amiibo Official General Discussion

[Amissapanda]

You can always pre order online. At gamestop we can't do pre orders over the phone because you have to put money on it.

Ah, I see.

The problem with online is that if you don't hear about it right away, chances are you're going to miss out. So if I'm at work or not online at the wrong time, I could completely miss out on pre-orders as they tend to be sold out within 20-30 minutes of them opening online. Sometimes faster, depending on how badly the character is wanted.

 

[n64king]

It never stopped being preorderable.

It sure did because it was the only one not preorderable for at least a couple days, and before that all of the Super Mario series went away for at least a couple more days.

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I told myself I was only going to buy Rosalina. Then I saw Zelda and decided, okay, two.

Now I've eight, with two more on the way, and a further three on preorder for release in March/April. >.>

Literally same after the first 3. Now the collection doubled and we're still waiting on 2 more ~_~

 

[Dasbreenee]

It sure did because it was the only one not preorderable for at least a couple days, and before that all of the Super Mario series went away for at least a couple more days.

We recieved an email at work. It was still available. They just switched it from In store to online only. So there was a delay in the gamestop website. I preordered my toad the day before it went to online only.

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Ah, I see.

The problem with online is that if you don't hear about it right away, chances are you're going to miss out. So if I'm at work or not online at the wrong time, I could completely miss out on pre-orders as they tend to be sold out within 20-30 minutes of them opening online. Sometimes faster, depending on how badly the character is wanted.

I totally get what you mean. I work at GameStop and I told all my co workers, and left a big note, that they call me the second the come in. XD

 

[Murray]

We recieved an email at work. It was still available. They just switched it from In store to online only. So there was a delay in the gamestop website. I preordered my toad the day before it went to online only.

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I totally get what you mean. I work at GameStop and I told all my co workers, and left a big note, that they call me the second the come in. XD

turns out it's the employees that are stealing all the amiibos before they reach the public!

 

[JasonBurrows]

This is my amiibo budget.

February 20th:
-Sonic the Hedgehog Amiibo: ?10.99
-Sonic the Hedgehog ?10.85
-Mega Man Amiibo: ?10.99
-Mega Man Amiibo: ?10.85
-King Dedede Amiibo: ?10.99
-Meta Knight Amiibo: ?10.99
-Shulk Amiibo: ?10.99
Total: ?76.65 (?77.00)

March 20th:
-Mario Party 10 with Mario Amiibo ?39.85
-Toad Amiibo: ?12.85
-Toad Amiibo: ?10.99
-Luigi Amiibo: ?12.85
-Yoshi Amiibo: ?12.85
-Peach Amiibo: ?12.85
-Bowser Amiibo: ?12.85
Total: ?115.09 (?116.00)

April 24th:
Robin Amiibo: ?10.85
Charizard Amiibo: ?10.85
Wario Amiibo: ?10.85
Lucina Amiibo: ?10.85
Pac-Man Amiibo: ?10.85
Ness Amiibo: ?10.85
Total: ?65.10 (?66.00)

 

[00jachna]

What the heck is the matter with you

Hehe, I bought a Cpt. Falcon one. and while I easily could afford one more I thought to myself. The demand is high and Nintendo are stupid if they are not going to restock them. The store I went to had so many rares BTW xD

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Besides I checked the Swedish version of ebay while in the store, the ones that were sold barly went over the original price. I'm personaly not the "in" to amiibos, but I just felt like going with the flow and bought one anyways. Now I regret buying Cpt. Falcon instead of toon link as he is my main

 

[Dasbreenee]

turns out it's the employees that are stealing all the amiibos before they reach the public!

Oh no! I'm not one of those people. I can ask my boss to hide them in the back for me. But I didn't. I just told everyone that when the shipment comes in to call me, and if I get there I get there. If I don't I don't. :3

 

[n64king]

We recieved an email at work. It was still available. They just switched it from In store to online only. So there was a delay in the gamestop website. I preordered my toad the day before it went to online only.

Which still means it was taken down for a few days? Not sure what's hard to understand about that...

 

[Dasbreenee]

Which still means it was taken down for a few days? Not sure what's hard to understand about that...

No need to be rude. Maybe it got taken down around where you live. But there was only a few hour delay for us. :3

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

With new arrivals my amiibo display undergoes changes again...

Once I get Sonic, I think he'll go to the left (my left) of Captain Falcon. When I get Toad, he'll be in Rosalina's current spot and Rosalina will be moved to the right of Falcon.

Or I might do something else with Toad since I'll be using him solely for display purposes (unless the feature in Treasure Tracker turns out to be insanely fun) and put him somewhere else from my Smash amiibos, ugh decisions >.>

 

[n64king]

Hehe, I bought a Cpt. Falcon one. and while I easily could afford one more I thought to myself. The demand is high and Nintendo are stupid if they are not going to restock them. The store I went to had so many rares BTW xD

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Besides I checked the Swedish version of ebay while in the store, the ones that were sold barly went over the original price. I'm personaly not the "in" to amiibos, but I just felt like going with the flow and bought one anyways. Now I regret buying Cpt. Falcon instead of toon link as he is my main

LOL So in other words they are stupid cause I'm pretty sure they said they weren't gonna do Wii Fit Trainer anymore along with anything else that sells out except for unspecified "common" ones.

And I personally wouldn't be bummed about Cpt Falcon, he's cool D: I don't get why people want to buy their mains, so you can battle the same one you're battling as? I mean if that's fun then okay. lol I hate doubles in the same match. (i.e. i dont like 2 pikachus especially if i am playing as one)

 

[00jachna]

LOL So in other words they are stupid cause I'm pretty sure they said they weren't gonna do Wii Fit Trainer anymore along with anything else that sells out except for unspecified "common" ones.

And I personally wouldn't be bummed about Cpt Falcon, he's cool D: I don't get why people want to buy their mains, so you can battle the same one you're battling as? I mean if that's fun then okay. lol I hate doubles in the same match. (i.e. i dont like 2 pikachus especially if i am playing as one)

Hehe, I dont main cpt.falcon but sincr I have trouble against him I though, why not? And they are nit going to restock wiifit trainer!? Now im super bummed out

 

[oath2order]

I think Monolith Soft said they'd have Amiibo support a while ago, but it's official announcement I guess came today. It seemed clear as day that most characters who get their own game now will have their own personal amiibo support.

Link + Zelda in Hyrule Warriors
Kirby characters for Kirby WiiU
Yoshi for Yoshi Wolly World
Shulk for Xenoblade seemed obvious, I bet he'll work with the WiiU version too.

I'm sure the Fire Emblem ones will work with both Fire Emblem 3DS that comes out later this year as well as Fire Emblem X Shin Megami Tensei for WiiU.


The ones that missed it are the ones that came out prior to amiibo basically...

Sheik has personalized support in Hyrule Warriors too

 

[n64king]

Hehe, I dont main cpt.falcon but sincr I have trouble against him I though, why not? And they are nit going to restock wiifit trainer!? Now im super bummed out

It'll get you some good training haha
Yeah They said most likely they're just going to move on to the next amiibos but it's possible they'll revisit some of the "retired" ones in the future. At any rate it'll clearly be one of the rarer ones. But Cpt Falcon kinda is rare too so yay for you haha

Sheik has personalized support in Hyrule Warriors too

Oops x_x tbh I keep forgetting the Sheik amiibo. That's another one it seems not many are talking about.

 

[n64king]

Well Shulk should apparently be released tomorrow at the earliest for some preorders. I got a message from GameStop saying my preorder is ready for pickup Wednesday.

 

[Pixlplume]

Well, I got Wii Fit Trainer in the mail today. It's certainly a lot easier to order from Japan than it is to hunt for them imo. Just gotta wait for Rosalina and Villager to be available again, and then I'll be good. xD

 

[JCnator]

I just received both Sonic and Mega Man amiibo this morning. The former doesn't look appealing when your head is above him, but putting this guy higher than you will certainly give you a better view. Mega Man is another flawless amiibo that looks great no matter where you look at and doesn't even need a stand to hold this dude up.

 

[mob]

sheik came in the mail yesterday, waiting on ike and shulk now! :3c

 

[Amissapanda]

Shulk was in-stock in GameStop for a total of 10 minutes. He's gone now.

Figures I was just one minute too late to snag one.

 

[n64king]

I guess I should go out and see if they'll give me my preorder Shulk now...