Missing Edition (Not Yet Released) Super smash bros bundle - Page 8

Twisted · #71 10-15-2014, 05:28 AM

I am a little scared when it comes to the SUPER SMASH BROS WII U bundle..as i was late in preordering it..GAMESTOP stores told me they STOPPED taking pre orders for it last week and AMAZON stopped as well..although Gamestop said you can still do on-line orders for now..BEST BUY still allow "pre orders" in store..but in the past, BEST BUY has proven to be no amazon for me, and unreliable when it came to preorders..twice they let me down, even with preorders and deposits in place..so i just hope i can get my hands on it and i hope it does'nt turn out like the ZELDA SKYWARD SWORD US GOLD CONTROLLER BUNDLE, which was next to impossible to get in my area if you did not have a preorder.

KnightOfTruth · #72 10-15-2014, 02:58 PM

What are you worried about with that? It's been available for well over 3 months until just recently?! It was available at Gamestop, Amazon, and BestBuy at least. It's not going to be hard to come by, they've had thousands upon thousands of pre-orders for these.

Just make sure you're there for the launch at Best Buy and you'll be fine! If you wait a day or two that's when you run into trouble though.

Iwatasan · #73 10-15-2014, 09:01 PM

If you run into any issues Twisted, and can't make it out there or can't find any for some reason, let me know right away after release and I'll get one for you bud. You might as well try preordering in store at Best Buy though. That's what I did.

Twisted · #74 10-15-2014, 10:45 PM

thank you for the offer Iwatasan, i actually did go ahead and preorder at Best Buy,...but Best Buy in my area from past experience, don't take preorders seriously,..i've had them sell games right under my nose..and make excuses like "sorry, the person in the morning should of put it aside, instead of everything on the floor"..or "sorry, you just must of preordered too late for them to put yours on a truck"..or "sorry,. the kiosk should of not allowed you to preorder it,..must have been a glitch"..etc..just a bunch of sorry excuses..thats why i don't have confidence in them..but i'm sure as others have pointed out, i should be able to grab one, one way or another locally..just i like having piece of mind..and at Best Buy in town, i don't have that.

Iwatasan · #75 10-16-2014, 01:20 AM

Of course bud. If they give you any grief this time around, just let me know and I'll grab one or two for ya.

KnightOfTruth · #76 10-21-2014, 04:46 PM

Since we've pretty much used this thread to talk about the amiibos, I thought I'd post this here too:

I didn't realize that all of these amiibos had the "smash" logo on the base. It looks pretty sharp but I wonder what the others will look like who aren't "Smash" characters?

Twisted · #77 10-26-2014, 06:08 AM

speaking of amiibo's..this as a collector to me is very worrisome..i'm out, and i'm NOT collecting these anymore after this opinion piece..i feel duped as well... http://n4g.com/user/blogpost/slivery/530883

Cosmic_Link · #78 10-26-2014, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Twisted

speaking of amiibo's..this as a collector to me is very worrisome..i'm out, and i'm NOT collecting these anymore after this opinion piece..i feel duped as well... http://n4g.com/user/blogpost/slivery/530883

Thanks for the link. I unfortunately haven't seen a comparison between the quality of the Link figurines, but based on the Peach comparison, I too have been put off wanting to get these. >.< I think I might still get Link and Zelda purely out of necessity, but I think it will be left at that. Disappointing to say the least.

Iwatasan · #79 10-26-2014, 10:11 PM

Huh. Well it's to be expected. I wouldn't suggest basing your decision not to collect them on the fact that the prototypes were downgraded for mass production, I'd suggest basing that decision on whether or not you think the mass produced models are decent enough notwithstanding a comparison to the prototypes. The cost of producing a prototype version is likely quite a lot higher, even if you don't factor in the design cost. Nintendo wants to sell these at a $12.99 price point and still make a nice profit, then of course they have to give their design to Chinese manufacturers and say "here, make this as cheaply as you possibly can."

A comparison to mass produced Disney Infinity or Skylanders toys would definitely be more apt to base that decision on, but I don't have any experience with those.

Personally I'm basing my decision not to collect these (beyond Zelda characters of course) on the fact that there will just be way way too many of them.

Maybe Nintendo could make a Collector's line of higher quality prototype-style versions and sell them for twice the price or whatever it would take to make that profitable. But if they didn't anticipate a big enough market for that then they would never invest in the startup costs for it.

Sure there will be a group of us saying to Nintendo "come on, make these higher quality." But I'm afraid there will always be a much larger group of people who say "we want this cheaper."

@Cosmic: Link before and after.

Twisted · #80 10-27-2014, 12:29 AM

if you look at the before and after of the Mario one, you can clearly see a downgrade in that fire ball he is holding on to...before the prototype ones looked like a "game changer" in this genre..higher quality, beloved Nintendo characters, stuff that would of displayed great as well for adults..and now they look like children toys ..