Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 26 Comments

GameStop opened pre-orders for the wave 4 Smash Bros. amiibo earlier today. All reservations were handled in-store (web-in-store, to be specific), and they were never available online.

A notice posted on GameStop’s Facebook account now states that all wave 4 amiibo have sold out. It’s unclear if this is only for web-in-store pre-orders, or all orders in general. If it’s the latter, I’m sure many consumers will be unhappy!

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

Update (4/2): It appears that online pre-orders won’t be opening today after all. Instead, you’ll need to head to your local GameStop and place a web-in-store order.

Following today’s Nintendo Direct announcements, GameStop will soon be opening pre-orders for the new amiibo. As of tomorrow, consumers will be able to reserve Ness (again, GameStop exclusive), Robin, Charizard, Pac-Man, Lucina, and Wario. That’s in addition to the new Splatoon amiibo as well.

GameStop’s pre-orders will go live at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT. We’ll update the site as soon as they’re available.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News | 12 Comments

Update: All gone.

Best Buy has now opened pre-orders for the wave 4 amiibo. You can find links to each below.

Lucina
Robin
Wario
Pac-Man
Charizard

Note that Greninja will be exclusive to Toys “R” Us, Ness is a GameStop exclusive, and Jigglypuff is a Target exclusive, so they can’t be reserved at Best Buy.

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It’s official: the Greninja amiibo will be a Toys “R” Us exclusive in North America. This has been confirmed via an official statement from the retailer (see above). Pre-orders for Greninja will open tomorrow.

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Everything we’ve been hearing about the Greninja amiibo thus far has indicated that the figure will be exclusive to Toys “R” Us. That would certainly make sense given that Lucario was also exclusive to the retailer. When we receive an official confirmation, we’ll be sure to let you know.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in News | 8 Comments

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!

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

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.

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