Amiibo

Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Random | 17 Comments

A Reggie Fils-Aime amiibo won’t be coming out anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean Nintendo can’t make a joke about it! The company’s American subsidiary did just that with a new post on Facebook yesterday. View it below:

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 7 Comments

PDP has offered another alternative for amiibo storage. A few days ago, the company released the Nintendo-licensed “amiibo Carry Cube” for $9.99. It’s temporarily out of stock on Amazon, though you can still place an order.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 4 Comments

Toys “R” Us cancelled a truckload of amiibo pre-orders earlier today. Chances are if you had a figure reserved there, you received an email notice today that your reservation had been canned.

It appears that – at least for the Lucario amiibo – cancelled orders came about due to a “technical issue”. Joystiq reports that pre-orders for the figure will be honored.

Toys “R” Us said:

“We thank you for your patience as we work to remedy this situation and ensure our customers receive the products ordered.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 10 Comments

There were two very brief periods earlier this week when consumers could get online pre-orders in for the Rosalina & Luma amiibo over at Target. We didn’t mention that here since we assumed reservations would be available for a decent amount of time much like the Shulk, Meta Knight, and Lucario figures, which are exclusive to GameStop, Best Buy, and Toys “R” Us respectively. However, that’s apparently not the case.

Target’s PR team has provided the response below about the Rosalina pre-order situation:

“Rosalina Amiibo pre-orders were available on Target.com and based on guest demand, sold out quickly. Target stores and Target.com will begin to sell actual units on February 1, 2015.”

When asked if this means online pre-orders are finished for Rosalina, Target said: “That is correct”.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 14 Comments

Last night, Toys “R” Us went on an amiibo cancelling binge. I would know, as I received three such notices for Lucario, Pit, and Captain Falcon.

Strangely enough, several amiibo are now back in stock and are available for pre-order again – namely Lucario, Ike, and King Dedede. Hopefully Toys “R” Us doesn’t pull any additional stunts!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, Rumors | 9 Comments

Four retailer-exclusive amiibo have already been confirmed for North America. Shulk will only be available at GameStop, Best Buy is the exclusive store for Meta Knight, Lucario is at Toys “R” Us, and Target has Rosalina and Luma.

This might not be the end of retailer-exclusive amiibo, sadly. Check out this message from one Best Buy Canada representative:

Having anything be retailer-exclusive isn’t what anyone wants to see. I guess we’ll see how this plays out!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Will Zelda Wii U and Star Fox Wii U make use of amiibo? It certainly sounds like it.

During Shigeru Miyamoto’s recent interview with iJustine, he indicated that both titles will feature amiibo integration of some sort. Specifics were not shared, however.

Miyamoto said:

“I can’t really say just yet… but we do plan on doing something so that people who have amiibo will get some enjoyment out of having amiibo and using them in those games.”

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Posted on 9 years ago by Patrick(@Patricklous) in News | 2 Comments

Late January, but January nonetheless. Nintendo of Australia and New Zealand announced today that the third wave of Amiibos will be available on store shelves on the 29th of January next year. This new line will feature Shulk, Sonic, Mega Man and Rosalina among other Smash Bros. characters. Unlike the United States release, which is still set for February, none of these figures appear to be exclusive to certain retailers.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 14 Comments

Another scan for Another One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X has popped up online, confirming new Nintendo costumes for the game through amiibo. They are as follows:

Nami – Wii Fit Trainer
Franky – Donkey Kong
Brook – Marth
Chopper – Kirby
Usopp – Yoshi
Nico Robin – Samus

Bandai Namco will kick off amiibo support for One Piece: Super Grand Battle! X sometime this winter.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 0 comments

According to a tweet from Nintendo Japan, the next Jump Festa will see a Super Smash Bros. Wii U amiibo exhibition of sorts.

[???HP]??????????????? for Wii U ?????????? in ???????? 2015??????????????amiibo????????????????????http://t.co/u0ESVtteom

— ??????? (@Nintendo) December 16, 2014

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