The hunt continues as everyone’s favorite singing Pokémon, Jigglypuff, will be made a Target exclusive, according to the listing on their site.
I think it’s safe to say that when it comes to amiibo, consumers want to be able to walk into their preferred retailer to pick up their desired figure instead of being forced to go to one that may or may not be within the area of someone looking to pick one up.
We’ve seen disastrous turnouts in the US with the amiibo that have been made exclusive so far — Rosalina at Target (who wouldn’t be restocked after their initial shipment), Shulk at Gamestop, Lucario at Toys R Us, and Meta Knight at Best Buy (I’m not even sure if he ever came out) — and more people end up upset than pleased.
Now with the port strike seemingly resolved, it’s certainly possible that Jigglypuff will probably be the easiest exclusive to get your hands on out of all the ones announced (including Ness which will be a Gamestop exclusive when he releases with Wave 4 on May 29th). Let’s just hope that this time around Nintendo gives a sufficient amount for Targets around the US.
Nintendo promised that the Super Mario line of amiibo would be provided in abundance, and this is certainly true (sans Toad), so we can try to be optimistic about Jigglypuff’s supply. It also helps that Jigglypuff is a Pokémon, which increases her chance of being readily available, even if you are forced to go exclusively to a retailer you may or may not agree with.
Do you plan on picking up Jigglypuff when the amiibo releases? Let us know in the comments below!
Of all the games I’ve reviewed for Nintendo Everything over the years, Monster Hunter Tri might be one of the most memorable. Stepping out of Moga Village for the first time was a wonderful moment reminiscent of Richard Attenborough welcoming everyone to Jurassic Park… mostly because there were dinosaurs there. Though the controls and sluggish swordplay took a bit of getting used to, I eventually warmed up to the actual gameplay, giving the game an respectable, yet arbitrary score of 9/10. Now I find myself returning to the hunt with the recently released Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and it turns out that the series has actually evolved quite a bit since 2010’s Tri. While the games look similar on the surface —if anything Monster Hunter 4 looks like a downgrade, with the visuals scaled back to fit on the tiny 3DS screen— there are a of lot of things that have been changed for the better. I think it’s worth comparing these two entries to see how far the series has progressed in the last few years and some of the ways that Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate improves on the formula.
Podcast Crew: Austin (Twitter), Jack (Twitter), Laura (Twitter)
There was a Nintendo Direct today! Do you want to hear some people talk about it? Well, this isn’t really the podcast for that, but we do talk plenty about games, why they’re good, why they’re bad, and why you should play them. Because we love games.
We love game news. But we mostly love games.
Shenanigans
1) Intros, hello, what to expect
2) Picture of the Day (new segment)
3) Game of the Week: Tetris 2!
4) Personal Grievance Time (PGT)
What we played
5) Austin takes a key for coming in. (Super Ghouls n Ghosts)
6) Laura finds love again, and again, and again. (Fire Emblem: Awakening)
7) Jack tries emulating N64, and realizes it sucks.
Shenanigans Redux
8) FEATURES FEATURES FEATURES
9) Check out that handshake. (Nintendo and DeNa and Zelda delay, the only timely segment)
Book Club
10) A Link to the Past – Book Club FINALE
11) And the Master Sword sleeps again… FOREVER! (Final Thoughts)
Final Shenanigans
12) Tetris 2 quiz!
13) Ending.
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The Splatoon amiibo 3-pack will cost $35, according to Amazon.
For those who are unaware, it comes with girl, boy, and squid figures. By purchasing the bundle, you’ll save about $4.
Pre-orders are not yet live or the Splatoon amiibo, but they should open up tomorrow. We’ll keep you informed as soon as we hear anything.
Shinjiro Takada, producer of Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem (or Illusory Revelations#FE… or whatever you’d like to call it!), recently posted a message about the game in light of today’s Nintendo Direct reveal.
In his note, Takada apologized for the long wait in showing the project. He also talks about how it was difficult for Atlus to incorporate the Fire Emblem aspect, but the team “worked carefully with Nintendo to ensure it’d work well and deliver the feeling you get from the series.”
There’s plenty of additional information in Takada’s lengthy message. You can find it below.
ATLUS,CO.,LTD.
Illusory Revelations ? Fire Emblem – Producer
Shinjiro TakadaGreetings!
It’s nice to meet all of you, or shall I say, see all of you again. This is Shinjiro Takada from ATLUS. Usually, I am responsible for working on the Devil Survivor* series, but this time, I was tasked with working on the production for the upcoming crossover title “Illusory Revelations ? Fire Emblem*”
After over two long years of keeping you waiting, we felt it was finally time to showcase this game. Did you have a look at the new PV*?
This is the result of our collaboration work on the “Fire Emblem” series. I think many people will find it quite different than they had originally expected. Originally, it was very challenging for us to get the “Fire Emblem” aspect into the game, but we worked carefully with Nintendo to ensure it’d work well and deliver the feeling you get from the series.
But, “as long as development of this title conforms with what Intelligent Systems originally would have wanted, and ATLUS develops it and triumphs through it, then ATLUS’ work is good.”It was following that that we were able to come to our conclusion and settle on the concept for this project. As a result of this, “Illusory Revelations ? Fire Emblem” follows the basic axis of what I would say are “Realistic characters who suffer from many conflicts and worries in modern-day Japan” in this RPG. It was capturing the feeling of “Fire Emblem” that was the real challenge during the development of this concept, as this is a collaboration.
The newly-launched N64 Virtual Console for Wii U features a nice little touch. Like the GBA titles, the N64 releases come with their original manuals.
