The Dutch Slayer
Member
Well I guess I have to count myself "lucky" that I bought all of wave 1 and a few extra of wave 1.
And have all of Wave 2 ordered already.
And have all of Wave 2 ordered already.
Say goodbye to your little amiibo friends........
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MarkMclovin
Member
Nintendo "We don't want to make money".
Jesus Christ.
Jesus Christ.
They're still profiting. It's about money in the end so it doesn't matter who buys them so long as they're bought.
It hardly needs stating. Anyone could have told you that Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and Villager were going to be the least popular/manufactured Amiibo from Wave One.
Heres a cheat sheet for the upcoming waves, from most to least popular (and therefore common to rare/most likely to be discontinued);
Wave Two
Luigi
Zelda
Diddy Kong
Captain Falcon
Pit
Little Mac
Wave Three
Bowser
Lucario (retailer exclusive)
Sonic
Toon Link
Rosalina and Luma (retailer exclusive)
King Dedede
Meta Knight (retailer exclusive)
Mega Man
Sheik
Ike
Shulk (retailer exclusive)
Expect Pit, Little Mac, Shulk, Sheik and Mega Man to dissapear just as quickly.
MasterOfPuppets
Member
If shelf space is a problem, why not cut out half of the plastic in the packaging?
OrbitalBeard
Member
I love the Amiibo figures but this is precisely why I decided a few weeks ago to forgo buying and collecting them. I'm not going to deal with this type of BS.
I REALLY want these things but not if I'm going to have trouble finding a bunch of them after the day they release. So, forget it.
I REALLY want these things but not if I'm going to have trouble finding a bunch of them after the day they release. So, forget it.
I got my Samus, so I'm done with Amiibo collecting until Shulk shows up, but this really baffles me. Activision and Disney have already demonstrated with Skylanders and Infinity how to properly release and distribute the collectible NFC figure product reasonably so everyone who wants a particular figure can get it eventually. Nintendo had a model to follow that two other major companies had already done right, so what the hell happened?
Christopher
Member
So something that's popular their going to stop production....seems logical.
victreeb3l
Member
Even though I didnt wait either of those 3 I still feel bummed that if I EVER thought about buying them in the future, I wouldnt be able to 
Nintendo is very stupid like that. I feel like they just want to do it their own way no matter what, even if their method is considerably worse than what others are doing.
Then again, Nintendo is probably more aware of the ACTUAL demands of their products than people on message boards. Even if everyone on the forum wanted a copy its still a relatively low # and shouldnt be confused for actual demand.
Nintendo is very stupid like that. I feel like they just want to do it their own way no matter what, even if their method is considerably worse than what others are doing.
Then again, Nintendo is probably more aware of the ACTUAL demands of their products than people on message boards. Even if everyone on the forum wanted a copy its still a relatively low # and shouldnt be confused for actual demand.
Astral Dog
Member
It makes sense,unfortunately, but they should wait until next year to stop making the other Amiibos.
James Scott
Banned
fredrancour
Member
a year ago, if you told gaf "nintendo will release a wii fit trainer toy and demand will drastically outstrip supply," many people would have said that it was impossible, and no one would want her. It's a fighting game character taken from a casual exercise game. They probably expected the figures to go to compulsive collectors and little kids. If we had to pick one figure to be really unpopular with the little kids, it's this one.
Therefore, I find it really hard to blame them for expecting her to be unpopular, at least. I feel somewhat the same about Villager.
Now, Marth, he's a character like fox and captain falcon: currently known more as a smash staple than for his actual games. I'm a little surprised he wasn't more common. I guess they expected the popular ones to be defined entirely by what little kids would buy rather than any element of long-time smash players.
Bitmap Frogs
Mr. Community
You know, sensible customer-facing corporations try to make as much money without fucking over their customers too much.
But of course, we're talking about Nintendo here. Being a Nintendo customer is essentially the gaming equivalent of an abused wive.
I'll just buy a meta knight because I always like that design. And by buying I mean I will reserve it at 10 different outlets several months before actual release which I will need to do since Nintendo just made scalpers and assorted scum wet their knickers.
Christopher
Member
Also what if these introduce people into a Wii U...what if then people decide to complete a collection you limit them already...I just don't understand it.
Retailers will still carry Amiibo it will just be Mario, Link, DK, Pikachu the money makers Best Buy has no incentive to keep obscure characters on the shelf when they carry more Mario, and Pikachus
"Doesn't make sense?" What? This makes perfect sense. The demand for a Villager amiibo is going to be absolutely zero in the next couple of months. Do you think they are planning on a big villager amiibo integrated game soon or something? No.
This first batch is literally made entirely for Smash Bros. They are keeping on the "big ones" because they're usable in other games. Who (apart from diehards) will want to go out to the store to buy a Wii Fit Trainer amiibo come February?
It's not worth it for them to keep manufacturing ones that are going to have a limited window of demand (the next couple months). That being said, sure they could have made a few more in the initial batch.
This first batch is literally made entirely for Smash Bros. They are keeping on the "big ones" because they're usable in other games. Who (apart from diehards) will want to go out to the store to buy a Wii Fit Trainer amiibo come February?
It's not worth it for them to keep manufacturing ones that are going to have a limited window of demand (the next couple months). That being said, sure they could have made a few more in the initial batch.
Fourth Storm
Member
Neither Activision nor Disney are in such dire financial straits. I honestly can't blame them for discontinuing unpopular characters, although I wish their communication were more clear. Also, they probably could have made a few more Marths and Villagers and not taken a hit.
xmajinjoshx
Member
I only need Marth. My inner OCD collector is going nuts, and I refuse to pay more then $25 for him. Fuck scalpers.
Rebel Leader
THE POWER OF BUTTERSCOTCH BOTTOMS
Fuck
Buying 20 shulks
Buying 20 shulks
Shining Sunshine
Banned
Does anyone think Nintendo plans to not support these Amiibo's for future games?
Or maybe even making version2 of the popular figures when Mario Kart 9 or Smash Wii U 2 comes out and not allowing the version1 work with those games.
Or maybe even making version2 of the popular figures when Mario Kart 9 or Smash Wii U 2 comes out and not allowing the version1 work with those games.
It's just dumb. There's very obviously still demand for these figures, so I very much doubt that Nintendo would have a problem to sell a second or third shipment to retailers. Instead it makes the impression that Nintendo wants to force their die hard fans to buy as many figures as possible once they are released. Which probably even works out in their favor so far.
What are you basing the list ordering on?
It isn't? I thought it was only sold out at the Gamestop I was.
Scooter155
Member
Come on... supply/demand is basic economics, less supply (can) = more demand. People are more likely to jump on a Marth figurine simply because it's so hard to find, it helps Nintendo.
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
Thank you for telling em this, I missed it otherwise. Have fun chasing those 'Mibo
James Scott
Banned
So far the only ones that are hard to find are Marth, wft, and villager. The others are still readily available. They need space for the next couple of waves too since retail space is limited.
They should sell them online, but i imagine they don't want to keep producing figures for some characters that wouldn't sell if it wasn't rare
February wave
fredrancour
Member
The supply is so low that people don't have the option of doing that, though.
Messofanego
Banned
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I feel the same way
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Well, fuck. I still need Yoshi from the first wave.
Night Angel
Member
Nintendo is doing scalpers a lot of favors this gen.
Orbis Tabula
Member
Dammit. I hate this artificial exclusivity. Because...it works. Nothing has motivated me to want to go and buy these Amiibos than knowing that I won't be able to someday. But I'm too poor to be spending money like that! D:
Scooter155
Member
Yeah, that tracks with each and every one of the decisions Nintendo's made over the past 30 years. Like being the only fully backwards compatible system of the last few generations. And letting you use all your old controllers with their new system. Having reasonably priced DLC that's bursting at the seams with content. Like shipping games that are complete and don't require 40 gig day one patches or have 100% broken online. Like how they've kept supporting the Wii U even with multitudes of people [morons] saying they should kill it quietly and cut their losses. Nintendo's always screwing over the consumer trying to make an extra buck.
Seriously?
You guys need to choose 3 random characters or room for wave 2. you cant have your cake and eat it too. If those three characters are limited supply why would they restock it when they have 30+ characters to release. I expect the rest of wave 1 to slowly be phased out as well except for the obvious ones the article mentions. I swear some of you claim nintendo makes no sense but you don't try to make any sense of your own.
Rather: we don't want to overproduce, so that we won't have to give half of them away for a few bucks. *cough* Ubisoft "Limited" editions *cough*
This way they will probably sell every single one for full price. Makes sense to me. Next batch will sell out even faster, because people (including scalpers) expect it to be limited (which it probably is). And it also creates news as in "5 types of amiibos totally sold out, prices are rising, buy your Wii U + amiibo now, otherwise you will miss out".
thoseAREmySHOES
Member
As much as I thought having Marth would be awesome, I'll probably sell when the price climbs. :/