So many have been eagerly awaiting an official release date announcement for wave 3 amiibo in North America, rather than the vague "February 2015" that has been floating around; now we're finally one step closer. Earlier today, a Reddit user by the name of KingOfRedLions posted on the amiibo Subreddit forum with an attached image of what is believed to be a memo sent out to GameStop employees detailing wave 3 availability.
While the memo does say that the figures are not street dated and can be sold as soon as they arrive in stores, estimated arrival dates are still provided for eight of the ten characters. Take a look at the memo that was posted:
The dates, according to the memo, are as follows:
- Bowser: February 6
- Sheik, Shulk, Toon Link, Ike, and King Dedede: February 13
- Mega Man and Sonic: February 20
It's unclear at the time of writing whether or not these dates came directly from Nintendo, and as such should be taken with a grain of salt. Does this memo seem believable to you? Are you a GameStop employee who saw this as well? Let us know in the comments below!
[source reddit.com, via amiiboinquirer.com]
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That is so odd. At my Gamestop, they said all wave 3 amiibo is still to be released on February 1st as for I who preordered. If the date is subject to change in waves of the wave 3 then I will be very disappointed. I want to receive all of my amiibo on the same day lol.
Best Buy recently sent me dates of 2/1/15 for Sheik, Toon Link, and Bowser. I have the rest pre-ordered through them as well and haven't received word on their dates.
Why they don't just release the whole wave at once just like when Smash U released? It's kinda annoying you buy a couple one day, then you have to wait 2 weeks or so to buy another two and so on. On top of that, add the stock issues... blegh.
Toys R' Us is sending me Lucario and Mega Guy on the 1st, and Rosalina is already in transit to my house.
I'm thinking this will be my last fully-owned wave. I pre-ordered just before people started going nuts and pre-orders sold out in mere minutes in the middle of the night (Rosalina, Majora's Mask New 3DS XL, Majora's Mask game special edition, etc.). I'm not going to jump through hoops. If I can pre-order or find them in-store, fine, if not, oh well, and I certainly won't be giving in to scalpers. I ordered a Rosalina from Amazon France that should be here any day now, and only because it was my wife's most wanted figure. Otherwise I'm not bothering. Sorry, Nintendo.
Didn't realize Sheik was in this wave, hope I can find one at some point when released.
Let the massacre begin (ill be keeping well away, sanity and wallet intact)
OF COURSE 2/13 for half of them. That's only the same day a host of other awesome stuff comes out. They'll all be gone before I ever get to buy any more Amiibos. I give up. I at least have some of wave 1. If I have to choose, I'd rather buy games.
I assumed US were getting them the same day as UK which is tomorrow.
3 of mine have turned up early.
https://twitter.com/Moose_4/status/558333266856779776
I'll just go pick some wave 3 on my local stores tomorrow (Ike, Rosalina and maybe Toon Link). Wave 3.5 which includes Dedede, MetaKnight, Shulk, MM and Sonic have February release. I'll be skipping Bowser as I'll get the Super Mario line. We have plenty. I'm only having trouble finding Villager.
Nah guys. Its the first. Called several Gamestops they all said FEB 1ST.
@GooRoo Nintendo doesn't care. You are nothing to them. There are others lined up to buy their products.
Sigh... Nintendo, Nintendo
@GooRoo I agree. I feel like NOA starved American consumers for decades with nothing but Mario toys and now that they're finally releasing other characters in the US, they're making it super hard for us to enjoy that.
Well, I imagine the possibility of a similar situation to the 1st 2 waves. For North Americans, February starts income tax returns, & that means there will be ppl purchasing these up in droves for resale/to resell. I never expected, or considered attempting owning them all, just my favs. Out of this list, Mega Man, then maybe Sheik, &/or Shulk.
Wow I didn't know they were still waiting for a date. NoA has really dropped the ball recently with pleasing it's customers.
@KodyDawg: Happy early birthday, God bless, & have a great birthday!
I found Toon Link, Sheik, Ike, Lucina and Lucario in a danish shop today (Fona for the other danes!)!
The Toon Link amiibo is calling my name.
Some Toys R Us around NA are putting out Bowser, Shiek, and Toon Link early right now.
But your mileage will vary. I was able to find and get them from my local TRU here on the east coast, but my brother over on the west coast walked out empty handed being told that they couldn't sell any to him until the 30th.
EDIT: Not my photo post, but proof enough - http://imgur.com/wxXIWo5
That's.. pretty odd, to devide them this way. I wonder why. In Europe, these are released in simply 2 'waves' with a month apart. I got one half today, and will get the other half next month. I was also a little confused why there were only 8 amiibo listed there, but then I remembered the store exclusive ones... sorry for you Americans who have to deal with that crap.
jesus tap dancin crackers....i swear to god nintendo...can't even get something as simple as a toy release right....I love you, but you're making it very hard to stay supportive of new products...
Got my Sheik & Ike a couple of days ago. Didn't hit me they weren't supposed to be released until now, lol.
Wow, I can't believe they've not announced a date. I've got my Rosalina here in the UK. I did have Bowser ordered but cancelled so I could get the Mario Collection one instead.
Eh, I don't see why people freak over this type of stuff- who cares if there isn't a release date quite yet, or if they come in waves, or any of that stuff. Hardly the kind of stuff that keeps me up at night. They release when they release- whenever is fine by me.
People just think about their own desires and complain when they aren't met- for all we know they're producing these as fast as possible and the waves are due to the fact they're literally casting and shipping as they go. I can't imagine Nintendo foresaw the insane demand here, and their contract with the manufacturer probably only reflected half the quantity needed at the time. And as with all manufacturers, they have other business to manufacture for. Upping the order at the last minute might result in some overtime for the employees, but there's still a limit to how fast they can make these- especially when you're talking about 30+ new castings, all with unforeseen issues at cast and paint (new business always has kinks at launch) which even further limits production quantity, which is why it's probably going to take until mid-year before they even BEGIN to have time to produce more Marths. But, people don't consider these realities.
@DTFaux Thanks! going to go check now
Funny... My Best Buy order says that Sheik, Bowser, and Toon Link should be shipping on the 1st...
This Is NOT Fake! I Just Called My Local Gamestop And They Gave Me The Exact Release Dates As The Picture Above! Also Go To Gamestop.com And Check The Dates! THERE THE SAME! #hyped (So Its Safe To Remove Rumour From The Title! )
Jeez, how are we gonna buy these amiibo before they sell out if we're planning on buying the New 3DS and games that day?
I just went to my local Toys R Us today and bought Toon Link and Sheik. They had Bowser but since they had 30 of him and only a few of the ones I bought I passed on him. The manager said Lucario had a street date of 1/30 so they couldn't sell me him yet, but I will be there on 1/30 as soon as they open.
Gonna try to get the Mega Man one! It will probably be sold out though.
I MUST find King Dedede!! I shall not give up searching until I obtain one! (And not from some lame scalper!)
I'm tired of people using the excuse that "Nintendo could not have foreseen the success of Amiibo". They have been around to watch Skylanders sell very very well for the last five years, so if Nintendo wasn't paying attention to that, then they had their heads stuck under a rock.
@Porky I preordered from Best Buy (with exception of Shulk, Lucario, and Rosalina) because I have a discount with Gamer's Club Unlocked for $10.39 each. But anyway, I just got notification yesterday that three were expected to be available for store pickup on February 1st - namely Shiek, Bowser, and Toon Link.
Sheik and Megaman, please.
Big shop here in Euroland... got 60 wave 3.A amiibo. Not a single Rosalina among them! so sad...
@Jesh Comment of the day
Shulk amiibo for me!
I'm going by my Best buy receipt for Meta Knight and King Dedede, which says February 1st.
So the waves are now being split into smaller waves.
Only Shulk for me out of all waves. Interested in seeing what it may be used for in Xenoblade X and Xenoblade 3DS. All the others hold no interest to me, since I'm not getting Smash.
Went to toys r us today & they had lots of Toon Link and Bowser, not much Sheik left however. (I have Sheik, Mega Man and Sonic preordered from GS) They also have signs everywhere saying "Only 1 new amiibo per customer". Glad to see at least one retailer is doing something about the scalping issue going on here.
Well, I have Shulk and Ike pre-purchased completely. I guess I'll know in a few days as to whether I get them on the 1st or when I pick up Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate.
I'm looking at getting Robin and maybe Lucina later on, but I've only been concerned with getting my favorite characters from Smash so far. I'm looking forward to some Jigglypuff too!
Just give me Rosalina and nobody gets hurt.
I am ever growing concerned for my Toon link Amiibo.... Amazon had an estimated time delivery for both my sheik and Toon link Amiibo but the Toon link Amibo has been switch to "will let you know when we have more info".... If i don't get that Amiibo, I am going to be so pissed.
@MartineG3
LOL, Good luck with that, if you don't Robin and Lucina them now, you'll never get them.... actually... it is probably already too late. Yes, places are already take pre-orders
just checked gamestop for USA they have changed their release date.
..... and they also have Pit for a release date of the 30th this month
March 2, 2015 is the release date for bowser according to amazon.
All want is Ike so I can use him in Codename S.T.E.A.M
I already bought a Toon Link and a Bowser from Toys R Us in California. They said they were told to sell them as soon as they accept their inventory so I don't know if that confirms Nintendo's directive or what.
Ok this is fake I am a worker at gamestop and I did not get this but what I do know is that we already have those amiibos in boxes for February 1st my boss says "these are getting released but the problem is that we don't control the website." I don't know who is controlling the website but that is all I know.
I got Meta knight pre-ordered way back in early December and Shulk. I also bought a pre-order slip for Luchario. I'm mainly focusing on the exclusives for this wave although I did buy Bowser. lol
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