There were a lot of new collectibles shown off in the latest Nintendo Direct, including these adorable Kirby Air Riders amiibo figures, which are now available to pre-order.
These Switch accessories stand out from the rest of the amiibo lineup as they're interchangeable. Just like in the game, you can swap Kirby and the adorable Bandana Waddle Dee and place them in each other's machines to change up your amiibo display. This clever bit of amiibo design, however, comes at a price, and you can expect to lay down $49.99 at Best Buy and other retailers to pre-order these customizable cuties.
With pricing like that, each amiibo figure is only $20 less than a brand-new copy of Kirby Air Riders on the Switch 2. If that's not scary enough for your bank account, grabbing both will cost you almost $100 - sorry savings, I hardly knew ye.
The brow-raising pricing likely has to do with two factors. The first is that Nintendo amiibo were not spared from the recent US Nintendo hardware price increases, and so, as a general rule of thumb, it's best to expect any and all new amiibo to be pricier than they used to be.
Secondly, it probably has something to do with the fact that each amiibo comes packaged with a figure, and a cool machine from Kirby Air Riders for them to sit in. That way, you could essentially look at it as two figures in one, to make forking out $49.99 easier to cope with.
The interchangeable aspect isn't just about making a unique display on your amiibo shelf, but it also affects how you use these figures in-game.
Both Kirby and Bananda Waddle Dee can be tapped on your Joy-Con 2 controller (or your right Pro controller stick) to unlock a 'Player Figure', which you can train and level up, along with their machines, in-game. When you swap the Kirby amiibo physically into Waddle Dee's machine, you can ride them in-game, and the leveling will carry over, too.
I'm hoping that the customizable aspect means these amiibo are on the larger side, to help justify their pricing a bit more. In the UK, each figure is available for £33.99 at Nintendo UK, so even those of us across the Atlantic are dealing with some of the priciest amiibo to date.
Both the Kirby and Bananda Waddle Dee amiibo launch on November 20, 2025, the same day as the game.
- View all amiibo figures at GameStop
-
Yunobo The Legend of Zelda Series amiibo:
$29.99$19.99 at GameStop -
Street Fighter 6 Luke amiibo:
$39.99$19.99 at GameStop -
Street Fighter 6 amiibo Card Starter Set:
$39.99$19.99 at GameStop
Just got your Switch 2? Our ultimate Switch 2 starter pack is full of the best Nintendo Switch 2 microSD Express Cards and the best Nintendo Switch 2 cameras you need to complete your new handheld setup.
