Not sure about MK8, but the patch for amiibo compatibility in Hyrule Warriors comes out on Thursday.
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Not sure about MK8, but the patch for amiibo compatibility in Hyrule Warriors comes out on Thursday.
Pilgrimzero
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Best Buy near my place had all of them (except Marth, I guess). Picked up Mario, Link, and Samus.
I am pleasantly surprised by how nice they look, especially Samus and that nice metallic paint.
I am pleasantly surprised by how nice they look, especially Samus and that nice metallic paint.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Here's our first three Amiiboz:
Samus looks nice as expected. In person the paint on Fox is really pretty good for the complexity of his costume.
The solid matte color cartoon characters like Yoshi seem to come out best, nearly flawless.
Samus looks nice as expected. In person the paint on Fox is really pretty good for the complexity of his costume.
The solid matte color cartoon characters like Yoshi seem to come out best, nearly flawless.
kunonabi
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They already work for MK8. I'm hoping that Hyrule Warriors will start reading them with the Nov. 27 update.
They will. The patch also adds some other things as well.
I might go by there to take advantage of the 3 for 30 but I don't know if I want three more. Can I use that for pre-orders? If so, I'll get zelda, lucario and fox.
Well, I'm happy with my set! I did have to wait at TRU for an hour since they never opened any of the boxes yet. Looking for Villager was what took the longest (since he only had ONE box out of... a lot).
Happy with my set though
Geeze what an expensive endeavor... Series 2 coming out next month is TOO SOON!!
Happy with my set though
Geeze what an expensive endeavor... Series 2 coming out next month is TOO SOON!!
Pilgrimzero
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Oh yea, the Wal-Mart near my place has misplaced their stock of Amiibos. They have the sign out and everything but no figs. I asked and the worker told me they can't find the shipment.
Spiderduff
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You guys think Best Buy will price match the 3 for $30? Picking up pokemon later and dont want to drive to Toys R Us.
Most stores won't price match those kinds of deals, like B2G1F. You can always call first and see.
Bog
Junior Ace
Mine did.
It's way too early to tell if they're a success or not.
Dr. Zoidberg
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Well, you have to consider that this niche market has deep pockets and the strong tendency to collect and hoard things. I'm not surprised on launch day. I will be surprised in a couple weeks if they are still selling out.
digita1alchemy
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Happy with my set though
At least it is only 6, then we get a breather until February. Hoping for some kind of sale when Wave 2 hits too.
Hum... I'm torned. I guess I may buy some amiibos in the future, but I don't feel the need to do it right now. Once more games make use of those, I guess I'll give it a try, but I'm not feeling buying one for Smash Bros, or just to look cool on my shelf (though getting Samus is very tempting).
Though, it seems that one needs to be wary: the quality of the amiibos is not perfect (some paint running where it shouldn't, Samus being tilted, Link suffering from a severe case of Strabismus...). Close inspection is required before buying one.
Though, it seems that one needs to be wary: the quality of the amiibos is not perfect (some paint running where it shouldn't, Samus being tilted, Link suffering from a severe case of Strabismus...). Close inspection is required before buying one.
Tanner1495
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Only saw one Marth and I went to 3 stores. My local Target had 2 Villager's left so I got one, anticipated only getting 3 at TRU today but got 5 spread across 3 stores. Peach, Yoshi, Link, Villager and Fox all for $54 is not bad.
Vanillalite
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This! Check back after a few weeks to know. Though Nintendo has more waves coming which should infuse life into the idea even more.
I think they would notice that before buying given there's no game being sold with the figures and the sections in stores being dedicated to showing how Amiibo figures work.
LunarKnite
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Just went to my Toys'R'Us and picked up Samus, Pikachu, and Kirby. I already had my Amazon order of Link come earlier today.
As for availability at the store, there were only two Kirby's and Samus's left. A handful of Pikachu. A lot of Mario and Link left. One Villager left. I think they ran out of Fox, Marth, and Wii Fit Trainer.
As for availability at the store, there were only two Kirby's and Samus's left. A handful of Pikachu. A lot of Mario and Link left. One Villager left. I think they ran out of Fox, Marth, and Wii Fit Trainer.
But but Black Friday is also next week... v_v Well, fortunately I haven't really seen anything I want (yet).
orthodoxy1095
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So I noticed there's a really weird implementation of these. I guess some stores are either lazy or didn't stock all of them. The first pic is from Best Buy, where Wii Fit Trainer, Marth and Villager were totally out of stock. As far as I could tell, all the other amiibos were there.
In the second pic, I went to Walmart (had to look for something else) and stopped by the shelf. Oddly enough, they had more than enough Marth and Villager, but were completely missing (as in lacking a rung to even stick them on) Samus, Starfox, Yoshi, Kirby and Donkey Kong. Made even weirder by the fact that Yoshi is in the freaking display cabinet!
Last pic is my Starfox. He's all I really wanted today. I'll get some more later.
In the second pic, I went to Walmart (had to look for something else) and stopped by the shelf. Oddly enough, they had more than enough Marth and Villager, but were completely missing (as in lacking a rung to even stick them on) Samus, Starfox, Yoshi, Kirby and Donkey Kong. Made even weirder by the fact that Yoshi is in the freaking display cabinet!
Last pic is my Starfox. He's all I really wanted today. I'll get some more later.
Smiles and Cries
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I went to Gamestop to get the game and I ended up with a controller and some Amiibos. These were extra in the store and not preorders.
driveclub <3
No problem here. Target has LOTS.
Got a non derp Marth to go with Samus.
Would have gotten Villager if Marth was bad.
Wait, there are non derp Marths? Can I see a pic?
No problem here. Target has LOTS.
Got a non derp Marth to go with Samus.
Would have gotten Villager if Marth was bad.
Pics or its derp
OldGangWarily
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I'm feeling pretty mixed on the functionality of Amiibos in Smash Bros so far.
1. You can't seem to take Amiibo characters with you on All-Star or Classic modes.
2. Why are the Amiibo equipments and regular custom equipments separate?
3. I personally enjoy fighting against Amiibo fighters than CPUs because of the adaptability of the AI...but there is no way to turn off all the extra stat boosts that the Amiibo has. So Im constantly in the situation of being handicapped against fighters that incredibly beefed up from consuming a bunch of equipments and loses almost all of the time.
4. Interestingly, if you turn off custom characters in Smash Mode and you load in an Amiibo fighter, they still keep their custom move sets. I honestly feel like that's something that Nintendo QA would have reported as a bug and it came back from the developer as 仕様です ("It is by design")
Maybe I should have read up more on it before I purchased one...or maybe I'm missing something?
1. You can't seem to take Amiibo characters with you on All-Star or Classic modes.
2. Why are the Amiibo equipments and regular custom equipments separate?
3. I personally enjoy fighting against Amiibo fighters than CPUs because of the adaptability of the AI...but there is no way to turn off all the extra stat boosts that the Amiibo has. So Im constantly in the situation of being handicapped against fighters that incredibly beefed up from consuming a bunch of equipments and loses almost all of the time.
4. Interestingly, if you turn off custom characters in Smash Mode and you load in an Amiibo fighter, they still keep their custom move sets. I honestly feel like that's something that Nintendo QA would have reported as a bug and it came back from the developer as 仕様です ("It is by design")
Maybe I should have read up more on it before I purchased one...or maybe I'm missing something?
NY Times had an article about amiibos today:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/t...ergize-wii-u-sales-with-amiibo-toys.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/22/t...ergize-wii-u-sales-with-amiibo-toys.html?_r=0
Jailer of Hope
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I like how Samus is facing the other way in their banner.
orthodoxy1095
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When I saw them, I thought Pikachu was a close second. Looked pretty nice.
So immediately after opening my big box of Amiibos from Amazon, I went and cancelled my wave 2 and 3 preorders. I really want to have a sealed collection of Amiibos, but a good number of the Amiibos I received had boxes that are all fucked up:
And the best one...
I'm just going to try to buy them all from a brick and mortar store from now on.
And the best one...
I'm just going to try to buy them all from a brick and mortar store from now on.
Welcome to Amazon shipping!!! This is why I don't pre-order any LEs online that are also available in stores. At least places like NISA (and even IF and SE) know how to package stuff.
And the best one...
Holy crap at the Link one. Isn't there anything you can tell Amazon about this? I mean the thing is freaking opened for crying out loud.
It's pretty clean off the card, though. I wonder if the glue loosed? But still...
demigod
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Do you have Best Buy GCU? They're like $10.30 each there. I only bought 3 at toys r us because they didnt have them at best buy when i preordered yesterday.
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