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Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

Right before Nintendo struck gold by taking on the Skylanders formula in their own way, they released some pretty interesting limited editions of their games that were bundled with figurines/figures. The Skull Kid figurine (Majora's Mask 3D), Ganondorf figurine (Wii U + Wind Waker) and Blue Nazi Shell o' Death (Mario Kart 8) are three recent examples. If Yoshi's Woolly World, Splatoon and the upcoming Chibi-Robo games are anything to go by, it seems amiibo have taken the place of these "regular" figurines (at least for the time being).

Which other official Nintendo games came bundled with a figur(in)e? (Or were preorder bonuses.) I'm not talking about games like Hyrule Warriors that came with a scarf.

Toki767 · Jun 30, 2015

Are you counting Nintendo publishing Bravely Default and including a figure in the special edition of that in Europe?

Pretty sure that's the only other time it was done, at least in the west.

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

I didn't even know about that one, cheers.

Toki767 said:
Pretty sure that's the only other time it was done, at least in the west.

Ah, so it's not just me? 'Cause I couldn't come up with other titles either.

BocoDragon · Jun 30, 2015

Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

NeoRausch · Jun 30, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

I still have that sticker book.... Somewhere.

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

Well played.

SatoAilDarko · Jun 30, 2015

Skull Kid came after Amiibo. I'm pretty sure they had small text stating it had no Amiibo functionality.

Infernal Monkey · Jun 30, 2015

Toki767 said:
Are you counting Nintendo publishing Bravely Default and including a figure in the special edition of that in Europe?

Pretty sure that's the only other time it was done, at least in the west.

Never forget.

Zalman · Jun 30, 2015

The closest thing I can think of is the PokéWalker in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, but... that's not really a figurine.

Aostia · Jun 30, 2015

Mario Kart blue shell? unsure...

Burgess_101 · Jun 30, 2015

Wii U Wind Waker special edition comes with a Ganondorf statue.

CMM_WiiU_TheLegendofZelda_TheWindWakerHD_Ganondorf_mediaplayer_large-590x330.png

EDIT: Whoops should have read, its early...

Affeinvasion · Jun 30, 2015

Zalman said:
The closest thing I can think of is the PokéWalker in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, but... that's not really a figurine.

There were also ho-oh and lugia figurines if you preordered.

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

Affeinvasion said:
There were also ho-oh and lugia figurines if you preordered.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about! Didn't know those existed at all. Were those USA exclusive?

Reverend Funk · Jun 30, 2015

Kinda unrelated but i was going through some old junk and found a funky kong toy and im not sure where i got it from was there ever a mcdonalds toy deal with thr dk crew?

Linkstrikesback · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
Yes, that's what I'm talking about! Didn't know those existed at all. Were those USA exclusive?

I think they were given out in the UK too. Otherwise, I don't know how I got them on my desk!

Tadaima · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
Yes, that's what I'm talking about! Didn't know those existed at all. Were those USA exclusive?

Not sure about the US, but they were available in Japan by pre-ordering. You received a bonus Arceus figure for pre-ordering both games, which I'm sure created a lot of arguments between siblings across the country.

SalvaPot · Jun 30, 2015

They do small figures for Pokemon Pre-orders.

I still have my Giratina.

Toki767 · Jun 30, 2015

Affeinvasion said:
There were also ho-oh and lugia figurines if you preordered.

Oh! Speaking of. There was some Giratina figure too but I forgot how it was given out. I have one though lol

Edit: Beaten

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

Thanks, man. Found an eBay seller who sold those exact three figures for 26 bucks

They're gonna look amazing next to my Ganondorf, Skull Kid, Blue Shell and amiibo!

Permanently A · Jun 30, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

reminds me of this

mclem · Jun 30, 2015

I forget whether Nintendo published Monster Hunter Tri over here or if that was handled by Capcom, but the SE came with a bust of Lagiacrus in the box (there were some other busts, too, but they were distributed differently)

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

How tall's that thing?

Looks suitably badass, too.

ramparter · Jun 30, 2015

SalvaPot said:
They do small figures for Pokemon Pre-orders.

I still have my Giratina.

Right.

They also has for ORAS.

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

Those two look a lot less impressive; it looks like Groudon is standing on a weird cookie.

Any more?

pinkurocket · Jun 30, 2015

Well, the Majora's Mask figurine released in February and Amiibo have been around since last year. However it might've been planned before Amiibo blew up considering there were people disappointed it wasn't an Amiibo.

fernoca · Jun 30, 2015

Though Skull Kid was released this February, post-amiibo. Heck, some wished it was an amiibo.

But at least the amiibo serve both as a nice figure and can be used in the game to some extent.

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

ramparter said:

Wait a minute, these figures look different. Why's that?

BrettHeazy · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
Wait a minute, these figures look different. Why's that?

because these figures look decent, the other pic looks like some happy meal shit

Spainkiller · Jun 30, 2015

I agree, but: how? Why? Different regions?

mclem · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
How tall's that thing?

Looks suitably badass, too.

4 inches or so, IIRC? I'd have to check, but I think that's about right.

Joey Ravn · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
I agree, but: how? Why? Different regions?

Yep. Japanese pre-orders. Figures.

ramparter · Jun 30, 2015

Spainkiller said:
I agree, but: how? Why? Different regions?

Probably, the ones I posted were from Europe.

http://www.siliconera.com/2014/08/2...ng-limited-edition-steelbook-versions-europe/

No wonder they were cheap looking, they came free for steelbook preorders.

pots and pans · Jun 30, 2015

It wasn't a pack-in but if you bought (pre-ordered?) Star Fox Adventures at Target you got a Fox bobblehead. Mine's still sealed, even.

This isn't my picture, I grabbed it from Google:

ramparter said:

I have both of these and they are indeed garbage. I got them from Walmart's website, I don't know if they were sold anywhere else. The Kyogre was broken off the base in the package. Both are extremely low quality, Groudon just looks terrible in general. Not even worth the $3 or so I paid for each of them.

Shantom · Jun 30, 2015

Amiibo aren't the first NFC figures that Nintendo have used. Pokemon Rumble U used them, and the collector's edition included two:

sixteen-bit · Jun 30, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

Print ads also came with a "demo" which was just a Mario u were supposed to cut out

Spainkiller · Jul 2, 2015

mclem said:
I forget whether Nintendo published Monster Hunter Tri over here or if that was handled by Capcom, but the SE came with a bust of Lagiacrus in the box (there were some other busts, too, but they were distributed differently)

Seems there were three busts: Lagiacrus, Rathalos and Qurupeco.

Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions so far, guys! For some reason I find this topic (figures that came with Nintendo games) really interesting and I had no idea there were so many Pokemon Rumble semi-amiibo. (Lots of shiny figures, for instance.)

I find it a little hard to believe that Nintendo had only started shipping figures with games the last few years, though. There must be more, right?

evanmisha · Jul 2, 2015

Shantom said:
Amiibo aren't the first NFC figures that Nintendo have used. Pokemon Rumble U used them, and the collector's edition included two:

This was such a fucking shit show. They basically sent stores a single shipment, some stores sold their whole shipment to single customers, the pull rate of the rare figures was absurdly low considering how undershipped they all were, they never even sold them in Canada, they've somehow maintained value so they still go for an arm and a leg on eBay, and to top it all off, the game was awful.

ArchedThunder · Jul 2, 2015

Infernal Monkey said:
Never forget.

Spainkiller · Jul 2, 2015

If anyone has a bunch of Pokémon Rumble U figures and wants to get rid of them, contact me, please

I'm willing to buy them to complement my amiibo collection.

mclem · Jul 2, 2015

Spainkiller said:
Seems there were three busts: Lagiacrus, Rathalos and Qurupeco.

There were, but AIUI, only Laggy was actually distributed as an in-box bundled item. Others were clearly part of the same manufacturing line but were distributed through things like preorder bonuses.

That's in Europe, at least. I'm not sure what happened elsewhere, they may well have been more conventionally bundled there.

Spainkiller · Jul 2, 2015

That's OK, I'm including preorder figures as well

BGBW · Jul 2, 2015

Legend of Zelda Spirit Tracks came with two figurines if you bought a limited edition tin pack from GAME UK.

Funny thing about it is they accidentally put it up at the same price as the regular edition.

The Link is the same mould as a previous Link capsule toy series for Phantom Hourglass but with a different shield design.

Spainkiller · Jul 2, 2015

Those looks great, thanks for the info

It seems that the Zelda games get added figures the most.

BodiesWithoutOrgans · Jul 2, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

Well done

basic_text · Jul 2, 2015

BocoDragon said:
Paper Mario came with an actual paper Mario.

Nintendo Magazine UK also gave away free stand up cut outs on thick card with a certain issue. I think I still have them at home, they're great!

Can't find any pics online though.

efyu_lemonardo · Jul 2, 2015

pots and pans said:
It wasn't a pack-in but if you bought (pre-ordered?) Star Fox Adventures at Target you got a Fox bobblehead. Mine's still sealed, even.

This isn't my picture, I grabbed it from Google:

KILL IT

Ubersnug · Jul 2, 2015

Sacred 2 on the 360 came with a figure - and I couldnt help but burst out laughing when I first saw it in the flesh (so to speak)

Honestly, it looks and feels like it came with a McDonald's happy meal...

Thankfully, it didn;t cost me any more than had I bought the normal boxed edition, or I would have been VERY Dissapointed.

Spainkiller · Jul 2, 2015

Didn't know about that one, but I'm trying to keep this thread Nintendo-only

pots and pans · Jul 2, 2015

efyu_lemonardo said:
KILL IT

Do you hate the bobblehead or Star Fox Adventures (or both)?

Ubersnug · Jul 2, 2015

Spainkiller said:
Didn't know about that one, but I'm trying to keep this thread Nintendo-only

Ah, sorry bout that!

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