Lucas & Next Wave Of Animal Crossing amiibo Due Out In North America On 22nd January, 2016

Who is this guy? I don't remember him being in any North American Nintendo game I've ever played.

Honestly, I think gamers are going to be drooling over a Cloud Amiibo in the future from now till its release...

can I say I want all of the AC amiibo? I don't care if I ever buy the AC Amiibo Festival game. I just want to collect the AC amiibos.

I'd probably pick up Resetti if I saw him in store. Not that is likely to ever happen.

I would like an amiibo of the rabbit in Badge Arcade. Whatever his name is. He needs to be used more, he's hilarious.

Lucas is the first of the DLC guys, right? So Nintendo needs to keep adding more DLC characters as an excuse to make more amiibo? And at $5 or $6 per, why not?

I WILL get that Lucas amiibo! I got Ness, so Lucas WILL be part of my collection!

Gotta have me that Lucas amiibo!! My name is Lucas so whilst I have no connection to the franchise....it'll be kinda weird to have an amiibo of me ( about 20 years ago) with my name all over it.

Really hoping Earthbound 2 makes it here, would like to play Beginnings...but heard it wasn't that great/different compared to the sequel.

@sevex Don't you remember? He was in Smash Bros. Brawl!

@rjejr : Mewtwo was the first DLC character. I have no doubt that any future DLC characters will also be issued an amiibo.

@Squidling: Good call.

@Yeahman I guess at some point I'll get it then, hopefully it'll be before EB 2 hits.

Only Lucas for me so far. The AC amiibo look great but i'm not into that franchise and the board game coming out in December doesn't appeal to me. However, I'm interested to see what happens with the cards. I bought a few packs to check out and I thought they looked great. Interestingly enough, the packaging references compatibility with the Wii U so i'm hoping this could mean future games and not just the Festival game.

Take my money please, I don't want it.

@Squidling Ah yes, the origin of Lucas.

Already preordered at EB in Australia. Though I had Lucas down ages ago.

If I can pass on getting Ness when I had the chance, I can pass on Lucas. Those Animal Crossing amiibo on the other hand will need more willpower.

Lucas is the last must-have amiibo in the cards for me at present. Still waiting for Daisy or some Donkey Kong Country-related ones.

I wasn't able to get Ness, so I'll fight for Lucas.

@Megumi
But it's so much better than the games that came before it.

Why is the article so focused on NA? I'm not sure we got a release date, but all those amiibo and cards have been confirmed for Europe too ^_^;

And...sigh... For a moment I really hoped to hear about a Princess Daisy amiibo when they announced more amiibo coming, guess the poor girl will never receive some much deserved spotlight >.<

@Luffymcduck ....What?

I am of the opinion that we should have never seen what Resetti looks like from the waist down. I understand that he does walk around in New Leaf like a normal character but I would much an amiibo where he is sticking out of the ground with dirt around him and much crankier looking. This amiibo looks pretty generic.

sighs So nothing in the way of Lucas' release for Europe, eh? Lovely...

I hate, I Hate, I HATE Nintendo shoving amiibo with almost every release now. (No offense to the general readership here because I know a lot of you guys love them and I'm happy for you guys when you nab a rare or hard to find one!) I wouldn't mind so much if these things didn't lock certain gameplay elements, regardless if they're helpful but optional or purely cosmetic - doesn't matter. amiibo are essentially physical paywalls. (At least freemium games cost you $0.00 before considering IAPs. Here, you're paying traditional gaming prices - generally $39.99 - for the game and paying however much amiibo are for additional content.) Then there's Nintendo's intent on constantly pumping out more and more amiibo - figures and now AR cards - without adequately replenishing current stock (or lack thereof). My girlfriend was able to buy a few packs of AC: HHD cards from a local Best Buy when the game first released and the entire city (and surrounding areas) has been dry ever since. All the Game Stops here stopped getting HHD cards after the game launched; Best Buy the same; and other entertainment/specialty stores here have actually cancelled their orders of cards (as was told to me last night by an employee) because Nintendo isn't sending these places any more (likely due to shortages, I'm sure). I've abhorred the concept of amiibo ever since they were announced but here's my thing: personally, I'd like Nintendo to concentrate on gaming - physical, digital, mobile, whatever. But since it seems these amiibo aren't going anywhere, Nintendo: at least keep these things IN STOCK if you're going to make 'em. Le sigh...

@Megumi
Better story, better gameplay with the rhytmn based combos, less grinding and overall much better experience than the overrated Mother 2. At least second one is a good game, Mother 1 is just average or bad.

I really appreciate the fact that we get an amiibo of a character whose game still hasn't been released here. Also this'll propably be the last amiibo I'll get.

Lucas for me out of this lot of Amiibos.

@Luffymcduck I was talking about the first game...soooo, yeah...

Thank goodness they're releasing in January. I currently have used up all my money on the loads of amiibo that have came out through Sept and Nov. along with all the restocks of old rare amiibos. I needed a break through december of amiibos.

I will definitely try to get Lucas. I have Ness (who I went through absolute hell to get), so I would like to get Lucas so I can have both of the M O T H E R B O I S.

looks kinda lame

isn't earthbound 2 over here already?

don't you guys mean the 3rd game in the mother series?

@c1pher_c0mplet I own a ton of amiibo and Nintendo products, but I'm not crazy about their implementation in games either. It's silly to shoehorn stuff into just lock it behind amiibo. It's likewise silly to lock relevant challenges or missions behind amiibo. If they want to pull those kinds of stunts, then they should create a free download game that is compelling enough to make people want to scan in their amiibo. But locking features in full price retail releases just points to bad decision making.