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amiibo
So, what's everyones thoughts on amiibo? Anyone got any? I'm pretty in to it. Not enough to pay the ridiculous prices scalpers ask but enough that I have a collection.
I have a few. Oldest to newest: Link Samus Mario Donkey Kong Bowser Peach Wario Inkling Girl Inkling Boy Splatoon Squid Pac-Man Kirby Ganondorf Yarn Yoshi (Green) Sonic Charizard Zelda Luigi Dr Mario I have pretty much every amiibo I want besides Jigglypuff, Villager (maybe), Fox (maybe, if Star Fox Zero has amiibo stuff), Megaman, Duck Hunt Duo, R.O.B., Mr Game & Watch and 8-bit Mario (SMB colours). Send help. |
I think they look cool as piss. I wanna get them but knowing myself I would get really agitated and compelled to try and collect all of them, then frustrated when I inevitably do not accomplish this task.
Currently have none. I want to get a Mr. Game & Watch one though (he's my main in Smash). Dunno what other ones I'd be interested in getting. I know Poit has a significant amount of them as well. |
Game and Watch comes with multiple poses so you can take out one pose from the base and put in another. Don't know if you knew that. He'll go instantly so you'd need to keep an eye out for preorders becoming available.
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Have just Link and Samus from the Smash Bros line. Want to get one of the Yarn Yoshis next.
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This will break friendships and start the amiibo wars.
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I wanted a Mega Man one when it was announced, but not enough to drop £20 on it when I don't even own a Wii U.
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All amiibo are £10.99 direct from Nintendo. They're cycling through restocks now. I imagine Megaman will be available again next month.
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Have avoided this trend in gaming despite REALLY being tempted by infinity when the Marvel stuff dropped. That Venom looks sick as fuck.
But Bowser is on sale for 6 bucks at my Walmart, and he looks awesome and I play as him in smash, so I am very likely going to jump on the amiibo train. Probably going to get Fox just cause he looks rad as shit, and I imagine Star Fox will have some sort of amiibo feature. This is too big of a campaign for Nintendo's big shot first party titles not to. Megaman is an absolute given. Saw the Samus one on sale, but frankly it looks shitty. Boring pose and that whole metallic coating looks tacky. Gonna wait for a different one, or maybe pick up Zero Suit. |
Bought my gfs laddie about 6 of them so far mostly because I wanted the pokemon ones.
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Yeah I'm staying away as cool as they look I be inclined to get them all if I started, and well my Funco Pop collection started with just one that has turned into 30 + now.
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What's Funco Pop?
Yarn Yoshi got here. Cute and very well made. Got to scan all my amiibo in to Yoshi's Woolly World, now. |
I wanna get that one too. So adorbs
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I'm thinking the amiibo quality is slipping. The first bunch I got were incredibly well done. The last few, since the restock, have seemed lighter, joins are visible and paint jobs are a little hit and miss.
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I don't think I'll ever get one
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Lemme see if I can recall which ones I have without looking... They're all Smash Bros unless not compatible or mentioned.
Silver Mario Mario Luigi (Mario Party) Toad Princess Peach Yoshi Bowser Wii Fit Trainer Villiager Zelda Link Samus Mega Man Pac Man Donkey Kong Little Mac Chiarzard (totally spelled that wrong) Inkling Boy After looking, I forgot Diddy Kong and Kirby. |
So much for staying away I bought
Mario Link Bowser Sonic I hate myself now |
I finally made the plunge and bought my first Amiibo.
Was at Wal-Mart getting groceries and checked the video games area. Saw a Robin and Lucina Amiibo (next to a bunch of Mario and Bowser) and I always recall the FE characters being relatively rare so I scooped them both up. My first two purchases. Hopefully not the first two of many, but knowing my addictive personality :o |
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Yeah, probably gonna pick up the blue one next month... wish they'd release the non-XL one here in North America but ehhh
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The Fire Emblem amiibo will work in Super Mario Maker, turning Mario into the character you scan in when Mario gets a Mystery Mushroom. So if you want to see Robin or Lucina riding in a giant Kuribo's Shoe or Kuribo's Stiletto, nows you're chance.
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I just got King Dedede. I now have every amiibo currently out in North America.
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Awesome stuff!
When is the next wave, with G&W, due out??? Must buy. |
Smash Bros wave 5A (Dark Pit, Palutena) comes out 7/31.
Smash Bros wave 5B (Zero Suit Samus, Ganondorf, Olimar, Dr. Mario, Bowser Jr.) comes out sometime in September. Smash Bros wave 6 (ROB, Game & Watch, Duck Hunt, Falco, and the three Mii Fighters) comes out supposedly also in September. The 8-bit Mario Maker amiibo come out 9/11. The Skylanders Superchargers amiibo come out 9/20. Animal Crossing Happy House Designer (the Animal Crossing cards) wave 1 comes out 9/25. Chibi Robo on 10/9. Yarn Yoshi series on 10/16. Animal Crossing amiibo Festival wave 1 (I'm guessing these are actual amiibo figures instead of cards?) comes out sometime this holiday season. Smash Bros wave 7 (Mewto, Lucas, Roy, Ryu) comes out... sometime in the future. |
In the UK, Dark Pit, Paluntena, Zero Suit Samus, Ganondorf, Bowser Jr, Olimar and Yarn Yoshi are already out with Dr Mario releasing on the 17th of July.
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Yeah, all the dates I listed are for North America.
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I'm glad Poit listed the dates because I thought after seeing others having Yarn Yoshi I missed my chance to get one for my son for xmas. Thankfully I haven't. Now to enter the reminder in my phone
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So I picked up Zelda and Peach. I'm going to get Gannon, and Pac-Man too.
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Also, tomorrow (Tuesday) /u/AmazonJosh on reddit is going to make some announcement about amiibo.
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omg cant believe they delayed it a day wtf is wrong with them
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The announcement will be posted first on https://twitter.com/amazongames, so watch that. I think AmazonJosh will be posting details on reddit after the announcement.
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Time? It'll probably be about stock.
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No time has been given for the announcement.
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And there it is.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Have you heard? The Palutena amiibo is going to be available exclusively at Amazon! <a href="http://t.co/jppkpfgeK3">http://t.co/jppkpfgeK3</a> <a href="http://t.co/BWUorufy6e">pic.twitter.com/BWUorufy6e</a></p>— Amazon Video Games (@amazongames) <a href="https://twitter.com/amazongames/status/621016575877853185">July 14, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Dark Pit is Best Buy exclusive too I think? (was that already known?)
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online only as well I believe
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More details on Palutena:
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I wanna buy so many of these now :'(
I love the collection aspect of it all... I'm a damn hoarder at heart. |
With Palutena coming out 7/24, I'm guessing the 7/31 release date I posted yesterday for her and Dark Pit was just a placeholder.
EDIT: Nevermind, Dark Pit is releasing 7/31. https://corporate.bestbuy.com/dark-p...y-at-best-buy/ |
It sucks you guys have exclusivity attached to amiibo. You should be able to go into any shop or visit any online retailer and just buy what you want.
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This wave actually seems very stress-free, on paper.
On 7/22, we find out what time Palutena orders go up. On 7/24, we go on Amazon and buy Palutena. On 7/31, we line up at Best Buy to buy Dark Pit. Current rumors are that each Best Buy will get around 100 Dark Pits. |
Local retro games store about 2 blocks from my apartment posted on Facebook ~3 hours ago that they got a bunch of Amiibo in. The pic showed 3 Ness and 2 Shulk. All gone by the time I got home from work and got there :(
Did scoop up a Splatoon 3-pack though |
One of us.
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Just got my Dr Mario amiibo. That's me set until Duck Hunt Duo, R.O.B. and Mr Game & Watch release.
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Man there were crazy amounts of Shulks everywhere today. Went to EB and they had like 15 of them there so I grabbed one. Then went to the retro store where I usually shop near my apt and they had 4 or 5 as well.
Also snagged a Toad today because fuck yeah Toad |
The Palutena amiibo will be available at 2 pm PT today on amazon.com and amazon.ca.
Restricted to 1 per customer account, and 1-click ordering is disabled. |
I got my Palutena today. The Japanese Dark Pit I ordered should arrive Tuesday. Assuming there are no shipping issues, I will have wave 5A completed 3 days before the second figure is even released in North America.
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I ordered Palutena and packaged it with some other common or uncommon on Amazon (Diddy Kong maybe? I forget) to get the free shipping. Might as well pay $30 for two instead of $20 for one where 1/4 of that is being paid for shipping.
Was at a con this weekend and expected more vendors to have some but only one guy really had any, and nothing special. But was charging above market price so eff that... $45 for Toon Link ain't my jam. Part of the fun for me is trying to get as many as I can for MSRP |
Palutena arrived today. Woo
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I got Palutena on Sunday, and Dark Pit on Tuesday. :y:
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Man Wal-Mart and Target suck. Both carry the same ones, and all I need is Pac-Man and Gannon. Guess I'll order off the zon
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Pacman is fairly common, I've seen him in decent stock at most EB Games etc. Have yet to see any Gannondorf though
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Was on the road all day for work so didn't get a chance to try and get Dark Pit. Hoping Amazon continues their stellar track record and I can grab him online at 5:00 EST
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Ah that would explain that :p
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Zero luck on Amazon.ca. Refreshed like a madman from 4:55 - 5:15 and got nothing
supposedly sold out in about 3 minutes eff that noise hope I can at least get on board when Walmart stocks its shipment that was delayed or w/e |
Holy shit
Was just at eb games asking about the 3 pack amiibo thing this weekend since it's a rumoured GameStop thing They had a Dedede behind the counter. I asked if it was accounted for and NOPE what a lucky day |
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GameStop in the US is supposedly doing pre-orders for the Retro 3 pack this Saturday. I asked my local EB where I preordered Mario Maker if they were and they didn't really have any info so I'm guessing not.
Really need to get me a Game & Watch amiibo. Don't think I'll buy 4 for all the different poses though :D |
Out of that upcoming new wave, probably going to get the Duck Hunt Dog first.
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Gamestop confirmed rumors of them holding a special Amiibo event this weekend. Announcement was made by their official mobile app. May or may not require a Pro membership account in order to make a purchase but some stores might be requiring it.
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Really want to pre-order that crap but not in Canada :wavesad:
Hope EB gets a good amount of the three-pack, need me some G&W |
Apparently EB Games in Canada IS doing the pre-orders tomorrow now. No one-hour early store openings though.
Going to I think pull an all-nighter tonight to make sure I'm awake when the store opens since I usually sleep in on Saturdays :o Don't think I'll do the whole "camp out hours ahead" deal, so hopefully no other nerds around here are. idk. Really want me a damn G&W though |
Dunno about in the US but in Canada it seems there is ample supply of the retro 3 packs. Bunch of stores getting a decent quantity
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I enjoy this thread because it is fun to watch RDD's descent into madness unfold
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There was a lot of extra stock for the 3-pack here. I got to GameStop two hours early, and I was the 3rd person in line. When they opened, there were less than 20 people in line.
Their stock was 75. |
Also, I'm buying an extra Duck Hunt amiibo from a guy on reddit who only wants R.O.B.
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Nice!
My Dark Pit and Rosalina came in today :) |
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According to Walmart, Amiibo cards are currently expected to cost around $6 in the US. Each pack contains 6 cards with Animal Crossing being the first series available.
http://gonintendo.com/stories/240419...g-amiibo-cards |
Supposedly Chibi Robo Zip Lash will have amiibo compatibility (besides the one that comes bundled with it)
glad I pre-ordered :D |
Even though my wallet would hate this, I really hope they do more Pokemon amiibo. Not quite all 800 (or whatever) but some of the more iconic ones over the series' lifetime.
Would die happy to have a Cubone amiibo |
Dr. Mario amiibo rumored to be exclusive to Target while Bowser Jr rumored to be exclusive to Toys'R'Us.
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I still don't understand the wave numbering system. Why is this "5b" instead of simply being wave 6?
whatever...... wonder what the situation in Canada will be for Dr. Mario #RIPtargetcanada |
Nintendo revealed dates for a few upcoming amiibo figurines.
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that giant yarn Yoshi looks fucking awesome but $60 (Cdn) for it sounds incredibly steep
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Could be a possible sign of future things from the retailer as Walmart decided they wanted to get in on the amibo scalping market with the Marth amiibo as a possible start. They got a new shipment of the figurine recently and deiced to hike the price to $28 each.
Ended up selling out almost as quickly as the first batch of the figurine. http://www.destructoid.com//ul/307988-MarthHeader.jpg http://www.destructoid.com/walmart-s...p-307988.phtml |
Fuck that.
Could have just been an error or something but no way I'm paying those kinds of prices. Thankfully Marth was one of the recent restocks in Canada so I got him for his usual price :D |
Very heavy rumours/speculation of a Shovel Knight amiibo being announced tonight......... this is the best fucking thing I've heard all week
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Rumored to include Shovel Knight GOTY "on the amiibo" with new content too.
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Official announcement expected at PAX Prime. http://www.destructoid.com/uk-retail...o-308097.phtml |
Yeah that tweet was made earlier then pulled (probably at Nintendo's request)... I'm guessing a retailer jumped the gun on it
Really hoping it becomes official though. Would absolutely love a SK amiibo. Hopefully it also has tie-ins to the main game. Not expecting any SSB compatibility. Would be fucking sweet if there's a Mario Maker sprite for Shovel Knight :D |
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Being implied from the pre-Pax Prime event sponsored by Nintendo is that the Shovel Knight amiibo is the start of more third party characters getting the amiibo treatment.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Looks like Shovel Knight's kicking off third-party-manufactured amiibo. Which other characters should get amiibo-fied this way?</p>— Nintendo Force (@NintendoForce) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoForce/status/637099356894666752">August 28, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Love it, personally. I was always hoping they would expand outside of just Smash heroes.
Would like to see a Shantae amiibo done for... Reasons. |
official. woo
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Best Buy's currently having an online 2 for $20 sale for select amiibos. Mostly from the Smash Bros and Mario Party series of figurines.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Buy Two Select amiibo Characters for $20 via Best Buy. <a href="http://t.co/GzLoRs8E0P">http://t.co/GzLoRs8E0P</a> <a href="http://t.co/KxP6faXmbI">pic.twitter.com/KxP6faXmbI</a></p>— Cheap Ass Gamer (@videogamedeals) <a href="https://twitter.com/videogamedeals/status/637853123944534016">August 30, 2015</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> |
Ok wtf is an Amiibo? I keep hearing bits and pieces about how they are hard to come by.
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They're just collectible Nintendo toys that add some functionality to certain games (mainly Smash Bros)
some of them are rarer than others... if you go into a Best Buy or Toys R Us etc in the video games section you'll probably see a wall full of Mario ones because they're super common, but probably not any, for example, Kirby |
According to Nintendo, they are not manufacturing the Shovel Knight amiibo with Yacht Club in charge of almost everything for the figurine.
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Pretty sweet deal from Nintendo's end in that case... printing money
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I got a few because to be honest they are neat looking |
Amazon seems to have pre-orders up for a bunch of them already... just placed order for ZSS, Olimar, Ganondorf and 8-bit Classic. Cool
Need to grab Dr. Mario and Bowser Jr. still... and Modern Mario. Hope I can get one of them while I pick up my Mario Maker tomorrow |
Hey RDD, Modern Mario is apparently only available here in a bundle with a Wii U. What the fuck.
If I order one from a Canadian site, could I have it shipped to you? How much would it be for you to then ship it to me? |
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