{"id":115406,"date":"2020-07-15T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T01:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/07\/nintendo_locks_in_release_dates_for_its_joker_and_hero_smash_bros_amiibo"},"modified":"2020-07-15T01:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T01:30:00","slug":"nintendo-locks-in-release-dates-for-its-joker-and-hero-smash-bros-amiibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/15\/nintendo-locks-in-release-dates-for-its-joker-and-hero-smash-bros-amiibo\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12f2c74a654db\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12f2c74a654db\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Joker And Hero amiibo\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12f2c74a654db\/joker-and-hero-amiibo.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/12f2c74a654db\/joker-and-hero-amiibo.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"478\" alt=\"Joker And Hero amiibo\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>One of the highlights during the most recent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\">Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong> presentation was when Masahiro Sakurai revealed the Joker and Hero would be immortalised as amiibo. Since then, fans have been wondering when exactly they would arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo has now locked in some release dates. If you live in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand you&#8217;ll be able to get your hands on <em>both<\/em> of these figurines on <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmashBrosJP\/status\/1283204634899894276\">25th September<\/a>. And for anyone in North America, they&#8217;ll be available on 2nd October. Here&#8217;s the official Twitter announcement:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Super <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmashBrosUltimate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SmashBrosUltimate<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/amiibo?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#amiibo<\/a> for DLC fighters Joker and Hero will be available starting Oct. 2nd! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gQE1zJBZot\">pic.twitter.com\/gQE1zJBZot<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoAmerica\/status\/1283205531226669057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Presumably, Europe&#8217;s release date will be around the same time. We&#8217;ll be sure to let you know when we get an official confirmation. To find out where to pre-order these upcoming amiibo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/06\/guide_where_to_pre-order_joker_and_hero_super_smash_bros_amiibo\">keep an eye on our price guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be adding either &#8211; or both &#8211; of these amiibo to your collection? <em>Tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the highlights during the most recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation was when Masahiro Sakurai revealed the Joker and Hero would be immortalised as amiibo. Since then, fans have been wondering when exactly they would arrive. Nintendo has now locked in some release dates. If you live in Japan, Australia, or New Zealand [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}