Nintendo of America Suggests That Fans Hoping for a Gold Mario amiibo Should Head to Walmart Stores on 20th March

this is good to know,i hope they use the one per customer rule

This fan suggests that Nintendo of America just produce more Amiibo.

these stupid amiibos will be the death of me. i'll now be getting to walmart a few hours early on the 19th.

I'm gonna line up outside Wal-Mart the night before, then when it opens in the morning I will ride my bike into the store and snag all of these. I will also be wearing a Captain Falcon mask while doing so.

Good thing these recolors don't matter to me. I've decided to stop my smash amiibo collection at 12. They were becoming a little too addictive

Do you guys know if this Gold Mario amiibo thing is for the whole NA region? Or is it just for USA? I'd be glad to grab one

Not to offend the people who use amiibos or anything, but to me they seem pointless. Do people actually use these? I feel like if I bought one it would be played with once and never touched again, just collecting dust. No thanks nintendo, I'd rather spend my money on your video games, not a happy meal toy

Here's the problem, all the ones around me are open 24-7 so do they sell at midnight or say 10am?

I'll be on vacation from work on the 20th, so I'll more than likely go there early to get one.

@Spoony_Tech that's what I need to know. Hopefully this tweet means they'll flood the market with with Gold Marios in store.

The gold Mario just looks gaudy (same sentiments regarding the Majora's Mask LE n3DSXL) so it will be easy to skip this amiibo.

Have Pit, Link, Toon Link, Zelda, Sheik, Ike, Shulk (4), Rosalina (2) and Peach. Robin and Lucina have already been reserved and paid off via FYE and waiting on the US re-release of Marth. Only other amiibo from the Smash line after that would be Dark Pit, Palutena and Zero Suit Samus and I'd be done with the Smash Bros. line. Unless Nintendo releases amiibo for different franchises later down the line (New line with new characters for the upcoming Fire Emblem title for example), I think I'd see no reason to continue buying anymore amiibo after that

@Justin83593 I use them to get prizes on Hyrule Warriors and I unlocked the MK8 outfits, but I haven't used them for much else, haven't even touchd them for Smash Bros, save the New 3DS version just to see how the well it worked with it.

Honestly, I wanted them mostly for shelf decor...

I'll be honest, I only have a few amiibo, but this is one I would want to collect and keep sealed. Someone help me before it's too late.

I'm confident that Wal-Mart's top priority is to take the time to train thousands of cashiers to only allow customers to buy one amiibo. Because that makes a lot more sense than making as much money as quickly as possible.

Troll-on, Nintendo.

But then i'd have to enter a walmart :- Is anything worth that?!

@Justin83593 I use mine every time i use smash, and they decorate my office. The office would look bare without them

"Good news, those of you who don't have time to babysit the internet every waking minute of the day and night! We're giving you about half an hour on a day you may or may not be available to grab one of these amiibo! Good luck! Please understand!"

Okay! How long will it take for the rest of them to be picked up by scalpers? Place your bets, people!

@NintendoFan64 I think a better question is "What population of people that will pick up the rest are scalpers?"

The nice thing about my town is that amiibo take a bit to be grabbed. Seriously, my Gamestop had like 4 Sonic and Megaman amiibo each, and they were on shelves for a couple days. Gold Mario shouldn't be hard to get.

Midnight? 8:00AM? When? When will these hit the shelves at the 24 hour stores? (Not that I need a second one, but...)

@Luigi21
There are limits to manufacturing. Sometimes Nintendo does legit limit production, like say for limited edition runs and the like.., but with amiibo I really don't see that as the case. They sold 6 million in the first 60 days, and that was with the entire year beforehand to build up stock, and factoring in the port strike and extra stock on shelves of certain figures, they probably actually produced much more than that.

Now they're just pumping out as many as possible each month to meet demand as best they can, which, when you have an item this hot, is no easy task. I hope people don't forget just how many amiibos are needed to satiate demand- 3 million a month is what they're up against right now.

Hmm, March 20 is a Monday. Guess I'll be standing at my local Walmart that Sunday night!

@Sir_JBizzle thats the exact same with me
within the past month i got all of the amiibos, im only missing half of the wave 2 ones, the rest i just have for shelf decor too

@enderboy221 even though i dont have a target toysrus or gamestop in town i do have walmart and bestbuy and thats exactly how it is for my town too

@JaxonH

Why are there so many apologists over this shortage? Don't tell me port strikes and other crap. They knew this would be a hot ticket item and they sure as hell still pump out the regular amiibos. No, this is them drumming up false shortages to create demand. I have content locked away that I can't use because of this. Sure is cool knowing I could use powers in Rainbow Curse!

Also, gold Mario is about as ridiculous of a limited edition as you can get. No different pose, nothing at all. Except the sweet look of gold spray paint. Looks like they asked the Razzies how they make their awards.

@Justin83593 I use them, especially using 8 of them in a long 8 v 8 battle, even if I'm reading or doing something else, it's coo to have this on in the background, also fighting FP's help to advance your game because they level up as you progress.
But game wise one Mario figure works no differently to another Mario figure, but the figures can only store data for one game, so if you want a Mario for Smash Bros and a Mario for Mario Party 10 then you need two Mario figures. There will be a different Mario Amiibo for Mario Party 10 and I don't know if the gold one is a recolour of the Smash Bros or Mario Party Mario Amiibo.

@SavageAiel People are complaining about not enough New 3DS's or New XL's, not enough Wii U GameCube controller adapters and not enough Amiibos. I think they were assuming most would buy no more than 4 - in nothing Nintendo have so many people wanted to collect the whole set, not in any game or toy range.
Considering Nintendo are making all of these themselves, as well as Wii U's, other peripherals and many different games, if you want more of one it means less of another.

@SavageAiel
It's not an apology, when there's bs we call it how we see it. BUT, I'm not a fan of illegitimate complaints and blaming companies when they're literally at capacity and can do nothing more than what they're doing.

You say they're drumming up false shortages. Based on what evidence? 6 million Amiibos sold within 60 days doesn't sound like they're intentionally trying to cause shortages to me, call me crazy.,,

And take a look at stock lately. EVERYTHING is selling out. Even the common figures are starting to dry up. Manufacturing realities are a fact of life. Wii, new3DS, PS4, Amiibos... Anything that's hot and catches on will land itself in the Out of Stock category. If they could click their heels 3 times and wish for all stores to be magically replenished I'm sure they'd do so. They're reprinting Marth, Villager, Cap Falcon, and many others but won't be able to do so until April/May. What does that tell us? It tells us they want those figures restocked, but it's going to take months to do it. These things take time to replenish. Especially when theyre popular worldwide and an already white hot item is made even more scarce by scalpers and collectors craze.

@JaxonH
We are reaching the fourth wave here soon. When a product is selling out through preorders within the first 20 minutes of it opening, that's a problem. No, that's a big issue in fact. And when you tie content in games to these figurines you can't "produce" enough of, that's noodles. Straight and simple. People like to complain about on-disc dlc, well this is essentially that. I've been to quite a few stores around my area and they all have their Marios and Peaches and DK.

And come on, they're under producing amiibos to make sure they have no backstock like they do with Wii's and games. Sm4sh sold nearly 3mil and I can walk in any store and buy that fine. But why would I compare the manufacturing of games and little NFC toys? Not like games incur more manufacturing costs...

Well, I'm working the 20th, so I might just be lucky enough to snag one during my shift.

Only problem is trying to help out my friends - I got away with buying two Toon Links at once, but I might not be able to get away with four Gold Marios. Guess I'll just have to find out.

Yes people go stand in line two hours before the store opens, pray you don't go to a Walmart that their employees hoard the merchandise for themselves, and that the first person that makes it to the electronics doesn't hoard every single item. Most Walmart employees and managements are clueless or unconcerned when it comes to honoring any limits. So expect a lot of sadness coming to a store near you!

Well, I know where I WONT be on March 20th. I prefer my blood on the inside of my body, thanks.

Gold Mario Amiibo would be nice, but really all I want is Rosalina and Sonic to join my Fox and Pikachu. Maybe Zero Suit Samus at some point since she has become one of my new mains in Sm4sh.

I just hope it doesn't turn into a Black Friday fiasco. I've been to one of those in Walmart and although the employees are very friendly and helpful the customers on the other hand can be downright ludicrous.

@SavageAiel remember that you can buy Sm4sh through the eShop, and a ton of people I know went with that route. On the other hand, you can't exactly buy GCN adapters or amiibo through the eShop.

@UnseatingKDawg Why attempt to obtain more of the same amiibo unless you intend to scalp?

@SavageAiel
Amiibos are selling out in 20 min NOW, after scalpers saw dollar signs, but that wasn't the case at first. In fact, Marth and every other amiibo was available for a month before selling out. There was plenty to go around, UNTIL, every collector and scalper from New York to Tokyo started buying 5-50 at a time for reselling and "trading purposes".

When you already have an item that supply can't match demand for, then every customer on average buys 2-3 of every figure, your supply is effectively cut by two thirds. And that is the underlying problem, I believe. I still think it would be a hot product but stock would be available here and there, at least for most of them, if it wasn't for that fact.

@Porky He said he was getting it for his friends.

Again, are these also coming to Europe? The Netherlands specifically? I'm dying to know! They may have sold out in America in minutes (which I do think is really bad) but they have never been available here!

Amiibolife

So is this coming to Europe and Australia or no?

Lol, sure Nintendo, sure....

@JaxonH

Hey Jax, March 20 is a Friday, the day now Nintendo is using for most releases.

@sinalefa
Oh, so it is. I must've been looking at the wrong month. Too bad it couldn't have been a Saturday or Sunday though- I hate staying up all night with work the next day

Maybe if it was a Ness Amiibo...but even then, I'd still have to consider if I really wanted to set foot inside of a Wal*Mart.

Well, that still means nothing to the adults that have to work jobs every day. By the time I get to a Walmart, these things will be gone.

Do I care about this enough to skip a days worth of work to get it? No, No, I do not.

I can't drive yet, so it will be exceedingly difficult to convince someone to take me to Walmart in the butt crack of dawn. But I shall try none the less!

@SwaveSays

Good for you.

@Porky: I clearly stated i'm trying to help my friends out - I have three friends who want the Gold Mario amiibo, and they don't have a lot of time between school and work. So I'm merely just looking to get a hold of them and they'll just pay me back what I payed. It's not the first time we've done this, and it probably won't be the last - these things are hard to obtain, and we're taking every advantage we can so we can actually collect them.

@TeeJay: Thank you... Someone actually reads.

@JellySplat I'll just snag a regular Mario and spray paint it gold. Then I can really pretend that it came from Walmart!

So isn't this only coming to 3000 Walmart stores? My local Walmart is a small one. Is there a website where I can go and look if my local Walmart will be getting some?

@JellySplat

Lol! The reasonable part of me is saying the same thing... But the die hard nintendo fan/collector side of me is saying "How am I gonna convince someone to take me to Walmart at 6 am!?".

@Porky

I bought six Lucarios. One for me, and one for all of my younger brothers.

Not EVERYBODY who buys more than one amiibo is a scalper. Just people who buy out stores, and sell them on eBay.

My love has turned to hatred for amiibos and of Nintendo for fudging the whole thing. Why wouldn't they sell amiibos on their own store and limit them to one per person? Same with everything else that they vastly underproduced but refused to sell. Now ugly ass variants? No thanks. Don't care about bragging rights or di** measuring with amiibos. The gold is ugly and wouldn't fit with my collection anyways. Sorry Walmart.

Great. Though if they truly are rolling these out to only 3000 stores that leaves those of us in the middle of nowhere out of luck. Thanks a ton Nintendo. You do realize how large a land mass North America is don't you?

@UnseatingKDawg My apologies..

@JellySplat. Oh, ok.

@Porky

Its all good bro.

@TheDivine

Well who pooped in your ice cream carton?

@Porky: I also apologize to you if I came off as snappy. I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not trying to be a scalper - really don't care for those kinda of people.

Midnight launch?

Unlike all my others, I'm keeping this one sealed...

*sigh, Nothing great from Nintendo in Canada... Again.