are nintendo amibo worth it for smash

[mikey22]

i bought fox mcdave and super mario!

but can you use them for challenges like event mode all star mode? and what not?

When they level up to level 50 do they really dominate games and have like 20% hpattacks?

also how do you save their status? im doing it the unhonorable way and having them fight on their own in 99 stock so they can level up by the time i wake up tomorrow :D


please let me know.. also are they worth it for hyrule warriors link???? i heard you cant have more than one data save on the figure so that kind of blows :(


thanks

[mikey22]

i dont get it

i cant save their fights and i cant use my amibo it doesnt let me as p1 use them help or send me a link for a manual.. sad a 29year old cant figure this out!

i wasted a few hours buliding them up and the progress doesnt save

this is poooop

[Peanut]

We have a Smash Bros thread. Don't create a new thread for every question that pops into your mind.

You are asked to save your Amiibo's progress once you back out of the Smash menu. It will tell you to place your Amiibo back on the pad.

[The Stryker]

Fox McDave.

[Cure]

Fox McDave.

I laughed.

[sdp]

Can we make this thread useful and just use it as the defacto Amiibo thread? Since there will likely be more Amiibo's for other games if the Smash Amiibo's work out.


So what Amiibo's would you like to see/for what games? What features would you like to see the Amiibo's unlock?

I definitely want Amiibo's of other games, especially Animal Crossing, it'd be neat to be able to get some of our favorite villagers though I hope they don't unlock something too important in the games.

As far as unlockables, I'm divided, right now I feel all the Amiibo unlockables are pretty useless but I don't necessarily dislike it since in the future I won't have every Amiibo and I'd be pretty mad to have to buy physical DLC for it.

I wonder if Nintendo would let third parties release "Amiibo's" or even if they didn't if they'd join in the fun since they wouldn't have to make any portals since the NFC is already built into the controller. I love the MegaMan and Sonic Amiibo's and definitely want Pac-Man but would hope to get other third party characters.

[chrisdude]

i dont get it

i cant save their fights and i cant use my amibo it doesnt let me as p1 use them help or send me a link for a manual.. sad a 29year old cant figure this out!

i wasted a few hours buliding them up and the progress doesnt save

this is poooopAs soon as battle ends, it should instruct you to place your amiibo back on the pad. That's when it saves.

[TigerClaw]

Looks like those Amiibo Figures can actually be used for something. Like opening Subway Gates for example. LOL
http://kotaku.com/nintendo-amiibo-figure-somehow-opens-subway-gate-1664174554

[oldmanwinters]

I'm glad to see these toys aiding the broader success of the Wii U, but I personally don't have much motivation to pay $14 for statues that unlock minor features of various games.

Anyone want to speak something especially cool about a particular amiibo? I do like the more detailed characters like Fox, Peach, etc., although it seems the paint job quality can vary widely from figure to figure on the shelf.

[Peanut]

The Link Amiibo unlocks an entirely new weapon (which is essentially a new moveset/character) in Hyrule Warriors, which is awesome.

So far Amiibo use is fairly limited. I'm buying them because I'm an idiot collector, so I'd be getting them all even if they did nothing. We'll see what Nintendo has cooked up, though. I expect there'll be some pretty cool features with them down the line.

[PangolinFeets]

I have Yoshi, Marth, and Link. Grabbing Little Mac tomorrow because my Gamestop buddies told me he looks great.

I haven't really even used them that much because I almost always play Smash with max friends. Right now, they're in my Christmas tree looking sweet. XD

[Ninjinister]

I think Super Grand Battle X (http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/11/one-piece-super-grand-battle-x-update-adds-amiibo-support/) might be the first third-party game to have Amiibo support, right?

[oldmanwinters]

I think Super Grand Battle X (http://www.siliconera.com/2014/12/11/one-piece-super-grand-battle-x-update-adds-amiibo-support/) might be the first third-party game to have Amiibo support, right?

I guess it makes sense that there's a Namco/Bandai connection considering all their connections with the Smash Bros. game. I would expect either Sonic Lost World or Sonic Boom gets an update to make it compatiable with the Sonic amiibo. Ah, now if only Capcom would decide to release a new Mega Man game on the Wii U to accompany the Blue Bomber amiibo...

I have Yoshi, Marth, and Link. Grabbing Little Mac tomorrow because my Gamestop buddies told me he looks great.

Apparently, Marth is among those hardest to find and most in demand now. I've long been a Punch Out! enthusiast, so I'm curious as to what other games might make use of Mac.

The Link Amiibo unlocks an entirely new weapon (which is essentially a new moveset/character) in Hyrule Warriors, which is awesome.

So far Amiibo use is fairly limited. I'm buying them because I'm an idiot collector, so I'd be getting them all even if they did nothing. We'll see what Nintendo has cooked up, though. I expect there'll be some pretty cool features with them down the line.

I've not yet got Hyrule Warriors, but I know there's alot of DLC with that game regarding levels, missions, and character skins. I assume the amiibos are the exclusive means to get the extra weapons in that one? It'll be curious to see if anything comes to WindWaker HD or the major Zelda entry later this year.

I am puzzled by the fact that it seems you can only link an amiibo with one game at a time though. It would be frustrating to build up a character on Smash and then have to erase it all just because you want to swipe and unlock a one-time feature in another game.

[raph27]

Really kicking myself for not getting the three Marths I saw at Target once. Now they're going for $60-80 online.

[Peanut]

I am puzzled by the fact that it seems you can only link an amiibo with one game at a time though. It would be frustrating to build up a character on Smash and then have to erase it all just because you want to swipe and unlock a one-time feature in another game.

Nah. Smash is the only game that saves anything to the Amiibo this far. When you scan them in to Mario Kart or Hyrule Warriors it just recognizes the Amiibo and unlocks stuff. It doesn't write back to the Amiibo, so you don't lose anything.

And I think the first announced third party Amiibo functionality was actually that 3DS Ace Combat game.

[oldmanwinters]

Nah. Smash is the only game that saves anything to the Amiibo this far. When you scan them in to Mario Kart or Hyrule Warriors it just recognizes the Amiibo and unlocks stuff. It doesn't write back to the Amiibo, so you don't lose anything.

And I think the first announced third party Amiibo functionality was actually that 3DS Ace Combat game.

That's good to know. I'd read a number of video game web-reports that clearly didn't have their facts straight on that matter.

[Ninjinister]

And I think the first announced third party Amiibo functionality was actually that 3DS Ace Combat game.

I forgot about that. But then again, that's first announced, not first out, neh? SGBX came out last month.

[oldmanwinters]

Rosalina to be exclusive to Target:
http://www.destructoid.com/looks-like-the-rosalina-amiibo-is-a-target-exclusive-284964.phtml

I really like her character, and hope Nintendo fleshes her out more... maybe even give her and the lumas their own game.

[snake]

Rosalina to be exclusive to Target:
http://www.destructoid.com/looks-like-the-rosalina-amiibo-is-a-target-exclusive-284964.phtml

I really like her character, and hope Nintendo fleshes her out more... maybe even give her and the lumas their own game.

Really not looking forward to that wave, with them being exclusive to different stores and such.

Hopefully that means they'll have an abundance of them, but I doubt it.

[Donatello19]

I'm so mad at myself for not getting "the unpopular 3" at launch. My TRU had them all and now they're nowhere to be found. Oh, and I saw Zelda and Little Mac at my F.Y.E 2 days ago, but I left them there because I didn't know about the whole amiibo craze until recently. I'm going back today, I'm praying that Little Mac will still be there.

Also, I was at another TRU last night. They had plenty of every Wave 1 character except the unpopular 3, and Zelda too. One thing that annoyed me was that some lady was asking one of the workers how the amiibo work, and the guy literally said "they do absolutely nothing, they're a complete waste of money". I wanted to say something, but I just ignored it.

[snake]

Anyone find Luigi yet? I picked one up from Gamestop today. I love the position that he's in.

[The Stryker]

Anyone find Luigi yet? I picked one up from Gamestop today. I love the position that he's in.

His dumb planking pose is seriously the only reason I haven't gotten one yet.

[T-U-R-T-L-E POWA!]

I've got Link but just can't bring myself to open him. LOL. I suppose if you have the time to put in that it would take to "train" them it might be fun but they do cool things with Mario Kart too. The other day I actually ran in to a Nintendo employee at Target when I was looking for Bebop and Rocksteady. I told her I wanted a Toon Link amiibo and she showed me a picture of him. He is in the next wave with Rosalina, Bowser, Marth, and maybe Ike I think??? Toon Link, Bowser, and Rosalina are definitely in the next wave though. Toon Link looks really cool and so does Bowser. Rosalina is a Target exclusive also btw.

[raph27]

I've got Link but just can't bring myself to open him. LOL. I suppose if you have the time to put in that it would take to "train" them it might be fun but they do cool things with Mario Kart too. The other day I actually ran in to a Nintendo employee at Target when I was looking for Bebop and Rocksteady. I told her I wanted a Toon Link amiibo and she showed me a picture of him. He is in the next wave with Rosalina, Bowser, Marth, and maybe Ike I think??? Toon Link, Bowser, and Rosalina are definitely in the next wave though. Toon Link looks really cool and so does Bowser. Rosalina is a Target exclusive also btw.

Yeah, wave 3 has a ton of exclusives. Rosalina to Target, Lucario to TRU, and Meta Knight to Best Buy. Like he wasn't going to be hard enough to find as a standard release. :tgrumble:

[TigerClaw]

There was another manufacturing error, Marth has two swords instead of one, Its also going on sale on Ebay.
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/apparent-amiibo-manufacturing-error-gives-marth-tw/1100-6424190/

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281530181792?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2F i.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D2815301 81792%26_rdc%3D1

http://static4.gamespot.com/uploads/ignore_jpg_scale_super/1179/11799911/2757558-marthamiibodefect.jpg

[snake]

His dumb planking pose is seriously the only reason I haven't gotten one yet.

I think it's hilarious. Actually, a jumping upright position would have been cool.

[Peanut]

I wish he was in his "bang bang" pose, or anything other than the expressionless planking one. It's just way too weird.

The new wave was quietly released here in Canada this morning, totally without warning. I didn't realize until about 11, but I don't think most people realized. I checked a few spots online and noticed a Walmart close to me was showing Captain Falcon and Pit were available in limited quantity. I hit that place immediately and managed to snag the lone Pit, Luigi and last two Captain Falcon's - one for me and one for my nephew. Something tells me Pit is going to be the tough get for this wave, as he's even been removed from most retailers online stores, which makes me debate opening him, as I have for the rest of my Amiibo. I'll probably play it safe and keep him sealed until I find another one.

[snake]

I wish he was in his "bang bang" pose, or anything other than the expressionless planking one. It's just way too weird.

The new wave was quietly released here in Canada this morning, totally without warning. I didn't realize until about 11, but I don't think most people realized. I checked a few spots online and noticed a Walmart close to me was showing Captain Falcon and Pit were available in limited quantity. I hit that place immediately and managed to snag the lone Pit, Luigi and last two Captain Falcon's - one for me and one for my nephew. Something tells me Pit is going to be the tough get for this wave, as he's even been removed from most retailers online stores, which makes me debate opening him, as I have for the rest of my Amiibo. I'll probably play it safe and keep him sealed until I find another one.

Lucky you! Pit is probably the one I want the most outside of Megaman and I doubt I'll get him.

[sdp]

Well, I f-cked up by underestimating scalpers in Mexico. I went to a store and saw tons (at least 4 of each) of WFT/Vill./Marth among the others and it was that very day that the news broke out and I read online about as I got home that they might be discontinued, but at that time it was still early rumors and I really didn't feel like going back there again and didn't expect them to sell out here and it didn't matter since I already had them pre-oredered at BigBadToyStore months before to avoid the hassle of searching for them here not to mention Amiibo's cost around $20USD here. Later that week I got a notification that they were cancelling my pre-orders for those 3, I was mad so I cancelled all my other pre-orders as well since the peso lost value the past few weeks and it was actually now cheaper to buy them here for $20. I went to the store and they were all gone. Now I don't know if I should import them or just wait for a re-release, I really don't think Nintendo will not print another batch of them but with that company you never know. I know its my fault but many times "rare" things in the US just shelfwarm here, heck I keep reading that Pikmin 3/Super Luigi U are rare in the US but here you can find it in stores without problems, of course here the normal retail price for games is about $80 making it not as worth it to scalp.

We haven't gotten Wave 2 or 3 until January I think but I don't see many stores ordering them since they all have a ton of Mario/Peach/Kirby/Pikachu. You can find Samus somewhat easily, Fox is really rare and so is Link, I can't remember last time I saw him. All the exclusives from the US appear to be released here as normal figures though.


I wish he was in his "bang bang" pose, or anything other than the expressionless planking one. It's just way too weird.


Well counting its the fourth smash bros game I understand they went with more "dynamic" poses for the characters that they've done trophies in the past few games, the problem is that we're now stuck with non-iconic poses for the amiibo's. I'm sure we'll see Mario/Luigi amiibo's for other games so I'm thinking about waiting for a more iconic pose for them, and I like the Mario figure but I don't have space for 6 different Mario amiibo's, so if I want to have more than one mario amiibo then at least they all have to be iconic in some way. What sucks is characters like Captain Falcon probably won't get the chance at another amiibo so I'll have to get that one (which is fine just not a normal iconic CF look)

[monsterocket]

Oh man, I really want the villager amiibo... so cute.

[snake]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5jWStR3AHQ

F*ck this guy.

[raph27]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5jWStR3AHQ

F*ck this guy.
Video's blocked by the age resriction. (don't have a YouTube account) Is it that guy who spent a ton of money on Rosalina? Man, what an idiot. She was already going to be hard to find. And if he does it again with ZSS I'm going to be pissed.

[Netkeeper]

No, it's just mariotehplumber being himself.

[Peanut]

So, has anyone found any Wave 3 or planning on how to get any?

Just a reminder this is what Wave 3 consists of -

http://www.destructoid.com/ul/285700-dtoid-discusses-are-amiibo-worth-it-/Wave%203-620x.jpg

[snake]

So, has anyone found any Wave 3 or planning on how to get any?

I have a friend of a cousin who works at Gamestop. He helped me get a pit, so I'm sure I'll be able to secure Megaman.

[sdp]

Well they restocked here in Mexico along with Wave 2, I actually thought I had already missed Wave 2 and went for Wave 3 only to find they were stocking 2...I finally got all the Wave 1 figures sans Marth/Villager/WFT/Mario/Peach the first three for obvious reasons and Mario/Peach because I prefer the more iconic look of the Mario Party ones even though I really like them. I was only able to find one Link in a store and in another I finally found Samus and they only had two, those were hard to come by, Fox I am glad I bought back in November since I haven't seen him around. From series 2 Luigi is everywhere and no one wants him, I was able to slowly find Diddy/Zelda Of course no sign of C. Falcon/Pit/Little Mac but I got to the mentality that I don't even like the characters that much and Nintendo is making collecting them more of a hassle than fun, decided to check one final store and it had 3 Little Macs, 3 Pits and 1 C.Falcon. I actually didn't notice C. Falcon at first, because of that I was able to get the best painted versions of those two, then a scalper came and asked the clerk for the two Little Macs, two Pits and the one C. Falcon. The employee had no idea who the characters are of course so when I heard C. Falcon I looked for it and grabbed it, before the clerk knew what was going on, the scalper was furious and threatened to kick my ass, but I just claimed ignorance that I knew he wanted it and we ended up calling a manager and I won the battle and kept my C. Falcon.

So I have no idea when to expect Wave 3 here or if I'll be as lucky. I might just order from play-asia to secure them. I want Lucario, DeDeDe, Meta Knight, Mega Man, Sonic, Toon Link and Bowser. Mario Party Bowser is not bad so if I miss Bowser I'm ok with that but I definitely want the rest. Unsure if I want Shulk and Rosalina though. Never played Xenoblade but I would hate it if I end up becoming a huge fan of the game and I don't care much about Rosalina though she has become a "main" character in the last few years...Hopefully Nintendo re-releases Villager/WFT along with Marth but with Nintendo you never know.

It's gotten really expensive but the way I see it I'm literally getting all the figures I want right now since Smash Bros. is literally the "Nintendo all-stars" toyline and I won't be getting many amiibo's after that. I like them a lot and prefer them over the Nintendo Figma/Figuarts collection which I'll actually be selling now, I just don't have the space for them and keep them in one pose so I prefer amiibo's. I also like the new ways Nintendo is using amiibo's, I never cared for the stupid amiibo figuter in Smash but getting customes in MK8, a board on MP10 etc are all more interesting things for me.

[Netkeeper]

So, has anyone found any Wave 3 or planning on how to get any?

Just a reminder this is what Wave 3 consists of -

http://www.destructoid.com/ul/285700-dtoid-discusses-are-amiibo-worth-it-/Wave%203-620x.jpg
It's not February yet.

Going to Gamestop tomorrow to try and secure something. I'm mainly after Sonic and Megaman, but I have enough to afford two more.

[Peanut]

It's not February yet.

Going to Gamestop tomorrow to try and secure something. I'm mainly after Sonic and Megaman, but I have enough to afford two more.

Dates don't matter with Amiibo. Wave 3a were available as early as last week and there's a lot pointing to a bunch more hitting on the 30th of January. The Nintendo World Store in NYC was selling all their available Wave 3a's and some of the store exclusives today in fact. As for Sonic and Mega Man, I believe they've both been delayed until later mid-February sometime. And good luck if you're attempting to preorder, because those have been shut down for most of January just about everywhere.

I think I have the majority of Wave 3 sorted. Amazon finally updated my preorders with the exception of Mega Man. Ike, Dedede, Toon Link, Shiek and Bowser are all supposed to hit me Feb 1st. Metaknight (from Best Buy) and Shulk (from EB) have dates of the 28th and 30th on my orders, so hopefully those start moving this week. My Sonic is dated for the 19th from Amazon, but Mega Man still doesn't have a date. I'm not too worried now that the rest all got updated delivery though, as I ordered them all day one. I'm gonna hit TRU on the 30th for Lucario.

Rosalina is still the huge question mark in Canada because of Target sh*tting the bed. I hope we've seen the end of retailer exclusive Amiibo.

[Donatello19]

I hope we've seen the end of retailer exclusive Amiibo.

Isn't Shulk exclusive to Gamestop and Meta Knight to Best Buy?

[Netkeeper]

I'm gonna hit TRU on the 30th for Lucario.
Is Lucario TRU exclusive? Because I really want one, but I don't live near anything other than a gamestop and walmart. I really want Metaknight too, but I know I don't have a chance there.

I got Bowser at Gamestop today.

[Brodie]

Lucario is a TRU exclusive, Rosalina is Target, Shulk is Gamestop and Metaknight is Best Buy.

Collecting these has become a nightmare.

[Netkeeper]

Lucario is a TRU exclusive
Are you serious? :( Damn it all, I at least wanted all the Pokémon.

[Peanut]

I'll keep on the lookout for you, Net. TRU famously overstocks on their exclusives, so hopefully Lucario is one such case.

I got charged for all (minus Sonic and Mega Man) my wave 3's this morning and they've all moved to "shipping" so I'm super excited. If Amazon actually ships them today I'll probably end up getting them tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

[Netkeeper]

Aaahh, if they do have an extra I'll pay for the Lucario and the postage if you sent it to me!

[Peanut]

I'll see what I can do! I've heard TRU my put a 1 per customer limit on him when he's officially released. I guess we'll see.

Also, Amazon order shipped! WEEEEEEEEEEEE

[snake]

Checking gamestop tonight for Megaman. Fingers crossed.

[Ninjinister]

I hadn't seen the Tweet itself, but word is Sakurai is expressing dismay that he can't find a Meta Knight.

[Peanut]

Checking gamestop tonight for Megaman. Fingers crossed.

He's not out yet. They broke Wave 3 in half, the same as wave 3. He's been delayed across North America until sometime mid-February.

[Netkeeper]

I'll see what I can do! I've heard TRU my put a 1 per customer limit on him when he's officially released. I guess we'll see.

Also, Amazon order shipped! WEEEEEEEEEEEE
Alright, well at least an attempt will be made then! c:

[snake]

He's not out yet. They broke Wave 3 in half, the same as wave 3. He's been delayed across North America until sometime mid-February.

What! Damn!

Who's in the first half?

[Netkeeper]

Anybody know how reliable this page is?
http://www.amiiboinquirer.com/release-dates/

[raph27]

I saw Bowser at GameStop. Pretty cool, though I passed. Going to Best Buy on Sunday and hoping to snag a Meta Knight.

[snake]

Picked up Bowser and Zelda. Amazing job on Bowser.

[Peanut]

What! Damn!

Who's in the first half?

For the US it seems like it's Bowser, Toon Link, Shiek, King Dedede, Ike, Lucario and Rosalina. The second part seems like it's Sonic, Mega Man, Metaknight and Shulk for the US. Canada is getting Shulk earlier, but now Lucario isn't coming until next week here. So weird.

Anybody know how reliable this page is?
http://www.amiiboinquirer.com/release-dates/

It's as reliable as possible. The issue being that Amiibo have had a ton of problems with dates since the first batch of Wave 1 hit and they've become unpredictable. Waves get announced, broken up, sold early, sold late, short stocked, etc etc. The dates there are a good thing to go on, but don't rely on them too much.

I saw Bowser at GameStop. Pretty cool, though I passed. Going to Best Buy on Sunday and hoping to snag a Meta Knight.

Good luck, man. Heard they're going to be a crazy short supply. I've read estimates of 3-5 per store.

Anyways, Nintendo finally spoke up and announced Rosalina would be coming to multiple retailers in Canada. Unfortunately, I stepped away from the AmiiboCanada Reddit for a few hours tonight and it went up on Amazon, which of course immediately sold out. Amazon was my preferred place to get it, but I talked to some TRU guys tonight who told me they'd keep an eye out for me, so I hope it works out SOMEWHERE. My groomsmen are keeping an eye out for me too. At leas I hope they are!

[Netkeeper]

Okay, so I should be hitting up Walmart and/or Gamestop tomorrow to ask about Ike, since other than Lucario, he's the only one I'm really interested in until Sonic and Megaman arrive. The Metaknight situation sounds more and more depressing since I really wanted him.

Are you missing any, Peanut? I might be able to look out. I don't live near a Target so Rosalina is a no-go here.

[Peanut]

Rosalina and Lucario are the only ones I don't have preordered, but I've got some ins at TRU and I've got a lot of chances at Rosalina coming up. Thanks though.

I hope you can find an Ike. Up here EBgames made it pretty clear they only had enough for preorders and that was it. Same story for Metaknight and Shulk. Enough for preorders and stores won't be getting any spares at all. At least Ike isn't exclsive, so you'll have multiple chances to find him.

[Peanut]

Double post cause there's some gold coming out of the Amiibo community today.

http://i.imgur.com/pr38hW6.jpg

[Ninjinister]

They new Amiibo

[Netkeeper]

Yeah, the dude at Walmart knew exactly where I was headed when I told him "I have a question about one of your products" and he just told me before we even reached them "All the Amiibos you see there are what we have"

As per usual they have ****ing nothing

EDIT: Just called Gamestop, they tell me they'll have stuff on the 13th. So I'm going to try to grab Ike if they have him. Don't give a rat's ass about Shulk though I suppose if I have extra money and they have one I'll grab him for trading purposes.

[Peanut]

They new Amiibo

Surprisngly the thing that gets me the most isn't the frightening use of grammar, but the weird lowercase T.

Anyways, after a pretty eventful afternoon of missed packages and ultra late mail delivery I finally got my Wave 3a's in!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/10951912_10204835553200992_8792231981930582062_n_z ps9f006f98.jpg
The quality is in a whole different league, even in comparison to Wave 2, which was itself far better than Wave 1. Dedede looks absolutely perfect in every way. I think Ike is the only one I'm slightly disappointed in, because his face looks sort of weirdly shaped, but he's still far superior to Marth.

I've gotten to this point where I'm finding it really hard to open most of them. The only one of the new wave I felt comfortable opening was Bowser. I think my plan going forward is to get doubles of my favourites so I can keep one sealed. I did this with Little Mac and Captain Falcon without meaning to, but I really liked seeing them in the full box on top of my GBA unit. Which means I'd ideally like to get another Pit, because he looks incredible, but I don't know what my chances are there.

Here's a shot of my opened set...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/IMG_1292_zpsda112d18.jpg

And a shot of my boxed set...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/IMG_1293_zpsac93c61d.jpg
Sorry for the quality. I think my sh*tty iPhone has just about had it.

[snake]

Surprisngly the thing that gets me the most isn't the frightening use of grammar, but the weird lowercase T.

Anyways, after a pretty eventful afternoon of missed packages and ultra late mail delivery I finally got my Wave 3a's in!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/tmntrule/10951912_10204835553200992_8792231981930582062_n_z ps9f006f98.jpg


They new amiibo!

Seriously, those look amazing.

[Netkeeper]

Oh wow, I'm impressed with King Dedede.

Aaaa I want that Ike ;n; Ike you buff handsome bastard.

[raph27]

Wow, wave 3 looks great. Might have to pick up Dedede. And Toon Link is sweet too. I should really start catching up on these guys, I only have four right now.

[Peanut]

Sounds like you guys are gonna get Ike and Dedede on/around the 13th in the US, so keep a lookout!

[Netkeeper]

That's what the dude at Gamestop said! I'm excited!

[Ninjinister]

Daha, found it

https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/558489529704013825

"I went out on my lunch break to buy the new Amiibo on lunch break. I was looking for Meta Knight, Lucario, and Rosetta [Rosalina], but they were sold out. Hmm."

(My Japanese is rusty so this may not be 100% accurate)

[Netkeeper]

Wonder if these developments may change the stocking situation with these things.

Hey, a guy can dream.

[Peanut]

I'm sitting here at 5 to 3 in the AM...waiting for Futureshop/Best Buy to put Rosalina on sale. What the hell am I doing with my life?

[Netkeeper]

Buying Rosalina, hopefully.

[Peanut]

A link got found early and she was sold out within 40 seconds. Absolutely insane.

[snake]

Daha, found it

https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/558489529704013825

"I went out on my lunch break to buy the new Amiibo on lunch break. I was looking for Meta Knight, Lucario, and Rosetta [Rosalina], but they were sold out. Hmm."

(My Japanese is rusty so this may not be 100% accurate)

Thats unbelievable. You'd think Sakurai would get a freebie when working on the game, right?

[Zulithe]

I have all wave 3s secured except MK, some I've already received, others are still on order. I'm nervous about wave 4 pre-orders, cause more and more people keep hopping on the bandwagon and i'm worried they will sell out ultra, ultra fast >.< Bleeeehh

I barely was able to pre-order Rosalina in time from target.com (got her two days ago!), but tons of other people had their target.com orders cancelled, even people that ordered just minutes after me

[TonySiegel]

looking for captain falcon..:tcry:

[Netkeeper]

I want to preorder Wave 4s, but not a single soul has told me where to preorder these things no matter how many times I ask. :(

[Peanut]

They aren't up in North America yet. Don't worry, when they hit I'll post in here to give everyone a heads up.

[Ninjinister]

Thats unbelievable. You'd think Sakurai would get a freebie when working on the game, right?

Those working on games rarely do.

[snake]

Those working on games rarely do.

Huh. I always thought devs got free or first shot at merchandise.

[Leonardo322]

So I take it that you can't play as your Amibo in a game? I've never seen one of these in stores, but then again it has been awhile since I have been to a store that sells video games.

[Peanut]

Got in line around 8:30 for Lucario at TRU and was 7th in line. By 8:45 the line was around 30+ people long and it started to get kind of nasty. A lot of people in the back seemed really mad the entire time and accused a bunch of us at the front of being scalpers. When the doors opened the manager handed us all tickets and we got lined up in the electronics to get our Lucario. Very strict 1 per customer setup. While I was leaving people were still coming in and getting in the line without tickets. One guy ran into electronics and tried to buy one without a ticket, was turned away and started getting pissed off. Amiibo's are officially nuts.

Two days ago I managed to get Mega Man, Sonic and Rosalina in-store at my local TRU as well, which was awesome. I was there the night before when they got their shipment, but the dude in electronics was adamant about not selling them until the 6th, even though the other local TRU had already sold their stock. I told the guy this, but he was still reluctant, so I left. Went back the next day and saw the boxes open and a guy walking away with a stack of 7 Amiibo, including Sonic, and my heart sank. The same dude was working and he looked super upset when he saw me. Then, once the other guy had left, he pulled out a Mega Man for me, knowing it was the one I had wanted most and then went and got me a Sonic and Rosalina. He was holding them for me because he felt bad. Awesome!

As long as my BB Metaknight order pulls through, which I have no reason to believe it won't, then I officially have all of Wave 3. Now to rest slightly until Wave 4. Please...no exclusives.

[Zulithe]

grats on the amiibo score... i hope I can run into an employee who is that thoughtful someday! Hasn't yet happened. :P

I managed to get all wave 3s ordered online, and some have already arrived.

Crossing my fingers that I can be so lucky with wave 4

[Donatello19]

I thought TRU delayed Sonic and Mega Man until the 13th?

[Zulithe]

Canadians seem to have a bit better luck with amiibos than we Americans, just my experience from reading amiibo forum threads

[Peanut]

Completely false and it's kind of crazy that I've seen that sentiment shared so widely among the US Amiibo community. We've gotten a bunch of Wave 3's earlier than you guys, but we've also had no dates outside of Lucario. Everything has been entirely up in the air and if you haven't been keeping your finger on the pulse of retail stores you've had zero chance to get anything.

Wave 2b released here completely unannounced. People were walking into stores and finding them and this was long after the US release. Likewise, Wave 3 has not been dated here at any point. We've had completely arbitrary dates for stuff that change at the drop of a hat and varied wildly based on who you talked to about it on a given day.

The exclusives are an entirely different level beyond anything you guys have experienced. We never had an opportunity to preorder Lucario ever. We had to lineup in freezing temperatures to even have a chance at him. Both Shulk and Metaknight were up for preorder in the US for weeks before they got pulled. Here, Metaknight lasted all of 4 minutes and Shulk lasted about 5. Neither Best Buy nor (most) EB Games will be receiving walk-in stock for either of those Amiibo. We didn't even know if we were ever going to get Rosalina in Canada...a few hours before she would go up for preorder on Amazon for about 40 seconds. At retail, instead of heading to a single store on a specific day to get her, Canadians have had to check multiple stores without any set times to fight for the 1-2 over her that have been received.

I understand that it might seem like it's an easier fight over here right now, because we've actually had some small shipments of specific Wave 3 characters hitting stores here, but it is as bad, if not worse, trying to get Amiibo here.

[Netkeeper]

Very strict 1 per customer setup.
Why the hell hasn't this been enforced? Everywhere?

[Ninjinister]

It might be because distribution is ass overall for this region, but I've literally only seen Mario, DK, Peach, Zelda, Kirby, and Pikachu.

[Peanut]

Why the hell hasn't this been enforced? Everywhere?

Everybody was too slow to catch on. It seems like more retailers are enforcing it now, specifically for the rare/exclusives, but it doesn't really make a difference when your demand is outweighing supply 100:1. All it takes is two people to hit a store and you're sh*t out of luck. I'm going to places where they're opening boxes of 15-20 Bowser and 2-4 Ike. It makes zero sense.

It might be because distribution is ass overall for this region, but I've literally only seen Mario, DK, Peach, Zelda, Kirby, and Pikachu.

It's the situation in general. They've severely f*cked up their supply in North America. Whenever anything new hits a store, you can bet it's snatched up immediately, perhaps before it even hits the shelves. I've been that guy on multiple occasions recently! It's the only way to get them without paying a fortune in money to scalpers. An increasing issue also being the Amiibo fans scooping up multiples to trade for missing pieces. Even people who aren't looking to scalp for a quick Amiibuck are taking more than a fair share to ensure themselves decent trade bait in the event they can't find what they want.

[Netkeeper]

An increasing issue also being the Amiibo fans scooping up multiples to trade for missing pieces. Even people who aren't looking to scalp for a quick Amiibuck are taking more than a fair share to ensure themselves decent trade bait in the event they can't find what they want.
I have to admit, I have intentions of doing this. If my Gamestop has Shulk when I hit them up on Friday, I'm going to grab one with the hopes of using him as trait bait for Lucario or Metaknight...

But I'm only going to take one.

[Peanut]

And I don't blame you! It's a necessary evil to combat the ridiculous supply and avoid scalpers. Though you may have issues getting a single Shulk, let alone two. In fact, I think GameStop have also adopted the 1 per customer rule.

Anyways, my point wasn't that it was a scummy tactic, but that it's yet another factor of dwindling Amiibo stock. There's so much to contend with at this point!

[Netkeeper]

Gamestop better have adopted that policy. I'm going to call them on Thursday and ask.

Also, no, I don't intend on taking two Shulks -- just one. If I can't use him for a trade, I'll keep him.

[Peanut]

Ah, right! Read that wrong. If you can manage a Shulk you're almost guaranteed to find a straight trade for Lucario, so I hope you find one!

[chrisdude]

I was at Target at opening when Rosalina came out, and the person in the electronics department didn't even know what we were talking about. They were still in the back warehouse. So, I'm sure they didn't realize how big a deal it was.

[Netkeeper]

So this site (http://www.amiiboinquirer.com/release-dates/) is giving Sonic a Friday release date for everywhere but Gamestop. Would anyone be able to help me scout for one on Friday? I only have access to Gamestop and Walmart [and our Walmart is ****ing awful] and I'll pay the full price+shipping if someone can nab an extra one for me, since I don't count on our Walmart stocking it.

[Donatello19]

I found Sheik at TRU today, she was the only there too so of course I grabbed her. They were having a great sale, 3 for 33 dollars, so I picked up Link and Zelda too (I've held off on buying them since it's clear that they're not going anywhere anytime soon).

[Ninjinister]

I found Sheik at TRU today, she was the only there too so of course I grabbed her. They were having a great sale, 3 for 33 dollars, so I picked up Link and Zelda too (I've held off on buying them since it's clear that they're not going anywhere anytime soon).

Everyone tells me Link is plentiful but I've still never seen one in person.

[Peanut]

Link has certainly diminished a great deal over the last month or so. Depending on where you go you can still find stock of him, but it's much more sparse than it was. There aren't any stores around me that have him anymore.

[Donatello19]

The one that I'm having a hard time finding is Fox. Besides the holy trinity, he's the only one I'm missing from Wave 1.

[Memphis]

Finally caved and started collecting them. I've got the usual suspects so far, Mario, Peach, Bowser, Luigi, Link and Zelda. I hunted for a Rosalina yesterday, but no dice. Might take a gamble on Gamestop for Shulk this week.

[snake]

The one that I'm having a hard time finding is Fox. Besides the holy trinity, he's the only one I'm missing from Wave 1.

Fox is pretty hard to find, so I got him in fear that he'd become the next Marth.

[TonySiegel]

still looking for captain falcon...

[snake]

I managed to get Toon Link tonight, my walmart had like 5 of him and 2 bowser.

[Zulithe]

i got toon link recently, i love him!

going to pick up Shulk today. I could not make it to pick up my pre-order yesterday

also sonic is shipping from amazon now. i heard people saying mega man is shipping from there today too. but my mega man is on order at target which i guess gets theirs later.

heads up some websites are starting to price the more common amiibo for under $10 such as peach, yoshi and donkey kong. good way to flesh out your collection

i feel bad for people who only jumped on amiibo this month because it's already very difficult to get some of the older ones... nintendo needs to take restocks more seriously. they are clearly having some troubles getting them onto shelves and it's causing some really strange problems in the market

[Netkeeper]

Nintendo is doing this **** on purpose. They're short-stocking Amiibo so they become sought-after conversation pieces which promotes their Wii U. They aren't not taking restocks seriously, they're just making their product rare.

[Ninjinister]

Yeah I went to another store on the other side of town and the dude was just stocking Toon Links, asked me if I wanted one. I passed at first but I figured, I don't know if I'd ever see another and when I finally get Hyrule Warriors, I'll want him for the bonus stuff. So I grabbed him.

[snake]

Still no Sheik, but I can wait for her. I have a buddy who's saving me Megaman when he comes in, but they have no idea when he's arriving.

[raph27]

Nintendo is doing this **** on purpose. They're short-stocking Amiibo so they become sought-after conversation pieces which promotes their Wii U. They aren't not taking restocks seriously, they're just making their product rare.
Not all amiibo. Apparently the Super Mario series is supposed to constantly be in stock. Guessing other themed series will too. These Smash ones are just limited.

[Netkeeper]

i don't have the emotional strength to deal with this.

gamestop didnt get ANY today like they said they would, said they probably wont be getting any until monday, i have no transportation to gamestop on monday until past 6pm when they'll be all gone

walmart had both sonic and megaman. sold ****ing out.

if i had picked to go to walmart instead i would have got them and i just cant deal with this.

[Ninjinister]

i don't have the emotional strength to deal with this.


Moumantai, mate. As frustrating as it is, it's just a toy.

[Netkeeper]

i kept telling myself it wasnt a big deal but when i walked down that aisle at walmart and saw that THEY HAD THEM but now they don't, i couldn't help it, i broke the **** down.

[Memphis]

Went out today, found Toon Link and Shiek, but was hoping for a Sonic or Mega Man. No dice :(

[snake]

i kept telling myself it wasnt a big deal but when i walked down that aisle at walmart and saw that THEY HAD THEM but now they don't, i couldn't help it, i broke the **** down.

Jesus christ.






I managed to order Shulk from gamestop. He should be here around may.

[Netkeeper]

Jesus christ.
You're 12, don't patronise me.

[Powder]

He's a very mature 13, actually.

[Zulithe]

Loving Shulk. Tied with Pit for my favorite amiibo at the moment.

I now have every released amiibo except WFT and Villager. I may try to get them, we'll see what sorts of deals I stumble upon.

I've paid only retail for each one of them. Some I got for below retail thanks to Toys R Us sales and recent discounts (like yoshi being only $9.99 on amazon and a few other sites)

[Donatello19]

I got to TRU right when it opened this morning in hopes to get some new amiibo...I was number 6 in line, but only the first four people got the new figures. They got in two Sonics and one Mega Man...ugh.

[Cure]

You're 12, don't patronise me.

You're an adult who talks down to and curses at 11 year olds. Calm down.

[Peanut]

You looking for Sonic, Net? I'll keep my eye out for you. He hasn't fully released here, so there's a chance I may find one.

Relax though, man. I know it sucks and it's actually stressful to try and keep tabs on all this stuff and even attempted to get anything, but it's nothing to lose sleep over.

[Netkeeper]

I've calmed down considerably. I always get over it.

But yeah, Sonic, Megaman, and Ike are the three I'm after. I've noticed I can import some of them, but unfortunately my father's the one with the bank account and for some reason he's not keen on letting me use the card for that, even though it's my money. :|

We saw Sonic at Target.com yesterday and as we were entering our damn shipping info the ****er sold out.

[chrisdude]

The key really is to preorder everything that you can. Even that can be impossible, like with Rosalina. That's the only one I've had trouble getting, because the preorders would literally sell out in minutes, in my sleep. But I haven't had trouble ordering the others I want from Amazon or GameStop. Like, Sheik, Sonic and Mega Man. My Sheik from Amazon arrived about a week after it hit shelves, but my Mega Man came yesterday. I'm getting everything from GameStop, from now on, though. Seems like they have the fewest problems.

[Netkeeper]

I haven't even seen [US] preorders for any Wave 4 up at all. Anywhere. If I COULD preorder, I would.

[Peanut]

Because they aren't up yet. Wave 3 was up for months, but a lot of people caught on way too late.

[Netkeeper]

I'm scared of Wave 4 preorders selling out before I get a chance to make any.

[Ninjinister]

Set yourself a Google alert or whatever it is kids use these days.

[Netkeeper]

For what store? I have an email alert set up from nowinstock in regards to preorders on the Wave 4s I want, unless you mean somewhere else.

[chrisdude]

I'm not sure what "Wave 4" technically consists of, but the upcoming Super Mario characters went up for preorder a week ago. Preorders can definitely sell out, immediately, and that is scary, but I've only heard of that happening with store exclusives.

I just check reddit.com/r/amiibo occasionally.

[Peanut]

When people speak of the waves they're generally talking about the Smash line. Wave 4 consists of Robin, Lucina, Charizard, Ness, Wario and Pac-Man.

I have a feeling the Super Mario line will be far less popular and also far easier to find. The only preorder to have sold out in that line at all is Toad, but he keeps coming back up every few days at different retailers, so anyone who wants to get in on him probably already has. I preordered him, but I have zero interest in the rest of the Super Mario line of Amiibo.

[Netkeeper]

Wave 4 is going to be pain for me. I want everything except Robin and Lucina and I'll be desperate for Pac-Man if I don't get a preorder on him. And my brother wants Robin. :lol:

I'm not very concerned about the Mario line, even Toad, but I do want most of them. I'll probably periodically grab them when I visit GameStop, like I have been the commons.

[Ninjinister]

I finally found regular Link yesterday and almost picked him up, had him in my cart and everything... but my laptop's been slowly going south and I really should save for that. Plus I did get Toon Link and apparently he functions the same in Hyrule Warriors.

[chrisdude]

I definitely want a Pac-man.

[Ninjinister]

I definitely want a Pac-man.

I do too. I think that's the only Amiibo outside of the ones I have that I'm really anticipating.

[chrisdude]

I've got ten, so far. Sonic's on the way. And I still gotta get Pac-man, Rob, Duck Hunt, and Zero Suit Samus.

[TheAnvil]

I'm gonna get 'em all 'cause they're awesome. I have 10 so far, to me they're worth it just because they look awesome, even without all the in-game bonuses they provide.

[Ninjinister]

I've got ten, so far. Sonic's on the way. And I still gotta get Pac-man, Rob, Duck Hunt, and Zero Suit Samus.

Ooh, Duck Hunt might be worth it, too.

I do believe if I had the money I'd be into gettin' 'em all. Buuuut yeah, lol

[TheAnvil]

I hope the Gold and Silver Mario's pop up soon.

[chrisdude]

I'm just getting the characters that I like. I got several others, when amiibo launched, because that was all there were. They didn't release a character that I actually played until Rosalina...

[Netkeeper]

My bro and I just managed to get a Sonic order in when Walmart had them in stock for all of ten minutes.

[oldmanwinters]

I'm one of those that would just rather have a video game for the price of what I would spend for 3 or 4 amiibos.

I recently bought a few of the 3-inch "World of Nintendo" figures from Target for about $3 each, and I'm pretty happy with those.
http://www.amazon.com/World-Nintendo-Donkey-Figure-Series/dp/B00MCCON8O

I'd love if they keep putting out new figures in those lines like Zelda or Punch-Out themed toys.
:-)

Still, I do hope all the amiibo craze helps Nintendo's bottom line.

[raph27]

Target has DK, Peach, and Yoshi marked down to $10 a piece. Might get Yoshi for that price, since he's a favorite of mine.

[oldmanwinters]

Target has DK, Peach, and Yoshi marked down to $10 a piece. Might get Yoshi for that price, since he's a favorite of mine.

Hey! I'm actually enticed! Thanks for the notice!

[chrisdude]

Walmart has those markdowns, too, FYI. I wonder if that's as cheap as they'll get.

[Zulithe]

I need Ness, Robin and Lucina. In that order. The others of Wave 4 are going to be a lot easier to get, and are less desirable to me personally.

Of course, if I can just order them all in one go I'll do it. Hoping amazon or target puts them up very soon.

i didn't pre-order meta knight and wish that i had. best buy opened up pre-orders again yesterday afternoon but I was sleeping :(

[Netkeeper]

Yeah, I missed the Metaknight preorders too, and seriously regretting it. He looks really great as an amiibo. I'm going to try to grab one, though.

[Mew]

I'm gonna TRY to get all of the Super Mario series Amibos.
That won't happen

[Jasey Cones]

Thats what i'm doing too. Going pretty well so far. Got all mario to date and toad and wario are on order. Also getting the zelda ones and I have fox for no real reason.

[Mew]

Yeah.
RANDOM FOX!

[Netkeeper]

http://i.imgur.com/Yi9j0RY.png
Did you really feel the need to stretch the page?

[Peanut]

Mega Man and Sonic Amiibo rained down over my general vicinity this evening. Walked into a TRU that had about 15-20 Mega Man and 10 or so Sonic. I got one of each (again) to have a boxed Sonic and to give my nephew Mega Man. I don't want to bet on it, but if I did I'd say those two may be the Diddy Kong of Wave 3 for the time being.

I also got my Meta Knight in from Best Buy, which was absolutely f*cking destroyed. It was thrown in a too small box sitting up instead of laying down, which meant when they closed the box the top half of the packaging bent and tore. Infuriating. Especially considering Best Buy has come out and said they sold all their stock to preorders in Canada and there will never be Meta Knight available for walk-in. Ever. Which means my chances of finding a boxed one come down to a trade somewhere.

[Memphis]

Checked out gamestop today just for the hell of it and managed to find a Fox. I've never seen him out in the wild so I was pretty stoked.

[Peanut]

Where has this "Fox is rare" narrative suddenly come from? He was a shelf warmer for months. Admittedly I haven't seen much of him since early January.

[snake]

Where has this "Fox is rare" narrative suddenly come from? He was a shelf warmer for months. Admittedly I haven't seen much of him since early January.

I haven't seen him since early december, but my area doesn't restock too much.

[Netkeeper]

I've never seen Fox at all.

[Memphis]

He sold out instantly a few weeks ago when gamestop had him on their site. I wasn't collecting them yet though, so I didn't care D:

[chrisdude]

I've seen Fox once or twice.

[Peanut]

So, it seems like the people who haven't or have rarely seen Fox are people who came into Amiibo's later? Makes sense. He was actually one of the last Wave 1's I picked up. I got him for free when I bought Captain Toad at Target. Seems weird to think people are losing it for some of the Amiibo I gave to my 4 year old nephew for Christmas.

I feel for the people who got into Amiibo late Wave 1 or Wave 2, or even more so now. Must be an absolute nightmare. I remember walking into TRU day 1 and sifting through multiple Marth to find the best looking one. If I had only known.

[Netkeeper]

I would have preordered them from the start if I had a Wii U, or the knowlege that I was going to get one.

[Peanut]

Makes sense. I've always been more interested in having nice Nintendo collectibles than in their actual in-game functions, so I was in regardless on day one. The ones I preordered day 1 were Link, Samus and Villager. I actually got Marth and Mario first, because I picked them up at TRU on release day and my Amazon order came like a week later.

I can still recall walking into Targets weeks after launch and seeing WFT, Marth and Villagers just hanging around. I actually got WFT like two weeks after launch at a Walmart, because I had this sinking feeling if I didn't pick her up she'd be gone. My fiance actually convinced me to just do it, because I have a bad habit of saying "next time" to things when there ends up never being a next time. I wish I had thought to collect my favourites boxed as well as open originally, because I would have picked up a second Villager for sure.

[Netkeeper]

Haha, you've gotten so lucky with these things. WFT, Marth, and Villager have become so rare. I'd love to have WFT myself, she was one of the first ones I knew I wanted.

[Peanut]

I wouldn't really say it was luck. Luck plays a factor, of course, but if people were in a store day one for the first wave you got what you wanted. I have no doubt in my mind. There are people out there who swear up and down they hit stores on the first day and saw scalpers walking away with every single Marth/WFT/Villager, or didn't see any ever, but I just don't buy it. Not when I saw them all for at least 2 weeks after launch in every store I visited and I live in a huge city where the competition is fierce.

With Wave 2 and 3 you just had to be on the ball and predict that the sellout of specific Wave 1 rares wasn't going to be a one time thing, but an ongoing nightmare we'd need to contend with. I got some of that wave with pure determination, specifically my two Rosalina and the extra Ike I picked up for Brodie. I preordered where I could and I talked to people when I had to and I have to be honest; it's been relatively easy for me to find multiples of nearly every Amiibo from Wave 3, outside of Lucario, Meta Knight and Shulk. I think my only real brush with luck would be with Pit, who I caught going in-stock at a Walmart when Wave 2 randomly dropped in the middle of the week here. He is honestly the only non-exclusive I've only ever seen one of.

But, yeah, I'm sorta nuts for these things. I stopped buying toys pretty quickly when I became a teenager and only got a few things here and there that I absolutely loved, so this is really the only thing of the type I've ever collected in my adult life and I sorta thrill for the hunt a little? I guess? I dunno. Even when I'm not buying them I kind of like to be the guy there as they open the boxes, just to know I could have bought them if I wanted to be a dick.

Anyways, if you really want specific Amiibo you could always just import or look for opened ones? They're cheaper and/or easier to find that way. I've been thinking about doing that for Pit/Lucario, so that I can have an open and sealed of each of them.

[Netkeeper]

Importing is a little cheaper but I'd still much rather pay retail price for these things... shipping on Sonic was 7 dollars. And it's shipping from Indiana to Texas. That is NOT far enough to justify that price. So the idea of importing scares me slightly, now, since I only get 25 dollars a week. I want to be able to afford all the ones I want before they sell out and go outside my price range and it's stressful for me.

[chrisdude]

I wouldn't really say it was luck. Luck plays a factor, of course, but if people were in a store day one for the first wave you got what you wanted. I have no doubt in my mind. There are people out there who swear up and down they hit stores on the first day and saw scalpers walking away with every single Marth/WFT/Villager, or didn't see any ever, but I just don't buy it. Not when I saw them all for at least 2 weeks after launch in every store I visited and I live in a huge city where the competition is fierce.

With Wave 2 and 3 you just had to be on the ball and predict that the sellout of specific Wave 1 rares wasn't going to be a one time thing, but an ongoing nightmare we'd need to contend with. I got some of that wave with pure determination, specifically my two Rosalina and the extra Ike I picked up for Brodie. I preordered where I could and I talked to people when I had to and I have to be honest; it's been relatively easy for me to find multiples of nearly every Amiibo from Wave 3, outside of Lucario, Meta Knight and Shulk. I think my only real brush with luck would be with Pit, who I caught going in-stock at a Walmart when Wave 2 randomly dropped in the middle of the week here. He is honestly the only non-exclusive I've only ever seen one of.I've been arguing that preorders aren't that hard to get, save store exclusives. But if you're just hoping to see things in the store, it can be hard. You seem to be having it okay. But my Target got Sheik and Toon Link the same day it got Rosalina. I was there when they opened the door. They received 20 Rosalinas, two Toon Links, and one Sheik. I kid you not. I've seen Toon Links in Walmart since then, but that's the only Sheik I ever saw.

[Peanut]

You're right, pre-orders have been pretty easy to get up to this point. I can't speak to Target, as it's now dead here, but Wal-Mart is sort of the best and worst place to look, honestly. They've done a very poor job with Amiibo and most stores I've gone to have a pretty pathetic Amiibo section, but I've gotten some really rare Amiibo there because of their lazy stocking methods and lack of give a sh*t for most products.

TRU seems to be the single best place to find Amiibo, in my experience. Around here every TRU has done decent in regards to Wave 3 and has Bowser, Toon Link, Sheik, Sonic and Mega Man stocked well. The last two of which are surprising, but I'm happy there seems to have been a break in the dam where Amiibo supply is concerned, at least here in Canada. Dedede and Ike have even seen incredibly small but steady restocks in the last week. Stuff for the east coast must have started coming in through BC at this point, because even my MM3DSXL is getting shipped out from there, despite there being an Amazon warehouse about 20 minutes from my house. I imagine product finally getting diverted up here has helped our stock issues in the last week or two.

Now that Nintendo has come out and confirmed the fact that the west coast port strikes are severely straining the supply chain of Amiibo and N3DS in North America; we can perhaps start to assume that we'll receive better stock once that whole issue is solved. When you considering the "sell through rates" they put out the other day it makes it plain that there must be shipments of Little Mac sitting in a storage bin on a boat somewhere, because he's not even in the top 10 in US/Canada, while he's top 5 in the rest of the world and even #1 in Europe.

I'd love to see the stock issue get solved, because it just makes for way less headaches.

[Netkeeper]

Ah, of course TRU has to be the best place to get amiibo... it along with Best Buy are the two stores I don't have access to. [I technically don't have access to Target either, as it's an hour's drive away, but my brother does.]

Also, my Sonic amiibo arrived today! ONE headache out of the way, time to deal with more!

[Memphis]

I'm pretty lucky. I've got Walmart, Target, and Best Buy all within walking distance of each other and Toys R Us a five minute drive up the road. Anyone checking best buy first thing in the morning? I'm hoping for Sonic and Megaman.

[Netkeeper]

I called my Walmart to ask about the amiibo [since they've had Sonic and Megaman's tags out for a week now] and they told me they aren't going to get anything so there wouldn't be any point in hitting anywhere up tomorrow... but I'm going to anyway since Walmart is where I go cash my cheque

But they did say they've confirmed that they are at least getting those two along with Sheik, but when is anyone's guess. What's WITH this wave?

[Memphis]

Most people are saying it's because of the port strike. Iwata included. It's also being blamed for the shortage of the MM 3DSXL.

Edit: Scored a Meta Knight at best buy. They only had six and one Mega Man. Unfortunately, I was third in line and the scalper who was first got Mega Man.

[chrisdude]

Gamestop's stuff is delayed, too. At least here. Sonic and company will be on sale the 25th.

[Netkeeper]

Got paid today so at least I'll be able to afford Wave 4 preorders when they go up.

But I didn't manage to snag anybody today. My brother arrived at Target too late to get anyone, and Walmart and Gamestop both haven't had their shipments come in yet.

[snake]

I got Sheik and Megaman from a gamestop and I have Shulk on order. I'm done with this wave unless I see anyone else.

[Netkeeper]

I finally managed to get Ike and Megaman ordered. Now I'm ready for Wave 4.

[Gunpowder]

Will there be individual amiibos for the Koopalings? Or just the one for Bowser Jr.? I'm guessing the latter.

[Peanut]

I'm going to pray it's just Bowser Jr. As much as I would LOVE some Koopaling Amiibo, I can only imagine the nightmare of there being so many variants.

[Netkeeper]

Yeah, considering we didn't get male Wii Fit Trainer, I'm going to guess we're just getting Bowser Jr.

[Netkeeper]

So. Ness is a Gamestop exclusive, Jigglypuff is a Target exclusive, and nobody knows what the **** is going to happen with Greninja.

https://36.media.tumblr.com/0ca2191da37311e42a4d48ac9fe3c64e/tumblr_inline_nm6gm4yggR1rzzt7e_540.jpg

[Peanut]

I think Greninja being surprise announced for Wave 4, along with Jigglypuff, is a pretty good indication he'll be an exclusive. I feel the Amiibo stress coming back, gang. I checked reddit, Twitter and several other Amiibo sources multiple times last night.

Ness is going up for preorder this afternoon at GameStop in the US, so if you guys want him make sure you're following them on Twitter and have a GameStop account, complete with billing info, fully prepared and signed in. Ness is sure to go quick and be highly sought after.

F*cking stressed about this sh*t already. God damn Nintendo and their mismanaged bullsh*t.

[Memphis]

I'm just gonna give up on amiibo. Not a fan of the stress or constant searching. Definitely getting Mewtwo though.

[Peanut]

I don't blame you. It really is super stressful. Even as someone who's managed to get every Amiibo and score multiples of most of them, it stresses me the hell out even thinking about upcoming waves. We're months out and, in my case, life changing events away from the other waves, but I'm still losing sleep over them.

[Turo602]

Tell me about it. I had to wait 8 hours at a Walmart for the Golden Mario amiibo only because I knew for a fact that they had them there despite what the employees were saying. They were seriously the most incompetent workers I have ever seen because the box with the eight amiibos were right in front of their faces the whole time and it took eight hours for an employee to finally come in and take them out. I can't ever imagine going through that again. At least we were able to snag 6 of them between 3 people.

[Peanut]

At least you've had a chance to buy him. He's still unreleased in Canada.

Anyways, evidence out there now that Greninja is TRU exclusive. Employees saying he's showing in their system this morning.

Edit: Jigglypuff preorders up on Target.com

[Netkeeper]

Jigglypuff preorders sold out in ten minutes. Luckily I have a contact in the UK keeping an eye out for both it and Greninja for me; the latter has been confirmed to be a Toys R Us exclusive and preorders for him go up tomorrow.

We're in deep, friends. Gamestop is offering in-store preorders for Wave 4 including Ness at 3pm EST today, and they will probably go up online as well at around that time.

Make sure to stock up on Monster and toilet paper.

[Peanut]

Also seems like Gamestop will be doing a "Wave 4" bundle that gives you Ness, Lucina, Charizard, Wario, Robin and Pac-Man. It's not discounted, but at least it's an easy 1-click for people looking to get the entire wave. Then people only need to worry about the remaining exclusives.

I hope this comes to EB in Canada as well, because I'd hit that and only have to worry about Jigglypuff and Greninja. Though, if they do do this, Jiggs might actually be included in that bundle here in Canada, since Target exclusives seem like they'll be getting the Rosalina treatment here.

Anyone wanna take guesses on the rarity of this wave going forward? I see it like this -

Charizard/Wario - Common after the initial rush settles ala Zelda/Diddy/Toon Link/Sheik
Pac-Man - Uncommon but still plentiful. Analogous to the other third-party characters in Sonic and Mega Man
Robin/Lucina - Rare and impossible to find. Short stocked and high demand. If you don't get them in the first week or so you'll never get them. Restocks will be almost non-existent.
Jigglypuff/Greninja/Ness - One shot at them. Pre-order or day one in-store are the only options.

Also, I'm getting absolutely no f*cking work done today. Amiibo's are the f*cking worst.

[Netkeeper]

You'd think by now Nintendo would have learned from this... sigh.

But yeah, those are my rarity predictions as well. I'm so, so lucky enough to have a brother that's willing to take me down to Gamestop for my preorders today or I'd be **** out of luck for Ness.

To give this post a little more substance, here are some texts from my brother when I told him about this mess:

I'm just pissed at how Nintendo is handling this in general. They are making us jump through hoops for the privilege of giving them our dollars

What's next? A scavenger hunt? "Follow the clues and you'll find the store that has a selection of random amiibos you may or may not want!"

Then you get there and it's all Luigi, and you have to get another treasure map, which itself you found as a message in a bottle in a sea of messages in bottles

Possibly guarded by a guy dressed as Wario that you have to fight

Why do they make so few of these? Did they find them in an Egyptian tomb somewhere? Are they a gift to Nintendo from aliens? Did they come from the future?

It's pretty awful that they won't take pre-orders [at Target in-store] of all things... seriously, does each amiibo contain a shard of the Shikon Jewel? Is that why?

[Peanut]

Yeah, it's brutal. I still don't get why they're not taking preorders a few months in advance, then cutting them off to start production, using those preorder numbers as a gauge. They're leaving money on the table by making it difficult for people to buy them. It makes zero sense.

In a bit happier news -

http://i.imgur.com/P9Hcd5c.jpg?1

SO CUTE!

[The Stryker]

Pac-Man is the priority. If I get anything else it's gravy.

[Netkeeper]

Guys, start checking Best Buy's website. I think they're trying to get their preorders up or something -- my tracker is going off even though I don't see anything.

EDIT: THEY'RE UP GUYS, GO:
Lucina: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-lucina-multi/5711027.p?id=1219656191463&skuId=5711027
Pac: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-pac-man-multi/5710106.p?id=1219656188650&skuId=5710106
Zard: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-charizard-multi/5713098.p?id=1219656191258&skuId=5713098
Wario: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-wario-multi/5715023.p?id=1219656190864&skuId=5715023
Robin: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-super-smash-bros-series-robin-multi/5712035.p?id=1219656191326&skuId=5712035

[Peanut]

They already went up and the ones you would expect to be gone are gone. This is becoming the biggest disaster thus far.

[Netkeeper]

...Yep Lucina appears to be gone.

[Peanut]

They're all gone except Pac-Man at this point.

[Netkeeper]

ＴＨＥ ＷＩＮＮＥＲ ＯＦ ＡＭＩＩＢＯＧＥＤＤＥＯＮ
http://i.imgur.com/lM7ZxZf.png

[raph27]

*sigh* of course Jigglypuff just had to be a rare...

Hoping beyond hope that the yarn Yoshis are common. I need all of them.

[Peanut]

Holy sh*t! I kept randomly refreshing Ebgames website Amiibo search and suddenly the number jumped from 11 to 16. Got two Ness, Wario and Pac-Man. The Inklings were up too, but I'm not too worried about those. Word got out and now the site bombed! Order confirmation e-mail and everything! SO F*CKING HYYYYYPE! Need Robin and Lucina to feel totally OK, but this is a great start!

Edit: Not only did the Best Buy preorders crash that site, but it also crashed f*cking Reddit for a bit. Now the EB/Gamestop stuff has crashed both websites and the in-store computers! Good LAWD! Amiibo thirst is for f*cking real. I'm just wondering what has made this particular wave of preorders so popular. Is it Ness? I'd like to think it's his exclusivity that has specifically blown the doors off of Gamestop. Take note, Nintendo. People give a sh*t about Mother.

[Ninjinister]

This really is ridiculous, ain't it? I personally haven't seen anything beyond wave 2 and even then just a few. The weird thing is, the stock and distribution problem is also a thing with the World of Nintendo figures - which isn't a Nintendo problem, seeing as how they don't make or distribute them. It's just insane how any non-Mario figure of the 4 inch+ lines will instantly skyrocket to 4x the price online and be almost impossible to find in a store.

Pac-Man is the priority. If I get anything else it's gravy.

Yeah Pac's all I'm even interested in at this point. I've completely given up on trying for anyone else.

[Peanut]

The weird thing is, the stock and distribution problem is also a thing with the World of Nintendo figures - which isn't a Nintendo problem, seeing as how they don't make or distribute them. It's just insane how any non-Mario figure of the 4 inch+ lines will instantly skyrocket to 4x the price online and be almost impossible to find in a store.

Yup. World of Nintendo is, like you said, proof that this isn't just Nintendo f*cking the dog. I think it's a serious lack of foresight on the part of everyone, honestly. Nintendo fans have been deprived of "stuff" that isn't Mario based for 30 years. Anything non-Mario has been nearly non existent for our entire lives and now we're all late 20's - mid 30's adults who have money and a thirst for Nintendo products that AREN'T Mario and it's really showing.

My fiance actually found me one of the new Samus figures last week totally randomly (second time I've seen them, first time I just missed as a dude at TRU took both and walked off) and I've found the majority of the small series 2 figures, but I'm still looking for Olimar/Cranky Kong. I've come across the big Metroid's and Ganondorfs as well, but I'm actively hunting for these things at least two or three times a week and my fiance and I both check TRU's/Wal-Marts when we're in out of the way places out of habit now. It's insane how difficult it is to find anything.

Of course, none of this helps when scalpers know there's a huge market for this super limited run stuff and they take every chance to take advantage of people.

[Netkeeper]

Okay, just got home from Gamestop, here's the story:

Walked in 15 minutes early, second in line [small town **** YES]. When preorders opened, only one employee was in, and he was trying to get the guy in front of me his Wave 4 bundle.

Just as he gets started, another employee comes in and takes the other register -- since the only people in store at the time were for amiibo, she took me over to her register so I could get my Wave 4 bundle.

The web in store crashed, and the employees were texting and tweeting to other Gamestops in the district, state, and even country -- all over the US, Gamestops were royally ****ed, the web in store server completely went down and almost nobody was getting an order through. During the hour I was in line, one other order in the entire district went through.

Then a few minutes later, the register I'm at gets an order in. I got my Wave 4 bundle preordered, before the guy before me even.

I am so happy you have no idea.

[Ninjinister]

Yup. World of Nintendo is, like you said, proof that this isn't just Nintendo f*cking the dog. I think it's a serious lack of foresight on the part of everyone, honestly. Nintendo fans have been deprived of "stuff" that isn't Mario based for 30 years. Anything non-Mario has been nearly non existent for our entire lives and now we're all late 20's - mid 30's adults who have money and a thirst for Nintendo products that AREN'T Mario and it's really showing.

My fiance actually found me one of the new Samus figures last week totally randomly (second time I've seen them, first time I just missed as a dude at TRU took both and walked off) and I've found the majority of the small series 2 figures, but I'm still looking for Olimar/Cranky Kong. I've come across the big Metroid's and Ganondorfs as well, but I'm actively hunting for these things at least two or three times a week and my fiance and I both check TRU's/Wal-Marts when we're in out of the way places out of habit now. It's insane how difficult it is to find anything.

Of course, none of this helps when scalpers know there's a huge market for this super limited run stuff and they take every chance to take advantage of people.

I got lucky with the two for the 4" line I was looking for. Link was on Jakks' website for retail price (and last I checked he was still there, so he still might be). Samus, I found last weekend at a store that never even carried the line before. I was browsing other figures and caught sight of Luigi and I was like "holy smokes" and then there were two Samuseseseses as well.

[Donatello19]

Crap, I'm a bit late. I'm assuming all the pre orders are gone by now, huh? :cry:

[Peanut]

Always assume yes if you weren't refreshing websites the moment they went up.

http://i.imgur.com/NTHBccc.jpg

[Powder]

Those fuzzy Yoshi Amiibo are sooo cute. I've not been swept under by this craze, I own none of them, but I'd love to grab a blue wooly Yoshi.

[snake]

I need those sweet Yoshi amiibo.


Also, Ness will be the end of me, considering I go to school and most pre orders sell out quickly.

[Donatello19]

Those fuzzy Yoshi Amiibo are sooo cute. I've not been swept under by this craze, I own none of them, but I'd love to grab a blue wooly Yoshi.

I don't think you should have a problem getting one. I doubt the wool Yoshi amiibo will be rare, but at this point who knows...

[Peanut]

Also, Ness will be the end of me, considering I go to school and most pre orders sell out quickly.

At this point I don't even know if you guys will have another opportunity at him.

[Donatello19]

I'm so bummed that I missed out on all of this. This is what I get for sleeping in, I guess...

My only hope now is TRU pre orders tomorrow. Are they going up online at 12 am or is it really 7 to 9 am?

[Peanut]

My only hope now is TRU pre orders tomorrow. Are they going up online at 12 am or is it really 7 to 9 am?
Nobody really knows, but I'd be around regardless. I don't know if they're doing all of Wave 4 tomorrow, or just Greninja, but I wouldn't chance it.

I really hope Nintendo somehow gets another Ness shipment out there, because the nonsense that happened at Gamestop today is just totally unfair.

[Donatello19]

Nobody really knows, but I'd be around regardless. I don't know if they're doing all of Wave 4 tomorrow, or just Greninja, but I wouldn't chance it.

I really hope Nintendo somehow gets another Ness shipment out there, because the nonsense that happened at Gamestop today is just totally unfair.

Midnight's only a few minutes away for me, so I'll be able to see soon. From what I've heard they're gonna have pre orders for everyone plus Greninja. I'm gonna head to my local TRU as soon as they open tomorrow too. Ugh, I hate this.

[Donatello19]

Well, it's 12:05 am and I refreshed the page a bunch of times...no sign of Greninja on TRU's website. I'll keep checking but I think it's safe to assume that they really will be up sometime during 7 to 9 am. I wonder if there'll be pre order cards in store too...

[Peanut]

Yeah, I think you're safe until tomorrow morning. Good luck, man. We still have zero info on Greninja preorders here in Canada and they probably won't do online preorders, so I don't have to deal with TRU just yet.

[Donatello19]

Thanks, I'll need all the luck I can get after seeing how horribly my TRU handled the release of Lucario. The employees are just so clueless and it's really frustrating...

[Brodie]

From what I've seen TRU isn't doing inshore preorders for this wave. Online only.

[Peanut]

Oh noooo! Sounds like TRU preorders went up late last night and were sold out by 3:30am. My god. Nintendo can't let this **** keep happening.

[Donatello19]

I woke up real early all ready to pre order, but they put them up in the middle of the night and they were all sold out by the time I got to the website. I hate this, I literally hate this...but I keep getting pulled back in.

My only hope now is to physically go to TRU in hopes that my store is even gonna have the pre order cards in. They don't open for another hour and a half anyway. Ugh, this sucks.

[Peanut]

Yeah, I woke up to that news and felt bad for everyone who was praying for TRU to pull through.

I know it's stupid of me to be optimistic, but I honestly can't believe it has been this bad. The waves have gotten progressively worse as they've gone on, but I figured the absolute cluster f*ck of Wave 3 and the subsequent delay of pre-orders for Wave 4 was because Nintendo was getting a handle on sh*t, but clearly they learned absolutely nothing.

Every single one of these pre-order stories is a nightmare. EB Games in Canada opened their Wave 4 pre-orders in-store today. Today is Good Friday, which means in my province the majority of retail stores are closed. There are one or two EB's downtown open and they're lined up out the door. It's now speculated they're going to just keep selling Amiibo in these few locations until their entire allocation is gone, leaving 90% of the country with closed stores in total f*cking limbo. Like...WHAT!? How is this even happening!?

And the exclusives are the biggest disaster in this whole ordeal. As if it wasn't hard enough to get their low-print characters, creating low-print characters that are only available in a single location? What the actual f*ck.

[Donatello19]

Seriously. This really sucks, I can't believe that they're still handling this so poorly.

I went to my TRU as soon as they opened this morning, and there was at least like 7 other people waiting in line there, also for the amiibo. They didn't get any pre order cards in and the manager had no idea what was going on with Wave 4. Disappointing, but I talked to the manager after (We're kind of friends and he knows me since I'm always in there :lol:) and he said he'll try to find out whatever's going on with the in store pre orders and let me know as soon as he can. So it's been a pretty bad day so far overall...

[Netkeeper]

I am so glad I decided to go for importing Greninja...

[chrisdude]

I've kept a browser tab open on my phone for days, with a GameStop.com search for amiibo. I've always believed, and even argued on this forum, that there are only a couple rares per wave, and that if you keep an eye on the websites, the others won't be hard to get. So I wasn't exactly pleased when I found out preorders were only in store, AND that they'd both gone on sale and sold out while I was at work.

I found out about TRU preorders at 5:30am EST, and all that was left was Pac-man. And I'm lucky to have that. The only reason I was awake is because I work so early.

[Brodie]

So, my situation could be way worse, because I could have nothing. But my experience at Gamestop yesterday was a ****ing joke. The reps were fine, but didn't know what was going on, prior to their systems going to ****. These cats didn't know they had to be taking web-in-store orders. Then 3:10 rolled around, and I finally got to be first in line....And **** was on fire.

It took almost an hour to get my order in. The dude wanted to try and order Charizard first, before attempting Ness. I said **** that, order me the bundle.

So, I'm thankful I got the ones I wanted. But what a **** storm this series has been. Luckily the exclusive I wanted is what I walked with, and I had no interest in Jigglypuff or Greninja. I fear for Wave 5, wherein the entire wave is built of exclusives for various stores.

[Peanut]

I am so glad I decided to go for importing Greninja...

The thing that's infuriating is that getting ANY Amiibo isn't difficult in the slightest. Getting them at their MSRP is the hard part. There's no shortage of pre-order Amiibo already up on eBay and Amazon is frustratingly filled with listings for OOP Amiibo, at dumb prices, that clutter up the entire marketplace.

I refuse to pay extra for these things, through importing or paying some scumbag scalper. Maybe if the SSB series gets down to the last character and I'm one away from the complete set I'd start to think about it, but I'd rather sell the majority of my collection than spend dumb money to fill in the holes.

[Zulithe]

got my butt down to gamestop on April 2nd, was first in line (only waited an hour, but a big line formed behind me before 12pm), despite the computer problems I waited it out and was able to order the splatoon 3 pack and the wave 4 6 pack. Time well spent. Not sure how lucky the 25 or 30 people behind me were...

I missed jiggly and greninja, barely both times. not worried, TRU announced the date you can pre-order in store and target should have a healthy shipment on launch day... as long as I stay on top of things i'm good. If I do end up missing one or both of them, I honestly care for the Pokemon amiibo least of all so I'll live.

now where are those yarnmiibo orders...

[Skylanders fan]

got splatoon set preorded and ness so glad about ness love earthbound/mother series
now the rest of the wave should be ok wario,Charizard,and pacman should be common
robin and lucinia will be hard but hopefuly can get some at target when I try and get jiggly puff greninja should be hopeful easy with the preorder cards comin later this month good luck all :)

[Peanut]

Where are you from that you're calling Charizard Lizardon? Or are you just a weeaboo kid?

Anyways, Wave 4 has been available for pre-order at in-store at EB for two days. Sh*t is going to go bananas when they need to cancel 3/4 of those orders.

[Cure]

Where are you from that you're calling Charizard Lizardon? Or are you just a weeaboo kid?

.

My guess is weeaboo, otherwise they'd call Jigglypuff "Purin". Both names are dumb.

Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go look for a Rockman amiibo.

[Skylanders fan]

Where are you from that you're calling Charizard Lizardon? Or are you just a weeaboo kid?

Anyways, Wave 4 has been available for pre-order at in-store at EB for two days. Sh*t is going to go bananas when they need to cancel 3/4 of those orders.

just to lazy to find out how to spell Charizard I'm a bad speller (even in high school I still cant spell some stuff)so I knew how to spell lizardon :lol: trust me i'm not a weeaboo I'm far from it good luck with preorders btw

[Donatello19]

I'm so thankful that the two characters that I want the most (Pac-Man and Charizard) will probably be common. Well, hopefully...

[Powder]

I wish Villager was common, his was the only piece I wanted to pick up. & I don't even like the whole Amiibo thing, I just wanted to have a figurine of the current AC protagonist. Poopsie doodle.

[Peanut]

I'm still pissed I didn't buy doubles of him, or at least kept mine in box. I walked passed it for weeks and never bothered to pick it up. Villager would be one of the few Amiibo I'd keep if I ever decided to dump my set. I wish I had known this sh*t was going to explode.

I can't complain too much, though. At least I have him and he looks great next to my AC houses I got years and years ago.

[Skylanders fan]

I'm still pissed I didn't buy doubles of him, or at least kept mine in box. I walked passed it for weeks and never bothered to pick it up. Villager would be one of the few Amiibo I'd keep if I ever decided to dump my set. I wish I had known this sh*t was going to explode.

I can't complain too much, though. At least I have him and he looks great next to my AC houses I got years and years ago.

did you get lucky with how your villagers eyes looked most I have seen they all look pretty messed up

[sdp]

I'm pretty much behind and lost all hope with amiibo's, here in Mexico any deliveries estimations are ignored and then released at random, scalpers buy everything, even the common ones, the only thing you can find at stores is Peach and Luigi and sometimes Zelda. I really wish Nintendo would announce something like re-releases but I don't think they will they'll go the beanie baby route and "retire" amiibo's to keep the trend going which will continue until people will grow tired just like with beanie babies. Here (http://nypost.com/2015/02/22/how-the-beanie-baby-craze-was-concocted-then-crashed/)is a good article on Beanie Babies and you can see parallels with what's going on. I do think at first it was Nintendo underestimating demand but by now we can see that it's not that or else newer waves would have more figures. We're only getting more Marth's because of its compatability with that Steam game, but there was no reason Nintendo wouldn't be able to make more Villager's and Wii Fit Trainers.

My ease of mind is that I do think amiibo will continue for the foreseeable future. so we'll eventually get new versions of most of the Smash bros. gang, it's only the lesser known ones that we'll be ****ed until the next Smash game (if amiibo's still exist by then). So yeah I really need to get a Wii Fit Trainer, Mr. G&W, etc. At least the newer Mario Amiibo's look better than the Smash ones so I can look forward to newer King DeDeDe and Metaknight amiibo's whenever they come out.

[Powder]

I can't complain too much, though. At least I have him and he looks great next to my AC houses I got years and years ago.

I'm somewhat familiar with those from seeing them on ebay (super cute!) but I'd love to see pics of your set up if you have any accessible!

[raph27]

I wish Villager was common, his was the only piece I wanted to pick up. & I don't even like the whole Amiibo thing, I just wanted to have a figurine of the current AC protagonist. Poopsie doodle.

Same. Before he was rare I would see him a lot. Of course by the time I started playing New Leaf they were all gone.

[Peanut]

I'm somewhat familiar with those from seeing them on ebay (super cute!) but I'd love to see pics of your set up if you have any accessible!

I'll snap some a little later for sure. Nothing huge or special, but I love those little houses.

did you get lucky with how your villagers eyes looked most I have seen they all look pretty messed up

Not even close to "most" of them, but yes, mine was fine. I had the opportunity to look through about 6 or 7 of them when I bought mine. The one I had on preorder from Amazon was perfect as well, but I gave it to my nephew.

[Skylanders fan]

my set is pretty much gonna remain the same till may unless I can find kdd,ike,rosilina,villager,ike,meta knight,wft,or little mac :lol: like that will ever happen but who are you guys missing before wave 4 comes out

[Peanut]

I'm not missing anybody. I have both open and boxed of everyone from Wave 2 and 3, except Lucario and Pit, who I only have NIB. Wave 1 I have all open, because it was before I realized certain Amiibo would be a big deal and become impossible to find.

[Netkeeper]

I don't have very many from the previous waves myself, but I'm only collecting the ones I like.

And of the ones I like, I'm missing Lucario, Captain Falcon, Metaknight, Fox, Villager, and Wii Fit Trainer. If I ever get lucky enough to get a chance at Pit or Little Mac, I'd like them, though, and I may grab Toon Link before he gets too hard to find.

[Netkeeper]

And I managed to secure my imports for Greninja and Jigglypuff. Officially done with this wave until they arrive.

[Peanut]

Wave 4 all went up for preorder on Amazon.ca within minutes of the pages going live. Refreshed a few times on Lucina and she popped up for preorder. 1 clicked that sh*t and then waited for the others. Got Charizard, Robin and the Splatoon 3-pack as well, just for safety.

Looks like I got in pretty early, because they were up for about 10 minutes before Reddit caught on and then Robin/Lucina lasted about 5 minutes. They had a 1 per customer limit as well, so that's insaaaaane. This tells me the EB preorders that were still going until nearly 11 this afternoon are going to be a huge f*cking blood bath.

Now we just have to wait and see where the hell we're gonna get Jigglypuff and see how TRU will handle Greninja.

And I managed to secure my imports for Greninja and Jigglypuff. Officially done with this wave until they arrive.

Where from and at what cost? I've considered pulling importing some of the exclusives for my open collection.

Edit: Wario, Charizard and Pac-Man are still up on Amazon.ca, which I think is a decent sign they'll be common/uncommon.

[Netkeeper]

I'm getting them through a friend in the UK, reimbursing them at about $20 each. I think they used France Amazon to preorder.

[Peanut]

Hmm. Not too bad. I love the feeling of knowing you've got everything you want covered. Unfortunately, I don't have that quite yet.

Anyways, I've been thinking a little about the SMB Amiibo line that works with MP10 and actually played some of it with my nephew over the weekend. The interesting part of this is that all the characters in the game apparently have support in the "Amiibo Party" feature, but not everyone has an Amiibo...yet. We've seen some shots from the Japanese MP10 site that have shown off the potential second wave of the SMB line, including new designs for Rosalina, Wario and DK, but I've got a feeling the remaining MP10 characters will get an Amiibo in that line as well.

Why is this interesting? Well, today I unlocked the two secret characters in MP10 with my nephew I didn't realize were in the game - Toadette and Spike. Which means a potential final wave for the SMB line could be an all-new line up, including Waluigi and Daisy. GIVE ME THOSE AMIIBO, NINTENDO! PLZ!

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[raph27]

A Waluigi amiibo would make me sooo happy. Him, Yoshi, and Dry Bones are my favorite Mario characters.

[Netkeeper]

Oh man, I'd love Waluigi and Toadette, myself.

[snake]

I'm done. Ness will never be mine. F*ck this.

[Bry]

Jeez. I really want the Ness figure because I love Earthbound and there's like zero merch for that game, but getting one, if pre-orders are even available where I live anymore, sounds like a total nightmare.

It's hard enough to justify $14 for a little plastic dude, cool as they are. But having to spend this much time hunting them down (or paying out the nose online) is bananas.

[Skylanders fan]

I'm done. Ness will never be mine. F*ck this.

Jeez. I really want the Ness figure because I love Earthbound and there's like zero merch for that game, but getting one, if pre-orders are even available where I live anymore, sounds like a total nightmare.

It's hard enough to justify $14 for a little plastic dude, cool as they are. But having to spend this much time hunting them down (or paying out the nose online) is bananas.

I love earthbound to but it will be almost impossible for you to find a ness figure for 14 dollars now do to preorders like snake said its crazy preorders lasted for only 2 hours and thats with alll the crashes and messups at gamestop wave 4 is gonna be a pain if you just expect to walk in with not even a preorder good luck all :tcry:

[Peanut]

Jeez. I really want the Ness figure because I love Earthbound and there's like zero merch for that game, but getting one, if pre-orders are even available where I live anymore, sounds like a total nightmare.

It's hard enough to justify $14 for a little plastic dude, cool as they are. But having to spend this much time hunting them down (or paying out the nose online) is bananas.

You only needed to be slightly on the ball to preorder Ness in Canada. EB was taking preorders for close to three straight days in-store. It remains to be seen if all of those are honored, but if they are it really is on you for not keeping up. If you really wanted him you'd at least check in daily, let alone over an entire long weekend.

[Bry]

You only needed to be slightly on the ball to preorder Ness in Canada. EB was taking preorders for close to three straight days in-store. It remains to be seen if all of those are honored, but if they are it really is on you for not keeping up. If you really wanted him you'd at least check in daily, let alone over an entire long weekend.

Ha, I haven't been following it as closely as you guys - I only saw that Ness was even coming out a few days ago, honestly. The last Amiibo I bought was a sole Mega Man I happened to find on a store shelf, and that was a week or so ago.

I mean, I get it - some of these are limited and if you snooze, you lose. They're similar to a lot of other collector stuff I'd be all over if it wasn't a struggle to find and get them, or you had to follow their release schedule super closely, but things being as they are I pretty much have to forget about it. It is what it is, right?

Mostly I just wish Nintendo would produce more Earthbound stuff, though. Is this basically it?

[Skylanders fan]

Ha, I haven't been following it as closely as you guys - I only saw that Ness was even coming out a few days ago, honestly. The last Amiibo I bought was a sole Mega Man I happened to find on a store shelf, and that was a week or so ago.

I mean, I get it - some of these are limited and if you snooze, you lose. They're similar to a lot of other collector stuff I'd be all over if it wasn't a struggle to find and get them, or you had to follow their release schedule super closely, but things being as they are I pretty much have to forget about it. It is what it is, right?

Mostly I just wish Nintendo would produce more Earthbound stuff, though. Is this basically it?

this would be the first ness figure in usa but hope you find him I wish i could help will let you know if i ever see him in the wild and would pick him up

[Peanut]

Mostly I just wish Nintendo would produce more Earthbound stuff, though. Is this basically it?

Yeah, it pretty much is. There was a small amount of Mother 2 merch in Japan, but absolutely zero in North America. Hopefully the success of Earthbound on the NA VC, the insane popularity of the Ness Amiibo, and the clamoring (and now confirmation) for the return of Lucas in Smash is a big step towards a Mother 3 release in NA at the very least. I think you're sh*t out of luck on Ness. EB oversold him like crazy over the weekend and if all the recent talk is to be believed they're getting ready to send out mass cancellations, so they already won't be able to fulfill orders, let alone have enough to cover walk-ins. It's sh*t trying to get Amiibo, no doubt. Hopefully the continued clusterf*ck that are store exclusives is left behind after yet another string of disasters.

this would be the first ness figure in usa but hope you find him I wish i could help will let you know if i ever see him in the wild and would pick him up

lol. Store exclusive Amiibo in the wild. What a wonderful world that would be.

[Skylanders fan]

Yeah, it pretty much is. There was a small amount of Mother 2 merch in Japan, but absolutely zero in North America. Hopefully the success of Earthbound on the NA VC, the insane popularity of the Ness Amiibo, and the clamoring (and now confirmation) for the return of Lucas in Smash is a big step towards a Mother 3 release in NA at the very least. I think you're sh*t out of luck on Ness. EB oversold him like crazy over the weekend and if all the recent talk is to be believed they're getting ready to send out mass cancellations, so they already won't be able to fulfill orders, let alone have enough to cover walk-ins. It's sh*t trying to get Amiibo, no doubt. Hopefully the continued clusterf*ck that are store exclusives is left behind after yet another string of disasters.



lol. Store exclusive Amiibo in the wild. What a wonderful world that would be.
agreed but i actualy got my lucario in the wild so it can happen but not likely:lol:

[Ninjinister]

Guys
Guys
This is important
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Sonichu-Amiibo-Figure-from-Original-Creator-/191553188198?nma=true&si=Bp17iRaqJXKMTDrIvFhdj5WX40A%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[Cure]

Guys
Guys
This is important
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Custom-Sonichu-Amiibo-Figure-from-Original-Creator-/191553188198?nma=true&si=Bp17iRaqJXKMTDrIvFhdj5WX40A%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

They're sold out! Why would you dangle that in front of me?!

[Peanut]

Well, now my collection will always be considered incomplete. F*ck.

[Ninjinister]

Eh they'll probably restock eventually. If I get one I'll also get a Sonic and make him look like he does in Sonic Boom and put them next to each other, then take LOTS of photos of them.

[Skylanders fan]

I'm shocked I haven't seen to many mega man customs

[Brodie]

Eh they'll probably restock eventually. If I get one I'll also get a Sonic and make him look like he does in Sonic Boom and put them next to each other, then take LOTS of photos of them.

I wish I could 'like' posts.