Nintendo Kirby amiibo - Nintendo Wii U

The media could not be loaded. *Note: Skip to 0:30 in the video for detail shots of Kirby*These amiibo never really interested me when they first came out, but at some point I finally got taken by the hype and tried one out. My collector's OCD quickly kicked in and here I am now trying to collect them all.It took me awhile to figure out how they actually work, so hopefully I can help others make sense of it all. First of all, if you want to actually use them, and not just collect them, you'll need to take them out of the box because there is a metal square in the packaging that prevents the NFC chip from being read through the packaging. Curse you, Nintendo! You'll also need an amiibo-compatible game and console.*Kirby*Here is Kirby's current compatibility across amiibo-enabled Wii U/3DS games:Super Smash Bros. (Wii U/3DS) - Read+write - Train and fight your amiibo to level it up, each battle your amiibo is in earns you extra coins & items.Mario Kart 8 - Read only - Tap once to permanently unlock a Kirby outfit for use while playing as your Mii character.Hyrule Warriors - Read only - Tap once per day to get a weapon rated 3 stars or lower, or rupee/crafting material bonus.Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker - To be announcedMario Party 10 - To be announcedKirby and the Rainbow Curse - To be announcedYoshi's Woolly World - To be announced*Read/write*It's important to understand how these work. You can save data from an amiibo-compatible game to your amiibo figure itself. But you can only save one game data to it. At the moment, the only game that actually writes to amiibo is Smash Bros. The other games just read from it to unlock items without saving anything back to the amiibo. But as more read+write games come out, you will have to decide which game to tie your amiibo to. You can always delete the data on your amiibo, so if you change your mind on which game to use it for, it's not a big deal. You will just need to wipe it clean and start over. For read-only games, you can use the amiibo to full effect while it is storing data for another game. For example, all my amiibo have Smash Bros data saved to them, but I could also still use them afterwards for unlocking Mario Kart 8 outfits.*Quality*These are actually very impressive quality-wise. They have very detailed molding and painting and are really not a bad deal for $12.99. Some of them come with some imperfections, however. My Samus has a side-leaning stance that looks kind of stupid, and Link has a bent sword, ha. But for the most part, they look fantastic.*Rarity*Unfortunately, it appears some amiibo quickly ceased production, though this was never officially confirmed by Nintendo. Unless they decide to make another run of older amiibo, this leaves some of them being quite rare (such as Villager/Wii Fit Trainer/etc). So if you want to get them all, you'll need to spend a lot of money to get the older ones, and make sure to pre-order the new waves before they become scarce. I certainly think they make for a fun hobby trying to collect at the $12.99 MSRP each, but definitely don't think they are really worth $30-60 each that some of them are going for now.So overall, they definitely make for a fun gameplay extension for the games they are compatible with. But fortunately, they are absolutely *not* required to fully enjoy any game since they play very minor roles in the games. I personally enjoy them more for the collectibility aspect. So I will leave it to you to decide if they are worth buying and how you use them. I am definitely enjoying my amiibo collection so far, and look forward to the ones yet to come. Good luck trying to catch 'em all!*Summary*Pros:[+] High production quality[+] Fun to collect[+] Gives you great in-game bonuses/items/perks[+] Not required to fully enjoy any gameCons:[-] Rarity on some amiibo makes it difficult/expensive to collect them all[-] NFC chip can't be read without removing amiibo from packaging

Recently bought this Kirby amiibo for my cousin and named it Bubbles , but I don't know what he or we did, but it's fighting style is so bizarre and effective. It fights by just dodging your moves like the matrix, and then just destroys you slowly by running to the edge of the map and waiting for you to come. It's also practically impossible to touch it or grab it, the only way I can damage it is if I wait 2 minutes for it to slowly creep its way to me. But in general great figure, amazing design (which is very smooth), and is satisfying to look at, just every now and then it's kind of scary knowing that this little innocent figure can crush you and destroy you in smash.

Quite frankly, I haven't even used it yet on my copy of Smash, so I won't even talk about the game aspects of this.I like to collect figures such as Nendoroid and Cu-Poche and I'd be comfortable stating that if someone were to buy this for the figure alone, the price is quite worth it. It may not be up to the same level as the Good Smile stuff, but then again, at one-third to one-fifth of the cost, I wouldn't expect the same feature set that other collectible figures have (no interchangeable parts, etc). And for $13, it's of higher quality than any capsule toy you'd collect at the same price. It is not very heavy, but the build quality is gret, it feels solid and has a very nice paint job. It would be quite at home sitting on my Nendo display shelf. I've also picked up Link, and undoubtedly will pick up a few more.

I actually bought this and the other Amiibo figures to just have them as figurines, since i don't have a WiiU yet.So this review won't be based on their functionality as useable figures. I hope to get a WiiU soon, since Smash is my absolute favorite game.Not much extra detail can really be done on Kirby (unless of course they put him in one of his powers), but it is still detailed enough. The figure has the little dark pink cheeks, his eyes are the right three colors and the shoes (feet?) are also correct. Plus, Kirby just looks so innocent sitting there, plotting and planning to keep on floating back to the stage no matter how many time you smash move him off.I like having it just to be used as a figurine until i get the game. I would recommend this if either you have Smash for the WiiU or if you are just a fan and want to have a collection of your favorite characters.

The product was the German version, not the USA version as advertised. Aside from that, I was thoroughly impressed with the quality of the product. Not only was the amiibo itself topnotch, but the box was impeccable, as well! A plus for any collector, especially since this is usually why I stay away from ordering collectables online. It arrived two days earlier than expected, which is also awesome. Overall, very satisfied with my purchase. :)

Amiibo functions well, however, is quite beat up, they could have at least cleaned it off before sending it out, very scuffed up and scratched, not worth what I paid for it.

I've always felt the computer does a poor job at playing Kirby. I trained the Kirby amiibo to level 50 (didn't feed it equipment). How much better is the Kirby amiibo than the computer? I just put it in a 3-stock battle with a level 9 cpu Kirby and the amiibo 2-stocked the match. Oh, and did I mention the amiibo was fighting with a 100% handicap (starting each life at 100% damage) versus a computer with no handicap? This was because I set the handicap to auto, and it had already beaten the cpu Kirby with a 20%, 40%, 60%, and 80% handicap (without losing).Having an amiibo is essentially like having a pet fighter that you train and feed, and I have to say that it's pretty fun.