Demand For amiibo Continues As Pre-Orders For Forthcoming Waves Sell Out

Yeah, I was hoping to get Diddy Kong. Looks like that may not be happening now...

I preordered Pit. I'm glad I did

Little Mac seems to be sold out everywhere in the UK, I guess people are getting savvy about snapping up the least popular characters.

Now Nintendo, you thought this was a good idea, so don't back out and start limiting amiibo's because of demand...

@BLPs Wave four in Europe.

Where is Wario ???

This is ridiculous only because I believe it's people preordering a bunch just to exploit eBay. These people love it when Nintendo has a popular product in short supply.

The amiibo speculation bubble will crash; right now I think people are just buying up whatever stock they can to sell on ebay. But either a.) Nintendo makes more amiibos to meet demand, or b.) They don't and most people give up bothering with them, things will balance out.

@MeddlingIdiot Little Mac hasn't even been released in Europe yet, has it?

"which would suggest that the initial shipment is entirely taken."

That sentence should end w/ - "by eBay resellers." as @Spoony_Tech said. (still not stalking you, you just happen to beat me to it)

I think I'm going to go start collectin' Disney Infinity figures instead.

Darn I was hoping that I could buy a Captain Falcon amiibo, hopefully they'll restock by the time I already pre-order MH4U.

@KeeperBvK Nope, but all pre-orders have been removed for him.

@rjejr As the one Skylander figure says "I got my eye on you"

@bloodycelt I think you are correct. Hopefully, they meet the demand since I won't break the bank to get all of them. I would happily pay retail however.

Well after checking the Nintendo UK Online store earlier today and seeing Donkey Kong and others sold out along with these figures mentioned in the article, I've don't a pre-order of Shulk and Lucario from Amazon - hopefully that will be honoured!

It's a shame about the Villager as Animal Crossing is popular with the kiddies. Given these are sidekicks in the game I'm getting more characters I'd like to pair up with as opposed to ones I actually want to play as.

Thank god I preordered most of wave 2 at gamestop like a week or so ago... except diddy kong but I have a feeling I might able to find him no problem I just hope I can get another zelda amiibo just for my zelda collection.

@bloodycelt yeah, Nintendo will certainly produce more if they are selling well. Tgey would be fools not to. On another note, how cool would it be if we could get diddy kong as a character in mk8 if you buy the amiibo?

UK here, I saw a Zelda amiibo in GAME today when I went in to look around. Might be worth looking there in case stores have broken street dates on them.

I pre-ordered Captain Falcon and Zelda.

Little Mac is still available for pre-order on Amazon Italy. In fact both wave 1&2 are still available for pre/order.

@premko1 Well he's an unlockable character so he will be in the final wave,with every other unlockable character like ROB,Falco etc etc.

Well i better get money fast i guess, damn it Nintendo!

I missed on Little Mac, the only December amiibo I care about. Ike is unavailable on Amazon too, but I managed to preorder Bowser, Megaman and Sonic.

I hope Nintendo replenishes stock so resellers will be left in the dust with tons of figurines, thus lowering the chance of them taking most of the new amiibo for the next waves.

So both little Mac and Pit are Available on Targets website still. Looks like I'll have to quickly pre-order from there.

so wait has little mac come out in the USA yet?

Gotta star punch my wallet when I see a Little Mac Amiibo!!

..........cause that'll make the money come out and it'll be enough to buy him, logic? Yee, I got plenty of that!

@Spoony_Tech - If I had a 1-eyed Skylander w/ 2 eyes I could sell it on eBay for $25k. I'd better go check.

Just preordered Zelda. She's the only one of 2nd wave amiibos I really wanted anyway. Feb. will be rough, though. I want Rosalina, Sonic, Mega Man, and maybe Shulk. I already preordered Mega Man. I'm taking no chances there.

I did not expect to see these become so popular. I'm only planning on picking up a Yoshi and a Samus, myself.

If it's any constellation you can still pre-order at best buy, although Pit and Captain Falcon is shipping later than the others (12/31 compared to 12/14).

Also if you're lucky to live in or close to NYC you can get Diddy Kong, Little Mac and Zelda amiibo at Nintendo World Store.

Wish I wasn't at work right now or else I would buy Little Mac and Zelda right now.

Well if Nintendo's aim was to whip us up into a preorder frenzy they damn well succeeded.

Preordered Zelda, Pit, Sheik, Toon Link, Shulk, Ike & Mega Man from 3 different sites. Hope they are all honoured.

I started off only wanting a Link but now I feel the urge to buy them all! Even Australia is falling foul to stock shortages. Little Mac, who releases today, is already sold out at EB Games along with several Wave 1 amiibos.

GAH! Need to get to Best Buy this weekend and pre-order ASAP!

I've got Zelda, Captain Falcon and Pit pre-ordered from Amazon in wave 2 and Rosalina and Bowser for wave 3.

Nintendo need to come out with a crystal clear statement about wether or not any of the amiibo have ceased production. Some poor people are spending far too much because they don't know if this is all there is.

Meet supply and demand, Big N. These amiibos are selling out fast!

seriously if anyone is looking for amiibos just come to smithfield, nc we have like 2 gamestops, i havent been their in a few weeks but when i bought an amiibo on release day they hadnt even put them out yet, i was the first one to buy one and it was like 2pm. i bet you can get whatever amibo you are looking for

Yeah, I'm pre-ordering Shulk

I'm betting these are ALL coming back in stock at least a couple times no matter what Nintendo is hinting at. Those manufacturing defect figurines set off a firestorm of people looking to resell but there are plenty of just regular sales as well (or the resellers wouldn't keep buying). If Nintendo has a hot product they won't stop selling anytime soon. Nobody should pay more than retail for these.

So why the vague comments from Nintendo? Nintendo is just covering its collective butt. There will be a point where they stop making some figurines because the demand is so low it doesn't pay to make them anymore. It doesn't want to say it won't discontinue something — what company can promise that about any product?

Anyway, the other big aspect to understand is that these Amiibo are primarily for Smash Bros. and there is no promise of any kind of extended support in the future.

Don't buy these unless you see the value in what is offered now. It's reasonable to expect the support Nintendo has promised in other games, but as we've seen that can be very, very limited.

Nintendo doesn't have to come out and say anything definitive concerning discontinuing some of the Amiibo. Right now, the demand is ridiculously higher than expected. I bought a Pikachu day one, and I'm good.

I just picked up Zelda and Little Mac at Fred Meyer here in NA. They were to only 2 of the next wave there but what a nice surprise! I thought the register would halt the sale but nope. Looks like I will visit a few other stores today to hopefully find the others.

Dangit, if I can't get a Villager for the standard price, then nobody is getting any of my money for it. I am not going to play your game, eBay jerks.

People will get bored of amiibo if this nonsense continues. I'm already in the position where Captain Falcon and Luigi are the only post-wave 1 ones I care about.

I just got a Link Amiibo from Toys R Us, there were like 15 Amiibo there. Surprisingly, Nintendo has the most shelves compared to the others there.

I have to say nintendo are pushing these amiibo waves out far too quickly, i am collecting these, i have the first 12 and have pre-ordered and paid for the next wave also, but all this talk of the possiblilty of not being able to get hold of some amiibo's that havent even been released yet is leading me to buy wave 4 already when its only out in feb in fear of not getting them at all or paying or paying silly money on ebay for them, nintendo really need to address availability on ALL amiibos, the only ones i cant get are the ones mentioned in this post King Dedede, Meta Knight and Shulk, i hope i can get them or ive collected the rest for nothing

If your in Bristol don't bother checking Game for any second wave amiibos. Broadmead has Mario, Samus and Fox, Galleries just has Mario behind the counter. If you like Skylanders or Disney Infinity though they seem to be taking up more shelf space than actual games.

Not bothering with Amiibo unless Nintendo gets their production shortage sorted. If characters I want are discontinued and I wasn't able to get them then I'm abandoning Amiibo entirely. Even Skylanders never had shortages like this. Ridiculous.

@bobbypaycheque Skylanders had some shortages too. I can't speak for the latest entry (stopped following it up after 2nd) but back with the "Giants" entry, getting figures like wave 2 Spyro, Ninjini, and Alt. colors was like finding a Marth amiibo now. I guess it's due to web popularity with gamers (Nintendo) that amiibo is more in the spotlight.

My god, I honestly never though Amiibo would be this succesful... or Nintendo themselves didn't expect it also and that's why all this mess with some figures being discontinued and stuff. Hope Nintendo can manage that quickly so they can get dem millions of dollars thanks to Amiibo.

I am happy they are selling well.

I can also see another article or talking point coming up: "are amiibos the new Wii?", "Nintendo's secret weapon: amiibos" by Damien McFerran

Looking forward on reading it

Well, I just placed an order with Gamestop for Shulk.

@mastermp2
Well, that sure would be interesting for them to be THAT popular. I have a feeling this stuff will subside either after Christmas or after wave 2 (here in NA). I really don't see Nintendo passing this kind of opportunity to cash in. I mean, all we gotta do is show them ebay sellers like this douche:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Smash-Bros-Wii-U-Animal-Crossing-Amiibo-Figure-/281527208205?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418c54490d

Pretty sure this would make them unhappy, too, knowing that they're losing out on potential sales that scalpers are reaping.

@Spartacus3765: Yeah, I wish Nintendo would flood the market with another round of wave 1 figures or just even make them available on their own site.

Hope these are being bought for game functionality, because the figures themselves are absolutely hideous. Almost broke out laughing at a Walmart after seeing the paint job on Marth's face.

It needs to be clarified that Nintendo will withold stock for brick-and-mortar stores. Preorders are generally limited to around 30-60% of stock, so there is a very good chance retailers near you will be receiving shipments soon if they haven't already.

My understanding is that these subsequent waves are not street-dated, so they could be put out on the shelves any day. If there is someone you want, call around everyday if possible. For reference, the store I work at is currently awaiting a shipment of 14 Zeldas, 11 Diddys, and 8 Little Macs.

This is because people like me rushed out and preordered everything we could in light of recent stock concerns. Only natural that would push sales like crazy...I just hope Nintendo will pay attention and find a way to increase production.

I can't decide who all I want so I'm not preordering more yet I don't think. I've already got my two favorite game characters, Link and Yoshi. I'd like to get Mario, DK, and Diddy at some point if they keep them stocked. Most of the others I want are secret characters.
Here is my crew so far : http://imgur.com/a/gD9cC

@AVahne The figures look great, actually. If you are a collector, you are well aware of the wide range of quality in mass-produced figures. I've loved the Marvel Legends figures since a kid, but I will not buy even the rarest sight-unseen due to the horrible defects I regularly witness. With limbs that fall off, shameful paint jobs, and even burnt plastic.. They are far worse than amiibo, honestly. (And almost twice as expensive, to boot.)

Actually amiibo are notable for being among the highest quality Nintendo figures widely available at retail. The store I work at has historically sold through any Nintendo figures (most recently, the World of Nintendo line) they receive very quickly. The market has been pining for something like these.

@ACK
My standards are probably a lot higher than most people then. Every time I see them at a GS or retail store, I just can't understand the appeal. I guess for tiny, tiny $12 figures they're not bad, but I'm confident that most people would not be able to tell the difference between an official figure and a decent Chinese knockoff. The quality is that low in my eyes.
Hopefully they'll allow third parties to make amiibo figures as well. I'd like to see Japanese third party games that have amiibo support include higher quality figures in their limited editions.

I'm in Canada and I haven't seen a single option for pre-ordering any of the wave 3 store-exclusives.

@mastermp2
LOL
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/talking_point_whats_next_for_amiibo

I actually think post X-Mas the amiibo shortage will be resolved. This happens to any toy that could be popular in the holiday season: Scalpers buy up stock and jack up prices.

@MeddlingIdiot I wouldn't call that "sold out" then, though, as not all amiibos will be avilable through pre-order. The pre-order quantities have been sold out. But not the wave itself.

@KeeperBvK Well if Amazon and the official Nintendo store are both out of pre-orders it doesn't bode very well does it? Especially if you consider the GameCube Controller Adapter fiasco, i.e. some of those with pre-orders still haven't received theirs.

I WILL DO ANYTHING FOR CAPTAIN FALCON AMIIBO!!! Sorry about caps

Would love a Charizard to be made.

Pre-ordered Shulk and Toon Link right away. No way I'm letting another Xenoblade Chronicles happen on me.

I'm really happy for Nintendo that the amiibo's are selling so well, not so happy that when I finally go get a Wii U and Smash Bros, there will be nothing left

What's with Nintendo understocking just about anything here as of late? It's good to try to get close to the demand but just about everything here lately is Out of Stock.

@ultraraichu Yeah, that BB split for the wave 2 ship dates is strange. Is this everywhere? I fully intend to go Amiibo hunting on Sunday to see what's what at the big retailers around here (BB, Target, Wal-Mart, Gamestop, and HEB, a grocery store that carries these). I have mine pre-ordered from Best Buy (20% off with GCU) but want to make sure I get a good paint job, too...

A cynical person might remark that everything is going according to Nintendo's biz plan...

@ultraraichu Oh for sure some Skylanders became rare, but none in my area became impossible to find in the first two weeks.

And pre-orders for Lucario at Toys R' Us are already sold out in the US, it seems. I did a store surf (Canada) to try and get some of the Wave 2s, street date for Zelda, Little Mac, and Diddy seem to be December 12th based on what everyone told me. None of the three confirmed store exclusive Amiibos could be pre-ordered in store for me (though EB Games told me that despite being owned by Gamestop they TECHNICALLY don't get all their exclusive goodies. We do have a few GS so I'll have to check them). I did manage to get my hands on a Zelda (which was everywhere, and most stores said they had a ton of them), and one store didn't realize street date was tomorrow for Little Mac and sold it to me (the others told me they couldn't, even if it was on the shelf). Damaged box, so I'll probably use it for myself and pick up another one for a gift to a Punch-Out!! fanatic. Also no Marth, Villager, or Wii Fit at any of the seven stores I tried, nor any shelf space with a tag for them. I got my Wii Fit Trainer last week, and the store had another one. Maybe I'll pick it up and scalp it if it's still there when I go to grab another Little Mac. Would be nice to pay off my Shulk pre-order, and maybe a few other Amiibos.

Wow, between these and the Gamecube adapter, Nintendo has seriously messed up by underestimating how much they would sell

@Hero-of-WiiU

They had posted a profiting figure a few months ago, meaning they have probably cut the production of a lot of things to reduce the loss of money giving them really a profit and now they are in a snag where their production is low to reduce costs and now they are having shortages.

Oh man. Do I have to preorder MegaMan already? Doesn't seem t be any easier for my tiny country.

Lucario is now back up for pre-order as of right now on Toys R Us online.

Just got my lucario get em while you can on tousrus.com

@KingofSaiyans I got am email today from my pre order at walmart that zelda and little mac will now be released on the 17th of dec.

GAME unleashed the floodgates today (and yesterday), I'd expect all their stock to be gone by the end of the weekend at the latest.

Just finished this today why buy those when you can have this one

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-Link-Custom-Amiibo-PONYTAIL-LINK-From-ZELDA-U-1of1-L-K-/111546846192?

I went into a GAME today and bought myself a Captain Falcon for £15. It's my first Amiibo. I would have preferred the likes of Link or Marth, but the good captain will have to do.

Like lemmings in a Disney movie.