Nintendo's Official UK Store Opens Pre-Orders for Splatoon Bundles and amiibo

If that squid game bundle comes to America it would make my life.

I wish we got these types of things. It's rare when we do.

The triple pack is already sold out? What haha

Edit: Got the boy and the girl preordered from shopto (if other UK residents are interested, they just went up) Don't really want the squid, not even really sure what it does? I presume the same as the boy and girl, either not bothered about getting that one

Phew, I got a triple pack. Had to get a small shirt, though! That was the only size left in stock. Shame.

Good for Britain because only UK residents get to order. Amazon France and Germany soldout fast from EU scalpers, US importers and scalpers alike. Now my only hopes are Amazon Spain, UK and Italy and our GameStop to get the boy and the girl.

I'm extremely pissed off that you have to get the exclusive amiibo to unlock all the missions and get exclusive weapons. Basically unless you're lucky enough to get hold of them, you don't get the full game.

Too late, all triple packs are gone. I have a squid bundle with GAME so hopefully the other 2 amiibo will be sold separately or the triple pack is put back up.

Snapped up the 3 pack Amiino with game and shirt that'll actually fit me. Not just doing it later like I did the last lot.

Still, game plus 3 Amiibo and free shirt for £62 is not too bad...even if I have to shell out an extra £22 for Jigglypuff and Greninja eventually.... T.T

Sure would be nice if Nintendo of America understood how to do things like this.

Thanks for the heads up. Ordered the squid bundle

@Quorthon Remember? We're too stupid and stupid to see the difference in things so they try to make it easy for us.... though I am beginning to wonder if it is just Nintendo here... sure some of the population is but man.... I feel like they are trying to bottle feed us right now.

The game is available for £22.95 from TheGameCollection. I'm guessing somewhere like Tesco will put the amiibo up for £10. Much cheaper!

SOLD OUT ALREADY!!!!??

Managed to get the full bundle before it vanished yay!

These bundles are sour cream.
I buy all games from eshop. Where is my option to buy digital and get the ink squid!? That's a massive flaw in nintebdo pushing eshop and these retail bundles. They want me to buy two copies of the game or something? Where is my option to buy digital and get all three amiibos?

@ikki5

I don't know what the hell the issue is--either NoA thinks that games should sell without "gimmicks" (at which point, they shouldn't have supported the Wii at all), or they don't know how to do special editions, or they just flat-out don't care.

This is one of the reasons I've noted that Nintendo "marginalizes itself" in the public eye. Many major releases these days come with special, limited, collector's, or boxed editions as a celebratory element for the release. It makes them look like a bigger deal to consumers and helps fill out shelf space in stores.

But man, Nintendo of America just sucks at this stuff. If this comes to the US, I fully expect it to appear just in the store in New York and to piss off everybody else.

Tempted but the stand alone game is so cheap at TGC.

Holy crap! The three amiibo pack bundles have all sold out. I'm not too fussed about amiibos, but Splatoon's seem quite interesting. Does anyone know if there's any difference between what all 3 amiibos unlock?

The shirt's free? Wow, look at that! Another great preorder deal NoA will never get to us.

@Mr_Rawky Each amiibo unlocks exclusive weapons and gear so you can't unlock everything without all 3.

Bit sneaky of Nintendo, only selling the amiibo with the game. I know one of the Amiibos is exclusive to the special edition of the game, but you can't mix and match to get the amiibo you want.

@Grumblevolcano Thanks, man that kinda sucks.

@DESS-M-8 Would you like to download some digital Amiibo?

@Grumblevolcano I fought the Squid one only came in the bundle, so it can't lock away content? can it?

Oh surprise the 3 pack is already sold out and there's no option to buy the boy and girl squid, way to go Nintendo

@Espy
No. I want to download the game and have the option to buy a triple pack of the amiibo for it.
How can they promote digital eshop but then exclude you from buying the amiibo for it???

Well I'm lucky that I got in quick enough to order the triple Amiibo bundle, but I could have blown that faffing over which shirt size to go for... I knew that they'd go quickly, I just didn't realise it would be that quick... 200cc Quick!!!

@Grumblevolcano @Jazzer94
I'm thinking the same thing. What I've understand from the Direct you only need one Splatoon amiibo for the amiibo contents. Maybe two (boy and girl).

@outburst I got the impression that the special edition inkling amiibo that isn't available separately was what you needed to get all the amiibo contents.

@outburst I figured it would be at least squid and boy if you choose boy ingame, squid and girl if you choose girl ingame.

Guys, an hour later and there's plenty of stock... NINTENDO DID IT they actually handled it well, these bundles are fair and came super cheap with a free t-shirt!

@Grumblevolcano @FragRed
Well they should at least offer the Squid unlocks free for us digital buyers. Maybe as DLC.

@PvtOttobot Though if you want all three figures, you're out of luck in terms of the official Nintendo store.

I really wanted that triple pack
I got the Squid one instead and desperately trying to get the Inklings from Shopto, but process is painful. The site is just awful.

I was really quick to grab a bundle and stuff it in my basket but then I had to do some things and when I returned the site allowed me to purchase the pack despite it selling out ages ago my question is:
is it mine?

Missing out on the triple pack is no issue, so long as you pick up the Inkling special edition and buy the boy/girl Amiibo separately when they're released. The triple pack also has no savings.

@Ninty4thewin I'm trying to figure this out as well!

@Espy Just rely on your friends who have the other two amiibo.

Love the fact that I just got an email from Nintendo UK store, even though I purchased the game & squid pack an hour ago (was sold out with boy and girl)

This game has the potential to be HUGE for Nintendo. Give me an XL shirt please!

@Rhydas Yes, my... "friends".

Already have a £25 pre-order in for this. The game looks great, but I'd rather have the £10 difference in my pocket.

It just goes to show how popular amiibo is when items can be sold out within half an hour of appearing online.

Nintendo really need to get their act together and work with other manufacturing companies to produce more of these figures.

Unless your off work, near a computer/phone app, the minute these items go up for pre-order you have virtually zero chance of getting them for the rrp price.

@FragRed
That,s no good!

Since this store sell and delivers only in UK, I looked for other official store in Italy. Well, this is what you can order: http://nos.nintendo-europe.com/?locale=it_IT An 8GB SD card for € 30!
Why don't Nintendo just sell its games and products in every country via internet?

I want that shirt.

Isn't the squid amiibo the hardest one to get as it is only obtainable through purchasing the game bundle?

Skipping this game entirely is becoming a possibility.

I don't care about t-shirts, spent 30 minutes yesterday reorganizing my dresser draw and I have way too many t-shirts, but I do like the idea of amiibo being important to the game.

BUT they need to have all 3 of these amiibo on store shelves next to the game readily available.

I am not pre-ordering, I am not shopping around. If I can walk into a store and see the game and the 3 amiibo, either bundled or sold separetly, I'll buy them, but I'm not jumping thru hoops to play a game.

This amiibo stock nonsense has been going on for 6 months now, if they haven't figured out that they need to make more, and how to make more, by now, they never will. And I'm not going thru this game after game after game. King Dedede and Metaknight are part of Kirby's Rainbow Curse and I've never seen any of those on store shelves, and that game has been out for 2 months in the US. Enough.

@Espy It's true, but all you have to do is wait for the figures from somewhere else, which shouldn't be too hard, seeing as everyone else will be rushing for the ultimate packs or the game bundles.

@rjejr

I completely share your view on this. I'm done with Amiibos. I only wanted a few, but Nintendo saw fit not to make enough of them so that I could get them. By some unprecedented luck, I did get Shulk and Mega Man, but now I'm tired of this crap.

Splatoon will not have voice chat. Extra content is locked behind an Amiibo paywall. The Amiibos will be impossible to find. I don't have to put up with this crap elsewhere. I go into a store and I can buy a PS4 game, take it home, and play it.

This is asinine.

@NintendoFanBoy16

I would now argue that it has nothing to do with popularity, and everything to do with perceived scarcity.

Got the game/Squid amiibo preordered from Nintendo (missed the 3 amiibo bundle) and both Boy/Girl amiibo preordered from shopto.net....they're showing up on my preorders but I've had no email to confirm it yet which is a bit worrying.

Why do they do this?!? Most people are still at work at 3pm. They need to organise this better and have more stock available. As it is, Nintendo.co.uk are currently only selling boy/girl Splatoon amiibo separately in a bundle with a copy of the game and T-Shirt....pretty bizarre that they're not selling the amiibo separately.

I ordered the squid amiibo pack but if I can't get hold of the boy and girl ones separately in order to get access to the full content, then I'll cancel within the next 14 days to get a refund.

@Jetset That's where you're wrong, the Direct confirmed exclusive weapons only obtainable via the amiibo figures.

@Jetset they do unlock exclusive weapons and missions which I would personally say is more than just esthetic content.

ToxieDogg am the same no email , but have 3 boy 6 girl 5 Smash Zero Suit Samus on preorder screen i only want one off each lol think i was clicking like mad ( one email just come in for Smash Zero Suit Samus } ........am not canceling them till i know i have one off each , as shopto site is playing up big time ....

UK getting all them purdy bundles again. That T-shirt looks sweet.

@Jetset It's easy to do. I hate this practice of making you need amiibo to get all the content.

@Jazzer94 Upon rewatching the EU Direct (you do not get the same info in the US Direct), it's clear that 1 amiibo is definitely not enough. At 16:10, it shows a list of challenge numbers for girl amiibo: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 25, 27. There's clearly some numbers missing!

They better have a method for getting all the content for people who want digital without paying stupid money to scalpers.

@NintendoLife: Is this an 8-player game (as listed by NL above/right) or a 4-player game (as in how many direct connections to my Wii U)? Thanks for any clarification.

@bluedogrulez Splatoon is 2 player local and 8 player (4v4) online.

@Jetset

There are, of course, ass-holes with mics on every console. But to not include it paints a picture of assuming that everyone is that way.

My gripe is that Nintendo is trying to sell this as a competitive squad-based shooter, but then sending mixed messages by removing the "squad" and "team" part of it by disallowing people from actually communicating.

Having spent quite a bit of time playing a squad-based shooter before (Left 4 Dead on X360), I have experience seeing how well communication works--even in extremely fast-paced games like Splatoon and L4D. I was on a team with mics once against a team without mics, and we utterly decimated them. That might have been the match where we ended up forcing the other team back into the starting location and squashing them there.

Nintendo will likely never get those dedicated players on their side, and the lack of voice chat will--I'm quite certain--cost the game noticeably in reviews outside of sites like this that are Nintendo-centric.

My enthusiasm for this title has been dropping off lately. Chaos can be fun in gaming, but not when the whole point is to be working together as a team.

Also, just for reference, you shouldn't have to play with strangers--if Nintendo is doing this right (we'll see). I played Left 4 Dead with a bunch of guys over at GameInformer and we all got to know each other there. I lost contact with them after being out of the country for a year. Now I don't have any online gamer chums. Have been looking for people to add to my PSN friends list.

I just want that shirt!

@RIDE88 lol, same here...I've got 3 Greninjas and 2 Palutenas showing up on shopto now, I only actually want one of each but I daren't cancel any of them until the site is working properly again.

If I click on any of them now, it just says 'You have already reached your preorder limit for this item', so presumably it will only give us one of each and there won't be a huge stack of them turning up at my house in a few weeks. If it's not sorted itself out by the end of the week though, I'll give them a call.

@FragRed You don't miss out on missions. As they said in the treehouse stream, you do the mission with another weapon and receive a special weapon/clothing

@Grumblevolcano: Thanks. A little disappointed that I'll have to go online if the fam wants to play. Tank! Tank! Tank! actually had a great template for multi-player (with 3, it's wii gamepad screen + split TV screen). Was hoping for that. No matter, still looking forward to this one.

@Espy Er... enemies?

@FragRed yeah exactly. This is where Nintendo is really going to irk a lot of people when it comes to their lack of Amiibo supply and business etiquette. When a game requires Amiibo to unleash it's full potential and Nintendo does not make enough for everybody then something is definitely wrong in Nintendoland. Please someone who can remedy the situation read this and act upon it!

Sigh, I've already missed the triple pack. At least I managed to get the pack with the squid inkling preordered.

@Grumblevolcano
I'll rewatch the direct later but on what I remember, only the boy and girl amiibo was scanned and shown in-game on its amiibo pack when they were talking about the unlockable contents. So I think you'll only need the boy and the girl amiibos.

After my previous experience with the 'Official' store, I'm avoiding it with a barge pole.

And Nintendo really need to sort out their stock issues with amiibo. It's not fun to collect these things, it's a headache.

You know what, I can understand if they can't produce enough amiibos just in time for launch. But Nintendo should at least make a statement wether they are making more for those who wasn't able to get one. This way scalpers will have second thoughts on hoarding stock. They should give us customers something to look forward to. I'm getting frustrated I missed the preorders from Amazon France yesterday. This game is my most anticipated game for 2015 (MK8 last year). I'd be really mad if I don't get the Boy and Girl Inklings.

I really hope the U.S. gets the bundle with just the squid. I want that amiibo much more than the boy or girl.

Managed to get the Triple Amiibo Bundle with XL T-shirt locked down and ordered in time before they sold out (I was lucky enough to be on the site doing my routine daily check when they showed up). Hope I am as lucky with the Greninja, Jiggly, Dark Pit, Palutena, Ganondorf, Z-Suit Samus, Bowser Jr, Dr Mario and Olimar Amiibo when they go up.

shopto has the splatoon bundle up for now

Pre-ordered the Squid, Boy, Girl and a copy of the game at ShopTo.

@I_Am_Kappa If that's the case then the Nintendo Direct was immensely misleading by saying you need Amiibos to unlock missions.

Ordered game only at the game collection for £22. I'm currently collecting the smash amiibos only (if i can get the next waves) so in future might pick up the card amiibos for this. Unless amazon offer game and squid for reasonable price combined.

I definitely want yoshi with amiibo mind.

@FragRed 2 was my understanding the amiibo missions are in fact "in game objectives" i.e. kill 3 enemies in 3 seconds and not entire levels/worlds. Haven't nailed it down but the exclusive gear is also variants of existing in game gear

@Quorthon Oh, the days of the Zelda gold carts. Or remember DK64 and it's yellow cart? Awesome times. Nintendo has for sure lost its plot in that regard.

To be fair, we got the Mario Party 10 amiibo bundle. They sure made sure there were plenty of those. Though it definitely wouldn't kill NoA to have something like this splatoon bundle, I would have been all over it. If I recall correctly, we didn't get that cool Wind Waker HD Ganondorf bundle. And the Hyrule Warriors scarf bundle was only sold at Nintendo World. Hell, we don't even have a robust online store like they do in the UK. That alone could go a long way to helping the current supply problems (at least I would think).

Oh and about PSN friends, I don't have many of those myself and always looking for good folks, so if you want, feel free to add me. My credentials are on my NLife profile.

I preordered two of the Splatoon XL bundle at 3:14pm today before they put up the One per customer warnings. I have sent them an email explaining the situation and asking if my preorder will be honoured as I placed it before the imposed limits went up.

I don't want to lose my preorders as I have never had an issue on Nintendo Store.

@DESS-M-8 they don't force you to buy digital, that's your own decision

I wanted all three amiibo, but it was sold out. I got only the green squid for now.

If this comes to Germany, I will get the Special edition including Squid amiibo and a girl inkling amiibo =)

@BLPs I wish Australia got this. Instead, we get the standard game and the Amiibo triple pack.

@MadAdam81 : Are you sure about that? The European Nintendo Direct (which, for the most part, applies to Australia/New Zealand as well) only mentioned the Splatoon + Squid Amiibo Deluxe Pack, the standalone Splatoon game, and the individual Squid Boy and Girl figurines. The Direct indicated that the Squid amiibo will be available exclusively via the Deluxe pack in Europe and it made no mention of the 3 pack whatsoever.

The 3 pack was probably mentioned in the U.S. Nintendo Direct, which doesn't apply to us.

@sillygostly I went to preorder at my local shop and that's what they had on their system.

@SlicingScyther were you talking about mortgages, mortgage insurance and community fees you'd have a point.
Unfortunately we're talking about company trying to sell consumer goods and promote digital distribution. Therefore taking a stance of "well don't buy it then" won't really be something that features in their mission statement. But does seem to crop in nintendos business models from time to time either through oversights or thoughtlessness.

@CharlyDunst
Amazon Germany already sold out like 3 days ago (or was it last week?). Check your other retailers.

@outburst I was afraid of this B( Just like the Bayonetta First Print >B( I wish, they would sell more of this than just a small number. THIS makes money like crazy.

@antdickens: Cool. From everything I've read since, there would never be more than 4 players using one Wii U console. The online is 4 on 4. This is a long winded way of saying Splatoon does not appear present a reason to purchase 4-way gamecube adapters. Regardless, looking forward to this release!

@Sir_JBizzle

I think the only reason the Mario Party 10 Amiibo set was so readily available was, as we could all probably guess, "because Mario."

Also, I have taken note of your PSN id and Wii U id. I will try to add those tonight if I don't get too distracted. Wednesday nights I'm usually trying to improve my drawing skill. Which have lapsed and are terrible.