By the end of February 2015 Nintendo will have released 29 amiibo figures. While distribution is expected to be across all retailers in PAL regions, in particular, some exclusivity deals on the early 2015 toys have begun to emerge for the US. Shulk will be a GameStop exclusive in the country, while the amazon.com listing is missing three more of the toys, suggesting they're also destined for exclusivity deals.
That hint from Amazon has already transpired in one case, with Meta Knight now confirmed as a Best Buy exclusive when it arrives in the US in February next year.
Lucario and Rosalina & Luma remain as potential retail exclusives in the US, though as yet stores such as Walmart and Target haven't announced any amiibo exclusivity.
We'll see whether any retailers grab exclusivity deals outside of the US; for those of you in the country, are you planning on hitting up a Best Buy next year to add Meta Knight to your amiibo collection?
Thanks to Babyguess for the heads up.
[source corporate.bestbuy.com]
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Well, this certainly makes me frustrated. Looks like I won't be getting Meta Knight then. I won't order from more than one store. It's too much of a hassle. I'll order my wave 3 amiibos from whatever store Rosalina comes from.
Because ordering online is too complicated?
I thought so. I expect Rosalina to be Walmart's and Lucario to be Target's. Will buy Meta Knight online if I want him since there's no local Best Buy around here.
What the crap nintendo? how could you support such dirty sales tactics?
@WaLzgi How about cuz separate shipping cost more money?
In before Moore Gamestop hate.......oh wait, never mind!
Do Nintendo want all of their Amiibos to sell or not? Have them available all at one place, not scattered around the store world.
This is probably Nintendo's way of keeping healthy relationships with retailers. Remember retailers are key to push your product to the masses, you wouldn't want them pissed with your company.
But, yeah, this sucks.
Best Buy does free shipping above a certain price ($25, I think) so Meta Knight wouldn't be a lot. If you don't order just Meta Knight then you should be fine.
@Yoshis95 Dirty is having a million and ten pre-order bonuses available at 7 different outlets for the same game (that may or may not have that DLC publicly available at a future date). Dirty is forcing the delay of a multi-plat game on other consoles so you can get it on yours first/at the same time.
This is more arbitrary, as while the exclusivity for something like amiibos is unnecessary, you at least still have the choice/ability to go to these stores (or buy online). The main folks effected the worst by this are those who have a vendetta against these big chain stores (for hopefully good reason), and those who want to save a couple bucks on bulk shipping.
Edit: All this said, I'd rather these figures not being held exclusively by store.
Will be preordering friday
well since i work there, i guess i'll get em. the others i'll just order online.
Lol I'm sry for the rest of you I really am. The game comes out in two days for us and we are getting all the best exclusives we even got are own mario. But it's probably because almost every1 in America is all over it ( the game cube adapters and everything are completely sold out )
Lol I'm sry for the rest of you I really am. The game comes out in two days for us and we are getting all the best exclusives we even got are own mario. But it's probably because almost every in America is all over it ( the game cube adapters and everything are completely sold out )
Amazon lists the 3rd wave of amiibos for February 28!!
http://www.amazon.com/Mega-Man-amiibo-nintendo-wii-u/dp/B00PG6ZCT2/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1416449279&sr=8-9&keywords=amiibo
Meta Knight wasn't necesarrily on my radar. This doesn't take him off or put him on my radar now.
@Samurai_Goroh That is my thought as well. Nintendo needs to fight for shelf space in these stores. Try to find Wii U at a gamestop? Always back of the store. This probably nets them good positioning of the Amiibos near skylander and infinity products. I don't think less of Nintendo if this is their approach. It is the American market, and if the Wii U and 3DS should have taught them anything, it is they HAVE to play the market.
Man it looks sweet.
amiibo inquirer says Lucario is Toys R Us exclusive
Well time to rush to best buy and buy all the Meta Knights
Guess I know where I'll be February.
Now everyone has a pie so stop arguing. But still I don't see a problem with this unlike the preordering fiasco.
YAY! More exclusives! I also heard speculation about "Limited Color Variant" amiibo from a survey I just took on Club Nintendo.
If they don't make Ike or lucario an exclusive to some store, then i'm good.
I'm still not really sure which ones I want. I don't mind buying from different stores as long as I'm happy with them.
@spiffeh same here...
As long as it's not a limited exclusive and it's well stocked, I have no complaints. The GameStop exclusive got that out of my system.
I don't see the problem. I'll just go to my local Best Buy to get it, no big deal.
Disappointed I can't get it in person, but I guess I can pay shipping. Not really up for a 200-mile round trip jaunt to get it.
@SavoirFaire
GameStop lol. Being a GCU member I never step foot into GameStop unless they have something exclusive. But Tales of Hearts R just released for Vita physically, only at GameStop, so I stopped in to pick up my copy last week. The Wii U section (if you could even call it that) was relegated to 4 feet of shelf space in the back corner of the store. Only three games were on display while the rest of the shelf space was empty, presumably for Smash. The other 25 copies of Wii U games they had, despite being brand-new, where shelved on their side like a pile of bargain bin used games. It was insulting, to say the least.
The other 97% of their shelf space was for PlayStation and Xbox. I understand those systems are popular but my goodness, I've seen more shelf space dedicated to air fresheners.
That's the main reason I lost respect for GameStop. I understand that Wii U is selling less but even the 3DS had no more shelf space than the Wii U, and that system is pushing product left and right. It's just a slap in the face to Nintendo and to be frank, it's just flat out embarrassing.
Toys R Us is doing 3 Amiibos for $30 on Friday and I'm getting 1 free with my preorder but I don't even know which ones I want besides Samus, Villager, and Little Mac (when it comes out). The exclusives will probably be just on my radar as collectables but I'm not too interested in the exclusive characters.
I just noticed the article tag says "Mega Knight", not "Meta Knight"...
That's the way to support Mexico and South America.
Mexico has Best Buys too, but they never have any videogame offering, they even barely sell Nintendo games around here. Gamestop doesn't exist, and Amazon doesn't always send the packages to this country.
It would be all okay for me, but Link and Shulk are the only amiibo I really was looking for. I think I will only get Link, then.
I never really plan on getting too many Amiibos. I will probably just stick with Mario and Peach Amiibos.
I wonder if there will be any international Amiibo trading appointments? I don't know if that can be arranged, but I guess if we have a global community, we may as well combat scarcity. There could be complications with ordering online, for some.
@JaxonH It depends on which one; there are several Gamestops nearby where I live that have significant shelf space dedicated to Wii U and used Wii games. The "air freshener" shelf universally belongs to the Vita.
Any kind of Best Buy exclusivity worries me. Not because of the store's scarcity (there's one across the street from where I work), but because their selection in general is so hit or miss. It's like spinning a roulette whenever you go in.
I'm really curious to see which retailer said "Hey, we want Rosalina exclusively."
I'd wager Target - they're frequent supporters of Nintendo's products, including the Super Mario Galaxy cards and random gatchas.
Wal-Mart would mean Rosalina is SUPER popular.
It would probably be easier on the stores to stock these things if each chain only had to carry a smaller subset of the amiibo, especially if Nintendo is going to release hundreds of these things. If they limited each amiibo to one chain, at least you could figure out where to get that amiibo, rather than hunting around at maybe half a dozen places to try to find it in stock somewhere.
I believe Lucario has been confirmed as Toys R Us exclusive
@iphys That's exactly what I thought. Those are probably the less produced amiibos so now you know where to find the rare ones
@Yoshis95 Depends on the store. Some use free shipping now, but not all of them.
@Olmectron
Agreed. I know Amazon takes my debit card but I am not sure Best Buy will. Gamestop does not. So either not have Metaknight and Shulk or pay outrageous prices for them.
@JaxonH - "That's the main reason I lost respect for GameStop."
Theyr'e a retailer, they follow the money, they don't owe Ntinedo anything. But it's stuff like this that I'm always complaining about.
Store exclusives is just 1 more reason for me not to buy any amiibo. Though at the moment I actually don't have any reason to buy 1. No wait, 1 reason, I want that spinner in Hyrule Warriros, but I'm not paying $10 or $13 for it.
@rjejr retailer exclusives don't bother me a bit. So I order from a different store? Who cares.
I'm buying them just for the figures, but the fact they all give you stuff in all these games is a no brainer bonus for me. Just the MK8 costumes alone are bad***
@JaxonH - "retailer exclusives don't bother me a bit. So I order from a different store? Who cares."
You've obviously never been a parent trying to buy a Christmas gift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwecyXBMDUQ
@rjejr can't watch video now, will later.
I think it has more to do with the fact I order everything online
@JaxonH - It's just the trailer for Jingle All the Way w/ Ah-nuld. That movie is probably the best commerical for Amazon.
And it's a good thing you shop on line w/ all the games you buy you'ld never have any time left to play if you actually had drive to stores.
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