The Falco amiibo is Now Available for Pre-Order from the Nintendo UK Store

Has been for a few days and been a bit of a restock too.

The amiibo looks cool, I like the design. There's a lot of work been put into all the amiibo in fact, which is part of why they're so popular.

I ordered this a couple of days ago alongside a restocked greninja. Just need Lucario and the DLCs and I'll have all the characters I want!

Yas, the sub header! One my favourite things we reference when there's hype for falco or fox at a tourney!

This is the beginning of thre end of the Smash Bros series amiibo. It was only just over a year ago that they started with the first massive wave. Now it's just the DLC characters to go and we're there. I'm happy that we're unlikely get any further massive waves of figures - I'm something of a completist and I have everything released so far - it's been quite an expensive year! But the figures look great on my shelf, it's nice to get some plastic representation of some of the most beloved characters in video game history!

@ottospooky Assuming Sakurai doesnt decide "Oh hey, we're gonna release Amiibo of the Alt forms (Koopalings, Female Robin) AND all the Allstar trophies from both the 3DS and Wii U modes!" XD

He's been up since at least Thursday, which is when I ordered mine. The website has had a bit of a redesign as well. Still no sign of Mega Yoshi though 😞

"This little gem is definitely an exciting addition to owners of the Fox McCloud amiibo"

I was thinking we have to get this just to book end Fox. Not sure if it was on purpose or just a fortunate coincidence but he has his arms and legs in opposite positions so if you have the 2 amiibo facing each other it should look rather cool. If they were in the same position it would look odd, like they were dance partners, rather than going at each other.

Does Falco have a US date yet? He isn't in Amazon's annoying drop down box, just a Japanese import. (I liked it so much better when they were all up there and I could just move my mouse around.)

Bit late with this news.

Falco has a great design here. Preordered this at Best Buy in good 'ol Murica

@rjejr I believe he is a Best Buy exclusive. He has been available for preorder for around 2 weeks. Go get him!

@shigulicious Thanks for the heads up. It's still available too, now I'm back to considering Gamers Club Unlocked for $30. Shopping or the holidays - both Hanukkah for my wife's family and Christmas for mine - always gives me a headache.

Or maybe I just boycott the thing for being store exclusive.

Of Course. This will be my 51th Smash Bros. amiibo

@ottospooky Same here. I've gotten nearly every one, only missing Inkling Squid (due to the GAME mishap at release), as well as Gold and Silver Mario.
My Famicon R.O.B from Japan is on it's way as well

I was a bit disappointed to see they now charge delivery at the Nintendo store. It makes buying single amiibo more expensive than most other online retailers.

@Nik-Davies I've been focusing on the Smash Bros ones only at the moment. I have the Mario maker duo, the green yarn Yoshi and I'm looking forward to getting the Chibi Robo; something's telling me that the Mario Party ones might be bargain bin bound in the coming months, so I will wait to see if I can pick them up for cheaper... I'm totally uninterested in the Animal Crossing ones, sadly. Love the games but not enough to begin collecting the amiibo

@ottospooky : While I wish that were true (my poor, poor wallet) I'd say that the influx of Animal Crossing amiibo (both cards and figurines!!!) would constitute a "massive" wave. In fact, collecting them all will be even more expensive than the Smash amiibo. Some places are selling full boxes of amiibo cards for about $200 (EB Games/Gamestop is basically charging $4.95 x 42 with NO discount whatsoever for buying the full box), and on the same day that Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival is being released, they are also releasing the entire second wave of Animal Crossing cards (another $200) PLUS the first wave of figurines ($100+).

So that's four waves of cards (give or take $800 if you buy the boxes and not gamble on the random blind packs) and an undetermined number of figurines (I guess that only the "special" characters will be released as figurines and not the hundreds of possible "neighbours" that have instead been released as cards).

I was hoping that it wouldn't get so out of hand, but being an amiibo collector is not getting any easier (or cheaper).

I'm just waiting on the Ryu amiibo now, I think i've got all the ones I want.

@sillygostly i feel your pain. Even though I've decided against the AC stuff, and to cherry pick the non-Smash amiibo depending on series, I understand what it's like to be a completist. I wish you well in your search. I remember collecting trading cards when I was a kid.. I guess AC isn't popular enough to be able to have someone in your local area who could swap with you... And I guess if it was me I'd try using eBay to purchase individual cards that are required.

@Angelic_Lapras_King I kinda hope they do the alt forms, it'd be cool to have a line up of all the Koopalings! But at the same time I rarely play as them and Bowser Jr didn't feel as nice as other Amiibo to me. So I'd like to see them happen but would probably skip buying them.

I wonder once they're out of Animal Crossing main characters (which granted will take some time) what they'll do? I'd love to see them delve into more obscure territory like Dillon or Mallo or the Sin & Punishment leads, but Amiibo need to function with something so they'd need to actually make games for those IP too. Which would be the best thing! But makes it much less likely. Perhaps it'll be over by then? Maybe we'll have a new Amiibo based IP?

Awesome got falco pre-order I would like an slippy amiibo tho.

I have the Fox amiibo and have already pre-ordered Falco at Best Buy!
I would buy any Star Fox amiibo (Peppy, Slippy, Wolf, Leon, Pigma, etc).

Personally, I'd prefer Roy.

@nintendouken Based on how you describe him it sounds like your Falco.

Got him for preorder at Best Buy. Hands off my prey!

He looks AMAZING, but I shall not buy. I don't have room for amiibos.

@amiiboacid Ah, ya got me.

This is the last one aside from the two DLC characters Roy and Ryu isn't it?