The Nintendo Amiibo Discussion Thread

[Googlie]

Hey guys I have been away for quite awhile. Did I miss the wave 5 preorders for the US, or the Yarn yoshis?

[GameTrigger]

Nintendo issues statement regarding Amiibo stock in US
http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/05/...rding.html?m=1

[Iwatasan]

Originally Posted by Googlie

Hey guys I have been away for quite awhile. Did I miss the wave 5 preorders for the US, or the Yarn yoshis?

Nope

Originally Posted by GameTrigger

Nintendo issues statement regarding Amiibo stock in US
http://www.allgamesbeta.com/2015/05/...rding.html?m=1

"Remain" committed to keeping amiibo affordable and easy to access? O...K...

[geralds]

Ya all hard to obtain amiboo are going to be reprinted in the future. There are serveral reports that some time in the future they are all getting reprinted at least in the USA to meet the demands of customers as well as making obtaining them more fair and to try and prevent scaplping and selling out in minutes. Also there are rumors saying its possible future shipments of amiboo could be delayed so that nintendo can assure ever one is able to get there amiibo to be meeting the demand. Basically if you want your amiibo be patient and once they find a solution and talk to there retail parts the hard to obtain amiibo will return to stores.

[toxicatom5]

Did pretty well to pick up a lot of these locally. Pending any damage during shipping on the others (please no!) I'm all caught up. Also managed to snag preorders for Pac-Man, Wario, the three pack for Splatoon and the separate boy and girl. Still looking for preorders on Robin, Lucina, and Charizard. Will probably have to pay over retail for the store exclusives unless I can get really lucky.

Looking forward to joining the hunt when it is in progress rather than catching up starting with wave 5.

[Letrico]

Heads up next restock is Shulk, Link and Megaman. Will probably be in store with Greninja and Jigglypuff.

[toxicatom5]

Not holding out hope to see a Jigglypuff or Greninja in the U.S. wild based on what I've been reading/seeing. Shulk is definitely possible though.

Haven't seen any discussion on thoughts about collecting the originals / reprints -- particularly about the changes (e.g. villager). Anyone going for them all? Or happy with the originals?

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by toxicatom5

Not holding out hope to see a Jigglypuff or Greninja in the U.S. wild based on what I've been reading/seeing. Shulk is definitely possible though.

Haven't seen any discussion on thoughts about collecting the originals / reprints -- particularly about the changes (e.g. villager). Anyone going for them all? Or happy with the originals?

Well, it appears that Jiggly might be available on launch (like Rosalina). You've got a good chance of getting one if you're able to get to a Target since many seem to be reporting a decent stock there (according to that lady on reddit). Greninja won't be available if you didn't preorder likely, though sometimes TRU sells these things from their eBay account -- they did it with Lucario, so there's a sliver of hope there.

I don't really care about reprint vs. original that much. Just want one of each. Though the reprints of Villager actually look better IMO. So I'll happily get one of him since he's the only one I'm missing right now.

[toxicatom5]

I'm going to try like hell to get to a Target. I hope that ends up being the case with these.

On the reprints, I think I'm going to try to get any of them that have differences. If they are just straight up reprints, no need though.

[I_BE_WILL]

Is anyone in Australia chasing a Marth?