Shovel Knight amiibo Delays Continue in the UK, With Amazon Listing it for 8th January

Somebody refresh my memory please and remind me when this comes out in NA?

Last email I got said 23rd dec, but I wasn't expecting it be honoured

why is co-op locked under this thing. i don't get how an entire gameplay mode absolutely requires you to smush a piece of plastic on your controller before it deems you worthy of playing. I can understand when customisable data is saved to the figure, but keeping an entire co-op mode locked? Why?

When is the U.S. Release? I see @Morph says Dec. 23, but wasn't sure if that is the right one.

@EarthboundBenjy To sum it up as easily as I can

Amiibo fans: "Make us have a reason to own amiibo!"

Non-amiibo fans: "Why is stuff locked behind the purchase of plastic crap?"

Someone's going to complain no matter what... as someone who doesn't buy amiibo usually (I own yarn yoshi b/c I took it form my buddy's bundle), I am a bit annoyed as well, but understand some people want a purposes behind the hundreds of dollars they've spent on these cheaply made plastic figurines.

Mine was delayed by Nintendo today via email Boo!!

From yacht club games site:
North American Players: This update will still be releasing on North American systems in North America by January 8th, 2016 to coincide with the release date of the amiibo.
After all the delays in the UK i wouldn't count on it.

I no longer care. It's an amiibo that has no guarantee of any Nintendo support, no Smash inclusion, and generally pointless addition tonitps own game. All these delays and Shovel Knight not being a Ninty exclusive has made the character lose it's shine.

@XCWarrior @EarthboundBenjy
Because Yacht Club Games want to reward those who buy the amiibo. You already got what you paid for with the game and that free DLC. It's not like they promised you to give multiplayer and a new mode when you kickstarted/bought it.

my order says it comes out on jan 8th but mine will be here on dec 23rd? ok amazon

@XCWarrior @thefoxystoat @Morph
European Amazons store and share SOME of their stocks between them. So those SK amiibos may come from their German/French warehouses.

For GAME at least, it's delayed until 8th January due to still being held at UK Customs, according to the email I got. Shame, really, as I bought the game on Wii U yesterday in preparation for the amiibo's release. Still, I'm prepared to wait!

@EarthboundBenjy because it wasn't a planned mode. It was only created for the amiibo.

So an even longer delay for UK players to play multiplayer on this game. It would have been much simpler if they also sold multiplayer as DLC at a much fairer price, since it's not worth the cost of an amiibo to play multiplayer on this game.

@XCWarrior "Someone's going to complain no matter what..."

While this is true, I think Nitneod could at least make an effort to appease people. Call it a compromise if you will.

Sell the in game mode for $5 w/o the amiibo, include it with the price of the amiibo. They would of course advertise it as "free with amiibo purchase" but I don't call things "free" when I have to pay for them. (See Minecraft Wii U edition.) Same could have also been done for other games. Charge $2 for th" spinner" in Hyrule Warriros. Charge $4 each for the challenges in Spaltoon, or all 3 for $9.99.

Not a perfect solution, but they could at least have the appearance of making an effort to keep the fans happy, both fans of amiibo and fans of wanting to play without buying amiibo.

@rjejr I agree they should offer the option to pay w/o the amiibo. $5 seems reasonable given amiibo cost somewhere between $13 and your first born son.

And don't get me started on the total lie marketing total of, "Free if you buy blah blah." Or the worst offender, "Buy this $100 limited edition version of the game, and get the $10 worth of DLC FREE." No, I'm paying $100 - which is too much - for content that should already be on the disk. No thanks "AAA" devs.

I've paid for mine already via a website in the UK, so, I don't mind about the delays just as long as I get it by next Feb. Need to find a cheap cheap price on the WiiU disc version though.

Maybe they couldn't get as much stock prepped for Europe by the initial release date as planned since if I remember correctly, that's the reason the Shovel Knight amiibo was coming out later in the US to begin with.

@XCWarrior Oops, sorry for getting you started.

I do think a compromise makes more sense than the current way they handle amiibo in SSB. I can buy Cloud DLC for $6.99 and play AS him. Or I can buy the Cloud amiibo for $13 and play NEXT to him. Which I can already do w/ a CPU Cloud. 8 CPU Clouds if I just want to watch. (No, not like that.) So what exactly does a Cloud amiibo do that the $6.99 DLC doesn't? I can save his stats, which is nice as long as a another game doesn't overwrite them. But I still can't play AS Cloud if I spend $13 on the Cloud amiibo, I still need to spend $7 on the DLC. That's $20 to get the full Cloud experience. And Bayonetta. And Ryu. In SSB there is TOO MUCH of a disconnect between the $7 DLC and the $13 amiibo.

But I must be weird b/c I've never seen anybody else mention it. Seems like people either pay the $7 to play or pay the $13 to put the box on a shelf next to the elf. It's a big disconnect between gamers and collectors. Maybe nobody wants both? But if I'm paying $13 for an amiibo character it should unlock the character in the game, I shouldn't need to spend another $7 to play as that character. But that's my problem I suppose.

I received mine yesterday, from Amazon Italy. I haven't opened it yet, but it seems to be very well made.

@rjejr Plenty of people buy both. And some of us buy neither.

Though I will say I do plan to buy Shovel Knight, R.O.B. standalone, and Could. But you make a great point that it doesn't unlock the DLC character, and it probably should.

Either not enough were produced on the first run or they are trying to create a demand.

...maybe I'm in a minority here, but I think Shovel Knight is a pretty nifty character regardless of whether or not he's a Nintendo exclusive or in Smash (though I must admit, I'm disappointed he's not being added to Smash). I'm also a huge amiibo fan, so I'm super excited about this amiibo release.

I knew being a third party amiibo it would either launch with zero issues and in plentiful supply or this

You know it's just a matter of time until Sony decides to imitate Nintendo again, they'll call them Sonyybos and they'll be the same thing, except no NFC of course in that PS4 junk lol

His design has always amazed me, especially from the concept art.

@EarthboundBenjy Honestly, I think it's unfair that that mode won't be available to people who don't have the amiibo, let alone those who play the game on XBONE and PS4. The special upgrades are enough exclusive content, in my opinion, and I only have the game on the Nintendo systems.

Still shocked that Shovel Knight wasn't announced for Smash

I have two shovel knight amiibo, I'm looking at them right now. Just saying

Not just UK. I'm still waiting for mine over here in Finland. Apparently my preorder is within the first four at the retailer and they are also expecting to get four copies of the amiibo in the first batch so I should know the day they get them on stock.

Sadly they haven't given me (or even updated their website) with a new estimated release date. All I can do is wait I guess.

Haven't shown up here in sweden either.

@XCWarrior I think your avatar obliges you to buy R.O.B.

GAME keep delaying as well.

My preorder is with Shopto. They keep pushing the realease date back

@Splatburst Uh...actually they did. There's supposed to be a versus mode in the future and hopefully it won't be locked behind an Amiibo paywall since it was planned. Also that free DLC wasn't the only free DLC promised to us, so no we haven't gotten what we paid for yet.

I doubt it. This is not the first there has been a delay on releasing Amiibos, or a release and then a sudden shortage. This happened with the Animal Crossing Amiibo cards. On sale for £3.50, then a shortage and the price goes up to £4.99.

McDonalds manage to get millions of their plastic toys into their shops each week for the kids meals without a hitch. It's not rocket science to get a few knight toys into a few shops on time and for Christmas.

Shovel Knight is up for preorder on Best Buy for those in the US FYI:

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/nintendo-amiibo-figure-shovel-knight/4480901.p?id=1219751247922&skuId=4480901

I got mine secured

I found quite a few in Australia 😀

We wanted to let you know that unfortunately the release of Shovel Knight amiibo has been delayed until 8th January. This is due to the stock being held by UK Customs Control and is affecting all stock of Shovel Knight amiibo in the UK. We would like to apologise on behalf of Yacht Club Games and the team here at GAME for any inconvenience this may cause you.

@Honelith good things come to those who wait. As long as this eventually gets in my hands, and it will, it's all good for me.

and people were complaining about when game did this yet everywhere is now doing this?
GG

@Uberchu ?

@XCWarrior It's late and I'm tired sitting here in the dark, but now I'm wondering, will the amiibo even work with the game if you don't buy the DLC even as non playable companions? Is the code for Bayonetta in the free game updates? Are there any DLC amiibo out yet? I know Mewtwo is, what happens if you scan him into SSB without getting the DLC? We got it for free, not counting the $100 we spent on the 2 versions of the game. Actually $140, my kid each has a 3DS copy. Is Ryu amiibo out yet? My kid already bought his DLC though so I can't check anyway.

Sorry to trouble you, but it just popped into my head.

@TerrapinJess I'm pritty sure there was an article here bashing GAME for delaying this Amiibo... now all other retailers doing the same...

@rjejr
same thing happens when you scan an amiibo for an unlockable charatcer you haven't unlocked yet - it appears as a figure player and works just fine, despite the character not being present in your character select screen.

The data for every character is indeed in everyone's Wii U after receiving the update - you just have to pay to unlock them.
They do this because you need to have all the data on your system in order to be play online - if someone online selects Cloud, but your Wii U doesn't have him, your Wii U still needs to be able to display and animate and do everything for him correctly, even if you haven't paid for him yourself.

And yet I already have it for weeks now...

When I pre-ordered it said Nov 27th, then without any word that got changed to Dec 11th, then I got an email saying Dec 14th, come the 17th I'd still heard nothing. I emailed them asking what was up (second pre-order in a row to be delayed!) and just got the standard non-committal copy & paste apology with no further info. Now here people are saying they've been told Dec 23rd and Amazon is saying Jan 8th?

I get that delays happen. I'm disappointed that I won't get to play Shovel Knoght multiplayer over Christmas but it's not the end of the world. What's annoying me is Nintendo's lack of any info! If they don't have any just say that! Say there were unexpected delays and hopefully they'll have more news soon. And let me know not when I ask 3 days after it's supposed to have arrived but on the day they're meant to deliver it and can't.

@EarthboundBenjy Thank you for that. Not only did you answer my question but you explained it really well too. Appreciate you taking the time.

There's a good chance then I'll buy Cloud and Bayonetta amiibo but not bother w/ the DLC, I'll just play along side them. Seems a better investment. Though I will miss that Midgar level w/ the summons. Bayonettas level was just ok. I was worried about buying the amiibo and not having them work in game at all. Guess that's what I get for sitting alone in the dark late at night, jumping at shadows.

What is going on? I don't think I'll pre-order another none Nintendo IP Amiibo from now on.

Just like an indie game, indie amiibo seem to be constantly promised and delayed too.

@3dsgeek333 It's not a genreal thing, just UK. I got mine in Germany last week. They had plenty coming in. Really stupid when these things happen. We're all in the EU <_<

@rjejr I think your putting too much emphasis on what the figure DOES rather then what it IS: A cheaply priced quality figurine that happens to work with some video games. Where else am I going to get an officially licensed and nicely detailed Shulk statue without paying $250 for an $80 statue on Ebay or commissioning one from a professional for double that price? I've payed $13 for the Ness Amiibo and I couldn't care less if it worked for anything else outside of Smash. I will NEVER get the chance to have something like that for a character that isn't popular in Nintendo's eyes. This is the only way that we're going to get some kind of physical object of our favorite characters.

Also for everyone complaining about Co-op being locked behind the figure, ask yourself this: Do I REALLY want to play a level at the same time with someone else? A game that prides itself on tight platforming and fast pace action? Being played with another player on the screen blocking landing spots, moving faster/slower then the other player, and God forbid, players able to interact with each other. It'll be the NSMB games all over again. It's a novelty mode. Something to be played once with a buddy, laugh at how you screwed each other over multiple times, and never touched again.

Just got Shovel Knight amiibo in the mail today. I imported from Amazon Spain.

@Uzuki "I think your putting too much emphasis on what the figure DOES rather then what it IS:"

And I don't think you are putting enough empahsis on how Nintneod marketed amiibo, as "toys-to-life" figures. Not as limited edition collectors items, not as display pieces, as toys-to-life. And as such they don't do enough in game. If they were first to market that would be fine, but Dinsey Nfinity adn SKyladners were already out there.

Remember when everybody mocked Sony for Move and Micorsot fo rKienct b/c they were both just copying Nintnedo's Wii motion controls dan failing miserably in th process?

amiibo is Nintnedo's Move and Kinect. Only somehow it's elling for reasons you pointed out, but that's not the reasons amiibo were made and nto how they were marketed. If Kinect started selling b/c they made good boat anchors that wouldn't mean they were successful at their original purpose.
Ninnteod could sell a million amiibo a day to sit unopened on peoples shelves, that still wouldn't make them useful NFC toys-to-life figures, it would make them collectibles. NOT the same thing. They aren't performing as advertised.

I can wait until January. Less money coming out of my account!

I had an email from GAME saying it had been delayed as UK Customs had placed a hold on them and they would be out now on 8th January.

@BinaryFragger of course not. But as a system wide toys for all games its different take and that's what I think they'll eventually imitate.