Say goodbye to your little amiibo friends........
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I feel like this definitely would have been the case, too many Marth figures, not enough people to buy them.
Calamari41
41 > 38
I love how nobody gave two shits about WFT, Villager, or Marth before this shortage. Heck, wasn't Marth the poster boy for everyone and their mother bitching and complaining about how shitty Amiibos are since someone posted a picture of his sword bent? Now that the word is out that they're at least limited and at most discontinued, they're all anybody wants... even to the point of people saying that they are never buying Nintendo products again because they can't get their Marth figure. Not saying it's the same people in both cases, but it's funny to see the drastic reversal in the conversation.
Seems like, despite the complaints about the quality of the figure, Marth was otherwise selling through his limited print before the rumors that it was already discontinued hit.
That said, I think the fact that Nintendo very specifically said "likely" and not just "will", as well as not naming specific ones, hints that they are clearly considering reprinting stuff like Marth but are otherwise waiting to see how they all sell and what they can do with space demands (since stuff like Marth is still going to be lower priority as long as Smash is the only game that uses them)
WFT is fucked, though.
I had the intention of picking up Villager around christmas after the november rush of games
I agree... I've only seen 2 Kirby and 1 Villager, and that was at the official launch date, in something like 7 shops. Some are scarse... And I guess it'll be worse for waves 2 / 3
perfectchaos007
Member
I bought a Kirby Amiibo, but thats probably the only one I'll ever buy. Probably.
Pretty much.I agree... I've only seen 2 Kirby and 1 Villager, and that was at the official launch date, in something like 7 shops. Some are scarse... And I guess it'll be worse for waves 2 / 3
This. Not everyone flies out and buys everything the second it's out. I got a chu cause I love pikachu and figured I'd get some more like villager once I've spent some time already and know I'm into the amiibo thing. It's only been a couple weeks since launch. We aren't all collectors who buy fleets of shit the instant it's out. If I knew that villager would go the way of the dodo I would have bought him immediately. Even then, like I said above, I haven't seen a single villager since the game came out so I haven't had much of a chance in the first place.
Perceived value is worthless to Nintendo if they cannot cash in on it effectively. It would only help the resellers.
Wasn't someone here on GAF telling us about how Toys R Us limits its amount of pre-orders significantly in order to have some available on the shelf on release date?
I'm not TOO worried about Lucario.....yet.....I just need Rosalina to go up!!!
Are we 100% sure it's Target? I've never seen an official confirmation.
Me too, I thought Animal Crossing was a big enough of a franchise that they'd keep stocking Villager. Animal Crossing is my second favorite game series (Pokemon first) and it sucks I won't be able to get one after the first week of them being sold.
Marty Chinn
Member
Weird, still showing available for me:
Try adding it to cart. It won't show up. It's gone on the mobile site.
victreeb3l
Member
Must have Toon Link and Lucario.
Hee heee hee haha lmao I cant stop laughing at this.
Hee heee hee haha lmao I cant stop laughing at this.
Oh, you're right. Glad I pre-ordered it last month.
Nose Master
Member
They'll prolly rotate through all of their characters, and then rotate again with different poses.
I would be okay with this approach, but it doesn't look like they'd do it for all of their figurines. We may see a more generic version of Mario released sometime in 2015, instead of just the Smash Bros-themed Mario that's only compatible with that Smash Bros game for saving data on to, whereas in other games that support it, like Mario Kart 8, no data is saved to it... if I'm understanding this correctly.
Falco_Lombardi
Neo Member
play-asia.com still has Marth and Villager (japanese). You guys think it is worth it?
Marth for $80 on ebay?? Brb going to try to find a Marth.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-MART...267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9d6f4903
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amiibo-MART...267?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a9d6f4903
BulletSmoke
Member
do you work for a major retailer? it may give us some insight which ones of the wave 2 will be in short supply
regardless nintendo is making some major bank, they should really announce the official release date of the wave 2 figures by now...
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
It's as if one head of the Nintendo hydra conceptualized Amiibos as limited merchandise for a tiny pool of collectors and another head thought of them as mainstream accessories for games.
I actually have no issue with pure merch being super limited, small print run toys are common. It is however more troubling to see a major game launched where the supporting accessories are mostly considered extremely limited collectibles.
I actually have no issue with pure merch being super limited, small print run toys are common. It is however more troubling to see a major game launched where the supporting accessories are mostly considered extremely limited collectibles.
Only online. Toys "R" Us hasn't even started doing preorders in store yet for wave 3.
Marty Chinn
Member
Entertainment Earth just canceled my Villager order. I bet Marth will be canceled now too.
BulletSmoke
Member
damn that sucks, i'd jump and import them as a last resort if you really want em
Marty Chinn
Member
Sadly the collector in me needs them to be the US version to match. I'm considering getting extras of other likely hard to get characters to offset the premium of Villager and Marth at this point =(
muyricosuave
Member
They just cancelled my Marth :/ what's a good website for importing I'm starting to get desperate. He's the only Amiibo I wanted but didn't pre order because I didn't think there'd be a demand for him ugh now I'm paying the price.
I own my own game store, and we just go through the distributor that Nintendo pointed us to. That said, I was told Friday is the official release date for the Wave 2 figures, but I've already seen Zelda and Little Mac at a Fred Meyer here in South Eastern Washington.
They are gone online everywhere might find in small towns possibly?
Nathan_Drake
Member
Are you in US? Best Buy has them. I ordered all Wave 3 minus exclusives through them.
SuperEpicMan
Banned
What exactly do you use these for anyway. I get that with Disney Infinity and Skylanders you use them to enter characters into games to play as etc. But with this, I just get the impression that you put them into Smash and MK8.
ChelseaLoveX
Neo Member
I wonder how much this bald Mario amiibo will go for on eBay?
It makes the most sense to do it this way since Nintendo themselves stated that they have no intention of making all Amiibos work for all games, or even across games.
This makes it so that they don't have to keep updating games in the pipeline to account for all possible figurines.
It is a bit scummy and certainly not the most appealing way that you could entice those of us more in the know to buy them - Brandon Jones over on GameTrailers makes a good point of how Amiibos feel of lesser value compared to Skylanders, where your figurine travels from game to game and you are quite aware that the product line should stay viable within the series that it was designed for, compared to Nintendo's Amiibos where it isn't too clear how well things will transfer if at all - but that's business, I guess.
This makes it so that they don't have to keep updating games in the pipeline to account for all possible figurines.
It is a bit scummy and certainly not the most appealing way that you could entice those of us more in the know to buy them - Brandon Jones over on GameTrailers makes a good point of how Amiibos feel of lesser value compared to Skylanders, where your figurine travels from game to game and you are quite aware that the product line should stay viable within the series that it was designed for, compared to Nintendo's Amiibos where it isn't too clear how well things will transfer if at all - but that's business, I guess.
I wonder how much this bald Mario amiibo will go for on eBay?
I remember seeing a 2 arm cannon samus up on eBay for $1000+ with 2 days left. No idea what it went for in the end.
But I guess that's cooler than a bald mario.
Yea. I'm thinking that we will see a new range of figures for Mario Part 10.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Seems weird that they would stop selling them right before the holidays. The GCN thing discontinuing is true too then?
Funny that Sakuai used Marth as his example amiibo then.
Funny that Sakuai used Marth as his example amiibo then.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I know you didn't imply that, but at least this time it's not a mess because of Nintendo, but because of retailers who publish false information without informing themselves beforehand.
I impulse-bought WFT and Marth (already bought Villager) because of this mess. Not that I regret it as I plan to buy all the amiibos anyway, but still, it's 30€ I could've spent either at a later date or for something entirely different.
So there is lots of confusion about this. I'm gonna buy an Amiibo later today and I would like to know what's going on exactly:
1. From what I understand, Marth and Villager are the most hard to find? If so, I'll buy Marth tonight, a local shop still has it. (Villager is sold out).
2. Besides those two, what other Amiibos are rare? Are Mario and Link rare, for example?
Thanks.
1. From what I understand, Marth and Villager are the most hard to find? If so, I'll buy Marth tonight, a local shop still has it. (Villager is sold out).
2. Besides those two, what other Amiibos are rare? Are Mario and Link rare, for example?
Thanks.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
1. The most hard to find, yes. Maybe even the rarest. But I don't think they're supposed to be limited quantity. It's just that Nintendo apparently misjudged demand for amiibos, so that ones like Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and Villager got sold out quicker than the others because they didn't produce as much as, say, Peach or Link.
2. Mario and Link are probably not rare. They are Nintendo's most beloved mascots, so they're sure to sell and thus Nintendo has to produce them in mass quantities compared to the other ones.
I can't say which ones could be considered rare, though.
TheBaldEmperor
Member
If I can't find Captain Falcon I am going to be pissed. Anywhere online to get him in the US?