Sora is likely not getting an Amiibo: His Amiibo bin file wasn’t added in Smash Ultimate’s final update (everyone else in FP2 were added)

[Neoxon]

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I had a feeling this would happen considering that Sora was never mentioned in the Amiibo section of his presentation (plus Disney's iron grip over merchandising rights), but I guess the worst-case scenario happened. If anything, it goes to show that Sora being in Ultimate at all was a miracle, one we probably shouldn't expect to happen again.

Source: Ethan (Twitter)

 

[Kewlmyc]

Makes sense. Guess Disney had to draw a line somewhere.

 

[kodax_shc]

I am still going to hold out hope.

 

[BaconHat]

I guess negotiation for him was already a living nightmare, trying to get Disney to solit profits over physical merchandise rights would have been impossible.

 

[Porygon]

Meh, there's probably going to be another update

 

[yap]

something's gotta give.

 

[Antydotes]

So my collection can never be complete or line up with the "Everyone is Here!" banner?

 

[Neoxon]

Meh, there's probably going to be another update

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Outside of potential bug fixes, this was the final update.

 

[The4thJeazy]

This is probably for the best. I think a Sora amiibo would be a scalpers dream

 

[Nairume]

Outside of potential bug fixes, this was the final update.

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Adding data for a Sora amiibo would probably rate as something small enough that it wouldn't really go against the recent update being the last major update.

 

[Lemony1984]

That sucks but also not too surprising.

 

[kodax_shc]

It's going to take most of next year to get through those new amiibo so they still have time to work something out.

 

[delete12345]

Outside of potential bug fixes, this was the final update.

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I would consider this a bug, and ask for Nintendo / Sora / Bandai Namco to fix this.

/s

 

[Thorzilla]

Meh, there's probably going to be another update

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My thoughts as well

 

[Porygon]

Also, I'm pretty sure that would be something they would have totally say

 

[Zyrokai]

Did they confirm a Sephiroth amiibo?

 

[-Le Monde-]

Imagine not being able to buy the last character amiibo. That's got to drive collectors insane. :P

There's still plenty of time for it to be announced though. Fingers crossed for those that are collecting these.

 

[delete12345]

Did they confirm a Sephiroth amiibo?

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No mention. Rip?

 

[Deleted member 4034]

This is probably for the best. I think a Sora amiibo would be a scalpers dream

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It's best that no one gets anything because scalpers?

 

[Pokémon]

Yeah sorry but that's not enough proof for me.

 

[Ouroboros]

Don't want any confusion when Disney Infinite 3.0 drops on Xbox Series and PS5 next year.

 

[ned_ballad]

Did they confirm a Sephiroth amiibo?

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the confirmed all Fighters Pass 2 characters except Sora

 

[FSLink]

Considering an actual Amiibo release if it happens is quite a ways off, it doesn't really show one way or the other.

They could just still be negotiating and just add it later on in a minor update.

Though maybe the whole "we're trying to get every Fighters Pass character available as an amiibo" thing they've said in the past, that it was hinting at their struggles with Sora.

Either way I don't think there's enough information and it's too far out to say for certain.

 

[LiC]

They never said it was the final update, they said it was the update with the final fighter adjustments (besides bugfixes).

 

[Hikari]

Sora will absolutely be back in the next game.

 

[kurahador]

Fucking Disney ruining everything as usual.

 

[delete12345]

They never said it was the final update, they said it was the update with the final fighter adjustments (besides bugfixes).

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Re-reading the words, it is like the last fighter adjustments meaning, the last fighter, Sora, adjustments are included in this update, not the final fighter adjustment update.

Maybe it's too much of a stretch.

 

[Hippopuncher12]

Well that is pretty annoying. I don't even care about the game, I just want the amiibo....

 

[Kimbou]

I have hopes they'll somehow figure it out eventually, would be a shame to have Sora's amiibo as the only one missing. His amiibo will likely be over a year away anyway seeing how long we've waited for FP2 amiibo (and only the first ones with known releases in Spring 2022), so maybe the negotiations for the amiibo are still underway.

 

[MrSaturn99]

I'll hope for the best -- let's not forget how Bayonetta, Corrin and Cloud amiibo took forever alongside their respective updates -- but I feared as much after the presentation as well.

 

[Mediking]

Yeah that ain't enough proof.

 

[Neoxon]

Did they confirm a Sephiroth amiibo?

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Yeah, he had a placeholder file added. I just forgot to mention him in the title, my bad.

 

[mopinks]

Re-reading the words, it is like the last fighter adjustments meaning, the last fighter, Sora, adjustments are included in this update, not the final fighter adjustment update.

Maybe it's too much of a stretch.

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it is too much of a stretch

 

[LiC]

Re-reading the words, it is like the last fighter adjustments meaning, the last fighter, Sora, adjustments are included in this update, not the final fighter adjustment update.

Maybe it's too much of a stretch.

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Across multiple sources I think the point is very clear that it's the last balance update. I'm just saying, that doesn't mean the game can't get updated for other reasons, such as adding amiibo support.

Look at what happened with the final DLC and amiibo for Smash 4. The characters were announced in December 2015 and released in February 2016, and then the amiibo -- and a software update to support them! -- came out in July 2017.

I can see Sora not getting an amiibo. But whether support for it was added in 13.0.1 has no bearing on that.

 

[maximumzero]

Shame that the data isn't at least in the game so entrepreneurial individuals couldn't just make their own.

 

[valinthyne]

They should make a Infinity figure instead.

 

[Deleted member 44122]

sakurai mentioned all the last amiibos getting released and sora was not one of them, so this shouldnt surprise anyone

 

[Liam Allen-Miller]

I will continue to hope

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thank you papa disney for keeping my wallet safe

 

[LiC]

sakurai mentioned all the last amiibos getting released and sora was not one of them, so this shouldnt surprise anyone

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Which likely means it's still up in the air and they don't want to announce something if there's any chance they have to cancel it later. If they knew for sure it wasn't happening, why wouldn't Sakurai just say that? In the past he said up front that there wouldn't be a P2 version of Byleth, for example.

Also, regarding the "or he's really far away from release" part of the tweet, like... Obviously? The Min Min amiibo isn't coming out until spring 2022, and the character was released in June 2020. Sephiroth came out a year ago and the amiibo doesn't even have a release window yet.

 

[Daysean]

I mean, i feel like if it aint happening, Sakurai/Someone would say it isn't happening
I havent seen an example of "they will just forget about it tee hee" from him yet
These amiibos take fucking forever to be available for sale with characters being playable on X day and the amiibo being available like 1-2 years later straight up, its still up in the air

 

[LAA]

Urgh disappointing if so.
Sakurai didn't mention a Sora amiibo when he mentioned the others so I was concerned but disappointing he's the only one to not get one.

 

[Neoxon]

Urgh disappointing if so.
Sakurai didn't mention a Sora amiibo when he mentioned the others so I was concerned but disappointing he's the only one to not get one.

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In retrospect, that probably should've tipped us off that he wasn't getting one.

 

[Chirotera]

Makes sense. Guess Disney had to draw a line somewhere.

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Doubt it was really much of a line. "We want X amount of money."

"But that's all the money..."

"Yes, and?"

Then the deal ends and they never speak of it again.