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took turns playing against my friends lv. 50 marth amiibo.

I'm almost certain it's sentient because it plays nothing like my friend, plays like an evo player.

It beat us in every 1v1 scenario.

can't wait for all of the side B little mac amiibos though.
 
Am I missing something here?

I read a story about one interfering with Russian metro station gates, and then I went to read about them generally.

Isn't this just a way to sell people physical DLC keys? Unique in-game content you can only access by buying a physical dongle. My cynicism meter is pinging really hard right now.
 
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system11 said:
Am I missing something here?

I read a story about one interfering with Russian metro station gates, and then I went to read about them generally.

Isn't this just a way to sell people physical DLC keys? Unique in-game content you can only access by buying a physical dongle. My cynicism meter is pinging really hard right now.
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You can see it that way, yes. Each figure unlocks some stuff in different games, doesn't seem to be anything too great (skins for example), but it's definitely an incentive. A Link amiibo will unlock stuff in the various games that he shows up, I guess that at least once you have one it will work in every game, but there are tons of characters. I can see why people won't like it.

I actually bought Link and Samus just because they looked pretty good and I wanted to put them near other merchandise that I got and I guess a lot of people bought to put them on a shelf rather than really caring for their in-game purposes.
 
Well, I was at the store buying salad mix, Greek yogurt, multivitamins and other hippy vegetarian stuff... when I passed the electronics department... and the amiibo display, freshly picked over from Black Friday... and every character was gone, except for two... two that I didn't have in my collection of six... Link and Pikachu. I looked them over -- they looked better than expected.

What began as one, became two. Two, became four. Four, became six.

Now six, has become eight:

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DRAWING THE LINE THERE

until wave 2
 
Dubz said:
What is an Amiibo?
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Nintendo figurines with NFC (near field communication) chips in their pedestals.

Put it on the WiiU GamePad, and it'll interact with Super Smash Bros., Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, etc. In Smash Bros., the figure comes to life as a computer-controlled character you can customize and train. They level up, boosting their strength and defense, and they have adaptive AI that learns from your fighting style. They also bring you loot at the end of each match, like custom parts and trophies. You can use them as sparring partners, team up with them, or pit them against your friends and their amiibos. Since they write to the NFC chip in the figure, the information is portable and can be taken with you to a friend's house, where they'll level up even faster.

And that's just Smash Bros. In MK8, they unlock special costumes for your Mii. In Hyrule Warriors, the Link and Toon Link amiibos will unlock a special weapon (the Spinner), while other characters will net you weapons, materials, rupees, etc. Amiibo support is also confirmed for Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Wooly World, Mario Party 10, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, etc. All major Nintendo games going forward will probably support the amiibo figures in one way or another.

Currently, 12 characters are available: Mario, DK, Peach, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Link, Samus, Wii Fit Trainer, Villager and Wii Fit Trainer. There will be an amiibo for every character in Smash Bros. Other series will receive their own amiibo lines, although games will recognize a figure for its character (so the Smash Bros. Mario amiibo will still have some effect in Mario Party 10, etc., although the Mario Party Mario amiibo might have additional functionality).
 
How are Amiibos selling in your area?

I just posted in the Black Friday topic that in the Dallas area, it appears that the stock in stores is staying nearly untouched since last week, while the Skylander and Disney Infinity stocks have been ransacked since Black Friday. I can find several copies of any figure with little effort locally.

Granted those figure programs are more established, but I find it interesting that a huge product roll out by Nintendo heading into the holiday season isn't producing noticeable sellouts at retail.
 
Vidiot said:
Is Mr Game & Watch just going to be a flat silhouette? If so that $12.99 is going to hurt the most. :(
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lol tell me about it.

I figure it'd be something like all black with a hard casing thats about an inch or two thick. Then a clear plastic support across the entire figure for the outline. Calling it.
 
Well Amiibos and Smash launched today down unda, so glad i pre ordered as on the shelf was a joke and most other stores sold out or just had mr mario.

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and no i did not pay 17.95 i only paid 14 bucks
 
The only ones I don't have are Yoshi and Kirby. I think because of just a perceived lack of value due to both being kind of featureless lumps of colored plastic. I don't know why people are so in love with Kirby in particular, just feels the least interesting of all Amiibo.
 
Word on the street (well...word in this thread anyway) is Kirby is becoming a hot commodity. I didn't know he was so beloved. I wonder if he'll be the surprise hit of all the Amiibos. ;)

This is really random, but I was wondering if the plural of Amiibo is Amiibo, kind of like the plural of Lego isn't Legos, but Lego. I've been saying Amiibos, but now I question if that is correct?
 
UncleSporky said:
The only ones I don't have are Yoshi and Kirby. I think because of just a perceived lack of value due to both being kind of featureless lumps of colored plastic. I don't know why people are so in love with Kirby in particular, just feels the least interesting of all Amiibo.
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You know, I thought the same way at first, but I own both of those figures now, and they're really alluring in person. Kirby, especially, has this nice texture to him. He's charming just to turn over in one's hands. :-)
 
Neiteio said:
Well, I was at the store buying salad mix, Greek yogurt, multivitamins and other hippy vegetarian stuff... when I passed the electronics department... and the amiibo display, freshly picked over from Black Friday... and every character was gone, except for two... two that I didn't have in my collection of six... Link and Pikachu. I looked them over -- they looked better than expected.

What began as one, became two. Two, became four. Four, became six.

Now six, has become eight:

amiibo04204lct4.jpg


DRAWING THE LINE THERE

until wave 2
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Might as well pick up Samus too, then you'll have the original 8! ;)
 
Neiteio said:
You know, I thought the same way at first, but I own both of those figures now, and they're really alluring in person. Kirby, especially, has this nice texture to him. He's charming just to turn over in one's hands. :-)
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I try not to roll them in my hands, I don't want the paint wearing off or blemishes left!
 
Mecca said:
Word on the street (well...word in this thread anyway) is Kirby is becoming a hot commodity. I didn't know he was so beloved. I wonder if he'll be the surprise hit of all the Amiibos. ;)

This is really random, but I was wondering if the plural of Amiibo is mAmiibo, kind of like the plural of Lego isn't Legos, but Lego. I've been saying Amiibos, but now I question if that is correct?
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I dunno how widespread his popularity is, as he seems pretty easy to find.My toysrus had two whole bins filled with only kirby's plus they had even more on the rack. Felt bad for the little guys.
 
Jagsrock said:
I dunno how widespread his popularity is, as he seems pretty easy to find.My toysrus had two whole bins filled with only kirby's plus they had even more on the rack. Felt bad for the little guys.
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Yeah, I have no real evidence to back up my claim. Just a theory mostly based on the pictures of Kirby everyone keeps posting. I think Marth is the only one that really seems to be a rarity.
 
Best Buy did not discount Amiibos when my mom got some during BF. I guess they got reclassified...
Also Amiibo stock was high while Infinity/Skylanders was less so. Probaby because it is a niche product.
 
I keep getting tempted by the Samus amiibo, especially after seeing how nice they are, but then I realize that I don't even have a copy of SSB Wii U yet, and I just grabbed some of the GotG infinity figures so no cash right now.

Definitely grabbing the inevitable Ganondorf amiibo though!
 
Drago said:
Might as well pick up Samus too, then you'll have the original 8! ;)
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Maybe if I find a Samus, and one without The Gangsta Lean™

Either way, my squad has the "blonde bombshell" covered, thanks to Peach :-3

UncleSporky said:
I try not to roll them in my hands, I don't want the paint wearing off or blemishes left!
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LOL, I just mean gently turning it over -- I'm not suggesting you wring it out like a washcloth or something XD
 
^^^ LOL @ GIF

I love how the amiibo collect money, trophies, custom parts, etc. You have to go back to the Amiibo screen under Games & More and scan them again. They'll then hand over all the loot they collected. I'm getting lots of special moves, etc., by playing with my amiibo. I unlock more stuff playing regular Smash with amiibo then I do going through Classic Mode. :-D
 
Some impressions:
- Samus looks great. The one I got is slightly slanted and one of the tubes is red instead of gray, but it's better than the ones with the obvious slant
- Fox is nice. He's very detailed
- Mario, DK, Pikachu, Kirby, Yoshi, and Villager look good
- Peach looked better than I expected
- Marth... derp face
- Link looks off
- WFT... wtf happened to the foot that blends into the stand

Upon opening an amiibo, I wanted more :x

Oddleaf said:
Well Amiibos and Smash launched today down unda, so glad i pre ordered as on the shelf was a joke and most other stores sold out or just had mr mario.

and no i did not pay 17.95 i only paid 14 bucks
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I got mine from Target so only $14 too.

I went first thing in the morning. Lots of Mario and Pikachu amiibo at my Target store. Marth, Samus, Fox, WFT, and Villager had three. EB Games didn't fare much better. I was pretty annoyed with how my local store handled it. It was facing away from the public in a little corner near the Wii games. I also went to JB which just opened up, but none to be seen.
 
NR1 said:
How are Amiibos selling in your area?

I just posted in the Black Friday topic that in the Dallas area, it appears that the stock in stores is staying nearly untouched since last week, while the Skylander and Disney Infinity stocks have been ransacked since Black Friday. I can find several copies of any figure with little effort locally.

Granted those figure programs are more established, but I find it interesting that a huge product roll out by Nintendo heading into the holiday season isn't producing noticeable sellouts at retail.
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All the Marth, Villager and Wii Fit Trainer are ransacked in my area although it may be because not a lot was produced. Samus, Donkey Kong, And Fox seem to be low in stock. The rest you can find rather easily.
 
My wave one journey's over. I had only planned on buying one (Villager) which I had on preorder, then my kid started bugging me for Peach (to which I quickly and happy submitted). Then she wanted Mario, and while I'm there, why not pick up Marth and Wii Fit Trainer if they're supposed to be rare? Asked my wife to pick up another if they had something interesting in stock and she comes back with Samus, DK, Yoshi, and Link. At that point I may as well get Pikachu, Kirby, and Fox.

So now I have all 12 here when I planned on 1 originally.

Seems to be a common trend after looking through this thread.

I feel dumb as hell but they look really cool together.
 
I'm really impressed with all eight of my figures. I was expecting Link and Peach to fare the worst, but in person their faces look fine, and the detailing on them is quite nice.

I went through a dozen Peaches and all of them had a slight orange tint to the hair around the crown, visible only from the top, but it looks fine and could pass for an intentional shadow effect (although I'm sure it's not).

As for Link, the clear gold support looks fine in person (although I still don't know why they didn't just make it clear -- I guess it's more "interesting" this way). What's really nice about Link is the reflective sheen to his shield and sheath. The blue with gold accents look really nice.

DK and Fox are the kings where detail is concerned -- DK has fully rendered fur, and Fox is wearing more layers than the Dorito Pope at last year's VGX.

Fox is one the most dynamic-feeling amiibo. He's the one you'd want to play with if you were a kid, and makes me really excited for Star Fox WiiU. :-)

Like DK, Kirby has a bit of heft to him, and a really nice texture, to boot. He's adorable from every angle. I can't imagine them making a better Kirby toy.

Yoshi also has a lot of personality, depending on which way you angle him. Very cute pose with him looking over his shoulder.

Mario's clear fireball is lovely to look at in person. I also really like the texture on his overalls. And they've really perfected the character's soft "Pixar-esque" proportions, I.E. his round nose and ears, etc.

Oh, and Pikachu -- perfectly solid figure that captures all the charm of everyone's favorite rodent. He's such a bright yellow he practically glows in the dark. Eye-catching lil' figure. :-)
 
Persona7 said:
It's weird how they can get all the small details on fox but have issues applying eyes and in marths case his mouth.
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We notice imperfections in faces much more than anywhere else. Just the way humans are wired.

For example Fox has a little fox logo on his gun holster. Who in the world would notice if it was a few millimeters left or right of where it should be?
 
TheSlySoul said:
Best Buy did not discount Amiibos when my mom got some during BF. I guess they got reclassified...
Also Amiibo stock was high while Infinity/Skylanders was less so. Probaby because it is a niche product.
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You scared me for a second there, but a quick test on their website showed the discount still applying to Amiibo, so I'm guessing it was just an in-store screw-up somewhere (so you can probably also talk to customer service or something to get it applied, I'd imagine).

Also, Villager arrived today from my Toys R Us order! Looks just fine to me! Now I just need the Pikachu and Marth they shipped separately for some reason to show up and my Wave 1 set will be complete!
 
Oh, I read on CAG that the GCU discount wasn't applying through the day because the computer system was down.

UncleSporky said:
We notice imperfections in faces much more than anywhere else. Just the way humans are wired.

For example Fox has a little fox logo on his gun holster. Who in the world would notice if it was a few millimeters left or right of where it should be?
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True, I didn't even think of that.
 
The Toys R Us shipment arrived, so now I have them all.

Dammit.

Yoshi looks good. I'm keeping WFT and Villager in the box though, since I only got them cause they were on sale. If they increase in value in a few months I'll sell them. If they don't, I'll open them. Villager has a bad paint job on his face though, so I'm not sure if it's even worth keeping him in the box.
 
I wonder how Amiibos would work with Animal Crossing on Wii U. If I could scan Yoshi, Pikachu and Marth into my village... Gotta Buy them All!
 
I've spent more on amiibo than I've spent on Smash itself, but I'm legit enjoying these as much as any game. They make me happy every time I walk by them. :-3

Also, I really like training them in Smash, to the point it's kind of a bummer when they're fully trained, although they continue to adapt their strategies to yours, making them the best CPU training dummies, and they continue to collect goodies for you (coins, trophies, custom parts), so that's cool. :-)
 
Ratros said:
I wonder how Amiibos would work with Animal Crossing on Wii U. If I could scan Yoshi, Pikachu and Marth into my village... Gotta Buy them All!
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OH MAN. That's such a simple but effective idea: Scan -any- Amiibo, and that character will appear in your town as a villager. Although this means Link would talk! (Well, unless they have a fairy talk for him, like in Hyrule Warriors)
 
Neiteio said:
OH MAN. That's such a simple but effective idea: Scan -any- Amiibo, and that character will appear in your town as a villager. Although this means Link would talk! (Well, unless they have a fairy talk for him, like in Hyrule Warriors)
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Or he doesn't have to talk at all! His actions and ideas could be presented in a narrative way, like:

"Link looked at you with a blush of sadness in his eyes."
 
Add me to the list of people who just went to look out of curiosity and ended up with 4 of the things. (Mario, Samus, DK and Link)

Out of interest I went in again this afternoon to see what was left and everything but Pikachu, Mario and one Peach were gone with a few people demanding to preorder from the next shipment at the desk.

I think Nintendo have struck gold here, I'm expecting this to shift a lot of Wii U's this holiday season.
 
We need an Amiibo only NPD. Also a "Best Marth face" contest.

I might pick some up next week. At first I was only going to get one. Then two, then three, then four...
 
NateDrake said:
Finally got the Marth I ordered from GameStop along with my GCN adapter. Marth looks good enough. Was expecting much worse based on some of the pictures people have shared. But this one looks pretty decent.

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Oh...man.

Is that the best version of Marth one can get? I was interested to get it mainly because of the rarity, but holy shit I just can't stand how bad his freaking face looks, kinda off putting when compared to some other amiibos.
 
I just picked up villager (who looks great!) but the shelf in the store I bought it from was pretty badly depleted by midday.
 
Got all the Amiibo in Australia today. Not too bad. Marth's sword is badly bent but that's about it.

So what's the point of them in Smash Bros? My Mario is up to level 15 in two matches. What am I meant to do when gets to level 50? I can't help but feel like it'd be so satisfying to play as them.
 
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