User blog comment:55golem/amiibo/@comment-27859332-20150328102358

Don't worry, it will still work if you bought it. My town's Big W had a Japanese Kirby, 2 Donkey Kong and a Pikachu, and i bought the Pikachu. It's all in English too. Do you live in Australia, because Big W might have gotten emergency shipments straight from Japan, or at least that's my theory.