Long-Delayed Minecraft Amiibo will be Available In September - IGN

Nearly two years after Minecraft's Steve joined the DLC roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate The Minecraft's (and his female counterpart Alex's) amiibo will finally reach the shelves on September 9.

Twitter was where Nintendo announced the date for the launch of Minecraft's amiibo. Alongside the post, gamers also received a brief video that showed a first glimpse at the final designs for the Steve and Alex amiibos, which are truly faithful to the original blocksy designs.

Make sure to note your date! The Steve & Alex Super Smash Bros. #amiibo will be released on September 9th. #Minecraft pic.twitter.com/9hsbfEThOO

Although initially announced for a spring 2022 release, the Steve and Alex amiibos were delayed until 2022 "due to a logistics and production delay."

Now that Minecraft's Amiibo collection finally has an official release date, Nintendo is also nearing the close of its Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo line. After Steve the last characters left to the company to convert into amiibo versions are Sephiroth, Pyra and Mythra, Kazuya, and Sora the last character added to Smash Ultimate. It isn't clear whether Sora will be given an Amiibo.

We looked at Steve's appearance in Super Smash Bros as an DLC fighter. Ultimate and gave his gameplay a 7, calling his faithful representation of Steve "impressive" but also pointing out that certain mechanics "can also cause a lot of frustration."

Amelia Zollner, a freelance writer at IGN, loves all things indie/Nintendo. Outside of IGN, they've contributed to websites like Polygon and Rock Paper Shotgun. MINECRAFT You can follow them on Twitter: @ameliazollner.