Well the box was bent and seemed to have had water spilled on it before hand or something, so if I had bought this amiibo for display only then I would have been very unhappy. However I did open it, and even though the amiibo is Japanese it works perfectly with the US version of Splatoon and I'm happy it wasn't outrageously priced as many other amiibo are. The amiibo also seems to be of a higher quality than most amiibo in the Smash Bro's line of amiibo.
{Squid}Purchased this instead of the American version simply because it come in a three pack over here in the U.S. and my daughter already owns two of the three. The squid is really bright and adds challenges for gear. The Japanese amiibos work just as well as my American amiibos on my US wii-u. I have this one with the others in my entertainment center and they look great up there together.=============================={Inkling Boy}Bought this for my daughter as a..