Nintendo of America Apologises for amiibo Shortages and Promises More Re-Stocks

About time Nintendo!

Ehhh...I'm holding my breath. I think they're going to finish out the smash roster to feel out how these will sell, then we'll see some re-stock effort. They want to keep these things hot as long as possible, then fill in the gaps when they've all been made available (to some degree).

Less talk and more action. I'm about to give up on amiibo if this continues... I just want to go into my nearest retail shop and buy a Ness, a Rosalina and a Villager without problems like in most places in Europe, Australia and Japan... America is being amiibo's best market then why it took NoA this long to acknowledge that there's a problem and they are "Planning" to fix it somehow?? It is a very vague message indeed. It should have been using more encouraging and hopeful words such as: "We're working really hard to eliminate all this supply issues so please look forward to see restock of most amiibo figures really soon!" or something like that darn it.

Not gonna happen. Nintendo is a business. They don't want to make money. They are saying this because they are sick of the hate mail. They might make 10-20 more of each of the out of stock amiibo, hide them in 20 random stores across America, and make people hunt them down.

And yes, if you do find them, you get to tour Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory as a bonus reward.

It'd be nice if Nintendo Europe bothered to make any kind of comment on Amiibo shortages. They're the only region of the big 3 who've made no announcement on re-stocks whatsoever.

@AdanVC Believe me, those 3 amiibo are just as hard to get in Europe, or at least in the UK.

And here come the whiners again...

Really, many amiibo collectors act like it's their privilege to get what they want. Just wait, for hell's sake! By throwing all these hissyfits over not getting specific amiibo, you only achieve two things; you derail every normal amiibo discussion with the ever-identical rants about "Nintendo hates us because AMIIBO", and you fuel the power of scalpers who use this idiotic exaggeration to lure people into overpaying for stuff.
Just wait until they're restocked, and get them then. What's so difficult about waiting? It's not like you'll miss anything revolutionary or unreachable. Though from the overreactions of some, it might seem that people drop dead due to a lack of amiibo...

@AdanVC

You're deluded if you think the situation is better anywhere else.

"We promise to restock amiibo!"
Stores all across america begin receiving box after box of Donkey Kong and Mario Amiibos, with the occasional Pikachu.

It won't happen. Sorry to be pessimistic about it, but it's the truth. I was actually in NYC over the weekend and I went to Nintendo World and the giant Toys R Us while there. I might as well have just stuck with my hometown GameStop because they had nothing different. Never in my life did I see so many amiibos, and yet, never did I see so many of the same amiibos. There was an entire aisle (Toys R Us) dedicated to just amiibos and roughly 80% of it was Mario Party, minus Toad of course. More and more do I just not understand the need to make a Mario Party line, as they are taking up valuable space, and apparently no one wants them. That line was a waste of time.

Just let me be able to purchase Ness and Jigglypuff and I'll be happy

And yet people are still whining. How sad.

Ah well. You can't please everybody.

I don't care about the most of the smash roster, I'm not looking to collect them all or even favorite characters. I haven't ventured far in Codename STEAM or Kirby because I want the Amiibo content for those games. Fire Emblem If seems to be gearing up to the same problem, which may push me from getting it. I almost bailed on Splatoon until I was randomly lucky enough to find the 3-pack for preorder. Don't make some content unlockable only through a certain Amiibo and then not let me buy them. Unless Dedede, Meta Knight, and the Fire Emblem characters suddenly get vastly restocked, I'll continue to be upset with Nintendo's stupid practices.

@RainbowGazelle
I emailed Nintendo of Italy. They said they'll do something in the coming months to bring enough amiibo and will continue to do so until demands are met and apologize for the shortages.

@Kaze_Memaryu
I will never buy from scalpers or anything above msrp for these things. It's astounding to see people throw almost $100 or more at a plastic figure that literally costs a few dollars to make, if that. I understand the desire to get these things, but they're not going to leave money on the table. Unless people MUST have the first print of Villager amiibo, there's no sense in just waiting it out.

Suuuuuure...

So how am I expected to get, say, a Rosalina Amiibo in NA without helping scalpers or importing if Target decides not to order more from a possible reprint? Exclusives aren't particularly bad if the company who has the exclusive deal makes sure it is well supplied, but this scenario.......

It's great that Nintendo are aware of this problem, but they seem to be very slow to respond to challenges. It's crazy that some Amiibo pre-orders can sell out jwithin minutes. Hopefully they'll start to address the shortages and also re-stock the older sold out Amiibos.

@RainbowGazelle: I think they promised restock to arrive in summer, at least in Germany. CDON lists Villager and some other old amiibo as pre-order so I think there's a chance that other countries get them too.

I'd like to get Mega Man, Pac Man and the villager for suggested retail price of $12.99

Here in the UK we'll never get any sort of restock. All I see are Diddy Kongs and Pikachus. Anyway, if it does happen, what about scalpers?

Are they still not going to re-stock the villager and Wii fit trainer like they apparently said, or are they wisely going back on that decision?

Honestly, I smell an announcement of some kind of online store in the future (e3 perhaps?) for physical products that curtails to the amiibo line and availability. It'll serve both as an online store and club Nintendo replacement. Since it's easy enough to purchase multiple amiibo through various retailers, getting harder to get ones via hoops to jump through with 1.) actually having a Nintendo online account (NNID), 2.) registering consoles/software, and 3.) taking surveys about the company, this will help alleviate the mad dash/pre-order craze because they'll actually go to people who follow Nintendo and want these products. I dunno, all seems kinda logical to me.

The thing that concerns me is the they state they will restock some of the amiibo. I think they need to look at what is not in stock and just do a second run. It would also be nice if the future runs had more stock from the get go as well. I'm only willing to import the store exclusives. After that I'm not paying more than retail.

To follow up with my post, after they've had these up for a certain amount of time for people to get dibs on them through their own site (maybe like a day or 2 window), THEN release them for possible pre-order through the major retailers (Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, Gamestop, etc.).

There's no sense in complaining about what's going on with the current shortages, but rather I'd like to take the route of, "what can they do to help it out so that people would cut back on their complaining?". If they can do their best to help satisfy their "true fans", I don't see why doing something like this wouldn't benefit everybody.

Keep figures in production for longer. When sales dip, switch to the next batch.

@BinaryFragger True they have been out for a while, but the problem did not really begin until mid December when it was revealed the Marth, WFT, and Villager were being discontinued. I remember being pretty wishy-washy on pre-ordering my favorites from Wave 3, and I had no problems when I finally pulled the trigger for Meta Knight and DDD. I think the real issues began with Rosalina pre-orders/launch day lines. Even then I don't think Nintendo realized the problem until February. It takes time to order, manufacture, and ship these things. They announced Marth re-prints in Feb and it still hasn't shipped yet. Hopefully the fix is implemented, but it will take time for the effects to show up in the market.

I am a bit disappointed at the disaster wave 4 appears to be. Wave 3 pre-orders were up for several days/weeks before the sell-outs happened. For Wave 4, you basically had to refresh constantly and hope you were fast enough for the 10-15 minute pre-order window . But I will throw Nintendo a bone and assume wave 4 orders were decided before the amiibo craze was fully realized...

Isn't this just saying that they're only bringing back Amiibos in games that they're featured in? amiibo tap/classics is amiibo-neutral. at best we're going to see Ike/Marth but not Robin because he was recently released, just for Code Name S.T.E.A.M or in prep for whatever the US/EU versions of Fire Emblem If going to use if they're not getting the TCG. (barring a flat download)

Same thing goes for Villager, there's still that Happy Homes spinoff, though who knows. maybe some of the AC cards would work as Variants for Villager like how Toon Link works as a Link in Hyrule Warriors and Mario Kart 8 for the unlockables.

I wouldn't think they'll touch any of the main Nintendo cast in terms of reprint except for anyone beyond the first 2 waves or if their franchises are large, but not Mario/Pokemon/Zelda large. if Zelda U comes out with Amiibo support, Zelda herself would be justified but not so much so for Ganondorf/ then there's newer series games that probably won't get sequels for a while like Xenoblade, assuming it isn't going to add Amiibo functionality like HW/Mario Kart 8 to fuel the demand.

I know one way they can work closely with retailers - limit one amiibo per customer, no exceptions. But that ain't gonna happen.

I don't even care about these stupid toys. They are a waste of money.

@UnseatingKDawg: Except that is up to the retailer, not Nintendo.

@TingLz Your little golden shield turned silver! Did you get downgraded?
On topic: I understand why everyone is complaining but at least they're acknowledging the problem.

@TingLz: Yeah. Like I said, ain't gonna happen. I wish Nintendo could have power over that - it'd make shopping for these a tad easier... but oh well.

I was just thinking a few hours ago that it's been days since we had an amiibo article, 'bout time.

@DarthNocturnal - "Considering the next big wave after this month's isn't until September"

I think Nintneod will put everything they've got into making plenty of Splatoon amiibo. There are 60 missions in that game locked away behind amiibo, they can't risk losing sales of the game b/c people can't find the amiibo. The fact that the girl and boy squid are sold both separately and in 3 packs means they need to make a lot of those. They can't just be sold out as pre-orders, they need to have the stock available on shelves so people see it next to the game.

After Splatoon amiibo production dies down, mid summer maybe, then maybe they'll start the reprints.

I can see Nintendo not making millions of each amiibo for fear of having surplus stock, but they can surely do a second batch of hard to get figures that proved so successful.

The port strike excuse does not hold water anymore. Nor the "we underestimated demand", so I do hope things get better.

@rjejr
I think Splatoon will go okay. Unless it does way more business than I expect it to. I'll take this statement to heart when I see Kid Icarus and King Dedede on a retail shelf without having to work hard at it.
Purse strings are drawn tight while looking for a new job, though, so I'd miss 'em again.

@sinalefa Agreed and here's hoping. (Hah, I may have missed including you in many posts because I've always said your avatar name in my head as sinafela and probably spelled it that way on several occasions. Now, I've got the Spanish pronunciation in my head.)

I would like to see out of print exclusives get re-issued as non exclusives such as Rosalina.

According to reports (and pictures) the restocks in Japan have minor seemingly unintentional variations from the originals. I want to advise everyone right now to not care about this. It's a gold mine for scalpers on both ends (old one is original and worth more! New one is better so you need that too!)

I guess Nintendo hit that "manufacture more" button slightly sideways or something (sarcasm). In all seriousness I could see the new contracts and negotiations and specific requirements with manufacturing partners (some additional) being a big part of the reason why this wasn't fixed already.

All just guessing though and that's exactly why Nintendo needs to be more upfront about the process with consumers.

"These plans include Animal Crossing amiibo cards that will become available by the end of 2015, and a free-to-download app for Wii U called amiibo tap..."

That bit is interesting. It implies that the AC game coming out will not be F2P, something one NL apparently doesn't believe.

but when will finally the gamecubeadapters be released

@aaronsullivan

Don't worry about it. I guess the last part sounded like "fella" and that is why some people confuse it.

Regarding restocks, I think Nintendo should consider owning or investing in a trusted toy manufacturer so they don't have to depend on someone else to make their amiibo. The same way there are no shortages of consoles and portable systems.

@sinalefa I think the "we underestimated demand" still holds. If you go back and look at some of the CPSIA certs of the original wave, the were manufactured in Aug/Sep for a November release. That's two-three months from manufacturing to release. Plus if you think about it, they were announced at E3 in June and hit manufacturing in August. Ness and Charizard show manufacturing in January and are just now about to come out. Now consider that Amiibo are less than 6 months old and the real issue started surfacing in January/February of this year. Even if they figured it all out in January (which I doubt) and ramped up orders/manufacturing, it will still take some time for the fruit of their efforts to hit stores.

http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/11021/~/cpsia-certificates-of-compliance

Also, I just noticed as I went to check the CPSIA certs for this post that Ike and Meta Knight have received a new month of manufacturing.

If they want to increase the production of the ones that are in demand, why don't they lower the production the ones that are flooding the shelves... like come on, my EB had 14 Mario Amiibos on the shelves with more in the back.

IM....Batman!!!!! Hahahahahaa

@Shadowkiller97

Thanks for that. Still crazy that they made 5 batches for Zelda and just one for Little Mac and Pit, with no restock up to March, which seems to be the last month listed.

I gave up on amiibo after my gamestop sold my marth amiibo too someone who didn't pre-order and I still haven't received my ike amiibo. not too mention the wave 4 amiibos were impossible too get right out of the gate.

Please understand...

Am I the only one who remembers that Skylanders and Disney Infinity had the same issues of no supply and ridiculous demand (heck Wham Shell from the 1st Skylanders is still worth a few hundred on ebay) for the first year of existence? The toys to life genre seems to be by nature a demand>supply situation with the toys for a year or 2 as the developer tries to get enough of every figure to stores (which by that point the sequel is out with newer, better supplied figures), though I'll wait and see how Lego Dimensions toys play our before accepting my hypothesis as fact. At least amiibos only unlock fully optional content for games (as opposed to the others, which requires them), and Nintendo's trying to get figures back as they become relavant in more games.

I have two amiibo. I'm willing to trade my SSB Bowser & Mario for a fitness trainer. Hardy-har-har. But I'll settle for a Little Mac instead.

Yet the whiner still continue to blame Nintendo even though it's the retailer choice of actually stocking them (my Walmart is just now stocking the Sonic amiibo) and they buy about 500 of them a day by painstakingly searching ever store and online store possible.

I foresee them at least restocking any of the Smash amiibo that have functionality in other games. I bet we'll see Metaknight, Dedede and the Fire Emblem characters reprinted for their roles in Rainbow Curse and Codename STEAM. And characters like the Villager, Captain Falcon and Rosalina may pop up again, since they unlock suits in Mario Kart. I have my doubts that characters with one-shot uses like Little Mac, Wii Fit Trainer and Pit will return, since they're not holding back any in-game content in any other titles...

@UnseatingKDawg: Spoke with a TRU employee this weekend. He said people would clear entire rack of a certain character, leaving none for the kids. Store put a two character limit on customers. And that store had Mega Man and Sonic this weekend.

@sinalefa Well, that was always their plan: make more of popular well-known characters, and less of others. Avoiding hindsight, it kind of made sense. I mean there is only SSB functionality for Pit and Little Mac as of right now, while other characters work in several additional games. They planned amiibo as add-ons to their video games; they weren't expecting the collectible craze.

...Doubt they'll be able to fix anything with those stupid scalpers out there.

I was able to preorder Charizard and Wario. I have Toad. my daughter wants Rosalina amiibo and I wanted the Fire Emblem ones.

I've never exactly had a huge problem with the amiibo in my city but I do think they should really start focusing on stock issues. I do have a strange feeling that getting Ness is going to be an issue though.

I'll believe it when I see it

Actions speak louder than words.

The Problem with this apology is that it is too little too late for a lot of people. They need this statement a few waves ago. At this point it is hard to believe that the situation is changing. They will need to give out more data to show that they are doing more.

I'm not going to 5 store daily just to see if they got a restock. I still think it is funny that the Amiibo with the most support are hardest to find.

@AdanVC "I just want to go into my nearest retail shop and buy a Ness, a Rosalina and a Villager without problems like in most places in Europe, Australia and Japan"

It is not THAT easy to do in the UK, I can say that for sure.
I don't know about Australia and Japan.

Okay. Good. Now, please get to work on that, because I REALLY want Ness and Pac-Man. Seriously. These stock issues need to end. NOW. This is also better than when the UK marketing boss talked about the issue, because it didn't piss me off by saying that the lack of stock was "part of the appeal", and that some of the harder to find amiibos are still on store shells, when really the only amiibos that've remained plentiful are Zelda, Diddy Kong, Little Mac, Sonic, and the Mario ones (exept Toad). Everything else, though? Unicorn.

@Kaze_Memaryu "Though from the overreactions of some, it might seem that people drop dead due to a lack of amiibo..."
I would not honestly say people drop dead over it... But there is a thing known as amiibo deficiency.

@EOTW Nah, it's just a small glitch. The shield fixes itself if you refresh the page

I'm hopeful that they will rerelease some of the rarer ones but considering the conducting stories and multiple apologies I'm not going to hold my breath either.

I know eventually restocks will start filling out demand, but, until then (and I'm sure I'll be hated for saying this) I'm really enjoying the chase.

It makes it fun, and that much more special to have Amiibo you want sitting on a shelf, knowing that you were one of the few who put in the work necessary to score one.

Not that I wouldn't mind over abundance (Id still buy every last one, common or not) but it just seems more special when they're hard to find.

@TingLz I've always wondered what those shields mean... Are you staff? Moderators? Both?

@Sir_JBizzle
The shield means the person is a moderator.

The avatar means the person has impeccable taste in games

@Sir_JBizzle

Hover your mouse over the shield. I won't spoil it for you

@JaxonH but then there's gold and silver shields...

Agreed, the amiibo chase is fun... Even if a tad frustrating when you miss that small, 5 second pre-order window 2:25 in the morning. Haha

@sinalefa Oh I'll need to hop on my computer then!

@JaxonH

That is the silver lining for me. I do enjoy being in that group chat of yours and I am proud of my Japanese amiibo.

@JaxonH Eh I agree and disagree friend. Sure, I have ONE amiibo that is rare at the moment. (Shulk) Outside of that, every amiibo that I currently have, which is only 17, can be purchased. I think the only semi-rare ones are Mega Man and Toad in my area.

Don't say it, do it!! Words are a waste of time, especially since this was said once a few months ago, and so far no improvement.

@Rawk_Hawk We have plenty Mega Man around here, or we did a week ago, if I can grab one I'll sell it to you for just the price of the figure and shipping.

@sinalefa
Oh we're just getting warmed up. You'll feel even better once you have all of wave 4 and 5 on your shelf.

@Rafie
Long time no see! I think 17 Amiibo is quite a lot for just having commons- guess I didn't realize there were so many available that AREN'T hard to find.. You know, we have an N-Life LINE chat set up for anyone who wants to score rare Amiibo and pre order new waves. More than welcome to join if you want! You're guaranteed to get a pre order for every Amiibo you want

@Rafie
Yeah, what JaxonH is saying. If you want 'em, we all try and get the links on the chat for pre-order as soon as they're up. It's no joke. Without it, I know I wouldn't have been able to get Jigglypuff at the very least. That one among many others.

I think the gap between amiibo waves is so they can make more to meet demand. I missed out on Pit but been lucky enough to get some rare ones like Marth, Ike, and Rosalina with no issues. I'm pretty sure there will be enough to go around the next few waves and Nintendo will adjust as needed. I'm hoping anyway I need Lucina and Zero Suit Samus!

@JaxonH I've been on my friend. I may comment here and there. Just not on every article. Anyway, thank you for the invite. I may take you up on that. I really want amiibos like King Deedede, Lil Mac, Fire Emblem char, Xenoblade char, etc. I NEED THEM!!!! LOL

@Spartacus3765 I want Jigglypuff so freaking bad when it drops. I know I won't be able to get it. I only was able to preorder the Splatoon 3pack.

I could go into a store in my town and pick up almost any amiibo..........but I won't! Haha!

just wait until the smash dlc amiibos are released...

@Rafie
Download the LINE app on your phone (iOS or Android, either one), then set up an account. Once you've done that, click these links to join the alerts group and chat group. Only post alerts in alert group- keep notifications on so you hear when something goes up for pre order. Chat is for talking- we keep alerts off for that one.

I'm censoring these links after I post, so no one else can access them.

Past waves are harder to get, and wave 4 is almost burnt up actually. But there are still two retailers that haven't posted wave 4 yet- GS and Best Buy. So you should be able to still get wave 4 preorders in. We've all actually already got wave 5 preordered, and the Yoshi Yarn Amiibos too. As for JigglyPuff, I ordered some extras for this very reason- so if you're in need I can probably plug you with one of those.

Watch them restock only the Mario based amiibo's!

If they do restock more of the rare amiibos, I can see 2 things happening:
1) They deliver only a few of the rare amiibos, scalpers pick them up and once again continue to sell them for an inflated price on ebay / or
2) By some miracle they actually do produce a lot more, making them not nearly as rare. Then the people who paid the ridiculous prices on eBay will rage and say "I thought they were going to become collector's items, so I paid over $50 FOR ONE of them".
I have been seeing characters such as Ike, Marth and Meta Knight in some stores recently though - so Nintendo must at least be trying to restock some of the rarer ones.

@Sir_JBizzle The silver shield indicates staff - moderator or writer.

The gold shield indicates admin - editor, director or community administrator. I'm the community admin

@DarthNocturnal - No, but it does seem to have turned into an outside joke, people commenting on my Nitneod misspellings. You're probably the 5th or 6th person to do so. And it's never getting fixed by the way, however I type it I type it.

Splatoon may not sell all that well, but they need to make enough amiibo to cover it if it does. There are plenty of Mario and Peach amiibo on store shelves, they need to make that many for Splatoon.

Hey @JaxonH do you and your merry clan of amiibo hunters consider the Splatoon amiibo as must have "cannon" since they are for a new IP? I know nothing is stopping you from collecting them all, just wondering if others in your group are giving them a pass for not being famous?

@JaxonH I have downloaded the app. I gotta day man, you are really the coolest guy on this site. Seriously. If I haven't told you that before, I'm telling you now. Thank you friend.

@rjejr
Somehow I pictured Kevin Coster in tights with a merry band of Amiibo thieves, stealing pre orders from rich scalpers and selling them to the poor, at cost.

All Amiibo are canon, as long as they're first party. If the time comes we see third party Amiibo, I'll have to make a decision as to whether or not to pursue them as well. Probably depend on what line of characters/franchise, and how many different ones would be released. I certainly wouldn't want to have to buy 40 to 50 more Amiibo released by third parties. 5 or 10? That I would probably be ok with.

Although I should note, I thought more people were going to limit themselves to the Smash line, but I think that's more or less an act of desperation than anything else. Because as far as I know, everyone in our merry band (all of whom actually have access to get whatever figures they want) have pre ordered (or expressed interest in doing so) the Yoshi Yarn figures, Gold Mario, and Splatoon.

@Rafie
Thank you for the kind words! But I think it's fair to say some of the higher ups don't think I'm too cool around here :/

Until Nintendo actually DOES something to improve the supply and availability issues, these words aren't worth the ether they are digitally published on.

Amiibo isn't a bad idea. The distribution has been a huge turn off though.

@rjejr
Yes, we've notified those who want the splatoon characters. Right now, everybody I think has them (I didn't pre-order them cuz I'm not that interested). But when you hop on, just let us know which ones you want to be on the lookout for and we'll notify when they're available. Every so often we'll feel out the group in the chat to see if there's ones worth alerting to since they either become more common or if people need to be alerted by them anymore.

At least they finally acknowledged it.

@JaxonH - "But I think it's fair to say some of the higher ups don't think I'm too cool around here :/"

I think everybody likes you. Well except Q

But what about Europe shortage? I want my Shulk amiibo but i dont wanna pay £40+ for it!

@rjejr
You play the Left Behind DLC yet or you slackin?

All the stock shortages and store exclusive figures coupled with the fact that they really don't do anything, I'm kinda over amiibo. I'm more looking forward to disney infinity 3.0. Nintendo could make a killing if they made a game like infinity for amiibos.

@Spartacus3765 - No thanks, I don't want any, I was just asking Jax if the Splatoon ones were in demand like the rest or if the serious hunters were blowing them off as unnecessary.

I'm holding off for DBZ:Xenoverse to port to Wii U so we can have Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Krillin, Piccolo and Freiza.

I'd also probably buy the entire line of Godzilla toys if they did a sequel to Wii game Godzilla: Unleashed, but it doesn't seem like we're getting that 1 ported either

We actually do have 2 amiibo - Starfox and not cartoon Link - and those Yarn Yoshi look cool. If they announce amiibo Land (aka Nintendo Land 2) at E3 this year then maybe I'll get interested.

@ASonic3582 I don't remember infinity figures being hard too find, Skylanders I do.

@bluedogrulez: They ought to. It's bad enough collectors have a hard time due to people like this - it's worse for kids who want them since they have less of an opportunity either due to school or lack of funds.

I know the Walmart I work at had it once for the Gold Marios - 12 were available, and I and 11 others got them the night of release, one per customer. On the other hand, the Walmart my friend works at had 12 Marios... and all 12 went to one person on the night of release because they didn't bother limiting, which is a shame. The only reason I would say that we don't limit the other figures is because we usually only get a maximum of four (on average) of other characters like Mario, Bowser, Zelda, Diddy, etc.

@JaxonH - Slackin? I just finished TLoU, give me 2 or 3 years will ya.

Mailed the game back to Gamefly so I can't even buy the DLC until next week. What I need to do now is catch up on all the tv shows I missed while I was playing TLoU. We're 2 episodes behind on GoT, I'm lucky my wife hasn't divorced me.

Don't hold your breath, kids. You'll turn purple, fall-over and hit your head on something with a corner.

@rjejr
Only shows I watch in the span of an entire year are Walking Dead, Orange is the New Black and Marco Polo. All Netflix Originals. One new season per year. I just don't have time for TV anymore.

@Rafie
Be sure to click those links from your phone with the app open to join the chats. Check your email for the post with the links.

Nintendo, just make sure I can pick up the Olimar/Pikmin amiibo in-store without any issues and we'll be golden.

All I want is a wario and a king dee dee dee without paying $50 to a scalper and this seems more and more impossible every day.

@Daruncic correction: stores get boxes and boxes of pikachu and mario with the occasional anything else

more would be great, I still don't have any because the only ones I want are over-priced. that said, I'm skeptical we're going to see any major changes to stock

Yeah, all the toys to life need to do reissues. I just want a little mac amiibo and a scratch skylander.

@mjc0961

I'd rather pay money for something and actually physically own it than be a sheep that buys 'digital licenses'. The amiibo I can actually own for my entire life, pass down to my grandchildren, sell to someone else. Regular DLC on the other hand is vapor, it doesn't actually exist. So yeah, keep telling people they're dumb, ya sheep.

crap. crapcrapcrapcrapcrap. this os bad news for me. i should have sold my villager when i had the chance...

@Rixor13 Rip scalper.

@Shadowkiller97 I don't see how they couldn't see the 'collectible craze' incoming still, especially if they had planned to make less of lesser known characters; that so blatantly has 'collectible' written all over it. Add that to needing them for the extra functionality and you just stirred up that recipe of chaos. .-.

Good to hear. But I'm not holding my breath. I just want my Fire Emblem characters >

@TheRedCap30

My brother has a Villager that he doesn't particularly want. If only there was a way fans could TRADE amiibo over the internet, with some sort of reliability. That would be awesome!

If I go into a store in the near future and see Captain Falcon on the shelves, I'll be very happy Nintendo.

@JaxonH - Walking Dead looks way too scary for me, I only played TLoU b/c it's Naughty Dog. I may watch Orange after the show is over, like I did w/ Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy. Next on my list is Breaking Bad b/c my library has every season on DVD so it's free for me. Probably next winter.

Yeah restocks for scumbag resellers.

@TheRedCap30

Yeah, I happened upon a Rosalina amiibo as well. I'd be MORE than happy to trade it or almost any other figure In my collection for an Ike though. Hopefully I am able to snag myself Robin, and a Lucina on my 29th. I would be very pleased, as I really just want the fire emblem characters! I already have a Marth.

@Revolution909

Exactly. Those dirtbags will just buy up all of the restocks anyway!

@TheRedCap30

Lol yeah! I want to have all of the FE characters, mainly because it is one of my favorite franchises, but also they are proving to have some of the coolest in game bonuses! I'm excited to see what they will unlock in FE:if

The detail on the Robin, Lucina, Marth and Ike amiibo is really fantastic too! They look amazing.

However, I do have this baby on preorder: http://img.amiami.jp/images/product/main/144//FIGURE-009329.jpg

...So if Lucina's amiibo is just IMPOSSIBLE to get, then I guess I'll be okay

@JaxonH

Can you give me a link to this thread? I would certainly like to join!

I just bought Samus and Pikachu and they give me plenty company. I am not too crazy. But then when I realize that a feature like Shulk for Xenoblade Chronicles to get tokens to unlock jukebox music and model characters I don't bother with them. It's not a big deal to me.

@Kaze_Memaryu I just wanted to let you know I don't like your or pretty much any of your opinions and that you're wrong. People have the right to be mad at Nintendo's rude stupidity.

Yay! Now I will be able to buy more Mario's and Pikachu's.

@Presto99 That just means you weren't reading carefully enough. This is not an opinion, it's a clear statement. Or are you trying to tell me that people die from a lack of amiibo? Or that collecters could die from waiting for restocks? Or that scalpers aren't using this childish panicking to their advantage? If that's what you mean, you really have no idea of reality.

I was looking for Ness and Pac-Man in 10 stores in 2 big cities here in Germany, have found nothing. Only Glurak and Wario are present. You could only preorder Ness for some minutes on some websites like gamestop.de amazon.de mediamarkt.de. The next thing is that smash yoshi seems to be not compatible with yoshi woolly world.

"We understand how frustrating it can be at times"
I strongly doubt that...
No sign of the second half of wave 3, no sign of wave 4 whatsoever...

No, you have no clue just how frustrating it can be...

@outburst That's good to hear. I emailed Nintendo UK and got the typical "we are doing everything we can" response. They're useless.

@Late I hope so.

@Kaze_Memaryu I think the problem on the most part isn't that people won't wait, but that Nintendo haven't been clear on if some amiibo will be restocked at all. All I want is a confirmation, and I'll be happy to wait as long as it takes.

@JellySplat

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Please only post links to in-stock amiibo in Alerts, and try to avoid commons (chances are you're gonna wake someone out of bed, so make it worth it!). Typically we don't post stuff like Toad or Sonic, we even stopped posting Charizard/Pac/Wario because everyone has them pre ordered. Basically try to stick to wave 5, Lucina/Robin, Yarn Yoshi's, Splatoon (might stop posting those soon if everyone has them pre ordered, which I think is the case), and hard to find amiibos from previous waves (Little Mac, Villager, etc).

If there is a particular amiibo you want that we aren't posting on, let us know in the chat and we'll be sure to get you a pre order link ASAP.

@RainbowGazelle That's quite true, and I should've addressed that in my original post, as well. Nintendo really needs to be more open with their amiibo plans, otherwise this panic will only go worse, and hurt Nintendo then in the end.

@tbuck the trick is to look in smaller towns. My hometown Osnabrück is comparably small, and people here are a bit... old-fashioned (for a lack of a better word), but that means they also don't have that large interest in amiibo. Me and a few friends even got a few Rosalina at the local Gamestop, simply because the interest tends to be a bit low in smaller communities.

I'll believe it when I see them on shelves. They have talked about fixing the Amiibo stock in the past yet all I see on my local Target's shelves are Mario, Luigi, Peach, Yoshi, Bowser, & Kirby. Weren't the Marth restock to be coming in late April? Did I already miss those?

@JaxonH - Good news, you'll soon be able to say "good day sir" w/ a simple emoji. Well maybe not here but it will probably be OK over on Sammy's site.

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OK, who removed the link? It wasn't porn, a rick-roll (you know, I kind of miss those), or a competitors video game site, it was CNBC. For those overseas who don't know, that's a legitimate business news site in the US, it isn't Fox news.

It's your guys site, you can do what you want, but shouldn't I at least get a little "TBD says uh uh" or something? I mean I don't even really know if it was removed by you guys for content or CNBC cut me off at the source b/c if thinks you guys being in the UK makes you a terrorist organization or something. Was it reported? You don't have to tell me who reported it, just tell me something.

Lets hope this will stop most of those pointless tweets to NoA about amiibo, especially when the topic is not related to amiibo. It's hard to read past them when it make 2/3 of the post.

Patience is a virtue that rarely exist in online social media. Most of those "collectors" are fussing over wave 4 being out of stock in the US, yet it not even out (May 29th).

@rjejr
Oh wow, guess that's acceptable now...?

I don't think I'd ever use those though, even if I really, really wanted to.

Nintendo you can spare me the fake apology. This was your plan from the beginning. Supply and demand and your desire for money.

@Kaze_Memaryu the reality is I made an account to let you know how annoying and arrogant you are, and that you've made me never want to look at the idiocy in the comment section on this site ever again.

@JaxonH - Yeah, I thought of you, but I knew even if you did have a monetary lapse of judgement and typed that you would immediately edit it out afterwards.

I mean, even I wouldn't use it, not even w/ the guys on here I mess around w/. The worst I'll do is the tongue thing just b/c I think it's funny

Though in retrospect maybe I would use it to whoever removed the link from my post w/o telling me. I don't mind getting edited if I do something wrong, thats what editors are for, but I like being told why and who is pretending to be me. (B/c when somebody edits your post w/o telling you, I view that as identity theft.)

@rjejr
Never had that happen, but what I hate is when I get my forum topics locked with a note stating "use this old topic". Like just yesterday I created a topic for Elder Scrolls Online concerning no online sub being needed, and it was immediately locked, with a link to some old topic for the beta version that no one uses anymore. And of course, I move my post there and no one responds.

@JaxonH - Yeah that sounds annoying too. But you still wouldn't use that hand symbol.

@Presto99 I would feel honored that you went through the trouble of creating an account just for me, but thanks to my arrogance, I don't really care.

@Presto99 Sounds like you wasted your time... Congrats on the account though?

Also, I'm surprised Kirby isn't in stock anywhere, but I can wait. My Ness and Pikachu are enough for me so far.

Apologize and make promises in one hand, crap in another, see which fills up first.

Until I can walk to my store, buy Pit, Fox, Captain Falcon, and Little Mac and also Shulk to use with my new copy of Xenoblade, I call bs on this entire sentiment from them. This could have and should have been corrected months ago. There's no way in hell I'm paying $25-80 for a $13 Amiibo.

@Tazcat2011 What would they even produce more garbage? So much for going third party saving them.

Got the first two waves complete (only little mac is missing). But the rest is just sold out in advance (Europe). You can find them online for about 30-50€. Man I hate those people! They don't buy/want a WiiU, just looking for a quick buck/euro.

@Kaze_Memaryu The thing about restocking is, and I speak an hour after going to stores, they're extreeemely understocked. EBGames (GameStop US)? They got THREE of each. Toys R Us? 5. 3 more than their initial release. There's a reason people are complaining on these shortages. There's a large demand and nearly non-existant supply.

@Freyr A late reply, but you definitely have a point. The huge gap between demand and supply is an enormous tension factor that causes way more frustration than a range of collectibles ever should. It's a problem that also entirely originates from Nintendo not reacting soon enough to this large demand, or even plainning with such demand in mind. And I don't mean to refute any of these clear problems, if you thought that.
But even with these hevy supply shortages and organizing failures, people panic over toys, which is where my understanding pretty much ends.

@Kaze_Memaryu My understanding ends once prices get to $30+. I understand supply and demand, but I can get a figurine of significantly higher quality in the price range of say, Lucina right after the wave 4 amazon thing.