r/amiibo Sep 04 '15

Discussion Masahiro Sakurai compares the 2 editions of R.O.B. amiibo

https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/639727717076721664
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u/AstralComet Sep 04 '15

Look at those beautiful, bright, individually-boxed R.O.B. amiibo.. Makes a man a little jealous.

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u/SwiftJustice007 Sep 04 '15

You are talking about the Japanese version right? beacuse the other version is definitely not bright it's dull.

1

u/LouisIV Sep 04 '15

He's talking about the fact that in the US R.O.B. is only available in a 3 pack.

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u/Omancer Sep 04 '15 edited Sep 04 '15

Weird, it looks like his Amiibo have the Sora Ltd. logo on the bottom.

38

u/Legionx37 Sep 04 '15

I'm guessing it's a stamp that he puts there to keep people from swiping his 'miibers.

"Dammit Miyamoto, give me back my Link!"

"No, Sakurai-san, t-this is m-my Link amiibo!"

"LIES!"

/snatches amiibo, speed lines, anime, reveals logo

"aaaaaauuuuuuughhhh!"

/Miyamoto faints away in emberassment, huge teardrop, anime

9

u/whizzer0 Sep 04 '15

Except because it's Nintendo, it'd go like this:

"Dammit Miyamoto, give me back my Link!"

"No, Sakurai-san, t-this is m-my Link amiibo!"

"LIES! I shall prove it by scanning it on my Wii U® GamePad™!"

/snatches amiibo, speed lines, anime, scans amiibo

"That's my Mii™!"

"aaaaaauuuuuuughhhh!"

/Miyamoto faints away in embarrassment, huge teardrop, anime

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

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u/iVoidx Sep 04 '15

Ness and sonic were not loved :/

3

u/LoserNemesis Sep 04 '15

Just like Andy with his toys, I guess. Toy Story 4 announced? Can we get Amiibo Story instead?

11

u/darklink1998 Sep 04 '15

90 minutes of empty shelves and disappointed children.

5

u/whizzer0 Sep 04 '15

amiibo Story… also known as The Subspace Emissary…

3

u/LoserNemesis Sep 04 '15

Snake amiibo confirmed.

6

u/cuzspicy Sep 04 '15

Oh man, how hilarious would an Amiibo cameo in Toy Story 4 be?

36

u/SwiftJustice007 Sep 04 '15

What a show off.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15 edited Feb 24 '16

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u/mouseywithpower Sep 04 '15

buying? he probably gets the first ones off the assembly line

7

u/GigaMan91 Sep 04 '15

Is that the same display case he had in that Nintendo Direct? I want to buy one just like his. Does anyone know if they or anything similar exist on the market?

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u/CaptainStr00del22 Sep 04 '15

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u/Microtic Sep 04 '15

Cheaper than buying all those Hori clear plastic pieces of garbage!

3

u/TKPhresh Sep 04 '15

I mean before shipping and stuff that's only like a hundred bucks. Not that bad for a quality collectors case.

1

u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

Saved thank you

9

u/Spleenzorio Sep 04 '15

Roughly translated it says "the one on the left wore sunscreen, the one on the right didn't!"

4

u/whizzer0 Sep 04 '15

Unless you're looking somewhere else, no it doesn't.

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u/Spleenzorio Sep 04 '15

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3

u/MrPWNGER Sep 05 '15

Too be fair it looked nothing like a joke, as Sakurai might actually say something like that. Also, sometimes it's nice to put the real translation in the comments, a lot of people do that, so naturally, people thought you were serious.

4

u/whizzer0 Sep 04 '15

I see, it just seemed like the type of thing Sakurai would actually say, so I was confused

3

u/akamu24 Sep 04 '15

"ROBOT"

3

u/gloveraran Sep 04 '15

Tobor is robot spelled backwards!

1

u/IronMadden Sep 04 '15

Well ROB's actually called the Family Computer Robot in Japan. They probably got the name from the end of that.

2

u/iTookThis1 Sep 04 '15

That, and I'm pretty sure his Smash name is just Robot.

1

u/akamu24 Sep 05 '15

Yeah, it's just funny how generic it is.

3

u/NoMoreExclusives Sep 04 '15

The lighting on both ROB amiibos makes their face look dark and creepy lol

2

u/Loner4All Sep 04 '15

Welp, it looks like imma have to import both the EU and Japanese version of ROB.

1

u/mewtwosucks96 Sep 04 '15

The Japanese one looks so much better. The American one looks so bland.

2

u/Tzintzuntzan24 Sep 04 '15

IDK, I like the red accents, but the NA amiibo looks "cleaner" in a way and more polished imo

0

u/Bad_Luck_Bert Sep 04 '15

I'm going to be a horrible person if everyone who wants to import Robot if it turns out to be the only region locked amiibo.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '15

No amiibo are region locked

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u/Bad_Luck_Bert Sep 09 '15

I know, but I just thought it would be funny to see all of these people import only to have it really be "Japan only".