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Supercharge your gameplay with amiibo. Discover amiibo, a brand new way to interact with your favorite Nintendo characters and games. Touch amiibo figures to the Wii U GamePad controller and watch them come to life and affect different games in surprising ways.* In Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, you can battle, train, and level-up your amiibo figures. In the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U game, customize your amiibo by adjusting their offensive and defensive capabilities. Battle against amiibo fighters, alongside them on teams, or pit them against your Smash Bros. nemesis in multiplayer action. Your amiibo can be both your ally and rival. Train your amiibo to level 50 so that you can crush even the toughest opponents. Best of all, one amiibo figure can work with multiple amiibo compatible games, with amiibo functionality available now for games like Mario Kart 8, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Hyrule Warriors and more.* Supercharge your gameplay with amiibo. * Compatibility of amiibo figures and levels of functionality varies per game. Visit amiibo website for specific details of compatibility and functionality. Review: Great amiibo with detailed design - This Ike amiibo looks great and is a nice addition to any amiibo or Nintendo collection. The figure has a lot of detail, especially in the armor, cape, and sword, which makes it stand out nicely on a shelf or display. The quality feels solid and the paint job is clean. Like most amiibo figures, it’s well made and looks good whether you’re using it in games or just displaying it as part of a collection. It also works exactly as expected with compatible games, making it a fun extra for fans who enjoy unlocking content or using amiibo features. Overall, this is a great figure for fans of Fire Emblem or collectors who enjoy Nintendo amiibo. Review: Even if hard to find for "reasonable" prices, a beautiful Amiibo, a great figurine, and a worthy Amiibo to port into Xenoblade - Simply to share, as my bias surely affects my best intentions of a helpful review, I avoided purchasing any Amiibo figures until very shortly after the most present release of Series 4. That shared, due to a New 3DS mishap at a big box retailer, I was given store credit and with it, brought home my first 4 Amiibo (Series 1 Link and Zelda; Series 2 Toon Link and Sheik). After having these 4 Amiibo to experiment with, it was only after I truly made my first two Amiibo purchases (dare I say, invested), Series 1 Marth and this figure, Series 2 Shulk. I could not find the U.S. release of Shulk at a price that competed with the Japanese release. After reading another review elsewhere, and realizing it doesn’t matter whether one has the U.S. or Japanese Amiibo release in terms of being able to port into Wii U and New 3DS XL games, I jumped at the opportunity to purchase Shulk. My purchase of this Amiibo was wholly due to the excitement I have had in experiencing the gameplay of Xenoblade Chronicles for the New 3DS. I missed the game first time ‘round (on the Wii), and have been quite expectant of a great game experience. I have not been let down, neither by the game, nor with this particular Amiibo figure. As this is a review of Shulk, the Amiibo figure, let me focus there on a number of points I hope will help you, the potential buyer of this out-of-print and increasingly hard to find figurine: As other reviewers before me have stated, comparatively this is a very well sculpted Amiibo figurine: Shulk’s face is expressive, his clothing and wardrobe in general is detailed and nicely painted (between the lines!), and his hair looks (just about) as good as it does in the game (LOL)! In terms of the actual sculpted figure, as with the other sword-wielding Amiibo I have, Shulk’s Monado sword is not perfectly straight, but bows slightly. Why is this? I do not know. Perhaps it has something to do with the heating and cooling process of manufacturing? Regardless, the materials (plastics) this Amiibo is cast in allows for the sword to be slightly misshaped. While this doesn’t bother me or affect my enjoyment of the figure, I can see more scrutinizing collectors of toys and figures to be irked by this oversight in the perfecting of manufacturing. Some Amiibo have colored or clear plastic supports extending from the base to the figure itself. Such is the case with Shulk and at first, from my perspective, it looks a bit odd, but after having ported Shulk into the new Xenoblade Chronicles for the New 3DS, I don’t mind as much. This is hugely subjective and the photographs supplied by desertcart and myself (along with other reviewers) will hopefully aid in clarifying for you if this is something you care about or not. Rough dimensions for this Shulk figure, from base to top of his head, is nearly 4-inches; from widest point to widest point (sword tip to extended opposite hand) is 3-inches. Regarding gameplay, the Japanese import has ported just as any other Amiibo has on my New 3DS. I would expect the same from others, especially with so many reports consistently claiming this is in fact the case. If it is not clear by now, I’m a collector of things, especially that which relates to Nintendo. Most of us seemingly having missed out on the U.S. release, is it worth it to purchase this Shulk Amiibo for 2x-6x the MSRP? I cannot answer that for you, obviously, but having ported Shulk into Xenoblade Chronicles, if you decide to make the purchase, I hope your experience is as much fun as mine has been! Happy gaming and happy collecting!