GameStop Cancels European Rosalina amiibo Pre-Orders as the Scrabble for Stock Continues

Canadians will be losing her all together pretty much when Target closes from Canada. We cannot order online from the American stores (or even most Canadian stores)

Oh Nintendo Nintendo you don't know what you're doing.

Do you really use "Scrabble" like that in the UK, or is it meant to be "scramble"?

Rosalina shortage = predictable.

Edit: Condolences to all who get the email, I'm still looking for a $6 Kaos trap for less than $80. (I'm assuming the light and dark packs will resupply eventually.)

@rjejr yeah. To both of his statements...

At least we have specific stores yo consistently check for them, 20 years ago you would have to look through Sears, KMart and Value City to find one big game your kid wanted. Now it's as easy as looking at your phone for stock

I really wanted a complete North American collection but I gave up and ordered Rosalina from a guy in Japan. Higher price of course, but worth it to avoid a wasted trip to Target,

You can buy from Scalpers 'R Us!

I was lucky and able to preorder all them but rosalina and luma just hope I have some luck with target on feb 1st

I'm beyond disappointed. I figured I had more time to consider pre-ordering or not. I guess that was dumb. Still, I had hoped they might be slightly more amiibo produced. I really hope I can get my hands on Toon Link, Shiek, Mega Man and Sonic. Rosalina would be nice but I don't want to get my hopes up.

@TingLz Pretty much. Nintendo really shot themselves in the foot with this. If they just produced more, met demand they could make a BOATLOAD of cash. Cash that scalpers are now getting...

To capitalism!

I honestly wonder why Nintendo is having so much trouble supplying good amounts of amiibo stock...

Just had Nintendo email all my phase three are on the way Yeah !!!

I thought the release date was February 20?

@Yosher They aren't having trouble… these are manufactured shortages: They are manipulating supply and by extension, their fans and consumers. It is exacerbated by the low-life filth known as scalpers. Scalpers are sub-human scum… but Nintendo has returned to being the sleazy, greedy, shady business it was in the 80s and early 90s. Nothing but lies, denials of said lies and the occasional non-answer. Apprently what they are selling now is enough for them that they don't care about the millions they COULD be making if they just filled the stores so people could pay THEM for what they want, instead of the disease that is scalpers. The notion of exclusives is also nothing more than avarice and old-school thinking. It's time to that institution to go away for good.

Nintendo is managing to suck the fun out of the hobby, with scalpers pounding a stake through it's heart.

Lucario and Rosalina are the only ones that elude me, as I've never been able to pre-order them. I have a feeling I may have to try my luck at importing them or get lucky by winning with a low bid on eBay.

As for the rest, I've pre-ordered them all and haven't received any bad news... Yet.

It's such an easy fix too... JUST. MAKE. MORE!

In the UK, April's wave of amiibo seem to be exclusive to Game as nowhere else is stocking them. The first four i got but Wario and Ness sold out when released the next day before i checked it just after 10AM. Since it was one per order, it shows just how little of each amiibo they produce which is silly. I'm hoping they'll release more soon but i'm refusing to pay stupid amounts to any ebay seller to get it now. I got the others by being patient and i'll get these too in the end.

I was lucky - all my Amiibo for wave 3 (including rosalina) arrived this morning :0)

@whodatninja Exactly. Not to mention the brand and Nintendo wouldn't be taking such a hit in image. Right now most people are stuck blaming scalpers alone. Once more people start realizing that this really begins and ends with Nintendo's lazy, backwards attempt at hyping the brand by manipulating supply (instead of doing proper marketing), the angry fans will turn against them and the product.

@NintyMan: At least with Meta Knight, it was up on Best Buy's site for preorder for a long time. Rosalina's was on Target's site for what, a couple hours in the middle of the night?

@whodatninja Nintendo for whatever reason is struggling with production. It's immensely strange but making more isn't so simple for them. Wave one Amiibos had plenty of defects, that hints at new contracted factories on production as Nintendo tends to never make these mistakes. I imagine they're already in the process of contracting additional facilities for production but even then falling short.

Demand for Amiibo is truly too immense.

LOL I'm so done with this. I was going to get Ness and Lucina, but then I really thought about it, and I totally don't need them. My desire for amiibo is dwindling, to the point where I just don't care anymore. All these freaking stock issues just really takes the excitement out of me. The only character I NEED left is Zero Suit Samus. But I'm not going out of my way to get her. Especially with these other tens of thousands of people who also want her. And I'm sure Nintendo won't meet the demand on that one, surely.

I have Kirby, Yoshi, Samus, Captain Falcon, and Rosalina. I think I'll be good for a looooong time. And there's no way I'm going to buy duplicates of characters I already have.

Also, if your willing to pay more than 20 dollars for these things, I feel really sorry for you. They are NOT worth that much. If these things were highly detailed, and articulated figures, or even large statues, then I could see paying upwards of 40 bucks, but they aren't. Just buy them for RETAIL PRICE, and you too, can STOP the scalpers!

Also, just let me continue my little rant here. Nintendo WANTS US to pre order the amiibos as SOON AS THEY ARE ANNOUNCED. They know that we will buy them all at once, because of their rarity. And THAT is why I'm quitting this game until Nintendo gets their crap together. I'll continue to buy their games, but I'm done with amiibo for a while. Nintendo is artificially creating demand for these things, so how about instead of preordering every single one every time, how about you just buy one or two that you REALLY need, instead of giving Nintendo all of your money.

@NinjaWaddleDee You are not alone. These things are supposed to be fun.

@NinjaWaddleDee I agree completely. What a mess!

I have Mario, Link, Samus and Rosalina, bought from Amazon at a total of £40. (I originally only wanted 1 figure per franchise, but it's Rosalina so...)

And £40 is already too much I'd say. They're just plastic figures after all.

@Tsusasi I just think people are way overhyping these things. I too, fell for the hype. They became more than just neat little plastic figurines that I could display of my favorite characters, I HAD TO HAVE THEM! About a week ago, I was ready with money in hand, to go out and preorder Ness and Lucina as soon as they became available. But then I thought about it. Do I REALLY need those figures? Earthbound is one of my favorite games, but do I really need a figure of Ness? He's just a little kid with a hat. I don't need that. Lucina looks cool, but I've never even played Fire Emblem, so why do I need her? I realized that these things aren't that important, and that we should be concentrating on more important things, in terms of Nintendo/gaming fans. Like, you know, GAMES!

If I want one of these dinky little things, I should be able to go out and buy A SINGLE FIGURE if I feel like it one day, at the pace I choose. Instead of having to preorder all the ones I want, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.

@NinjaWaddleDee +1

@Dark-Luigi Thank you sir. You know what? I have a Shulk preordered. I don't even know why I do. I haven't even played Xenoblade. (Although X looks amazing, and it's a day 1 purchase from me.) I just preordered him because he's rare. I'm totally canceling it this week. Gonna use the money to buy a game.

@whodatninja Exactly. Not only that, but they are kind of lame when you think about it. I was holding my Samus in my hand yesterday, and I was like... well okay... I guess I have this then. I can't really do much with it. I can't pose it or anything. Then I looked at my Figma Samus figure, with INSANE detail and articulation, and I was like, now THAT's what a great figure looks like. I'm actually GLAD I paid as much as I did for that Figma Samus. Now, the amiibo Samus was also worth the money. And by money, I mean 13 bucks. NOT 20 or more. And I only ever buy figures of characters that I am REALLY invested in. So I don't need a bunch of useless Nintendo characters that I don't care about, lying around my house.

I was willing to buy the whole collection but now I'm just losing interest due to the difficulty in finding specific Amiibo's. It's just not right when they don't even show up on store shelves. My daughter was looking forward to Rosalina and I just don't see it happening. It's just becoming too damn difficult and it really isn't worth it to stress over these things.

@NinjaWaddleDee Yep. I only want those associated with games that REALLY use them. I look forward to the Mario Party 10 Amiibo features. But of course, that will only be fun if I don't have to spend more time hunting for the figures than playing the game...

@Akira_1975 I had to stay up late at night just to buy a SINGLE Rosalina figure. That was when I realized that this thing is getting way out of hand. When we have to preorder figures to get the ones we want, then we know somethings wrong. Like I said, it's not like these are highly detailed, collector's figures imported from Japan or whatever. They are dinky little toys (although nice looking) that are sold at Walmart and normal retailers.

@NinjaWaddleDee All Nintendo has to do is make is clear that they will restock sold out Amiibo's. That's all they need to do. Once the "limited" label has been removed from some of the Amiibo's, scalpers will stop buying them in bulk, and people will stop paying insane prices for them.

I'm just going to collect my favourite characters from my favourite Nintendo series and leave it at that, the stock issues are too offputting. I live in Ireland so I'm glad I don't want Rosalina after reading this!

Think how much money Nintendo would be making if they could actually supply the stock to meet demand. I wonder if they took on too much, trying to make all the Smash characters in awkward poses as the first ever set of Amiibos.

@elekid I agree completely. They made too many and the waves were too close together. At least that's my opinion. In regards to money Nintendo may enjoy all the cash scalpers are spending on their toys but in the long run they may actually be losing money. If I spend $80 on one rare Amiibo, that's 60+ in the scalpers pockets and that's $60 less I can spend on other regularly priced Amiibo's. Not only that but they're also frustrating the people who really care and that's never good.

@NinjaWaddleDee My absolute pleasure. And a wise choice. To be honest, the only reasons I'm getting these things is for collectors purposes, the only one's I want. Not for gaming given how the use of the games have been pretty ho hum. Looking at you Captain Toad, I know you're a small game but c'mon..., that has to be the worse use of them yet. Just like you, I too, am loosing faith in thses things. Fast. Hence why I'm in no rush at all to get the ones I want at ALL.

Wow, this is all so incredibly silly. Nintendo struck a gold mine with this idea, and is (frustratingly, from a fanboy and consumer standpoint) unable to reach full potential with it. It's like they entered this amiibo platform with hesitation, instead of going all-in.
And, they really have no one to blame but themselves. They found a way to capitalize on the play-with-figurine model, and failed to carry it out efficiently.

@Dark-Luigi Really, I have no idea what Nintendo is going to do with these things. Unless they make an amiibo centric game, these things aren't going to be that great on the gaming side of things. If all they unlock are costumes, then I'm going to get really sick of seeing these characters plastered everywhere. I don't see this amiibo "platform" lasting long, to be honest. Just look at the uselessness of Captain Toad! And even Kirby Rainbow curse! Oh no, you can't play as Dedede or Meta Knight, but here's a little hat! I'm going to get tired of that REEEAL quick. Especially if I have to keep scanning and rescanning these things. Unless they make a big amiibo game (Which I'm sure they are working on.) then I don't know how long these things will last. What can they do? Keep releasing the same characters, but in different poses? Oh god no.

@Tsusasi Yes because supplying less = more money for Nintendo. Is this really your argument?

I've given up here in Canada. It's gotten to the point where people go to stores on release dates, buy out entire stocks of the rarer models and immediately sell them for 2X+ the price...

Amiibos have been out for over a month. This is actually ridiculous now. By now, everything should be fine, but it isn't. Who's idea was it to make certain amiibos store exclusive? Nintendo seem to have forgotten that they have THEIR OWN online store. They should stop making silly excuses and just make more of the damn things.

Just wait until someone finds a legless one....

@NinjaWaddleDee Yeah I wouldn't pay more than 15 bucks for them.

@TingLz Yes. If you read my whole comment, and understood what actually created the hype this holiday season, then you would get it. It just backfired on Nintendo because they are using a tactic that is no longer viable in the age of the internet and ebay. They are angry about scalpers with good reason, and it has nothing to do with caring about their customers. It's because the scalpers have taken their plan and flipped it on it's head.

If this weren't the case, then why is it almost exclusively a North American problem? There seem to be plenty of Amiibos across the board everywhere else in the world… rare, uncommon or otherwise. The holiday season is only REALLY critical in the North American market. Less so elsewhere. And nowhere in the world are there more of the ridiculous exclusives than in the good old home of free market manipulation and greed, the US of A.

So yes, Nintendo are gaming us. They took a calculated risk… they just didn't calculate correctly… and now the scalpers are getting their money. There is absolutely no reason they couldn't produce enough. Period.

I already got my Rosalina on the way here :3

Shulk is already sold out too

Why would nintendo create artificial shortages?!? They don't get the inflated money the scalpers are charging , and based on the wave one sales when there was no knowledge of shortages they were selling well anyway...if nintendo make more they will sell more - and at a normal rrp...why only make so many and sell out instead of making more / filling preorders...I don't get all the hate...pre order or don't get it wait for possible more - the early bird gets the worm! I have all Amiibo to date and have pre ordered the next waves

@STAGGLY "the early bird gets the worm!", sorry but you tell that to a young kid. Remember there are kids out there who also want these. Not just crazy collectors.

I really had no interest in the Amiibo initially but a few weeks ago I thought I'd try to order a Mega Man for use in Smash Bros, as he is my favourite character. To my surprise, pre-orders at all websites I checked were sold out, and this was over a month before release. That's just ridiculous for a product that Nintendo is not even willing to call "limited edition." EBay and Amazon now have listings by scalpers trying to sell their pre-orders of Mega Man for up to $60. There's no way I'm paying that. I'm disappointed in the situation.

@Akira_1975 agreed but why can't kids ask parents to get them on pre order too?!? The more we move away from physical high street shops the more we need to embrace online purchasing....if a kid is old bough to go to shop and get one they are old enough to order online and get parents to use their pocket money

@Theober555 I believe they are identical except for the packaging, so they should work in all regions. This is what I have read online.

Ohh no not again for goodness sake why don;t nintendo make more amigo's as they must shortly know by now they sell out. So people that need this one for their collection will have to pay silly prices on eBay as i bet some nasty greedy person bought 50 of these.

Didn't have an issue with Toon Link, Sonic, Bowser, or Sheik. Had to order Lucario and Rosalina from Japan though...

As much as I hate defending nintendo on amiibo production, keep in mind nintendo fights for shelf space in stores, amiibo was an untested product, and Nintnedo has been lambasted as a "failure" by a great deal of the gaming "media" for years. They can't make 10 million little Mac amiibos and just hope target and whatnot will buy then. They produce based on what they think will sell, plus a bit. The fact amiibos took off as they did is to me as a fan, a great but frustrating thing as nintendo seems to, as usual, have a terrible time with communication.

That said, a simple statement on the willingness to produce more of the sold out line would go a long way.

there is some guy who buys like 500 of each amiibo to make them rare and sell them for like $100 a piece. he also swears after literally every word.

Yay, glad my preorder has been just shipped. (I'm from Italy btw)

@SavoirFaire so true

My Rosalina preorder from Game.co.uk got a ship notification yesterday. My Rosetta preorder from Play Asia also got a ship notification today. I double downed not because I plan on scalping but because I really wanted this figure. I was right not to trust Target.

Then there's the whole issue of that MarioTehPlumber potty mouth self-proclaimed Rosalina hater buying over 100 of them. Why?

@SavoirFaire What's funny about that is that they are 'fighting for shelf space' yet many of the damn things aren't even appearing on the shelves to begin with, heh. :-l

My Rosalina has been dispatched here in the UK from Nintendo's website.. Should be here Friday. Cancelled the rest the one's from this wave but I will probably pick up Bowser at launch.

I didn't preorder Bowser either. He should be easy to find though. Also get the Smash Bros versions of all the Mario Party characters. They look better IMO than their plain Jane MP counterparts.

As long as I get my amiibo

So glad I ordered mine weeks ago! Just the problem of trying to get the new wave now...

@Tsurii897 http://www.saturn.de/mcs/product/Shulk---amiibo-Super-Smash-Bros.-Collection--,48352,549094,1819161.html?langId=-3
http://www.saturn.de/mcs/product/Rosalina---amiibo-Super-Smash-Bros.-Collection--,48352,439247,1709201.html?langId=-3
http://www.saturn.de/mcs/product/Meta-Knight---amiibo-Super-Smash-Bros.-Collection--,48352,549094,1819181.html?langId=-3

you're welcome.

@STAGGLY If we ever move to online purchasing only, that will be a dark day. I personally enjoy leaving the house and visiting my local EB.

@Akira_1975 I completey agree but for new stuff I always pre order now as cheaper and then no stock issues.... I never get download copies--when they take over hard copies I'll be very sad

That poor, innocent, HANDSOME Irish boy.

At this rate, I don't care what characters I can find. I just really wanna get some Amiibo!

This is so lame. I can't preorder anything. sigh

JUST MAKE AN AMIIBO SHOP!

I'm sure Ness will be hard to find as well.

Just cancel her as a character as a whole. Nintendo listen to me you will be much more successful without this hentai inspired garbage you call a princess.

I preordered Mega Man as soon as I could on Amazon and am ever thankful that I did. I'll never quite understand the Amiibo craze, it's just not for me. I'm getting the only one I ever wanted.

@Mario_TehPlumber Yes,we all know how much of a success Nintendo was for removing Wolf and Lucas from Smash Bros.
Edit:If you knew what you were talking about,you would know Rosalina isn't a princess at all.

@mariovslink62 If they made an online shop JUST for amiibo,I'm pretty sure the site would crash before anyone can get their hands on a plastic fitness instructor.

I cant believe people don't realize the only fun of the Amiibo is their scarcity. I myself would never bought a single one of these things if I hadn't learned about how rare they were a couple months ago and I own all of them now. You realize you have the same opportunity to grab whatever Amiibo you want just like the scalpers do? The lack of production has generated buzz about the product, otherwise im sure these things would've been collecting dust on store shelves still.

Nintendo seriously needs to get its poooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooop together. This is not the first time something like this has happened. Remember the Wii? If the demand is there, I don't see why they shouldn't fulfill the supply. They should count their blessings that people are still interested in them given the Wii U sales. People are making up stupid rumors about these figures which is why they are being sold for hundreds of dollars on ebay. Yes, these have some collectible value but if Nintendo wants to see amiibos being used, they should make them more available to people. Or else there are going to be reverse-engineered bootleg ones made in china.

Gotta figure this is one of the tougher figures to produce based on the trophy figure and need for multiple stands... Did a prospective 'Team Amiibo' consult with the SSB4 team before the trophies were made in game? I feel like some of these are overly complicated (Peach, Mario, Luigi, Zelda and Link are all pretty complex for being 'commons') and some of them are under complicated (why can't everyone ever find a Villager?). The Super Mario line seems like a shame too, because the Mario, Peach and Luigi (some don't like the pose, but the detail already seems better than SM) figures for Smash seem much better and more detailed and I would put money on them being discontinued for the next line... Seems like characters like Rosalina, Wario, Toad, Toadette, Daisy, Dry Bones, Waluigi ect should be the focus there, with an eye on sports games.

Maybe I'm crazy.

I should be getting my Rosalina and Lucario Amiibos in tomorrow! I decided to import them on Amazon France fairly quickly when it was ridiculous to get Rosalina via Target.

@chadwicke Well, yeah. I didn't become hooked on amiibos until it became clear that owning the whole set is now tricky. I imagine if every single character was readily available anywhere and everywhere I wouldn't have cared nearly as much.

@Mario_TehPlumber Seriously dude, I've watched your troll videos. Rosalina is one of the most awesome characters Nintendo ever created. Cosmic sorceress with an intriguing back story and she has far more class than bimbo Princess Peach or obnoxious miss "Hi I'm Daisy!"

I get that you don't like her, but please tell me, what good is spending your hard earned cash buying up every Rosalina preorder so fans can't have her gonna prove in the long run? Also learn not to swear so much...

I hope Toon Link and Mega Man won't get rare here in Finland, so I can just go and pick them up from my local store. I would buy more of these if the prices weren't so ridiculous. 17 € is just too much for a tiny plastic figure and some places ask more than 20 €. Should be 10 € or less...

@StarDust4Ever Rosalina and Galaxy also unfortunately marks the end of 3D Mario games having great stories. 3D World's "story" pretty much felt like the typical 2D Mario nonexistent plot and for that reason is the weakest 3D Mario. (My favourite Mario game is Sunshine by the way)

Couldn't get my hand on a Little Mac from the second set. I am not even sure i will be able to.

Got all Amiibo so far, including this week's (and Rosalina)

What's this about Game.co.uk putting up preorders for the next wave already? Will Nintendo.co.uk not be stocking them?!?

God, I just want one for my daughter. Her favorite character is Rosalina. I check the Target website every day to see if they have put the pre order back up. Sigh. I guess I'll just have to be there when Target opens on 2/1 to see if they actually get any in stock in the store.

@Mario_TehPlumber Oh god, please stop. My brain.. it hurts.

@StarDust4Ever Agreed. I want a Rosalina game.

I wish they hadn't gone retailer exclusive but I'll get all of them eventually and without scalper intervention. I will say the Rosalina amiibo does look pretty cool. Luma is so cute!

Got 3 of my 5 i ordered.
Bowser and Rosalina are in the post still.
These 3 look great though.
https://twitter.com/Moose_4/status/558333266856779776

Amiibo are probably the worst case I've ever seen of meeting market demand and mismanagement of product available and distribution. It really makes me tjink if Nintendo had any real clear vision on the market for Amiibo.

It's a problem when a product sells out during preorder and subsequently is then indefinitely cancelled for future production. Disgusting.

@treeofmana me too,I thought it'd be so easy to get the villager since he's not as popular, little did I know he'd be part of holy trinity. These amiibos are stressing me out. I don't even want them all as collectibles, I just want my favorite characters.

@SavoirFaire that's what I don't get. I mean yeah, make a few at first as a test run, but when you see how popular they are just make more. It's not like they don't have the materials anymore.

@Akira_1975 same here, I have four so far and I think I'll leave it at that, I don't want to deal with the stress anymore. It sucks that something meant to enhance the joy of games has become so crappy

@Mario_TehPlumber If you really hated Rosalina, then you'd make a follow up video showing you destroying all the amiibos you bought.

I bet you're going to sell them all for profit though.

You're just another troll scalper.

I think they'll just restock again. But, just as a thought, they get a policy where they don't do preorders anymore. Besides, preorders or not, Rosalina figures will be shelved in stores like Walmart and Gamestop.

@Mario_TehPlumber No offense, but "hentai" is a word that should not be used. Nintendo wants to appeal to more people and a wider audience. They can't cater to just one without thinking of others.