It seems that exclusive amiibo announcements have been all the rage lately. Just this past week, we've received confirmation that the Villager re-stock, Mii Fighter 3-pack, and the Mega Yarn Yoshi will be exclusive to Toys "R" Us and that the Falco amiibo will be exclusive to Best Buy in North America. Not one to feel left out, Canada has just now chimed in with a retailer exclusive amiibo announcement of its own.
A tweet was just recently posted stating that the Lottie amiibo will be exclusive to Best Buy in the region. You can pre-order it here, but be quick about it; this one will probably be out of stock relatively quickly. Here's the relevant tweet:
What do you think? Will the North American equivalent also be a Best Buy exclusive? How do you feel about retailer exclusives? Drop us a comment in the section below.
[source twitter.com]
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Canada!
I don't even live in Canada and this is irritating. lol
I'm not into amiibo at all, but man the hoops they're making people jump through just to get some of them is just pathetic. I don't know how you guys can stand it!
Same opinion as @Ichiban above me.
I also don't get that manufacturers still don't understand that most consumers HATE retailer exclusivity. Stop it Nintendo!
@Vriess I don't get it either. If it doesn't benefit the comsumer, why do they continue?
I don't even remember what Lottie did in New Leaf...
@ReshiramZekrom
She didn't. Do... anything. In New Leaf, that is.
She's a new character for Happy Home Designer.
@Ichiban
Nintendo is not "making" anyone jump through hoops. They're just saving money on distribution by offering retailers exclusivity deals.
The hoop jumping is a symptom, not an end goal to seem interesting.
@Pod That would make sense as to why I don't remember her, as I don't own HHD lol
@pikminfan22 She was introduced in HHD.
"What do you think? Will the North American equivalent also be a Best Buy exclusive?"
Where do you think Canada is?
"North American equivalent" uh, Canada is part of North America...
@MitchVogel As a multinational corporation, I don't think benefit to the consumer is high on Nintendo's list of priorities.
So we've gone from store specific amiibo to country specific? Wow!!
And the cancer grows.
Wait wait wait... This isn't America you're talking about? Are you sure?
@nintendude1229
Yes but North America is not just Canada. It's bad wording as it should be
"Will the rest of North American also be a Best Buy exclusive?"
Hopefully they'll fix it.
already preordered my Lottie amiibo. Best Buy Canada also has the Yarn Yoshi blue and pink up for order. I just wish I had the money for both of them so I could keep the pink one in the box and use the blue one with the game.
This seems like such a bad time to do exclusives. I'm Canadian, and the stock seems to be increasing in stores. Like, I was shocked to find the Mr. Game & Watch + retro randoms (QUICK GUESS THE ONLY AMIIBO I WANTED) pack in a store. And they had like FIVE of them! Plus the whole Super Mario Bros. set (even Toad!) and some really random Smash ones like Olimar.
Aren't exclusives to make up for anticipated poor sales? Anyway, maybe sales ARE declining and that's why I see so many now...after months and months of just Peach everywhere and rarely Luigi and that's it!
@World Well the restocks, retailer exclusives, and purchase limits are slowly making amiibo buying less painful. I may hate retailer exclusives but I'd rather deal with a BB with 30 than a target with 2...
I don't have any issues with exclusives unless their TRU coz not everybody has that, hell some people don't even have any of the stores that contain exclusives at, but theres less trus than walmarts targets bestbuy and the like.
Best buy store exclusives are the only ones I really like because gamers club unlocked lets me save 20% off of new games and toys to life stuff...
so 20% off lottie for me.
I wasn't gonna get her before, but if shes exclusive in the US I'll get her falco, and mewtwo.
@MitchVogel
Money of course.
I don't even think that retailers that get to sell the exclusive items turn a real profit on them. It's like Amazon selling products at cost price or below cost price even. They think in bulk and long term. They think; "A costumer that buys here because of our low prices is likely to buy more items at a time and will return more often". From a business perspective it's very smart but the consumer hardly really profits in terms of savings. The psychological effect on the consumer is worse however. Mean even. Most of us know the nagging feeling that we're missing out on stuff because multiple retailers have exclusive items and we feel that we want them all to get the "complete experience". Yes, it's compulsory and not healthy, but retailers know this and they exploit it.
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