The Nintendo amiibos: they are mini, and they can be cute. Ever since the blunder of the initial lineup, they have also been getting better construction wise and thus their increased desirability with each release. I guess every now and then the amiibo design team gets a little nuts and would release amiibos of remarkable sizes like some from the Monster Hunter series and "The Guardian" from Breath of the Wild - I still regret not picking up the latter at its regular retail price when I had the chance to. I have never seen those in person however so imagine my shock when I saw this huge freaking thing at a retail store. Well, to see a new amiibo not selling out immediately at retail in itself some kind of galactic miracle so I picked it up immediately.
The thing is, I don't even play the Splatoon series so I don't even know who the heck this Big Man Raimi is. It's obviously some kind of stingray and he looks extra jolly. Maybe he's high on some puffer fish poop. He's wearing some kind of Japanese hat and is holding a demon mask? What's the significance of those things? I certainly don't know but I really don't care. He looks stupid and cool at the same time. Just take a minute and stare at the thing, he's freaking huge! He's easily 4 times bigger than any other amiibos out there and is priced the same as a regular amiibo! He's easily my favorite amiibo to date and Nintendo should be encouraged to take more risks with their amiibos. Sure, the upcoming amiibo releases next year that will be featuring characters from the Xenoblade Chronicles are cool (pre-order for these are already sold out, what a crazy world) and Sora is alright I guess. But why not release more big ugly characters for us to enjoy? Madame Broode from Super Mario Odyssey anyone? I would hunt that amiibo to the ends of the Earth!
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