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Video Games, Victorian Style
Category: Amiibos
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What a stunning bunch.
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A month after the game hit shop shelves.
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Specter Knight, Plague Knight and King Knight join the amiibo shelf.
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You wait for months, and then five come along at once…
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I can’t stop touching my Dark Samus. Send help.
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Hey there little fella.
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The Link’s Awakening amiibo is ADORABLE.
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The two Bayonetta amiibo are real lookers.
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Samus Aran’s nemesis makes for one of the best amiibo yet.
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I need this right now. Metroid fans, rejoice!
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I’m obsessed with Monster Hunter right now. Here’s more fuel for the fire. And a secret snack as a bonus.
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I couldn’t resist blagging a few more amiibo in a recent Argos sale. My name is Lucius, and I’m an amiibo addict.
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Hey look, you can even detach the riders and swap them around! Best. Amiibo. Ever.
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Fire Emblem Warriors is out on 3DS and Switch today, and the Tiki and Chrom amiibos have been launched along side it. I’m still not quite sure what I think about them – they are… odd. Let’s take a closer look. Here’s Tiki, in all her eighties anime glory. Her look seems to be based…
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The Breath of the Wild Zelda amiibo is here! How does she look?
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They’re finally here! And a day early in fact – I found Samus Aran and Squishy Metroid on my doorstep a whole day ahead of the street date, which was a lovely surprise. Let’s tear these things open! But first, what do they actually do? Here’s the back of the box to tell us: So…
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Hooray! Oh happy day! Two more amiibo have plopped through my door! This time it’s some double Corrin action – the Fire Emblem Fates protagonist in both male and female forms. Which one do you like best? I think I prefer Lady Corrin. That pose just shrieks carefree cool. It’s like she’s doing an interpretive…
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Well, my Celica amiibo actually arrived about a week ago, but what with all the hoo-ha about E3, I’ve not thought to mention it until now. Take a look, she’s a beaut: In fact, I think this is the best looking Fire Emblem amiibo yet. Even better, she doesn’t have creepy eyes. I’m aiming to…
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Well, Nintendo certainly went all out on the amiibo announcements at this year’s E3. Here’s a look at what delightful plastic figures we can expect over the next few months, starting off with the ones that everyone’s getting most excited about… Metroid amiibo Oh yeah, now we’re talking. Nintendo announced two amiibos to tie in…
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My amiibo obsession remains as strong as ever, and the biggest chunk of that obsession is reserved for Fire Emblem amiibo. Move over Mario, I will always hold a candle for Roy, Lucina and their quasi-medieval chums. Speaking of which, Alm arrived today. Alm is one of the two main protagonists in the recently released…
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For The Year of Zelda, I’m aiming to finish all of the Zelda games I’ve yet to complete before treating myself to Breath of the Wild at the year’s end. It’s going pretty slowly so far – I’ve only managed to complete Oracle of Seasons from the list – but that’s mostly down to putting…
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Just look at the wee little fella! He’s brightened up my desk with his cheeky little face – surely Chibi-Robo easily takes the prize as the cutest amiibo so far. I bought the cheeky scamp as part of the above package with the game Chibi-Robo Zip Lash – I spotted the bundle for the absolutely…
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My Roy amiibo finally arrived this morning – and only three days late. Ooooh, GAME UK whyIoughta… [shakes fist]. To be fair, they sent it out on Thursday morning, so it’s probably more Royal Mail to blame. But everyone loves to take a pop at GAME sometimes, don’t they? *mumble mumble preowned prices mumble mumble…
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Things have been quiet on the amiibo front of late. The last one I bought was R.O.B. back in November, although before that there was a relative flood of them through my front door in summer. And now another one is due to arrive. Tomorrow, Roy will join my other four Fire Emblem amiibo –…
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The last couple of times I’ve popped into GAME, I’ve been surprised at just how many amiibo are in stock. It seems that Nintendo have firmly delivered on their promise back in May to increase amiibo production. I saw all sorts of previously rare amiibo on my visits to GAME stores in Walthamstow and Edinburgh,…
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Following a spate of excited pre-orders a few months back, and the many trials and tribulations I went through in trying to order a Woolly Yoshi amiibo, all of my chickens have come home to roost, so to speak. That is, a tonne of amiibos descended on my house, much to the alarm of Ms.…
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Good news everyone! With the arrival of Robin and Lucina, my set of Fire Emblem amiibos is complete! At least until they decide to release any more Fire Emblem-themed amiibos, that is. Lucina, of course, is one of the main characters in the recent Fire Emblem: Awakening for the 3DS, whereas Robin is the player’s…
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Success! After the ups and downs of the past few days, I’ve finally managed to pre-order a Yarn Yoshi amiibo. I received a tip-off from this Reddit forum that GAME are taking in-store pre-orders for old yarn-face himself, even though you can’t currently pre-order through the website. So after confirming this was the case with…
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Regular readers will already be familiar with my current obsession of obtaining a Yarn Yoshi amiibo. Sadly, that dream seems further away than ever this afternoon – I just learned that preorders for Yoshi’s Woolly World – including a Yarn Yoshi amiibo – went up on Zavvi’s site on Saturday and sold out almost immediately.…
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OK, so I think I’m getting a bit obsessed with obtaining a Yarn Yoshi amiibo. Tantalisingly, GAME have uploaded pictures of said amiibo, and yet there’s no option to pre-order. Have they gone already? Am I too late? If not, when do the pre-orders start? Why am I so obsessed with a woolly plastic toy?…
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I’ve recently been playing through Xenoblade Chronicles for the first time, and I’ve been thoroughly enjoying it (well, apart from a few minor niggles, but more on that in a later post). After spending so much time in the company of Shulk and his mates, I began thinking how great it would be to have…
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The next wave of amiibos is released today, and look what was waiting for me in the post box… Ike will now be joining Marth on the fireplace as my collection of Fire Emblem-related amiibos grows steadily larger. I’ve pre-ordered Lucina and Robin too (although they won’t be out until April), and I’m hoping that…
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