{"id":15137,"date":"2016-07-06T00:01:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T00:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15137"},"modified":"2016-06-12T01:48:51","modified_gmt":"2016-06-12T01:48:51","slug":"kirby-amiibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/06\/kirby-amiibo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirby Amiibo!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AMIIBO_LOGO\"<\/a>I\u2019ve got another batch of amiibo figures to show off, and these are based on the Kirby series!\u00a0 I like Kirby games even better than Mario ones, so I was pretty excited for these.\u00a0 Let\u2019s check them out!<\/span><\/p>\n

Here they are in the boxes.\u00a0 Also included is a special Isabelle amiibo from Animal Crossing, as well as a pack of Kirby trading cards that was a pre-order bonus at GameStop.\u00a0 We\u2019ll take a closer look at those as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"PACKAGES\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In Animal Crossing, the seasons change according to the 3DS internal clock, and your assistant in the game, Isabelle, changes her clothes depending on if it\u2019s Fall\/Winter or Spring\/Summer.\u00a0 Well, the Isabelle amiibo that has already been released is her Winter outfit.\u00a0 So they released another amiibo with her Summer outfit.\u00a0 Yeah it\u2019s a little ridiculous, but I got it anyway.\u00a0 Here are the two figures side by side.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ISABELLE\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Now for Kirby!\u00a0 The four Kirby figures include Kirby riding on his star, Waddle Dee sitting on some clouds, Meta-Knight, and King Dedede.\u00a0 Waddle Dee\u2019s the only new character, as the other three have different amiibo for Smash Bros.\u00a0 But it\u2019s nice to see that they gave them different poses here.\u00a0 Meta-Knight looks especially cool, as his mask and shoes are very shiny and metallic, even more so than the Smash amiibo of him.\u00a0 I only have a slight problem with King Dedede.\u00a0 His new figure is great, don\u2019t get me wrong.\u00a0 But his Smash amiibo was more detailed.\u00a0 The white fringe on his robe was sparkly and the edges of his hammer were metallic.\u00a0 I thought about taking pictures of the old and new amiibo side by side for comparison, but I got a little lazy.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you scan a Kirby series amiibo into the new Kirby: Planet Robobot game, Kirby will get a new ability and costume.\u00a0 With the new Kirby amiibo, you\u2019ll get UFO Kirby, which is the only way to get that ability.\u00a0 Waddle Dee gives you the Parasol, Meta-Knight gives you the sword, and Dedede the hammer.\u00a0 Kirby will also change color like he\u2019s cosplaying as those characters, but the abilities are the same.\u00a0 What\u2019s cool is that you can scan any other amiibo and get an ability as well.\u00a0 If you scan a non-Nintendo character, like Mega Man, Sonic, Shovel Knight, or Pac-Man, you\u2019ll get a random ability.\u00a0 But Nintendo characters will give you specific abilities.\u00a0 Some are pretty easy to guess, like Mario give you Fire and any Link and Fire Emblem character gives you the sword.\u00a0 But some are a little more interesting.\u00a0 Wario gives you the Wheel, and Wii Fit Trainer turns you into Doctor Kirby.\u00a0 I find it interesting that any Animal Crossing amiibo gives you the Leaf ability, but Toad also gives you Leaf, which I don\u2019t quite understand.\u00a0 You can only scan five amiibo a day, though.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also included with this picture are the Kirby trading cards I got as a pre-order bonus at GameStop.\u00a0 They have pictures of the robot Kirby rides and some of the modes it has, along with a brief description.\u00a0 A few of the cards are even shiny!\u00a0 I got the standard Robobot Armor, Beam Mode, Sword Mode, Jet Mode, Cutter Mode, and Wheel Mode.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if the package of cards is the same or if they have random cards in each pack, but if you\u2019re reading this and you got the pre-order bonus, too, let me know if your cards are different or the same.<\/span><\/p>\n

I hate to say it, but when I got my copy of Kirby: Planet Robobot, I had to ask the GameStop employee if it had a pre-order bonus.\u00a0 They had them, and he was going to let me leave without the extra bonus.\u00a0 So if you work at GameStop and are reading this, please try to be as knowledgeable of your products and specials as you can, so customers don\u2019t suspect you of not telling them so you can keep the bonuses.\u00a0 I know it\u2019s really hard to keep up with EVERYTHING, trust me, but please try your best!<\/span><\/p>\n

OK, sorry for rambling.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the picture.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"KIRBY\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now!\u00a0 I think the next batch of amiibo figures are new Splatoon ones!\u00a0 When I get those, I\u2019ll show you them as well!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve got another batch of amiibo figures to show off, and these are based on the Kirby series!\u00a0 I like Kirby games even better than Mario ones, so I was pretty excited for these.\u00a0 Let\u2019s check them out! Here they are in the boxes.\u00a0 Also included is a special Isabelle amiibo from Animal Crossing, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15139,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15137\/revisions\/15139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}