While I have long considered doing a guide like this, I often thought it would be too ambitious or too much work to keep up with. And yet, World of Nintendo remains a very confusing figure line to collect and a challenge to even learn about. Releases come and go with little fanfare if you don’t know where to look. I want to make things as easy as possible for new collectors so I’m going to take on the challenge of writing a guide for all World of Nintendo releases. It will take some time to get this completely done so bear with me as I work on it over the coming weeks and get it fully updated.
Before we get into the details, I want to say thank you to the World of Nintendo Reddit which is where a lot of the information in this guide comes from. They’ve done a great job documenting releases and while I know a lot of information about these figures, I also relied heavily on the information they have published to help fill in the gaps. If you don’t follow the World of Nintendo Reddit and collect these figures, you’re really missing out!
To help you navigate what is a large guide, I have included links below so you can jump to a particular section. You can also return back to the top by clicking links once you’re further in the guide to find exactly what you’re looking for.
4″ Inch Figure Regular Releases
Trophy and Prototype Releases
2.5″ Inch Figure Line
Walgreens Exclusive Releases
Walmart Exclusive Releases
Family Dollar Release
Trophy and Prototype Releases
Micro Land Figure Line
Nintendo Micro Blind Boxes
Nintendo Squishies Blind Bags
4″ Inch Figure Line
I’m going to start with the 4″ Inch figure line because they are my favorite and I believe (based on absolutely no scientific evidence whatsoever) that they are the most popular with collectors. As Amiibo rarity declined or Amiibo collectors looked for additional toy lines to collect, World of Nintendo 4″ Inch figures have carved out a nice niche with many interesting figures that you can’t get from Nintendo’s Amiibo releases. All 4″ inch figures come with an accessory and have relatively standard articulation for action figures. While it is certainly true that some figures are rarer than others, some figures have also been rereleased and so you never when older figures might pop up in stores. Hunting down World of Nintendo figures can challenging, unpredictable, and a lot of fun which is one of its greatest appeals. If you’d like to find more information about where to buy World of Nintendo figures and how much they retail for, check out the guide I wrote. Finally, if you like any of the figures you see in the guide and want to learn more, if I have reviewed it on the site, I have included a link to it so you can conveniently jump to the review and read more.
Wave 1-1
Super Mario with Super Mushroom
Green Yoshi with Egg
Wario with Coin
Link – Skyward Sword with Shield
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Wave 1-2
Blue Toad with Coin
Luigi with 1-Up
Diddy Kong with Banana Bunch
Samus – Metroid Prime with Morph Ball
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Wave 1-3
Fire Mario with Fire Flower
Princess Peach with Parasol
Pink Yoshi with Egg
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Wave 1-4
Tanooki Mario with Tanooki Leaf
Fire Luigi with Fire Flower
Shy Guy with Propeller
Gravity Suit Samus with Morph Ball
Link – Ocarina of Time with Shield
Metallic Samus – ComicCon Box Exclusive – This figure was originally released as a kind of subscription box or something similar tied into Comic Con. It later resurfaced for sale individually on Amazon. At the time of writing, it is possible to get this figure on places like Ebay for about double the usual retail price if you’re interested in owning it.
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Wave 2-1
White Tanooki Mario with invincibility leaf
Red Yoshi with egg – If you have a high quality picture of this figure please send it to Kuribo!
Toon Link
Shadow Link (Spencer’s Exclusive) – Originally released (at a more expensive price to boot!) at Spencer’s this figure is widely available online including places like Amazon and Ebay. Despite looking like a rare figure, the price has not gone up significantly since its release.
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Wave 2-2
Red Toad with coin
Princess Zelda with ocarina
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Wave 2-3
Green Koopa Troopa with wings
Villager with leaf
Link – Ocarina of Time – Goron Tunic with shield
Star Power Mario with Super Star
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Wave 2-4
Mario – Open Hands with question block
Toon Link – Smiling with wind waker
Phazon Suit Samus with morph ball
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Wave 2-5
Breath of the Wild Link
Super Mario Maker
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Wave 2-7
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4″ Inch Trophy Series – This is where things get dicey with World of Nintendo. The Trophy Series was originally announced as a small Walmart Exclusive with a couple figures in the first release. Since then, Jakks Pacific has turned existing figures into Trophy Series without announcing them so they are showing up on Ebay or the World of Nintendo Reddit out of nowhere. I have a hard time judging how many World of Nintendo collectors pursue these figures and their prices are inconsistent online as well. I’m going to include a list of as many of these figures as I can but keep in mind that it is hard to find pictures of all of them so it may take some time for me to get them all in the guide.
Link
Tanooki Mario
Samus
Yoshi
Prototype Series – The other variants that Jakks Pacific have released are the Prototype Series which is basically just a black and white version of existing figures. Much like with the Trophy Series, there has been little to no fanfare around their releases and these figures are only available at Target. I have yet to actually see one of these in-person and don’t like them enough to pay the inflated prices on Ebay but if you like variant figures then you may want to check these out as they are quite the challenge to hunt down!
Fox McCloud
Toon Link
Bowser Jr.
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2.5″ Inch Figure Line This is the most prolific figure line in World of Nintendo with some releases being retailer exclusive. The 2.5” figures have limited or no articulation and do not come with an accessory. In my opinion, 2.5” figures often have a slightly worse paint job/higher number of paint defects than the 4” figures do as well. The small size and cheap price of $3.50-$5 at most US retailers help offset this. They also are small enough in the packaging that it is doable to collect all of these in-box whereas Amiibo and 4” figures are much more difficult. One thing to keep in mind about this line is that many figures come out first in this size and then are released in the larger 4” inch size so that can put collectors in a tough spot as far as which one to get or if you buy the 2.5” figures early, you may end up “double-dipping.” The following waves have been released at various retailers and then retail exclusive waves will follow:
Wave 1-1
Fire Mario
Ice Luigi
Donkey Kong
Diddy Kong
Wario
Waluigi
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Wave 1-2
Fire Mario (reprint)
Ice Luigi (reprint)
Donkey Kong (reprint)
Diddy Kong (reprint)
Toon Link
Gannondorf
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Wave 1-3
Toon Link (reprint)
Toon Gannondorf (reprint)
Olimar
Red Pikmin
Cranky Kong
Tetra
Mario
Luigi
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Wave 1-4
Toon Link (reprint)
Mario (reprint)
Luigi (reprint)
Tetra (reprint)
Yoshi
Blue Pikmin
Piranha Plant in Green Pipe
Bullet Bill
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Wave 1-5
Dixie Kong
Skull Kid
Shy Guy
Yellow Pikmin
8-Bit Mario
8-Bit Luigi
8-Bit Donkey Kong
8-Bit Link
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Wave 1-6
8-Bit Mario (reprint)
8-Bit Luigi (reprint)
Blue Yoshi
Boo
Princess Peach
Deku Link
Purple Pikmin
8-Bit Red Link
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Wave 2-1
Bullet Bill (reprint)
Piranha Plant with red pipe – If you have a high quality picture of this figure, please send it to Kuribo!
Cat Mario
Tingle
Goomba
Black Yoshi
Cat Toad
Fire Luigi
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Wave 2-2
Red Pikmin (reprint)
Shy Guy (reprint)
Goomba (reprint)
Tanooki Mario
Villager
Cat Luigi
Samus
Chain Chomp
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Wave 2-3
Tom Nook
White Tanooki Mario
Metroid
Orange Squid
Bob-omb
Red Yoshi
Ice Mario
Fire Luigi
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Wave 2-4
Red Toad
Blooper
K.K. Slider
Green Squid
Bone Piranha Plant
Walgreens Exclusive Wave – While Walgreens sells World of Nintendo and many of the 2.5″ figure releases in this guide up until this point were in Walgreens at some point, there has been one exclusive wave which is detailed below. While mostly reprints, there are a few unique figures in this wave that are worth hunting down.
Wave 1-1
Shy Guy (reprint)
Dixie Kong (reprint)
Piranha Plant with green pipe (reprint)
Skull Kid (reprint)
8-Bit Luigi (reprint)
8-Bit Donkey Kong (reprint)
8-Bit Classic Mario
8-Bit Star Power Mario
8-Bit White Link
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Wave 2-1? (This numbering may be incorrect, please comment below if you know the series release number.)
Cat Luigi
Larry Koopa
Star Power Luigi
Cat Mario
Orange Yoshi
Cat Toad
Red Yoshi
Green Toad
Blue Yoshi
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Walmart Exclusive Waves –The 2.5” figures that are Walmart “exclusives” are the longest running exclusive in World of Nintendo. The catch is that the vast majority of these figures are basically “reprints” from the main 2.5” line, just in slightly different packaging. These figures come open and placed in cardboard so they are display friendly if you don’t mind the dust. I will include pictures of a few of these figures here and there but to save bandwidth and because they are the same as figures pictured previously, I will not include pictures of each figure. Here is a list of all of the releases thus far.
Walmart Series 2-1
Mario
Luigi
Waluigi
Toon Link
Tetra
Olimar
Star Power Mario (Limited to 3000)
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Walmart Series 1-2
Fire Mario
Ice Luigi
Yoshi
Piranha Plant with green pipe
Bullet Bill
Gold Bullet Bill (Limited to 3000)
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Walmart Series 1-3
Mario (reprint)
Luigi (reprint)
Toon Link (reprint)
Purple Yoshi
Princess Peach
Deku Link
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Walmart Series 2-1
8-Bit Mario
8-Bit Link
Fire Luigi
Ice Mario
Boo
Cat Mario
Goomba
8-Bit Modern Mario (Limited Run)
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Family Dollar Wave –While never officially released, these bizarre offshoots of the 2.5” inch figures actually come with an accessory. I suspect the accessory was added because Jakks made too many of these figures (all of the figures were “peg warmers,” meaning they sat around at retail and weren’t selling) so they repurposed them, added an accessory and sold them at a lower price chain store. Despite the fact that these figures are such an oddity, they don’t seem to command premium prices on Ebay which is great news if you want to go back and buy them.
Fire Mario with fire flower
Luigi with coin
Donkey Kong with bananas
Yoshi with egg
Bullet Bill with coin
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Trophy Series Releases –This is where things get dicey with World of Nintendo. The Trophy Series was originally announced as a small Walmart Exclusive with a couple figures in the first release. Since then, Jakks Pacific has turned existing figures into Trophy Series without announcing them so they are showing up on Ebay or the World of Nintendo Reddit out of nowhere. I have a hard time judging how many World of Nintendo collectors pursue these figures and their prices are inconsistent online as well. I’m going to include a list of as many of these figures as I can but keep in mind that it is hard to find pictures of all of them so it may take some time for me to get them all in the guide.
Mario
Toon Gannondorf
Wario
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Prototype Series – The other variants that Jakks Pacific have released are the Prototype Series which is basically just a black and white version of existing figures. Much like with the Trophy Series, there has been little to no fanfare around their releases and these figures are only available at Target. I have yet to actually see one of these in-person and don’t like them enough to pay the inflated prices on Ebay but if you like variant figures then you may want to check these out as they are quite the challenge to hunt down!
Skull Kid
Olimar
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6″ Inch Figure Line
One of the reasons I placed this figure line after the smaller figure releases is that it was not an immediate hit and indeed, the 6″ inch line at the time of writing has been officially ended by Jakks Pacific. There have been rumblings that they will bring it back but nothing has been announced and the only figures released in the line occurred over a year ago so it may seem like less and less of a possibility. However, the 6″ line went from peg warmers in Toys R Us for many months, especially Donkey Kong, to being some of the more sought after regular figure releases. The 6″ line also seems to be re-released at Toys R Us in small amounts every so often too. Within the last year, I’ve seen Ganondorf hanging out at my local Toys R Us, for example. So no new figures may be coming out but that doesn’t mean some figures in this line is necessarily hard to find either though some releases like Bowser and Metroid are harder to find than the others.
Series 1-1
Bowser
Donkey Kong
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Series 2-2
Metroid
Ganondorf
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Micro Land Figure Line
When I started this site, I founded it on covering Amiibo (which were still new at the time) and Micro Land figures. I loved the Micro Land line but it did not sell as well as the larger figures and Jakks Pacific probably overplayed their hand when they released the Zelda: Wind Waker wave which has sat on store shelves for months, if not years now. It is pretty safe to assume that Micro Land is done and most likely won’t be coming back any time soon. A while back, I made a guide that covers every aspect of these figures, so instead of including that in this guide, I’m going to leave a link that you can visit here instead. Micro Land deserved more success than it got and if you’re at all interested in small scale Nintendo figures, then you should definitely check it out!
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Nintendo Micro Blind Boxes
While Micro Land may be over, the figures have been refashioned into a Blind Box line. These are the same figures you used to buy in 3-packs, only now they are random and $3 a piece. This is more expensive than the old Micro Land figure packs and the randomness may not appeal to everyone either. With that said, there have been two series of these blind boxes and it is entirely possible that more may come out in the future. This is one World of Nintendo figure line that is not easy to predict what will happen with it!
Wave 1
To read an unboxing and review of Nintendo Micro, click here!
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Wave 2
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Super Mario Squishies Blind Bags
In 2018, Jakks Pacific launched a new brand of blind bags featuring squishy versions of your favorite Nintendo characters. I reviewed this product and found it to be surprisingly fun and well worth the $5. First off, the size of the product is impressive and around 4” tall. Being able to squeeze a character like a Goomba and have it go right back to full size seconds later is a nice stress reliever and the perfect kids’ toy too. Thus far there is a single wave of releases which I’ve included an image of below. If you’re looking for a particular character, you can probably figure out if there are any for sale by squeezing and feeling the packages. Some like the question block is really obvious as to what it is in the packaging too. While there is no denying that first wave is perhaps too Mario-heavy, I hope that we’ll see more characters get released from other Nintendo franchises soon too.
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20″ Inch Figure Line
If you’re looking for a large scale figure for a reasonable price, look no further than this small line from World of Nintendo. Jakks Pacific makes really big plastic figures for a number of their licensed properties and Nintendo has gotten the same treatment. I would assume these are fairly durable and good toys for children to play with though I could be wrong since I have never owned one (I’m too obsessed with how much space my collection takes up to add such a huge figure to it!). If you own one of these figures and can share your experiences with us in the comments below, that would be much appreciated! Since some of these figures do not appear to no longer be in-stock, it appears that they originally retailed for about $30-$35 at Toys R Us though my local store has Link heavily reduced on a clearance sale. You can also purchase them used on Ebay for even cheaper. There is one special release of Link that was available at San Diego Comic Con in a partnership of Entertainment Earth and Jakks Pacific. It is pretty safe to assume that this figure commands a higher price though I could not find any that have sold on Ebay at the time of writing to back this up. While as far as I know, this line is still active, with two Mario’s and Link already out, it is hard to imagine there will be a lot more figures in this line. Perhaps a Luigi or a Link variation but it is obvious that this is for Nintendo’s biggest characters only.
Series 1-1
Mario
Series 1-2
Fire Mario
Link
Link San Diego Comic Con Exclusive
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Plush
While I don’t cover them on the site as much as they deserve since I don’t collect them, Jakks Pacific does make plush as part of the World of Nintendo line. These plush are pretty affordable, $10 or less in most stores I’ve visited, though they are not quite as high quality as those coming out of Japan. The fact that they’re easy to find and there is a nice range of plush make these well worth picking up. I may eventually get pictures for each of these plush but for now, I will just list the releases and include as many good pictures as I can find. Special thanks goes to the World of Nintendo Reddit for this information!
Series 1-1
Mario
Luigi
Toad
Goomba
Bob-omb
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Series 1-2
Mario (reprint)
Yoshi
Red Pikmin
Yellow Pikmin
Toon Link
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Series 1-3
Toon Link (reprint)
Cat Mario
Cat Luigi
Boo
Blue Pikmin
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Series 1-4
Fire Mario
Blue Yoshi
Rover
Bullet Bill
Toon Link (Outset Island)
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Series 1-5
Baby Mario
Luigi
Baby Donkey Kong
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Series 1-6
White Pikmin
Timmy and Tommy
Fox McCloud
Cat Toad
Fire Luigi
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Series 1-7
Blooper
Shy Guy
Tingle
Diddy Kong
White Tanooki Mario
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Series 2-1
Orange Squid
Blue Squid
Metal Mario
Monty Mole
Falco Lombardi
Green Squid (Lootcrate Exclusive)
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Series 2-2
Banzai Bill
Cheep Cheep
Ice Mario
Tom Nook
Purple Squid
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Series 2-3
Piranha Plant Turquoise Squid
Tanooki Mario
Chain Chomp
Goomba (open mouth)
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8-Bit Plush Series 1-1
Mario
Link
Luigi
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Special Plush Releases
Series 1-1
Coin Box
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Series 1-2
Super Star
Green Shell
Super Mushroom
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Series 1-3
Coin
Green Warp Pipe
Bob-omb
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There are even more World of Nintendo figures still to be added to this guide and I will add them eventually. Thank you for your patience as I’ve slowly put this guide together and I hope you find useful. If you have any questions or corrections for the guide, please let us know in the comments below.
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