Donkey Kong Gets A New amiibo, Nintendo Details How They Work In DK Bananza

Ugh... I'm trying to stop buying amiibo, but this one looks too good to pass up.

It's kinda funny and sad that Pauline's first amiibo isn't even her on her own, nor is it her usual adult design. The amiibo looks cool though. I'll buy it.

I'm not even an Amiibo collector but I'm getting that one

Now with Amazon coming online with Nintendo we can get the lastest Amiibo here as well.

I hope that costume isn't locked behind an amiibo.

Getting it just for DK's new design, somehow the amiibo is channeling vibes from the arcade game more than the official art it is based on.

i love it, the design is so cute!! ughhh nintendo, i want the new totk ones too though AND this game! being a fan is hard work….

Amiibo prices are too rich for my blood, so I'm good.

Looks cool. May ask for it as a christmas gift or something

I might get it if it's not too expensive.

Stopped buying amiibo a while back just holding on to a couple but this one looks great!

Gives me old school arcade DK vibes!

Love it!

I do really like the sculpt so, assuming I can actually get hold of one, I plan to get it.

I don't really care for the unlock, feels a little like those kid beauty pageants they have in the US.

Does anyone have an estimate of when this will be available on the Nintendo store?

Ngl, I just don’t like looking at this game’s DK design. He just looks so shaggy and derpy

I hate dks new design but this amiibo is just glorious

@RupeeClock Yea you may be right.

I'm a sucker for double character amiibos, might have to pick this one up. Reminds me a lot of the Midna & Wolf Link amiibo

@N00BiSH @JohnnyMind Nintendo Switch Europe (and probably some other accounts) confirmed on an Instagram post about the amiibo that it unlocks the costume early - which would indicate that it’s available in the base game, too.

Dang it. I am so bitter and relieved at the same time. I HAVE TO HAVE THIS AMIIBO! Good to see that amiibo as a whole are still being supported. I got worried with MKW.

I like me some amiibo. I'll definitely be getting this one. I love the design. It's brilliant!

Sure, I’ll try to get one even at an inflated price. Especially since I have DK, Diddy and K. Rool.

I know I’ll have to splurge on future amiibo of Splatoon’s Deep Cut in their Raiders outfits all the same.

What's the price? Would pick it up for the normal $15.99 like most of the ones in my local Target. Maybe even $19.99 like the Guardian if it looked good enough. But the recent price hikes of $29.99 and $39.99 are insane. They should have bundled them with the game for an extra $15 since they're releasing the same day.

Can @NintendoLife do some work, after another 15 or so DKB articles, and find out if my DK amiibo from Sjylanders Superchargers is being supported? It's worked in some other games but it's not in the picture.🤷‍♂️

I'm not crazy about Pauline's redesign, but otherwise glad to see that she'll be in the game.

I only wish we could get a non-Bananza Pauline amiibo as well at some point.

@rjejr : I also miss the game + amiibo bundles from the 3DS/Wii U days.

It's bizarre that no Switch game has ever seen such a bundle...

@rjejr : The Donkey Kong/Bowser Skylanders figurines function as DK/Bowser amiibo, so I see no why reason why they wouldn't also work in the same way in other games that specifically support those particular amiibo.

Give me a standalone Pauline and I'll buy that straight away. The duo? Meh. On that note, they really need to go back and make a Mayor Pauline amiibo from Odyssey.

Nintendo please stop. I have over 100 amiibos I literally do not have the space for more…

@LucasM3 They could care less it's money for Nintendo shareholders and Company. What one situation or can or can't buy isn't their problems. People don't buy if you can't it's that simple.

Dang it, looks great. There goes $30… 🎉

How funny. I just remembered how even the 3DS Chibi-Robo platformer had the best kind of amiibo support where you train a character up to higher levels of RPG-like stats.
Fortunately the game is looking exciting enough to consider this a bump. I hope there is some way to build up things with anything you have in the overworld.

I'd rather have a Pauline amiibo without anyone else attached, but I'll see if it shows up in my area before I write it off entirely.

I've never ever got an amiibo but I might actually get the DK & Pauline one.

Looks amazing where do we buy it or pre-order

@Coalescence DK is a legend end!

I usually don’t collect amiibos, but this one might be an exception! This one looks awesome, and the in-game perks sound pretty tempting.

It's on BestBuy right now listing...

Does anyone else see the similarity between Pauline hanging off DK’s right shoulder and that upcoming game from Capcom, Pragmata, where a little girl, Diana hangs off the right shoulder of a heavily armored soldier?

@Koda1000 Where's the link of those description?

@rjejr Your dreaming here those were past and no more. You thinking it's going to return will need reality check prices are going up and not coming down. You can also reach out to Nintendo support and ask them this question since Nintendo created these Amiibos as well.

@sethfranum Google Capcom, Pragmata and look at the pictures. Very similar.

@SillyG Yeah my college kid said they are still using our Sjylanders DK amiibo in Smash and it works as DK so they said the same as you. I'm not faulting Nintendo for not showing it in the Pic, I was just curious. Thanks.👍

@sethfranum Those are the current prices currently by me in the Target by me, not the past. 🤷‍♂️

@dartmonkey If I start being nice now just block my account, it's been hacked. 😩

Best Buy (US electronics store) has it listed for $29.99 US, so that's likely the price. And a no from me.🤑

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-donkey-kong-and-pauline-donkey-kong-bananza-series-multi/6636551.p?skuId=6636551

Edit: So I was looking at the box and just now discovered her name is Pauline and not Paulina. 🤪

@Koda1000 And that means what as to how the Amiibo functions does or doesn't do? Like I said Nintendo is the one to answer that question.

It's up to you to buy or not. Those prices aren't coming down.

@SillyG There have been no amiibo-game bundles at all for Switch? I guess I never thought about it. We have like 50 amiibo, some still in their boxes, so I collect them a bit, but I guess you're right. Last bundle I bought, maybe the only 1, was amiibo Festival at Toys R US clearance for like $5. Which was about $4 too much.😂 I dud use a bunch of them in New Horizons though.

I guess it's too much work and not enough money. My wife who's in publishing is trying to produce a big book box set and she says it's a nightmare. Manufacturers just aren't set up for it. Then there are rights, licensing etc. Probably just eadier not to bundle them.

This game and this amiibo, releasing the same day, really would have been a nice bundle though. Maybe some store will knock $10 off the price if you buy both. Might even pick up this $30 amiibo for $20. It's my birthday present after all. 😁

amiibo is up for preorder at best buy in the US.

@LucasM3 support group meetings are on monday evenings…

@rjejr : Funny that Amiibo Festival was readily available for AU$5 as well.

And to think that Nintendo were bold (and delusional) enough to think that they'd move enough units to reissue the game without the Digby amiibo too. 😂

@Ryu_Niiyama I’ll have to be there! 😅

The last Amiibo I bought was the set for Metroid Dread. I did get the Street Fighter 6 Amiibo cards but that's not really the same thing. This is cool, though, I'll definitely have to buy it along with the game.

@SillyG playing Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival was the gaming equivalent of playing Donkey Kong Bananza only as player 2. 😂 There was a game in there somewhere, they just made you watch instead of play it.😝

I don’t know if I’ll be getting the game, but I do like the amiibo.

What one buys that their choice. Why do people talk as though their choices are other buyers choice for? Those prices aren't going down or going to be on-sale for long time if ever.