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amiibo is certainly turning out to be a big thing in Nintendo's eyes. Whether or not the rewards for utilizing each amiibo is worthy to you, Nintendo plans to implement all sorts of bonuses. It appears right now that every amiibo is meant to do 'something' in each game though games not featuring certain characters may have more limited uses or lesser-valued ones. We've had plenty of threads on here for amiibo and I'm sure that will continue. Still, I wanted to establish a general discussion thread that doesn't have a specific focus or thought. We'll also use this thread for informing the forums about upcoming news regarding new waves of amiibo or new compatibility. Enjoy! Tell us which amiibo you're planning to get! To get the party started, here are the various waves of amiibo on their way, compatibility information from Nintendo's website, and various links to other threads regarding amiibo.


Known amiibo

Super Smash Bros.
















Yarn Yoshi


Super Mario


Splatoon


Animal Crossing (multiple waves)






Animal Crossing amiibo Cards


30th Anniversary Mario


Chibi-Robo, Shovel Knight, and Mega Man


Skylanders Superchargers - Bowser and DK


The Legend of Zelda


Compatible Games

Super Smash Bros for Wii U, Mario Kart 8, Hyrule Warriors, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker, Mario Party 10, Kirby and the Rainbow Curse, Yoshi's Woolly World, Splatoon, CodeName: S.T.E.A.M., ACE COMBAT ASSAULT HORIZON LEGACY, Xenoblade Chronicles 3D, and more…




Nintendo's amiibo Website


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11/18/14, 01:30    Edited: 02/05/16, 15:49
 
   
 
@VofEscaflowne

I'm honestly not concerned about payment AT ALL right now. I just want to get these in the hands of people that want them.

@DrFinkelstein

Well, depends if I try to get one to VofE. Beardednerd nabbed one, and I've got one other to get rid of. And yes, got them at Target. I also have all the non-exclusives preordered through GameStop. I ordered them online but had them shipped to a local store. So far, only bowser came through that way, and picking him up wasn't encouraging. They didn't seem to actually be holding one, and just grabbed one off the shelf. The lady explained that my preorder just sent an extra one to the store. Doesn't make a ton of sense to me and has me nervous for Sheik and Ike and others.
02/01/15, 19:31   
For anyone that missed Rosie, I will have an extra in a couple of weeks (if you don't mind Japanese packaging). Just let me know.

I would like a Sheik if anyone can find one...
02/01/15, 19:33   
@Koovaps

Same concerns for me and my Gamestop preorders.
02/01/15, 19:51   
@ludist210
I'll keep my eye out for a Sheik for ya.
I have a feeling she'll be a tough one to find.
02/01/15, 20:03   
Grabbed a Sheik this morning in addition to my Rosalina out in Irondequoit. For those not in "the know," Irondequoit is kind of a dump in Rochester, so much so that their mall completely closed. Its pretty close to The City, and kinda.."ghetto"..not my words. Anywho, their TARGET is apparently slightly bigger than ours, and thus received more Rosalinas...even though the INTEREST in Rosalina would be lower. I'm told only a handful of people came out this morning to their store, and the majority of them went home with a Toon Link, leaving a perfectly good Rosalina sitting there. When I called after I got home, they had 7 (!!) in store. Yowza. After leaving the Greece Store in a huff, I realized after the fact that I probably should've stuck it out in line for another 10 seconds so I could've went home with a Toon Link. Dumb. Shame on me.

All that said, Rosalina is taken care off, I still have a Sheik pre-order at GameStop that they haven't called me about, so I will potentially have 2 of them, and my Toon Link should come through GameStop as well. Not sure why they haven't received theirs.. I still have faith! (though, again, I really don't understand how TRU can receive and sell out of them while my GS is like "haven't seen 'em!")

I hope everyone gets what they seek in here.

ploot said:
@ludist210
I'll keep my eye out for a Sheik for ya.
I have a feeling she'll be a tough one to find.

*scoff*


(But seriously, is Sheik JUST Zelda in a REALLY good disguise? I always felt that she used her magic to COMPLETELY change her body, including a gender shift. Note the chest, change in voice?, and the red eyes -- which I'm sure aren't Hylian Contacts. The response "it's a videogame" is valid here, too..)
02/01/15, 20:16   
@Koovaps

If we can work something out, then I wouldn't mind getting that Toon Link then. If someone else wants it though, no worries at all. I should hold back from buying too many of these I told myself I was just gonna get Samus. I now have eight of them... oops.
02/02/15, 00:12   
@Mr_Mustache

Yep, Zelda is Shiek. If you've playef Ocarina of Time, Sheik reveals herself to Link as Zelda. Its in the last quarter of the game where the reveal happens.

Back onto Amiibos, of course no stores around me receieved any of the wave three amiibos, other than Gamestop receiving Bowser on wednesday. I went to both walmarts, both gamestops, best buy and target earlier today and nothing! I don't understand why this is happening. Eventually, the wave three amiibos will make it, but I've pretty much given up that the walmarts around here will ever receive anything other than wave one amiibos. I even checked a third walmart which is around 27 miles south from where I live(my one job is located in that commons area) and all they got in a week or so ago was wave one amiibos, same with walmarts in my city. You know, if Nintendo could ship out more of the common amiibos, like Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu, ect, ect., then what is stopping them from shipping out the rare ammibos, like Villager, Marth, Wii Fit Trainer and I'll even include Star Fox. All three of these walmarts were basically wiped out of Amiibos, except for a couple and around a week or so ago, they was loaded back up with all the common amiibos.

I really don't have a bunch of spare time checking everyday for these things. At least all these stores are really close to one another. Basically, we have two huge common areas, where all these retail stores are located, so its not like I have to drive all over the place. I thought about calling around first, but especially our walmarts, it takes forever for anyone to pick up the phone and whe you actually do get in touch with someone, they sound like their IQ level in in the red.

I owe Brandon a big Thank You for hooking me up with Rosalina. Now, I just need to get a toon link. After Nintendo saw how popular the first two waves were, one would think they would have upped the amount they shipped for wave three. And why in the world they just don't sell these through their online store as well, is baffling. Yea, I know, this is Nintendo, but honestly, what a great way this would be to track how well each amiibo is selling. That way, Nintendo would have a better idea which Amiibos are selling and not just sitting on store shelves. If Nintendo is worried about being stuck with a bunch of product that isn't selling, this would be a perfect way for them to be able to track each amiibo. The amiibo's that are selling well, they can just inform whoever is actually producing them, to make more of that amiibo and the ones that are not selling or slowing down, Nintendo could control that as well. I know, I know, it all makes too much sense. Nintendo doesn't like taking the sensible route.
02/02/15, 01:21   
@VofEscaflowne

We could always have it shipped to my house as originally planned. If my preorder works, then I'll give it to Ploot to ship to you. If my preorder fails, I could keep it. :p I am trying to collect them all after all. Thoughts?
02/02/15, 01:55   
@DrFinkelstein

That could work if ploot is okay with it. I'll be keeping an eye on Wal-Mart here in case they do get it. I just hate that I can't really call because the one guy who works there the most is an 80 year old man who has no business being in electronics.
02/02/15, 02:22   
@VofEscaflowne

The reason I'm so crazy anxious is that I don't live anywhere near any major retailers. It's at least a 30+ min drive to any of them unless I'm going after work (where I can divert my drive) and we're in the middle of Winter Storm Linus so I'm pretty much snowed in considering out in the country snow piles up easier with snow drifts across the roads. Two cars have fallen into ditches in front of my house today.

I mean, when the snow isn't here it's still an inconvenience and hard to 'on a whim' check out stores. I used to live 5 minutes from a Target, Walmart, Best Buy, and Toysrus. It was glorious and I wish amiibo existed last year. Oh well.

I'm sure Ploot won't mind but it will be up to him. Koovaps is already sending stuff my way for Ploot and/or Beardednerd and I have to get my Captain Falcon to beardednerd anyway so the US side of things is okay.
02/02/15, 02:31   
@DrFinkelstein

Ah okay, well if you want Toon Link though and can't secure him any other way, you're free to keep him. It won't bother me if I can't get him. It's more of a "spur of the moment" type thing where I get caught in when hearing stories of other people buying a bunch of amiibo haha
02/02/15, 02:49   
@VofEscaflowne

Sounds good. Thanks VofE. If my preorder works then I'll definitely send him. Im not looking to procure more than one of each nor would I want to keep it and sell it at a high price. I refuse to do that because A.) I don't want to spend all the money up front for characters which may not be rare even, and B.) I just don't feel like intentionally screwing over others looking to get one legitimately and at cost. I've had doubles but I'm more than happy to sell for no more than what I paid for them, which with in some cases was no more than $20.

If I keep the Toon Link, then it'll be a wash as I'll be giving Pit to Koovaps and it's an even trade. If you end up with him, you'll have to pay back Koovaps somehow.

Brandon, you should PM me what all might be coming my way soon so I know the whole story. I'm happy to be the point of contact for Ploot and Beardednerd (and perhaps VofEscaflowne).
02/02/15, 03:59   
I went into a Target the other day and they had like... four different kinds. Mario, Luigi, Pikachu and Kirby.

It's not that the others were sold out or anything either. They were pretty well stocked. Just... this is all they chose to stock.

Blah.
02/02/15, 04:12   
@VofEscaflowne
@DrFinkelstein
Awesome!
And yeah, I'm cool as an in-between.
We have to stick together during these crazy amiibo times.
02/02/15, 04:49   
I should call EB tomorrow to see if the Toon Link pre-order was picked up. There's a time limit on these, right?
02/02/15, 04:51   
@VofEscaflowne
48 hours after they call.

Thing is, they only call once all of your preordered items have arrived, so hopefully the person didn't order anything else!
02/02/15, 04:55   
@ploot

You mean hopefully they did...!
02/02/15, 04:57   
Rumor has it that Nintendo isn't re-stocking Target stores in the US with Rosalina. If true... What the fuck is their problem?
02/02/15, 06:04   
Okay, seems I'll be sending Stephen a Rosalina for Ploot, a Toon Link for Beardednerd, and a Toon Link for VofEscaflowne/Stephen. Gamewizard65 is getting one Rosalina. I'll try to get all these in the mail on Tuesday. We'll sort out any payment nonsense after all items are in proper hands.

@DrFinkelstein

Interesting rumor. Well, I still have 2 available, and I'm pretty sure Ludist will have one (Japanese) as well. This is all so freaking crazy!
02/02/15, 06:37   
Edited: 02/02/15, 06:38
@DrFinkelstein

It's rumored to be some stores. I wonder if it's because the exclusives will hit all stores in the future ala the Disney Infinity exclusives not the Infinity series...at one point, Woody, Rapunzel, Phineas, Agent P, Wreck-it-Ralph, and Jack Skellington were all store exclusives to Target, Best Buy, Walmart, and GameStop. The Infinity series is exclusive to TRU forever.

@Koovaps

I sure will. We'll get the Rosies out there.

I'm skipping Lucario and Toon Link this wave.
02/02/15, 06:59   
Edited: 02/02/15, 16:23
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