Certain minion interactions not working

Some of the 2.2 minions have certain player interactions in them. For example, the Wind-up sun moves up and down when you /poke it. And the Baby Opo-Opo climbs up and sits on your shoulder when you /beckon to it. This isn't the case for some people. I have both, and neither react as they should. Both of the minions I mentioned ignore me fully when i use the emotes on them, and it isnt just me. If it matters, im on the PS4.But it shouldn't, because my PC friends have the same issues

I've come across this issue as well, but to formally interact with those sorts of minions ( i.e. Wind-Up Sun or Baby Opo-Opo ), you have to be locked onto the minion itself before doing the /emote, by locking onto the minion and pressing X on the controller, or right clicking it on PC (?) Hope this helps!
-Wolf