Those Yoshi's Woolly World Yarn amiibo Are Up for Pre-Order in the UK, and They're Pricey

Pricey and yet so darn cute!

Lets hope they make enough of those bundles I want one with 3 Yoshi.

Yikes! Bit too steep for me. However... how big are these... if they are actually a decent size (substantialy bigger than the normal Amiibo) I may get one.

They are very pricey.

Steep indeed, but I still plan to get one of them.

Don't worry, the scalpels can still afford them. Then they can jack up the price even higher than normal on ebay.

It's already soldout on Amazon Germany since last week. As for the price, meh. Maybe I'll get one. Or I'll just get the Smash Yoshi.

Well I got my game plus triple Amiibo pack ordered!

They will look great next to my 2 Gold Mario's.

Sod that! Way too greedy.

They look so great that I might end up getting one even though I already have Smash Yoshi amiibo.

@outburst The Yoshi amiibo that is from the Super Smash Bros. Collection or Super Mario Collection is not going to be compatible with Yoshi's Woolly World unfortunately, at least in the UK, according to these two pages...

https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/amiibo/Figures/Yoshi-932510.html
https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/amiibo/Figures/Yoshi-951727.html

But regardless, I have my preorders in for the following amiibo.
Green Yarn Yoshi - ShopTo.net
Light Blue Yarn Yoshi - ShopTo.net
Pink Yarn Yoshi - ShopTo.net
Yarn Yoshi Triple Pack - GAME.co.uk

When I read pricey, I got nervous, but it's still pretty good priced.

The dig at Call of Duty wasn't really necessary. The four New Super Mario Bros titles were all original and entirely different from each other afterall... Right down to completely unique soundtracks. Just a bucket of original ideas there.

Anyways, yes, these amiibo are rather expensive.

@Alundra-1998
Whhhaaa? Makes sense actually. Then I'll get one then. Maybe two. But not right upon release unless it's there sitting on my local store. I'm not bothered by the amiibo content actually but my kid may like it when I'm not home playing coop with him.

I feel like I must be only one, who does not have any amiibos. None! Zero. Still, cannot argue how darn good they look, especially these Yoshis. Anyone knows are they standard size or bigger?

15.99 pink yoshi at zavvi....sayin that they just cancelled the woolly world amiibo bundle from last weeek

@hypermouse I am not sure, but likely they will be a bit bigger than the normal amiibo figures...

@larry_koopa "The dig at Call of Duty wasn't really necessary" It totally was necessary

when are nintendo offical site UK gonna put the next wave off amiiibos up?
Or are they gonna leave to outside companys

Dat subheading!

Got the triple pack pre-ordered but I'll be downloading the game

I had a feeling that every Nintendo game would be affected by the Toys.

Does the extra content the £20 toy unlocks equate to another 50% of games original content?

And is the game content without the Toy value for money.

I hope NL takes this into consideration in future Game reviews and scores the game on Value for money as well as gameplay.

Fun fact: The words of this song in Portuguese sound like "dinheiro" which mean "money". Spot on, Nintendo! Spot on...

@zool All it does is simulate the 2 player mode with one player, there's no extra content.

Buy a £10 smash bros Yoshi.
Buy a Yoshi plushy.
Practice your surgery skills.
Custom Yoshi amiibo ^_^
I'm probably still going to get one of these though. I'd just hurt myself playing with scissors and needles. Plus they are darn cute (darn.. heehee).

Game has other Amiibo at £5 more than many other places. Might be worth seeing if the lower price offered by ShopTo is more the norm. The supermarkets are quite good for this, though their stock provision is terrible. I'll get one of these, but I can't see that the amiibo actaully do anything much in game. They just look cute as figures.

@manu0 all it does? And that is worth £20 (30$
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Pre-ordered Game and Green Yarn Yoshi bundle!

@zool You're paying the 20 EUR for the plushie....don't pretend like plushies aren't worth anything.

This would equal, in America, to $24.90 for the Amiibo and $51.50 for the game. The price could change, obviously, but if it doesn't... I may have to rethink getting it. That's a ridiculously expensive price. And if it's true that the original Yoshi Amiibo doesn't work for the game, that would also be disappointing. I'm wondering about this scheme, Nintendo.

As a household w/ over 65 Skylandersfigures, and over a dozen Disney Infinity figures, and looking forward to Lego Dimensions like Pavlovs dog, I say this w/ all sincerity:

I think Nintneod is getting a bit carried away w/ all this amiibo stuff.

amiibo annouced as better than other toys b/c they work w/ multiple games, yet stores shelves are now full of 2 types of Mario, Luigi, Princess Each and Bowser amiibo.
Splatoon amiibo are coming out next month - what game other than Splatoon do those 3 amiibo work with?
There are already 2 similar Yoshi amiibo, and now a 3rd wooly one - keep in mind amiibo have only been out for 6 months, not 4 years like Skyalnders or 1 1/2 years like Disney Infinity - and maybe the old Yoshi amiibo won't work w/ Wooly World? Sorry Timmy, your Yoshi amiibo doesn't work w/ the Yoshi game. They REALLY REALLY need to work or Nintendo looses ALL credibility.
W/ all these duplicate amiibo several of the amiibo people want are no where to be found yet Nintendo doesn't look like they are going to make more.
Data from Mario Party 10 overwrites SSBU data. Whether it's affected or not, every parent and kid is going to be worried that any other amiibo game overwrites their Mario Party 10 data now. The fear seed has been planted.

I really wouldn't be surprised if by holiday 2015 people are so fed up they give up on amiibo and start buying Lego Dimernsions figures instead.

amiibo are hard to find, hard to understand how they are used in games, and even which games they can be used with. Thats' a recipe for failure. If the eBay scalpers ever stop buying them they will start sitting on shelves.

@Yoshi_Prime thanks for doing the currency conversion. You're probably right about the price changing.

We don't have Euros here we have £'s. And I guess the toy has the same value as a McDonald's toy.

Gameseek.co.uk has the game for £25, same as Splatoon on the same site. Very nice prices indeed.

Is this game not coming out in Japan?

Woah, hold up. Is that Yoshi triple pack official or just a special deal from GAME?

Either way, that needs to be a thing here in NA when the game launches.

is ShopTo.net safe? Have to give credit card info to register?

When these are available in Australia, I want all 3 of them! Yoshi is and always has been my favourite official Nintendo character.

@Lions I don't trust it. I tried to preorder Pink Yoshi. It needs a CC number just to register and won't let me add additional items to my cart. I always use paypal when ordering from foreign websites. Most places let you create a shopping cart before signing up, some lets you check out as guest, and you don't need a CC just to sign up.

I'm sure these will be available in quantity in the US and as bundles. I was going to try to preorder the pink and blue Yoshi and get the green Yoshi bundle when it releases in the states.

@StarDust4Ever yeah, I put in a credit card like a dummy and it said it was out of a card number range. Weird. whatever that. So now i'm keeping an eye on my credit card account. Very spooked.... just assuming since they linked to it in the article I could "trust" the site.

GAME are so friggin' ruthless......I got my toad amiibo from there and I've never forgiven myself for giving them money. Can't do it again no matter how good these look, they charge more money than anyone to provide the worst possible services and supply!!

@CTs_Lieutenant Amiibo =/= McDonalds toys.

@zool Gameseek doesn't sell Amiibo and games are region locked.

@Alundra-1998 Nintendo have not announced compatability yet does not necessarily mean it won't work.

When I saw the bundle, for the fist time I was tempted to get an amiibo and that made me feel strange. Now that the price is out, I'll go for me the game alone. Phew!

Too rich for my blood, but then I'm in Canada. The price is unlikely to follow the exact exchange rate and will be more attractive when these come to NA.

The bundles are the way to go. Though the inclusion of the green yarn Yoshi with the game at 49 pounds leaves me to believe the game itself will be 39.99. For 79.99 you get the whole bundle, if you are an extreme Yoshi fan.

Has there been any word on if a standard Yoshi amiibo will work the same? Obviously there is the cuteness factor of these amiibo that will cause them to sell out, but for some budget fans, it would be nice to get the same in game experience.

I've seen this cheaper at a pre-order price and with Yoshi Amiibo for £34.99.

@ikki5 they are quite a bit larger
because of how they are made i want at least one of them if not three

@Lions shopto.net are absolutely fine, so long as you live in the UK. I've never had any issues with them and they always deliver things really quickly, most games I receive a couple of days before official launch. I'm actually a Gold account member with them.

I don't know what it's like for people who live outside of the UK though. Game have recently slapped a ban on exporting amiibo because of the severe stock shortages it contributes towards in the UK. Might be that shopto are doing the same.

@DTFaux just a game deal by the looks of it, no promo pic when they have pics of everything else. Shame you can't get the single amiibo and game pack with a blue yoshi aswell.....it least it's not the pink one!!

Game itself is 25 quid to pre-order on Gameseek. Looking at a shade over 40 quid in total if you want to make your own +amiibo order by shopping around. That's decent if you want to take a punt on the game and plan ahead.

Oh... I wanted them all but that might be too expensive...

I didn't think they were that much bigger than other amiibo. You can see them scanned in with the gamepad in the Nintendo Direct.

Out of blue on Shopto. Oh poo. Not really interested in the other colours.

@KirbyKirbyKirby Where? Share.

I'm a big Yoshi fan, so I ordered the green one. I will probably get the download version of the game when released.

An original Call of Duty game? Ha!

Got the game and green combo. Others are sold out and I don't trust game!

I'd be tempted if they add to all my other compatible games. Is there a compatibility chart for these ones yet?

Preordered green yoshi from shopto. And that's all I'm getting. I'll wait for the game to go cheap somewhere before I pre-order that. Got splatoon for £24 which works out to €34 New which is great value to me.

Easily the best Amiibo yet!

@rjejr
They aren't that confusing to me in practice. I have no fear of accidentally writing over one.

I do like how some work in multiple games, myself. Over time now there are these fun little bonuses here and there and I've gotten the feeling of extra value out of them at times.

I've also been careful to only select figures I enjoy aesthetically as well. I stop and get a kick out of them way more than my older cheaper Nintendo figurines... except there's something about this one Bullet Bill on a stand that I have.

If the current Yoshis don't do anything with Yoshi's Wooly World I'll be surprised and annoyed. My advice has always been not to buy with any expectation beyond what you know, but I did choose Yoshi over another Amiibo because I knew we'd be buying that game.

I don't like the scarcity. Nintendo ran out and made no promises of more stock way too early and that created a horrible (wonderful?) scalper situation that needs to be fixed much more quickly. The worst thing about it is that games will have content available in them that I want to pay for but can't. That is frustrating.

Nintendo should really have a nice place to play with every Amiibo, too. It doesn't even have to be anything too amazing yet. Just a place for them to hang out. There are many directions they could go with it, maybe in the direction of Tamagotchi Life, or Nintendo Land, or Infinity Toy Box, or just have them sort of mingle, or hide on you in environments. Some fun simple unlocks when you have certain combinations. Seems so obvious I bet we see something in that vein this E3.

@ikki5 from what iv seen there ruffly the same size as a normal TY plush 'Ish so not overly big and not to small - Hope that hellped a bit.
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I plan on geting atlest the Green one also the game looks grate... I just wish Kirby's Epic Yarn was as good (from whats been shown) im so happy to see there is Helth in Yarn Yoshi.

@aaronsullivan id personly like a (Uhg dontget me wrong) Disny Infinty Like game that Uses the Amiibo to ither Play as or Unlock minny games similar to whats in Nintendo Land also id like it if you unlocked costume Parts for your Mii from Amiibo in sed game (mabe add powers? like samus arm cannon or Spacejump boots ect mix and match with other Nintendo heros) but yeah lol it culd even be F2P aswell as the profit culd come in from the amiibo sails or something.

Now if only anyone would offer pre-orders in the US, or even talk about when there might be preorders and I'm there

Preordered the game from Gameseek.co.uk, thanks for the heads up on the £25 pricetag @CTs_Lieutenant
You have to pay for the preorder in full in advance though, at least I had to but I had the money anyway.
I ordered the 3rd party Wii U gamecube controller adapter from them recently and it was delivered promptly and I got points to redeem against this preorder.
....and Preordered the Green Yoshi amiibo from Shopto but depending on how I feel about the amiibo purchase price, I may or may not cancel this preorder between now and release. Just wanted to lock in my preorder before the stock runs out.
Those on the fence about Shopto, I've used them for years and haven't had issues with them, I'd recommend them. I use Paypal with them, I think they have my card details aswell but they must be way out of date now.

Not really sure which dark abyss Game gets their prices from but they're slightly silly.

@aaronsullivan - "or hide on you in environments"

You really want an "amiibo Snap!" game don't you.

And I agree on an amiibo game at E3. You've probably seen me mentioning "Wii U Music" (Wii Music U?) in several places, but that's just a filler space for something causal.

Though I'm not as certain as Iused ot be. amiibo bit Hits or whatever it's called is coming out. Or has come out, I wasn't impressed enough to even care really. And the haphazard manner of game usage of the amiibo makes me think maybe Nintnedo is purposely NOT putting out an amiibo specific game. And the scarcity that they've let happen makes me think no grand game beyond SSB, that was it. We could still get Snap! or Wara Wara amiibo plaza, but no grande all encompassing adventure. 8 more weeks until E3.

Triple pack pre-ordered.
Can always cancel it if manage to preorder from nintendo for a lower price if/when they release them

amiibos are so popular in the U.S. that I,m afraid I won't be able to buy these yarn Yoshis. I want to buy all 3. I like it that they have multiple versions of the same characters. Obviously any Yoshi will work with the game like with Mario party 10 and smash. No confusion. Just options.

@Volmun I like the "add powers" idea.

@rjejr
You know, I forgot about Amiibo Tap (not released yet, btw) and I look forward to it as sort of a goofy fun thing to do but I own most of the original games my Amiibos came from so... But you're right, maybe that is the only short term plan for making all the Amiibo do a little something extra.

Still, it just feels like such an obvious thing to bring all the Amiibo together into one simple game world. It would work to add value to what you have and also add excitement to owning new ones and also just plain old advertising. That said, it could be a big project that is evolving and that's why we haven't heard of it.

Or maybe it's a mobile app. Nintendo is in such a transitory state right now, it's getting real hard to guess anything.

I do want a Snap! game, yes.

Cut the price 80% and give me a normal wool figure without that unnecessary amiibo implementation. Jeez, this amiibo thing is ridiculous and getting outta hand pretty quickly (only useful and reasonable integration so far is the one for Smash) :/
Definitely not a supporter. Shame, really, since I was looking forward to an amiibo-less, woolen Yoshi fugurine. This is just waay too pricey to solely be decoration on a shelf.

Kinda unsettling to think that Nintendo might be putting in too much time and resources into this amiibo concept. I can appreciate it since it's something fresh and new, especially if done rationally with real thought put behind it (as mentioned for Smash), but making multiple versions of a single character, which only end up being used for one game (pay that extra double-digit for some bonus levels, guys), is just a bit annoying. At first I was interested, and it seemed to go in the right direction, but now it seems like they're getting carried away, where every third news article seems to revolve around amiibo.
I'd much rather have Nintendo simply concentrate on games. Hopefully this craze will end soon (i.e. when the next generation rolls around), or at least turn into something reasonable and relevant for the most part, where I can gladly accept it as a side thing that Nintendo work on... along with bringing out the games we love because that's what mostly matters, right?

I suppose you could always knit your own and plant a Yoshi amiibo inside.

Whew, and this is why I knew either I'd get none of them or just 1.

@aaronsullivan - In retrospect, maybe amiibo Tap was just an April Fools Joke and Iwata forgot the punchline after his box of chocolates joke?

What we need is "amiibo on Tap", a beer pong like drinking game tossing small plastic rings over amiibo figures. No yarn Yoshi though, too soggy.

I don't think smart device NFC readers are ubiquitous enough for amiibo usage on anything other than Nintendo hardware, and unlike Skylanders and DI toys they don't even come w/ codes to be entered online into website app type stuff.

I want one so freakin' bad! They are so adorable!!!

I want one so freakin' bad! They are so adorable!!!

My wallet, it burns

Can anyone roughly translate this to dollars for me. It seems cheap but translated to dollars it might not sound very good.

@Hero-of-WiiU They're $30 USD, or $40 CDN each at current exchange rates. Ridiculously expensive, in other words.

@rjejr Well, I was partly joking, but I did think of that: You'd have to register them on your Nintendo hardware first, then they'd show up on your mobile app through the power of the internet (and the new account system).

@aaronsullivan - That seems like a lot to ask from a company that can't even make enough little plastic toys to begin w/. Though I did consider the NNID aspect but I still think it's too much to ask this gen. Maybe NX.

Way off topic. Do you have Common Core where you live? It's like the education apocalypse here on Long Island, NY. We could nuke Moscow and nobody would care.

I would pre-order if I could get the pink yoshi as a bonus. Plus i don't even thing the US market has any real incentives for pre-orders at this point in time, I'd have to ask I guess.

I preordered them already on Amazon (Germany) They cost 19.99€ or less thanks to their fancy preorder policy but gosh, they were available for like 5-10 minutes, I really was lucky to get them all including the special edition game

@WrongChops

The pre-orders sold out