yeah that works too lol
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yeah that works too lol
PixyJunket
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The 600MB animated .gifs aren't helping this thread be any smoother.
Was this posted yet?
Good article by Kohler about the Amiibo stock situation, etc
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/amiibo-bubble/
Good article by Kohler about the Amiibo stock situation, etc
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/amiibo-bubble/
Well, I'm sure after the first wave of pre-orders, we'll have a better idea of who'll be rare & who'll be common.
I stick by my logic of "the more the general public knows the character, the more common they're likely to be", which is why I'd rather aim for Robin & Lucina first, along with Ness, while waiting on Wario & Pac-Man (despite wanting him to have all 3rd party amiibo).
The Lamonster
Member
56k warning!
TheSlySoul
Member
It will go up today, at 3 AM EST.
You all know it to be true.
Yeah, I think that's been a good general rule of thumb. Some have gotten phased out over time slowly (such as Fox, Samus, and Diddy Kong), but just about any character that's well known or from a well known franchise I think is pretty safe to assume will be easy to get at some point.
This is barring retailer exclusives, anyway. Those are just a mess no matter what character we're talking about.
Saint Gregory
Member
I still can't believe that Toys r Us has wiped any evidence that Wave 4 exists off of their website.
I wonder if these retailers are even going to want to carry Amiibo going forward unless Nintendo fixes this stock situation. The profit margins can't be good enough for this much trouble could they?
I wonder if these retailers are even going to want to carry Amiibo going forward unless Nintendo fixes this stock situation. The profit margins can't be good enough for this much trouble could they?
The Lamonster
Member
That was an excellent article.
It gets people in the store/on the website...
They probably LOVE it. The rank and file employees must HATE it tho.
I'm actually kind of surprised Sheik isn't that hard to find now. But I guess being from Zelda, one of Nintendo's most popular franchises, probably helped....and introduced in OoT as well. Maybe this means Ganondorf will be considered a common as well, or uncommon at the least.
Dark Pit & Palutena are going to be frustrating considering Pit was hard enough to find, & he was the main character.
I would love if Nintendo made a three-pack of Duck Hunt, ROB, & Mr. Game & Watch and called it the Retro Character pack.
So what trouble are retailers having exactly besides not being able to meet demand which is Nintendo's doing, not theirs?
Lucent
Member
Agreed.
Saint Gregory
Member
If the people are buying more than Amiibo then definitely but I still wonder.
The impact of having their sites and customer service tied up by people searching for products that they don't have and have no control over getting more. Gamestop had to have lost money from the costs of having their site down online and in-store for most of an afternoon plus the cost associated with restoring it.
The Lamonster
Member
I second this.
Normally companies would be EXCITED to see such demand and print to be able to sell more to make more monies. Then there's Nintendo and their "that's good enough" >_>
SaviourMK2
Member
you're all suckers, this is my F5-er
I just got out from preordering Splatoon and I spoke to the Gamestop employee I've known for a while about the Amiibo situation. She said her manager is tripping over himself trying to answer calls from people complaining about the website exploding. This whole situation is a gigantic mess. I think I'm going to go international again.
BigBossJelly
Neo Member
I could use a little Amiibo myself
spindashing
Banned
They apparently are, but that's all we know. We haven't been given any further details about a reissue.
xplicitone
Member
Only Marth aint good enough. And who knows how much of Marth will really reissue
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Yeah they are
a whole 20 of them.
that's the only one, but we don't even know how many they'll make. I bet it'll sell out as well.
I think it's slated for a May date, last I heard.
sadly it appears to be getting WORSE, not better, with later waves.
I picked up WFT and Marth on day 1 several hours after the store had opened.
Casually grabbed a villager when I went out on black friday hours after the rush had died down.
Shulk was available to pre-order for weeks..
nowadays if you're not F5ing a product page for its 5 minutes of availability (which will most likely be sometime around 2 in the morning) you're basically SoL.
Bill Trinen practically laughed about how vague they are about it. "Stay in the loop and don't miss your second chance!"
Yeah, Bill, but my internet connection and I are only human.
Nathan_Drake
Member
Toy shopping in 2015
(me right now) hoping 3pm EST is the time cuz i have to leave for class after that
(me right now) hoping 3pm EST is the time cuz i have to leave for class after that
SimpleCRIPPLE
Member
Why was Marth deemed worthy of a re-issue, but not Ike or Villager? I thought it was maybe the Codename S.T.E.A.M. tie-in, but then why not re-issue Ike as well?
That doesn't seem fake at all.
Nintendo is trying everything they can in order to get more people to buy STEAM.
GeekComplex
Neo Member
Coming to the realization I will be too afraid of missing AZ pre-orders to leave the house today for too long.
This is seriously making me question getting into this. Haha.
This is seriously making me question getting into this. Haha.
thecouncil
Banned
I thought the delay in pre-orders was going to break the bubble.
Like Nintendo was making more or people (scalpers) would lose interest due to suspicion that Nintendo was making more.
Guess not.
This is all awful.
Like Nintendo was making more or people (scalpers) would lose interest due to suspicion that Nintendo was making more.
Guess not.
This is all awful.
UncleScr00ge
Member
Is the LINE app chat room still closed for new users? A few days ago the guy who was doing the invitees was getting swamped with PM's and closed off new member opportunities.
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