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Amiibo Discussion Thread
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friskykillface
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The amiibos that don't sell will probably be limited/not reprinted so get them fast 
i am just gonna get yoshi tomorrow and leave him trapped in the box >
i am just gonna get yoshi tomorrow and leave him trapped in the box >
UncleSporky
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The sales potential of these things are bottlenecked in the short term by the Wii U.
evilromero
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Still in stock on Amazon.
Liberty4all
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When Skylanders first hit some figures were impossible to get. And that was for an unknown property at the time. This on the other hand is NINTENDO.
Lucina will be hell to get.
Gaiaknight
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really glad i pre-ordered all the ones i want tonight will be epic for nintendo
ZeroMaverick
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Seems more like Nintendo manufacturing demand by manufacturing less.
I will pre-order her the moment it goes up. I just want a nice Fire Emblem collection of Amiibo. I love that franchise :-(
Colonel Nasty
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I don't understand the hype. They seem kind of useless for smash. I kind of want the villager but he only works in smash.
Liberty4all
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Collectors
kids want them
low manufacturing runs to drive up demand
Neat extras in games
Horders potentially driving up prices on figures with low runs
It's Skylanders all over again but this time on an epic scale because it's with Nintendo IP as the figures. I'm actually kinda kicking myself that I didn't do the loot crate thing when I had the chance. I have work tomorrow and I'm guessing the shelves are gonna be cleaned out. With that said I can't afford another "gotta catch em all" marathon. Skylanders (the original run) ran me like 300 dollars or something ridiculous.
Yep, very weak game use and weak figure quality at least in wave 1. Wave 2 and 3 have a figure I want but I'm worried they will end up looking bad too.
It depends how you use them in Smash. If you have 4 friends over and want to do 8-player Smash, I'd rather have 4 Level 50 Amiibo playing than 4 Level 9 CPU. A level 50 Amiibo can easily defeat 3 level 9 opponents.
Who said every GameStop had their stock presold? OP mentioned one store.
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Wow that's awesome.
orthodoxy1095
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I really hope my local places don't run out of in-store stock. I really do not want to have to order these off Amazon.
Bought four from the first wave: Samus, Wii Fit Trainer, Kirby, and Killager. I plan on grabbing Pikachu, Peach, and Link eventually.
Gonna buy Pit, Mac, Zelda, and maybe Falcon from the December wave. Rosalina, Bowser, Shulk, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Toon Link, Lucario, and Mega Man in February. Send help.
Gonna buy Pit, Mac, Zelda, and maybe Falcon from the December wave. Rosalina, Bowser, Shulk, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Toon Link, Lucario, and Mega Man in February. Send help.
The fact that you say "I kind of want..." is telling.
For me, they're just little gifts. They're just things. The fact that they do extra special things in games adds to their value, but it's not like I'm buying them because I want to level up x and y. I just want to give one to each of my mates
A fully leveled Amiibo is no joke. It will adapt to your techniques, counter you, dodge, etc.. The use may be simple, but customizing them with skills and whatnot will make them into great challenges even in 1-on-1 battles.
RIF:
"And interesting side note - I asked the manager of the region what their stock was like, and he said at least 30 stock per character, per store."
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My Fox will be the gatekeeper for my game collection. I'll tell my friends they'll be able to borrow my systems if they can beat my lvl 50 Fox on 1v1, Final Destination, no items.
WiiRevolution1
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Me! I don't care about their ingame functions atm, besides Kirby's MK8 suit because OMG its Kirby on the helmet, but debating some charscters.
Barring not being able to get them because of Money, I atleast want Link, Samus, Yoshi, Pikachu, Kirby, Wii Fit Trainer, Pit, Luigi, Zelda, Toon Link, Rosalina, Shulk, and Mega Man. But will most likely have to cut back on them due to money.
Of those I listed, I think they all look quite well except for Link and WFT. WFT just looks a little too basic in pictures. I don't mind Link's stand, but him facing downwards just looks dumb and may just get only TL. I dunno yet.
But for the most part, I think they look quite good.
Train & customize Fox well, grasshopper.
If valve started selling actual hats I would go broke
Please don't tell me they already do. I have to live!
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orthodoxy1095
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Me. I don't give a hoot about the in-game functionality. I mean, I collect Disney Infinity figures and I don't even own the game...
nrvalleytime
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Again, this is just my experience from what I've seen here. This is a college town with quite a few Nintendo fans based on the Smash tournament posters which frequent my university's announcement boards.
We're looking at probably less than 3,000 total amiibos in the town. I'm purchasing one of each, and it's not uncommon for those same fans to populate the midnight release of things like this. They're the market for videogames here, along with parents who enjoy the Skylanders/Infinity type games.
Amiibos hits both groups in a good way, which is what I think is causing the rush here. Not saying it's universal.
MetalGearOnlineK
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I just wish you could fight *AS* your Amiibo fighter
Legitimate question, if you have a Mario amiibo, wouldn't fighting as Mario be considered the same thing as fighting as your amiibo?
Neuromancer
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I wonder how many people are buying these because they actually want them and how many are just hoping they'll be able to sell them for big bucks on eBay or Craigslist.
bitesnintendog
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I think these are going to be a lot more front loaded than Skylanders and Infinity. I'd also wager that stores ordered/get a significantly smaller amount compared to those as well. I'm hoping the launch goes pretty well so that Nintendo gets around to something better with the figures.
PadWarrior
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Glad I got my whole wave coming from Amazon tomorrow.
Each wave is basically a new launch so they just need to make sure they don't ship too many during restocks. The figures should do well enough for Nintendo to continue their plans though.
Prevolition
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There's no way these won't restock soon... right? I don't have the money right now for any of them.
OldGangWarily
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Not quite. Equipments you give to your Amiibo seems to be "eaten" by them so unless you can find the exact set of stat boosts that you gave your Amiibo again, you cant have an *exact* copy of your fighter.
I realize it's a very dumb gripe
TrAcEr_x90
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Amazon let me know my samus is on its way! Could not resist no matter how much gaf hate they are getting.
Gaiaknight
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im sure nintendo will send out shipments of more if the first shipment is a success there is no way they wont want that holiday money.
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