GameStop Confirms amiibo 3-Pack Pre-Order Event This Weekend

First come only served, sounds like Amiibo alright!

Nice, I like the 3 pack of Amiibos like the Splatoon 3 pack. Hope they do it more often.

And most will be straight in the basket and straight onto eBay.

I have a buddy going to get mine for me. Fingers crossed!

Any news on when these guys will be available to pre order in UK and if we'll be getting the retro 3 pack?

I am on the fence if only because I'll have to wake up at 8 just to leave right away. That might not be early enough either. Plus I work till 12am tonight then all day tomorrow. It is one of the few packs that interest me though.

Since it is exclusive unfortunately I have to go to the dreaded Gamestop.

(screams forever because my messed-up living situation means I can't leave the house)

I was depending on orders being available online, damn it...

Any confirmed news on Eb games Canada?

.....>_>

@G0dlike They'll be on sale individually in the UK. GAME and Shopto.net put their stock up for preorder a few weeks ago, but I've not seen them on Store Nintendo yet.

Region agnostic is the way to go with amiibo.

@Jazzer94 So true, lol.

I hate scalpers.

Hmm... really would enjoy owning R.O.B. and Duck Hunt being old school NES player and having played with ROB a bit. But, never was into Game & Watch guy. :/ I suspect that is the reason it is sold as a pack-in. Probably most people are 2 out of 3 on this one... besides the collectors who have to buy them all at this point.

I'll probably see if I can easily pick it up Saturday morning.

What I really want is for Amazon to handle ALL of the amiibo launches. That last release really rocked even though I didn't want any. I mean a couple hours of up time before selling out, right? With an online pre-announced sale. Keep that relationship going, Nintendo.

Any more heard about the rumor that this wave will have a similar Amazon launch? Ganandorf and classic colors Mario are definitely calling out to me.

@Spoony_Tech Well Tech that's why you build a good rapport with Gamestop employees. I have at 4 stores here in South Florida. The manager has already called me and told me that he will save a reserve spot for me because he knows I love amiibos.

Still, I thought it was a bad idea to make this a 3 pack instead of individuals. Some people only wanted a specific character and didn't care about the others. The Mii brawler amiibos was the only other 3 pack that I thought was coming. Even that one isn't confirmed to be a 3 pack though.

@sinalefa
Japan import on Amazon is very enticing. Prime shipping and only about $20 for many of the impossible ones to find here. Also, the way Amazon is making pages show import options is going to foster some competition in the US market I think.

I still want retail price, though and I'm into functionality in my amiibo... for the most part.

@Rafie Yeah, I get the retro thing, though. I mean, it is likely that anyone interested in Game & Watch will be interested in the other two. And anyone interested in ROB will be interested in Duck Hunt. Plenty of people are probably just interested in Duck Hunt alone, though.

In the end, there's no way around the fact that it would be so much nicer if I could just buy exactly what I want at retail price even if I had to wait or just do a little preparation or reasonable planning. We are still far from that even with recent improvements and 3-packs without information about what will be available separately later, and retailer exclusives where we don't know if they are limited or not isn't helping.

@HipsterDashie fair enough! Will wait for Nintendo UK store and try and get them from there!

@Rafie I did have a good relationship with the one I go to. The manager even knew my phone number to enter for my rewards program. She left the company not too long ago and the turnover has been pretty high there lately. I recognize one face there now and she hasn't been there all that long.

I only want ROB.

No thanks. Waiting in line while Gamestop's entire infrastructure fails is not how I want to spend my Saturday mornings. (I work directly next to a Gamestop and it's still impossible to get these amiibo - figure that out, will ya?)

Meh, I'll just wait for the second or third run of these Amiibo. Irish stores are now flooded with all the 'hard to find' Amiibo for the past month or two.

@Spoony_Tech And Don't forget Saturday is Spaltfest in the US. Nintneod is making us choose between amiibo and Spaltoon.

So lets see:

exclusive to Gamestop
exclusive to in store pre-order
exclusive to the 3 pack

I think this calls for a big F! U! Nintendo!!! They really don't want kids to have these things, do they? $35 3 pack. Just screw you. I get the squidling 3-pack, and the Mii fighter 3 pack, but this just seems so unnecessary. A cool robot, a cool duck hunting dog, and whatever Game and Watch is. Yeah, that makes sense.

@aaronsullivan You did a really good job of calmly explaining it all, but I still needed to vent.

3 characters that aren't popular outside of NES fans and Smash fans exclusive to a 3 pack? At least 45 per store? Seems right to me

Nintendo trolling errbody.

@bezerker99 - "(I work directly next to a Gamestop and it's still impossible to get these amiibo - figure that out, will ya?)

Oh, I have that beat. My wife works 2 blocks away from the Ntinedo World store in Manhattan, and even they don't have most of the amiibo. She looked a few times for our kids but now the entire family has abandoned amiibo*. It's ridiculous. I get scrambling at Christmas, part of that mad rush for the perfect gift for your kids, but when it becomes a year round occurrence, and Ntineod keeps putting up these flaming spiked hoops to jump thru, it's a madness of which we will no longer take part*.

• We will be getting the Skylanders amiibo if possible, but we buy every Skylanders game every year for the Wii U anyway. But if it requires any extra effort on my part then we'll just get the regular version on PS3.

@rjejr vent away! Just one quibble: the in-store preorder is decided by GameStop not Nintendo.

Here's the thing that makes this happen: GameStop pays money for exclusives and Nintendo likes money. Nintendo needs to keep retailers happy because they aren't selling consoles or many games there for the space Wii U is taking up and toys2life stuff is a great leveraging tool. It's keeping game focused shops like GameStop alive, in my opinion. It's especially important with a new console coming maybe next year.

It's still frankly anti-consumer and I don't like it.

Oh come on! I can't pre order them. I have work tomorrow! Ugh i just want Game and Watch that's it,i don't care about the rest.

So far, with the exception of Rosalina, I have been able to get all of the Amiibo I wanted without importing or secondhand purchases, but I may resort to importing these.

@aaronsullivan Yeah you're right in that most people probably don't want all 3 characters in the 3 pack. My personal plan is either split the cost with friends who want G&W and ROB when it launches (I just want Duck Hunt) or sell the other 2 I don't want to recover the cost of the pack

I'll try to preorder them, I have to be at work a half hour after my local GameStops starts taking preorders.

NoA just doesn't want us to have these things... Looks like I'll be importing yet again.

@aaronsullivan

" I'm into functionality in my amiibo..."

Are you aware that amiibo are region free? Only thing that changes between zones is the packaging.

@Rafie Your right in Getting to know the employees is pretty much the best way to get what you want at GS. Before I worked there, I knew the whole staff at my store and they wanted me there so badly. It was literally reach working age, submit the application, come in the next day. A lot has changed since then but to get back on topic, they likely were able to set aside a preorder for you for both facts that you know them and odds are an employee who doesn't care about amiibo didn't want his/her hold to go to waste since each store was given a number that would be relatively high compared to Ness/Shulk numbers regardless if employees used the 1 hold they were given

@rjejr

I could not care less about Splatfest as we get a ton of those and they are nothing really special, but I hate how they not only put these as exclusive, but only on three pack. That dog is possibly the single amiibo I want the most, so I have it ordered from Shopto, an UK retailer, along with the other two.

I only wanted Duck Hunt, but they knew they'd get me to buy the others. D:

@sinalefa yep aware of that. I was more commenting on my collecting preferences for amiibo in general. We don't play much smash bros and the functionality in that game is limited. Of course I always figure Zelda and Mario will be useful in several games.

Why do I get the feeling I won't be able to get these?

So dead-on. If only more people realized this, there wouldn't be situations like this. If 50 people line up at 7am for something like this, the message is loud and clear that you are ok with this. Nintendo didn't get to be this humongous company by not knowing what they are doing. Either people enjoy this and keep doing it, or respond by not clicking on stories like this and not showing up. Actions speak louder than words

I'm ok with this. Here's hoping the system doesn't crash like it did on Ness!

@Azikira you can import him solo if you just want him.

@aaronsullivan @Rafie
I'm with ya...

I waited for pac man and ness but couldn't afford to also get the splatoon 3pack ,but the retro pack is very close to my heart .. Thus I'm waiting early tomorrow.

Yo @Rafie don't be bragging about your reserve spot brother not all of us are that lucky lol...

@rjejr
You're right unfortunately Amiibos are meant for kids but everyone but kids get to enjoy them unfortunately

I was on the fence for all three of the retro amiibo for cost reasons, but I can't help myself given the three pack. Looks like I'm getting up early tomorrow.

This will be me tomorrow

First on line, which is not the worst!

I will probably never get these because they will be sold out in less than a day. Nintendo better have prepared to restock these.

@DarthNocturnal I saw some sketchy Reddit posts saying it would be at EB too. I don't work tomorrow so I'm going out for it just in case.

Work til 11 tonight, gonna try waking up at 7:45 then heading to GS immediately... hopefully no ridiculous lines will have formed by then. The Dark Pit line at Best Buy didn't get many ppl until close to the time they opened so I don't think it'll be a problem for me. And there's way more GS near me than BB so I guess that should help.

Then that one guy asks the question nobody thought of... why not sell amiibos on the eshop?

@arrmixer LOL I'm sorry man. I'm just glad that I know someone who would save amiibos for me. They've done it many times for me. As soon as King Deedede, Wii Fit Trainer, and Ness came in...they held them for me until I picked them up. Cool folks there

@aaronsullivan That's where I think NoA needs to step it up on what they're releasing, in terms of packs, supply, etc. I also believe they should stop with the exclusive retail releases. Every business has a way of how they distribute their products. I would love the option to be able to purchase elsewhere. Sometimes it takes the fun out of collecting them. I couldn't pick up Dark Pit because Best Buy did it on a first come, first serve basis with no internet purchases. So only the first 20 folks in the 54 person line was able to get it.

@ASonic3582 Believe it or not, the employees there collect them. Of course they would get what they want first and then contact those who are interested, then put the remaining ones up for purchase. I skipped out on things like Skylander and even Disney Infinity. I thought for sure no one would be that interested in amiibos. Boy was I wrong!!!

Looking at this picture of the Amiibo 3 pack is as close as I will get to seeing them.

@aaronsullivan - We probably wouldn't have to quibble if it wasn't a Gmaestop exclusive. But you are right. I think I knew it when I typed it, but can you imagine if we could all preorder on Amazon or in store in GMAestop, do you think Gamestop would require "in store" then? It may not be Ntinedo's call, but by giving them the exclusive they gave them the ability to require in store. And the 3 pack? That's just so unnecessary. I don't see GMaesotp having the clout to require Ntinedo to package 3 unrelated amiibo. Nintendo gave them 2 of the 3, I say that gives them some accountability for the 3rd as well, even i fit is GMaestop's call.

@sinalefa Splatfest thing was more of a joke for Spoony, not really genuine outrage. We've been on about it since the rescheduling onto July 4th. I'm overly critical, but I really try not to be ridiculously so.

Are the 3 amiibo sold separtly in the UK? That's what I got from your post. That would be even worse for the US, might have to call out Reggie on that one. I wonder if Reggie owns a lot of Gmaestop stock?

@rjejr

If I am not mistaken NA is the only region where these 3 amiibo are being bundled. Gamestop either feels these would not sell fine on their own, or they are artificially increasing demand among collectors, as a exclusive 3 pack packaging makes them more desirable and "unique".

NA is also the only region with these "exclusives", so I blame greedy retailers trying to squeeze the last dollar out of the most lucrative amiibo market in the world.

@Rafie
Naw it's all good fam 😉 no apologies needed. Just trying to be funny that's all 😀

@Aurumonado Yep, Canada too. Eh.

I'm glad stores are opening an hour early rather than in the middle of the night; my graveyard work schedule would've prevented me from getting this 3-pack otherwise. I'll just stop by after work tomorrow morning!

No online preorders? Then what about the other countries in America?
The U.S. is not the only country in America.

I swear, how NOA are handling amiibos are the most stupidest thing I have ever seen them doing.

What a total load of garbage. I work six days a week, with Sunday off, and they have this at the worst possible time. For the first time, I actually want these amiibos, but they will be snatched up by people with lots of time and no responsibility. I have no respect for this type of stuff with Nintendo. They are appealing to the hardcore out there that can find time to go to stores and line up for these things.

@LilC : I highly doubt Nintendo restocks these. I don't think they've restocked most of the sold out Amiibo already released.

Btw, does anyone know if Japan is selling these in a 3-pack? I wanna import a Famicom R.O.B., but not if I have to buy an extra Duck Hunt. I guess I wouldn't mind having an extra Mr. Game&Watch, though.

I will try my luck at this tomorrow at my local Gamestop, which is only like 5 minutes away.

But to avoid ALL THESE NONSENSE, why can we NOT buy the amiibos straight from Nintendo's website, or the amiibo website?

Nope! Sorry Nintendo and Gamestop you will not get me to jump through hoops.

What real gameplay value do these things even have? I'd just wait for the individual figures to come out. I just want ROB, maybe Duck Hunt and only really for display.

@freaksloan

Same here plus I only wanted ROB and Duck Hunt. Its like they're trying their hardest to not get me to want to collect these things. Ah well, I'll just save for new PC ($1000 UW monitor, etc) parts next year

I don't want these Amiibo, but good luck to everyone who wants to place a pre-order!

@sinalefa "so I blame greedy retailers"

I'd tell you who I blame, but you probably already know.

And it just seems unnecessary b/c I'm sure all 3 would sell anyway. Probably 80% of these at this point are collectors who have bought every one, they aren't going to skip 1 now. Guess we should be thankful for the cheaper bundled price, eh?

I'm a geek, I may have bought ROB just b/c he's a robot, and my name is Rob, and he was great in Subspace Emissary, but Game and Watch means nothing to me, and Duck Hunt Dog is cute but I have no attachment. Now I just save money and move on.

I have got the following amiibo on preorder.

Mii Brawler x2
Mii Gunner x2
Mii Swordfighter x2
R.O.B x2
Duck Hunt Duo x2
Mr. Game & Watch x4

As much as I want them Idk if I'll get up for this but we shall see

@DarthNocturnal Except for the early open this has been confirmed for EB Games in Canada. Source is pretty reliable too. Personally I'd rather be home playing Splatfest at that hour but I'm not taking any chances.

I am sick to death of exlusives. Seriously Nintendo? I love you, but this is the one thing you are totally determined to suck at. I want Duck Hunt, I don't wanna pay greedy scalpers for Duck Hunt, just you and the stores you stock em at. Nintendo, I wanna give you my money. Why you no want my money?

Okay, I called my dad and asked him to stop by Gamestop tomorrow for me (I won't be able to go there), so hopefully he'll be able to pre-order them, but I won't hold my breath.
@Tempestryke I feel you, bro. I have been wanting exclusives to die for about as long as they've been a thing.

@NintendoFan64

I'm a chick, but that's alright you didn't know.

Good luck. crosses fingers really hard I hope you get em and don't forget to show em off if you do.

Thanks for the reminder. It's 5:20am and I got nothing better to do. I'll stroll down to that lonely gamestop on the outskirts of town that nobody bothers with. Prolly leave around 8 or so...

@Tempestryke I wish the same for you.

Well, crap, and I was penciled in for work tonight. Going to bed now, a couple hours before opening...

@allav866 Only NA is doing this, both in Europe and Japan they are only available separately as in there's no bundles.

Wow that was quick and painless. Only 7 people in line, and the girl working in gamestop opened 15 minutes early and started taking our preorders

Very easy pre-order. I got to Gamestop 5 minutes before they opened and was the only person there.

Well so far so good for everyone, that's nice. I figured this was the place to go for updates. I just realized I never got an email, even though I get 1 or 2 a week from them. hmm

@Aurumonado @dariusq @DarthNocturnal
Calling all Canadians - EB Games has the 3 pack up for pre-order on their website for $44.99, hurry!

@Sunnyleafs
Thanks for the heads up!

Personally I liked exclusives...As long as it's amazon exclusives. Every other kind sucks

Tell Reggie that these exclusives are only doing favors to scalpers and not true Nintendo fans. Yeah, a few fans will be able to snag one from Gamestop but a lot more will be paying scalpers to get their hands on one.

I think Reggie doesn't get it... He's alienating those that supported Nintendo through the years....

Managed to snag mine this morning, with 20 left to spare. Met a couple of my friends too.

Plenty in stock here in Los Angeles. Over a hundred at the location in Burbank. Maybe they're fixing their stock issues??

I hope they are fixing issues. I still want the Splatoon 3-pack. Just not willing to pay $75 or more.

Very easy, my gamestop allowed 70 preorders and I was the 20th person in line

got mine! i was 10th in line. pretty easy preorder for once.

I showed up at 2:20pm. My Gamestop had 32 preorders. They only sold 4 before I arrived. (breaks into happy dance)

Left work at 3:30pm(est). Called up my local Gamestop about 5 minutes away. They had plenty of pre orders available. 10 minutes later, pre order secured, very nice!!!

The GS by me only had 44 to distribute, and was done in less than 20 minutes. I was close to the end of the line, but still made it. I'm goin to be angry if I see these characters just up for grabs in a store someday, though.
i still would have preferred sleeping a little later and be able to just get the Amiibos I want off the shelf.
I understand why they do it this way, but it's still beyond annoying to go to such lengths to buy a plastic toy. I hope their market research learns a few things from each character's sales. These they make us claw over a limited batch for, but they must have thought everyone wanted 3 Zeldas apiece.

I had an easy time preordering the set. I called 2 GS near me and both said they still had pre orders available and it was 4:30p. I just got back and glad that I didn't have to show up early for this one.

Well, I was pleasantly shocked. We came in around 2 o clock and I asked if there were any left, expecting the clerk to say no. Much to my surprise, she said very few people had come in for the 3 pack and they still had some left. So we pre-ordered them.

Idk if its because people are sick and tired of trying to buy and pre-order them, only to get screwed over, or if its because people in this area aren't big on this set, or Nintendo's finally getting their stock situation taken care of.

Whatever the reason, I'm glad we could get it, because I have had an incredibly crappy week.

My daughter is taking Mr. Game n Watch and R.O.B and I've got the Duck Hunt Dog

Hopefully, we'll have this pack in our hands when the time comes for it to ship out.

@ManInTheChair

That's good to know. Congratz

@Jimsbo Maybe region has a big role? I showed at 2:20pm and they had oodles left. Only 4 preorders before me. But my Gamestop is on the outskirts of town. They have two within a block of each other in a popular shopping district on the opposite side of town. Perhaps also major metropolitan areas have a higher population of scalpers. In any case, I showed up 4+ hours after open and secured mine. They were expecting a line outside the door but noone showed... Hmmm, maybe the scalpers gave up this time?

@Sunnyleafs Thanks! I managed to get my pre-order in-store though. My local EB was allocated 110 Retro 3-packs so most everyone who wanted one got one. Hopefully Nintendo's supply figures are accurate. =)

Huh, went this afternoon before work, as they had some left, and one of the clerk even had got an e-mail just before I arrived, that they would extend the preorder through tomorrow.

Strange, though, that my pre-order price is...$99.99 USD?! Something is incorrect...

You can get them online guys

http://www.gamestop.com/accessories/amiibo-retro-3-pack-exclusive/123757?utm_source=linkshare&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=deeplink&cid=afl_10000087&affID=77777&sourceID=lw9MynSeamY-gI0WyWdiQil5VSgLnvjPQw#productDetails

@shigulicious With the price of importing him and worldwide shipping it'll end up being the same anyways.