Amazon amiibo Pre-Orders Hint at More Retailer-Exclusive Figures

Not Rosalina! Get her up on order, Amazon!

I may have to chase after King Dedede...

I hope not although maybe they might be exclusive to Lootcrate. I really hope that it's just a miskate on Amazon's part. They have been wrong before. Until Nintendo tells us otherwise I don't believe it.

And Lucario? Also missing?

Ah, crap. I was hoping this 'retailer exclusive' business would skip the ones that I actually care about but I am a man who loves his Kirby games.

I don't want exclusives. This will only encourage scalpers and shortages.

Amiibo needs help, not hindrances.

When I clicked the link provided in the article for amazon, it shows King Dedede is available for preorder....

It's Pokemon Rumble U all over again! (I don't know what the smiley for a crying face is, so I wrote this instead)

@Stu13 WISH I knew more Kirby fans.

I wish loot crate would hurry up and tell me which other 5 amiibo they are including in the http://www.lootcrate.com/amiibo subscription so I can preorder the other 2 missing ones for the wave 1 figures.

"It could, of course, just be an oversight on Amazon's part."

Pssh, I doubt that.

If this becomes true, then why in the hell are some amiibo being exclusive to certain retailers? A strategy deal to draw attention and traffic to their store instead of another retailer? At least its better than a game having exclusive in game content depending on which retailer you bought it from.

Give me Zero Suit Samus already...

I believe that this exclusivity business is a bad start for the amiibos. It will definitely be more of a hinderance than anything else. Regardless, i only have interest at this time in link and toon link, maybe zero-suit samus in the future.

Thank goodness for living in Europe where none so far seem to be exclusive to any retailer.

@TantXL Word.

I hope this isn't true since I actually do like the Meta Knight and King Dedede Amiibo, they look pretty good compared to some of the other Amiibo.

@Iggly It isn't true for King Dedede
He is actually available for preorder at amazon.
Maybe nintendolife overlooked him?

@HypocrisyNews Uhm...its basically that. If these Amiibos are exclusive to retailers you dont have in your region, youre missing out on ingame stuff they unlock.

I don't mind exclusives too much as long as they are re-skinned. Most of the major retailers have had varying re-skinned Skylanders over the years - some of the Legendary I believe were TRU exclusive and Target had some branded as Nitro - but the normal figure has usually been available everywhere. Of course there are always exclusive give-aways at shows and events and such.

Considering Nintnedo is fighting a 2 front battle w/ amiibo against both Skylanders and Disney Infiinty now is probably not the best time to offer amiibo as exclusives anywhere. Though if the waving Mario w/ the red base shows up as an exclusive anywhere I would gladly buy it over fireball Mario which I just don't like.

Guess we'll have to wait and see. Nintendo certainly does seem to be going all-in on the figures though the way they are rolling them out.

I'm not really so sure it is all that dumb?

Do you guys go to stores (Best Buy, Target, Gamestop) all that often? Wii U stuff is usuallly crammed in a corner at Gamestop, and on an "edge" aisle at best buy and target. Nintendo products are shoved to the sidelines.

my guess is there are some agreements linked to this that pushes nintendo games into a little bit more visible areas. Perhaps i've got my tinfoil hat on now, but it would not surprise me if this has something to do with the marketing we are always wanting to see from nintendo. that is, the behind the scenes and "visibility" stuff. this of course is based on my belief that sony and M$ give retailers bonuses for prominantly displaying their items, which may be way off.

Loveyduv with exclusives, I want Rosalina.

_{Watch the profanity -Lz}

You can still order them online, just through other stores. It's not that big of a deal.

Hmm... Shulk's exclusivity made sense due to Xenoblade being a Gamestop exclusive, but it'd be weird for these to be exclusive as well.

Boo! Hiss!

@ThomasWhitehead The article subtitle says Lucario, but in the content it says King Dedede. This needs to be straighted out.

Wario! Where are you!?

This store-exclusive stuff is pure BS, if you ask me. Even if you can purchase them online. I hope this won't be a thing where I live.

I think exclusivity is good when you give an extra, like "Buy Shulk here and get a free weapon for the Xenoblade Chronicles port". That's awesome, a plus. But to limit the figure to only one retail store? That's plain stupid.

P.S.: @ThomasBW84, the subtitle says "Rosalina and Luma, Lucario and Meta Knight", but the news is about Rosalina and Luma, King Dedede and Meta Knight. Also, King Dedede IS available at Amazon.

Thank god we dont have store exclusives in Europe! (That I know of)

How can any of them be exclusive if they are all available via Nintendo.com/.co.uk?

@Jinxyman I am having a hard time understanding loot crate. It's amiibo only right? I may get it if that the case.

Who's holding my Rosalina hostage?!
Gimme gimme gimme!!

@Hero-of-WiiU Yes, from my understanding its going to be 10 amiibo spread across 3 crates. They may put some other items in the crate but for sure the 10 amiibo. They have only announced 5 of the 10 they are going to be sending so far. "By signing up for an “amiibo Subscription Service,” subscribers will receive 10 pre-selected amiibo (including Mario, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Fox and Yoshi) separated into three special Loot Crate shipments throughout the holiday season without ever having to leave their homes." http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/BFHbtk64pHCvYGuOUFQDwbiv40C24qjy

@Emblem

This exclusivity applies to North America only. I know Amiibo are supposedly region free, but still a hassle.

I could see Rosalina being Walmart exclusive and Meta Knight being Toys R Us Exclusive.

For those who are still on the fence on buying the amiibos due to the cost, here's a deal starting next week (3 for $30) from TRU:

https://twitter.com/NintendoTweet/status/533301497547616256

if sonic is not retail-exclusive then im fine.

Dang it, Nintendo... Gamestop is actually in town, but Target and Best Buy are a little over 100 miles away. I don't even know where there's a ToysRUs. Maybe 200 miles. Don't do this.

I really wish there were no retailer-exclusives. Nintendo should make it as easy as possible for anyone anywhere to get whichever Amiibo they want.

@sinalefa I find it hard to believe that the NOA store won't even be selling them, that's a very stupid move on there part. I hope NOA are getting a good deal out of this exclusivity because Nintendo fans don't like crap like this and Nintendo have alot riding on these things.

As others have said before, this is a new market and beyond nostalgia value Amiibo have no real hook so making them difficult to get is not a good idea.

@audiobrainiac
I know right? Put Lucario on that list Thomas.

Shulk and Rosalina are two of the ones I'd be more likely to buy. As far as I'm aware the exclusivity hogwash isn't happening in Europe too right?

@Jinxyman
Do you know if I could get the loot crate subscription at a later date.

@Hero-of-WiiU subscriptions JUST opened up. Says quantities are limited and my guess probably won't be open for long. The other 5 are Samus, Luigi, Fox, Yoshi, and Zelda

@Jinxyman Yeah, I just got the email and subscribed, I assume. There no sort of paying process yet right?

@Hero-of-WiiU same here. Well depending which subscription you choose will be charged on your CC 1x a month 3x or if you paid it all up front probably around the 20th each payment.

Well, I guess I'll have to hunt down Rosalina... Hopefully she ain't somewhere as bad as Best Buy...

@Jinxyman
Did you see or know when these ship? Also thank you for answering my questions and responding so quickly.

@Hero-of-WiiU no problem! Here you go: The first amiibo crate will begin shipping on the 20th, with shipments following weekly after.

@Nardar well he had Lucario in the tag line or whatever but never mentioned him in the article, but then he edited the tag line haha

Do... Want... Rosalina...

Does anybody know if the Rosalina one will interact with Mario Kart 8? Smash Bros may or may not be in my future but I'm thinking about getting some of the figures just because they're cool to collect...

I just realised how the center of Rosalina's wand isn't actually hollow like it should be and how her fingers are so darn thick. She definitely isn't on my to-buy list, especially because the support for Luma sticks out quite a bit.

It shows how weak Nintendo is in negotiations that they have to kiss the ring of retailers like this with exclusives. It just further devalues an already shaky (and rather obscure) business plan. I can't imagine anybody trekking around town to buy figurines in a particular place when it's still not clear why anybody should buy them at all. But we'll see I guess.

You should have just changed "King Dedede" for "Lucario" instead of erasing King Dedede from the content and "Lucario" from the subtitle, @ThomasBW84. Lucario is in fact missing at Amazon.

It happens sometimes, @ThomasBW84

I just wait until they release Robin's amiibo. Hopefully it will work with Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem.