Pre-orders just went up on the Best Buy site for USA buyers, btw

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-joker/6417253.p?skuId=6417253
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-hero/6417254.p?skuId=6417254

HarveyHouston · Jul 15, 2020

...And you thought toys-to-life was gone forever. Not so!

Though LEGO Dimensions is no more. R.I.P.

I'm not particularly interested in Persona or Dragon Quest, but despite my disdain for Nintendo services, it's pretty cool that they're keeping up with the amiibo line. If they have new ones I care about, I might buy them for my Wii U and 3DS. Not the cursed new console. :gun:

banjo2 · Jul 15, 2020

Hey, I got an idea. Hero amiibo that likes down special. I know, amazing.

Stealphie · Jul 15, 2020

nice. but,
BANJO FIGURE WHEN???
(/s, I still want it tho.)

Lazyt · Jul 15, 2020

i just love sakurai's sense of humor.."Unfortunately there are no new amiibo figures to announce...INTRODUCING brand new amiibo figures!! ..of course he did excatly said that but is sounded like that

PalindromicBreadLoaf · Jul 15, 2020

I've gotta say, that Joker amiibo looks really cool. And I'm sure someone is excited for the Hero amiibo.

OkazakiTheOtaku · Jul 15, 2020

FEF1 said:
I've gotta say, that Joker amiibo looks really cool. And I'm sure someone is excited for the Hero amiibo.

Yeah. I don't even really play Smash Bros but I love SMT and getting a quality looking Joker figure for that price (even regardless of the NFC capability) is good enough for me.

Deleted member 397813 · Jul 15, 2020

tbh persona 5 is getting hilariously overrated now (in case it wasn't overrated almost a year ago)
the joker amiibo is still necessary definately

Beerus · Jul 15, 2020

yoo i need that canada preorder link. i hope people dont buy 100 amiibo each damn bastards

OkazakiTheOtaku · Jul 15, 2020

CPG said:
tbh persona 5 is getting hilariously overrated now (in case it wasn't overrated almost a year ago)
the joker amiibo is still necessary definately

I don't think it's overrated, per-se. I just think that it has elements that it does better (and worse) than other SMT games, but the people it resonates with, it really resonates with. I've played Megami Tensei, Shin Megami Tensei I/II, IV, IVa, Deep Strange Journey, Persona 4, and Persona 5 (and Royal), and while I don't think that it is the "best," I do love P5 so much. I think that the world building and some character interactions are better in SMT IV (not Apocalypse, lmao), but the refinements to the battle mechanics (especially in Royal with the upgraded Baton Pass and the extra demon traits) make it such a dream to fight in P5 specifically. Also I love the return to negotiations in P5 which brings it back home instead of the recruitment from other games likes P4.

I'm not in the camp of "Persona games are better than Mainline" or "Mainline is better than Persona." I just love both. Mainline (I'm including Strange Journey in mainline for brevity's sake, even though I'm aware it's not a numbered entry) games are dark, brooding stories that drag you in with memorable and decrepit worlds with a sense of despair. Persona games are about teenagers saving the world with the bonds they've created. They're different, I love both equally.

At the end of the day, Persona games have more mainstream appeal because of their more bubbly and relatable nature, which is why they've garnered more appeal to the masses. Do I think that Persona is objectively better? No. But, I still love it.

eduall · Jul 15, 2020

OMG i need the joker amiibo

anhminh · Jul 16, 2020

CPG said:
tbh persona 5 is getting hilariously overrated now (in case it wasn't overrated almost a year ago)
the joker amiibo is still necessary definately

It not as much overrated as the game before it. I swear everyone think that P4G is the second coming of Jesus or something.

Deleted User · Jul 16, 2020

And I thought theses collectibles would naturally disappear, how wrong I was.
Accumulation and mimicry are the pulsions that drive this kind of market but still, I dont get it.

Just curious, what's the sociology of people interested in this ?
Age, education, kind of jobs, gaming habits, in charge of families or not...

godreborn · Jul 16, 2020

Torina said:
And I thought theses collectibles would naturally disappear, how wrong I was.
Accumulation and mimicry are the pulsions that drive this kind of market but still, I dont get it.

Just curious, what's the sociology of people interested in this ?
Age, education, kind of jobs, gaming habits, in charge of families or not...

my guess is that you'll find the majority are adults who grew up with nintendo. I fall into that category, and I collect them. I game some (not a whole lot). and, I graduated college, so.

Xzi · Jul 16, 2020

Torina said:
And I thought theses collectibles would naturally disappear, how wrong I was.

Of course you were wrong, anime and tabletop gaming figures existed for decades before (video) gaming figures came along, and there's a fair amount of overlap with those audiences. Amiibo are also very cheap by collectible standards, and utilize some of the most well-known/highest-grossing IPs, so you end up with everybody from children to seniors filling shelves with them. The only surprising thing about Amiibo is that Nintendo didn't think to create them sooner, say around the Gamecube era.

godreborn · Jul 16, 2020

I have mine preordered.

Lumstar · Jul 16, 2020

DQ and Joker without being a Dragon Quest Monsters Joker announcement, how sad.

Jonnysert · Jul 16, 2020

This is the first guy I see who is really hype for DQ and it makes me real happy

campbell0505 · Jul 16, 2020

now they need to add master chief because then we have a master chief amiibo

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