Amiibo Thread 5 | Because we didn't preorder thread 4

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I almost have to laugh at Mega Man ending up being common.

I think, before release, there was too much mental baggage causing panic with him; after Capcom kicking him in the metal nuts for a decade, it would have been just be perfect if Nintendo printed like 5 amiibos because LOL who cares about Mega Man.
 
Kai Dracon said:
I almost have to laugh at Mega Man ending up being common.

I think, before release, there was too much mental baggage causing panic with him; after Capcom kicking him in the metal nuts for a decade, it would have been just be perfect if Nintendo printed like 5 amiibos because LOL who cares about Mega Man.
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I think smash alone is ultimately sending the signal that Nintendo cares about mega man more than capcom. First the inclusion in the game, then the amazing final smash and now a decent supply of Mega man amiibos? It's pretty amazing once you think about it.
 
Neo Dark said:
I think smash alone is ultimately sending the signal that Nintendo cares about mega man more than capcom. First the inclusion in the game, then the amazing final smash and now a decent supply of Mega man amiibos? It's pretty amazing once you think about it.
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I think just about everyone cares about Mega Man more than Capcom
 
Kai Dracon said:
I almost have to laugh at Mega Man ending up being common.

I think, before release, there was too much mental baggage causing panic with him; after Capcom kicking him in the metal nuts for a decade, it would have been just be perfect if Nintendo printed like 5 amiibos because LOL who cares about Mega Man.
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And yet, from this wave, he and Sonic were the only ones that made sense to make common. I'll tell ya, the common that surprises me the most is Sheik. I get that it's from a Zelda game, but she was only in 1 mainline one so it's not like it's a well known character, plus it's female (to me anyways, I know there is some debate). All the other commons are fairly recognizable characters, and then there's weird ninja looking girl.
 
CaptainSchwann said:
Hey so....has the gamecube adapter become fairly common to find? Have I been away for that long?


http://www.gamestop.com/wii-u/acces...-adapter-w-1-wii-u-gamecube-controller/119617
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Holy shit I totally forgot about it. I really haven't played much of Smash because I've been waiting to get one. Still can't get one for under $40 on Amazon. I guess $50 for one and a controller isn't so bad but I already have 4 GC controllers and a WaveBird so I mean..

*sigh*
 
Joei said:
And yet, from this wave, he and Sonic were the only ones that made sense to make common. I'll tell ya, the common that surprises me the most is Sheik. I get that it's from a Zelda game, but she was only in 1 mainline one so it's not like it's a well known character, plus it's female (to me anyways, I know there is some debate). All the other commons are fairly recognizable characters, and then there's weird ninja looking girl.
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A tremendous amount of Zelda's public image is still based on OoT, and smash has kept the character front and center for years after that. Between those two things, sheik is probably better-known than any side character from any more recent zelda.

And people didn't ignore the peach amiibo because it was female. They ignored it because few people are passionate about the character.
 
Yay friend is giving me Japanese Marth. Apparently one of them had a pretty bent sword and tilted head so I'm getting a normal shaped one.

Guess I really need Ike now to finish the Fire Emblem set.
 
Just got an e-mail from Walmart.
It looks like the delays were already cleared up earlier by reading the thread, but yah.

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EARLIER THAN EXPECTED!
 
je_ssi e said:
Just got an e-mail from Walmart.
It looks like the delays were already cleared up earlier by reading the thread, but yah.



EARLIER THAN EXPECTED!
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Yep, I heard about it before. But it is nice to receive an official email about it. I just got the email too
 
WordAssassin said:
Holy shit I totally forgot about it. I really haven't played much of Smash because I've been waiting to get one. Still can't get one for under $40 on Amazon. I guess $50 for one and a controller isn't so bad but I already have 4 GC controllers and a WaveBird so I mean..

*sigh*
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I wanted the official one too, but Nintendo.

I've been happy with the mayflash gamecube adapter. It's actually cheaper on amazon now than when I bought if for $30 or whatever.
 
Neo Dark said:
I think smash alone is ultimately sending the signal that Nintendo cares about mega man more than capcom. First the inclusion in the game, then the amazing final smash and now a decent supply of Mega man amiibos? It's pretty amazing once you think about it.
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Which is why Capcom needs to just give Mega Man to Nintendo... They're the only ones that have done right by him over the years.
 
DooD1234 said:
You need a forwarder service like Tenso to ship them to you in NA. Otherwise they can't ship it to you because of some import law.
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Cool, thanks.

So where's everyone hoping to get their pre-orders in for Wave 4? What's your preferred retailer?... Any good experiences? Seem like most are not good...
 
Scooter155 said:
Cool, thanks.

So where's everyone hoping to get their pre-orders in for Wave 4? What's your preferred retailer?... Any good experiences? Seem like most are not good...
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I'm really hoping ill be able to pre order from amazon. I feel like I have the least to worry about that way. Gamestop, Toys R Us, and Best Buy all seem to have their respective headaches go on. But I might pre order from TRU and Amazon (one to open, one to keep sealed) since I get an employee discount at TRU.
 
Villager said:
I'm really hoping ill be able to pre order from amazon. I feel like I have the least to worry about that way. Gamestop, Toys R Us, and Best Buy all seem to have their respective headaches go on. But I might pre order from TRU and Amazon (one to open, one to keep sealed) since I get an employee discount at TRU.
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Yeah most of the physical retailers had issues with fulfillment, didn't they? Did Amazon as well?

You work at Toys 'r' Us? Are you privy to all the secret insider info?
 
Saw a thread on Reddit about how Ness will be easy to find because he's not a popular character.

For fun, I got on a co-worker's computer I've never used before and searched Amazon for Amiibo (making sure I wasn't logged into my account). The top 3 "related searches"?

Related Searches:amiibo figures, amiibo ness, ness amiibo

Ness is two out of the three "related searches" for amiibo on Amazon, which I assume has something to do with the most common searched terms... sounds like a lot of people want him.
 
Ness is obscure so he'll probably have a limited run. That's why he might be popular and hard to find.

It'll be like Captain Falcon again, basically.

Of course, Captain is getting another print run so not all hope is lost if the first shipment doesn't work out.
 
Scooter155 said:
Cool, thanks.

So where's everyone hoping to get their pre-orders in for Wave 4? What's your preferred retailer?... Any good experiences? Seem like most are not good...
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In store? GameStop. I got my Shulk with no issues. I thought I wouldn't get him seeing how rare he is and my GS not being Nintendo heavy compared to others.

Online? Best Buy. Some arrived earlier than the street date and were packaged well. Plus the GCU is great. I have pre ordered C Falcon, Pit, Zelda, Toon Link, Ike and Sheik from them.
 
Rash said:
Ness is obscure so he'll probably have a limited run. That's why he might be popular and hard to find.

It'll be like Captain Falcon again, basically.

Of course, Captain is getting another print run so not all hope is lost if the first shipment doesn't work out.
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Yeah, I've mentioned it a couple of times but guys - I'm really worried about Ness.

Has there been any word on a re-print in NA too? I know Nintendo of Europe said they were bringing back a few figures, but I didn't see anything official from NoA...
 
falconxcrunner09 said:
In store? GameStop. I got my Shulk with no issues. I thought I wouldn't get him seeing how rare he is and my GS not being Nintendo heavy compared to others.

Online? Best Buy. Some arrived earlier than the street date and were packaged well. Plus the GCU is great. I have pre ordered C Falcon, Pit, Zelda, Toon Link, Ike and Sheik from them.
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So did you walk in to Gamestop and they weren't out of pre-orders for Shulk? Seems like if I try to go to a physical location I'll miss out on them...

And for Best Buy, are you just sitting there hitting refresh on their Amiibo page all day?...

Congrats on the Shulk, btw.
 
To be honest the low supply of Falcon surprised me because of Nintendo putting emphasis on the character - the F-Zero content for Mario Kart 8 and an unlockable Amiibo costume in the same. Plus Falcon is kind of a poster character for Smash.
 
I hate when you're so looking forward to get certain amiibo, especially when it's so rare, and when you finally have it, you literally can't even touch it because knowing how rare it is, it can help for trading purposes for another rare amiibo and that way you don't even get to enjoy them properly because Nintendo only creates 5 figures of the rare ones. FML.

Ness... Ness is going to be hell, it's already sold out in our hearths.
 
Scooter155 said:
So did you walk in to Gamestop and they weren't out of pre-orders for Shulk? Seems like if I try to go to a physical location I'll miss out on them...

And for Best Buy, are you just sitting there hitting refresh on their Amiibo page all day?...

Congrats on the Shulk, btw.
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I pre ordered Shulk and yeah. My store got 3 of them, all pre orders.

And with bestbuy.com, IIRC wave 3 was up for a good month before they stopped taking pre orders, same with wave 2.

I am thinking the reason no NA retailer is taking pre orders is so Nintendo can give them a concrete number of how many have produced/can produce till release so they can stop pre orders at a certain number so every pre order can be fulfilled.
 
Kai Dracon said:
To be honest the low supply of Falcon surprised me because of Nintendo putting emphasis on the character - the F-Zero content for Mario Kart 8 and an unlockable Amiibo costume in the same. Plus Falcon is kind of a poster character for Smash.
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He is the one amiibo I don't have and I'm surprised at that. I thought he would be uncommon for sure but alas I have to be crossing my fingers for a reprint. I've been tempted to buy him from a scalper, but now his price increased when I used to find him from scalpers for $24 or so. Now he is regularly $40..
._.
 
Scooter155 said:
Yeah most of the physical retailers had issues with fulfillment, didn't they? Did Amazon as well?

You work at Toys 'r' Us? Are you privy to all the secret insider info?
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Amazon has issues too but with amazon if they screw something up i can always call them or chat them and theyve always fixed it.

Sadly I dont know anything more than you do. My R Zone seems to think that once the SMB amiibos are released wave 4 pre orders will go live. But thats totally speculation, not official word. We havent got any pre order cards or anything of the sort. We have a few people who collect amiibo in the store so I'd know if anything was happening.
 
AdanVC said:
I hate when you're so looking forward to get certain amiibo, especially when it's so rare, and when you finally have it, you literally can't even touch it because knowing how rare it is, it can help for trading purposes for another rare amiibo and that way you don't even get to enjoy them properly because Nintendo only creates 5 figures of the rare ones. FML.
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...What?
 
Well cool, with how quickly online pre-orders seem to disappear I thought for sure brick-and-mortar stores would run out even quicker, but it's good to know I may have a backup plan. I've never pre-ordered anything in my life but I almost didn't get a Marth and I'm not willing to miss out on Ness...

AdanVC said:
I hate when you're so looking forward to get certain amiibo, especially when it's so rare, and when you finally have it, you literally can't even touch it because knowing how rare it is, it can help for trading purposes for another rare amiibo and that way you don't even get to enjoy them properly because Nintendo only creates 5 figures of the rare ones. FML.

Ness... Ness is going to be hell, it's already sold out in our hearths.
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Oh man that sounds like a bummer, to not be able to enjoy them. I have Villager and Marth just thrown in a big box with all my other Amiibos and my Wii U controllers. I even let my two year old play with them. Her favorite is Donkey Kong :)

Villager said:
Amazon has issues too but with amazon if they screw something up i can always call them or chat them and theyve always fixed it.

Sadly I dont know anything more than you do. My R Zone seems to think that once the SMB amiibos are released wave 4 pre orders will go live. But thats totally speculation, not official word. We havent got any pre order cards or anything of the sort. We have a few people who collect amiibo in the store so I'd know if anything was happening.
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When are the SMB Series supposed to release? Coinciding with MP10, probably? I can't find a release date online. Thanks!
 
AdanVC said:
I hate when you're so looking forward to get certain amiibo, especially when it's so rare, and when you finally have it, you literally can't even touch it because knowing how rare it is, it can help for trading purposes for another rare amiibo and that way you don't even get to enjoy them properly because Nintendo only creates 5 figures of the rare ones. FML.

Ness... Ness is going to be hell, it's already sold out in our hearths.
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If you get to buy one, buy two of each instead. Problem solved!

Scooter155 said:
When are the SMB Series supposed to release? Coinciding with MP10, probably? I can't find a release date online. Thanks!
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Next Friday, March 20th (in NA, at least). Mario bundled with the game; Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, and Bowser standalone. Standalone Gold Mario as a WalMart exclusive. All on the same day!
 
Scooter155 said:
Well cool, with how quickly online pre-orders seem to disappear I thought for sure brick-and-mortar stores would run out even quicker, but it's good to know I may have a backup plan. I've never pre-ordered anything in my life but I almost didn't get a Marth and I'm not willing to miss out on Ness...



Oh man that sounds like a bummer, to not be able to enjoy them. I have Villager and Marth just thrown in a big box with all my other Amiibos and my Wii U controllers. I even let my two year old play with them. Her favorite is Donkey Kong :)



When are the SMB Series supposed to release? Coinciding with MP10, probably? I can't find a release date online. Thanks!
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Next Friday, 3/20.
 
Piscus said:
If you get to buy one, buy two of each instead. Problem solved!



Next Friday, March 20th (in NA, at least). Mario bundled with the game; Luigi, Peach, Toad, Yoshi, and Bowser standalone. Standalone Gold Mario as a WalMart exclusive. All on the same day!
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OK, that's what I thought, thanks. It's weird, it appears that the entire SMB line is up for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk (sans Toad, of course) but they're all completely sold out on Amazon.com, is that how it usually goes?
 
Scooter155 said:
OK, that's what I thought, thanks. It's weird, it appears that the entire SMB line is up for pre-order on Amazon.co.uk (sans Toad, of course) but they're all completely sold out on Amazon.com, is that how it usually goes?
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I'm going to assume Amazon.co.uk hasn't run out of their initial shipment while Amazon.com has.
 
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