Resident Evil Requiem Launches Today, Though Its Amiibo Figures Won’t Arrive For Another 5 Months – IGN

Nintendo has finally detailed when its Resident Evil Requiem amiibo figurines will be ready — and there’s still a significant wait yet for fans, despite the game’s official launch today.

As detailed in a fresh post on Nintendo’s website, the Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy amiibo will go on sale on July 30 — a date which is still five months away.

There’s no word on why the amiibo won’t be ready sooner, and an image of the two posted today shows the same figures as revealed previously (which attracted some fan criticism for the design of Leon’s rather basic-looking features). Perhaps July will mark the arrival of some new Requiem content? Or perhaps Nintendo knows fans will buy the amiibo regardless.

Amiibo figures for third-party games are rarer than those for Nintendo’s own titles and characters, but far from unheard of. Dark Souls and Diablo both received a tie-in amiibo figurine, while Nintendo has also decided to create one for Resident Evil publisher Capcom’s upcoming Pragmata.

Earlier today, Nintendo flagged that a last-minute day one update for Resident Evil Requiem was now available, which the company said contained “several fixes” for issues that fans should install before booting up the game. While the game has only been available a few hours, Requiem is already Steam’s biggest ever launch for a Resident Evil title. Meanwhile, fans are still puzzling through a convoluted in-game mystery that has stumped players with early copies — it’s more complicated than anything seen in the franchise to date, and something we’re keeping a close eye on.

“Like the result of an experiment conducted in an underground Umbrella Corporation lab, Resident Evil Requiem successfully splices two separate strains of survival horror together into the one highly infectious new mutation,” IGN wrote in our human-authored Resident Evil Requiem review, awarding the game 9/10.

IGN’s Resident Evil Requiem guide will help you every step of the way through RE9. Take note of these key tips and tricks before you get started, and focus on finding these important items early. Plus, our comprehensive walkthrough will make sure you don’t miss a single Bobblehead or file as you try to survive from the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center all the way to Raccoon City.

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