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@RupeeClock bizarre isn't it, I didn't see them up for pre-order until about 9pm so I'm very relieved they were still available to preorder after being up all day! You'd think they'd have learnt from the XC3 CE debacle by now but apparently not.

@JohnnyMind Zelda and hot daddy 'dorf are a "register your interest" type situation, you have to input your email address and click the confirmation button when you get the email. Mine went into my spam folder so be wary

@luckyseven US pre-orders are open already, hope you can get yours!

@ryancraddock the My Nintendo Store UK just dropped the pre-orders for the Noah & Mio amiibo and I thought you might want to let people know since they're just open for anyone to order... they are 1 per customer but that doesn't seem to prevent scalpers at all so people need to be quick on the draw.

Very, very disappointed. It's all but confirmed new hardware will release next year, that's the only way to explain the dearth of 1st party heavy hitters and abundance of ports.

@EaglyBird are you as gutted as I am that rumoured X port didn't show up in the direct?

@EaglyBird doing the lord's work

I wish they'd let you place more than 20 stickers in/on your locker, it's just not enough to get the look I want

@Ashina I know the context of this article makes your abbreviation make sense but do be aware AC can stand for at least 3 different game franchises (probably more given my not encyclopaedic knowledge of the entirety of video game history) that I can think of off the top of my head 😆

I'm very very tempted to go digital but I think I need to hold onto this one physically, it looks too amazing not to

@masterLEON this is exactly what I'll be doing, I simply cannot stand how many mirror matches you get when you're on the popular team so I'll be choosing Frye

@sevex same, I'm currently at 72 and if my calculations are correct I'll need to get just under 2.5 levels per day to finish at level 100. Luckily the week before the last day of the season gets a nice 20% boost to your catalogue points, so every 5 levels you gain you get a 6th for free! At least that's if my maths is right 😅

@vio there wasn't a new one this season either, horrorboros came out last season. I'll be very disappointed if they've only come up with two of the king salmonids when there's so much to take inspiration from

I still cannot believe the sequel to Blasphemous is here before The Last Faith has released, I wonder if that game will struggle to find an audience after two excellent games in the genre have served Metroidvania fans so well

@AlanaHagues no worries, thank you for replying! I did think it was something along these lines, I've been meaning to write into your letters page about a great website I found which seems to track every Switch release but I haven't got round to it yet... It's so frustrating that we're forced to utilise external tools to hunt for decent games because the eshop interface is so lacking in so many areas!

@AlanaHagues hey I've been wondered where the European version of these has disappeared to, did I miss something?

@EaglyPurahfan I think the My Nintendo Store were so badly burnt by that release that they had to implement special procedures for certain releases going forward, the Tears of the Kingdom special edition was gated behind an email address queuing system so I was able to secure one fairly easily as it prevented their entire store being downed by the volume of traffic and presumably kept bots to a minimum. More of that in the future, I hope.

@RainbowGazelle oh no I can't afford it until payday, but I really appreciate you letting me know otherwise I would never have known it was in stock there so thank you!

@RainbowGazelle thanks! Your link didn't work for me for some reason but it's up on their website, and it's a tenner cheaper than the MNS!

@Not_Soos I love all of your suggestions! Especially Birdo, I have a mighty need for a Birdo amiibo Nintendo please make it happen!

@EaglyPurahfan I wish they'd figure out a way to make it happen, I hate the way their products are literally always a gamble over whether they'll sell out in seconds/minutes. I was absolutely shocked the My Nintendo Store had pre-order stock (for Pyra and Mythra) for as long as it did, iirc it was up for pre-order for around a full 24 hours before selling out.
I'm not sure if anyone else noticed but I got an email saying the Bayonetta 3 special edition was back in stock but by the time I went to check it was sold out again, unsure if it was a mistake or not but I really hope this means they'll restock the Xenoblade Chronicles 3 collectors edition since it currently sells for between 5x and 8x RRP on eBay!

@EaglyPurahfan given how long lead times are for manufacturing you'd probably be waiting at least a year if not two, especially with how NFC chip production was affected by the silicon shortage

OMG one of my grails is on that list! I do hope this is true because I absolutely refuse to pay scalpers for a GITD Boo amiibo. Here's hoping they'll do the other enemies and villains as well so I can complete my SMB line of amiibo too. Oh and yarn poochie would be nice but I think I'm asking for the sky there 😆

@beazlen1 Wonder is not a "new" Super Mario Bros. title, they've dropped the "new" part.

@sketchturner even GTAV is crushing FFXVI

I fully expect there to be a restock once Noah and Mio come out, but thankfully mine arrived yesterday.

@Classic603 it's a fairly common spelling mistake, lightening means to make something lighter. Lightning is the correct spelling.

@arabiansanchez it's just the way they do it in the Japanese charts, strangely they combine the two versions of Pokémon so it's completely the opposite to how we measure the charts here

@Olliemar28 is there a reason we don't get these for Europe anymore? I've gone back a few weeks and can't see any so I'm curious where they've gone, are releases between the US and Europe so similar now that it's pointless to split the articles?

The release has come at a bad time for me financially so I'm having to ask for it for my birthday at the beginning of next month, hopefully it'll at least help keep the sales going a little longer

@CutchuSlow did you not read the patch notes?

"A Nopon NPC, Miibomii, has appeared at Llyn Nyddwr Camp in the Fornis region. Meeting certain criteria while playing the game will also let you obtain the aforementioned Pyra and Mythra amiibo items from Miibomii." Which clearly means you won't need the amiibo

@smeggysmeg I cancelled my order with GAME since it's nearly a tenner more expensive than with the My Nintendo Store, very easy to do and the amiibo are still in stock on the MNS so there's no harm in switching over!

@ryancraddock still available today, thankfully they seem to have a decent amount of stock. Either that or I dramatically overestimated how popular they would be 😅

@RyanCraddock they've been up on the My Nintendo Store all afternoon so maybe you need to do an update article 😜

@ZealMajin they're currently up and available on the My Nintendo Store!

I have zero need for these at all as I've got two sets of limited edition Zelda joycons now, but zomg so purdy! 😍😍😍

@Jop this is the UK charts article for this week and Tears of the Kingdom is the #1 game, what exactly did you expect from this article?

@Olliemar28 great, thanks for letting me know. Excited to see if Zelda kept up the momentum!

@Olliemar28 any sign of the UK charts for this week? I figured the Japanese ones have been away due to their golden week holidays but can't think why the UK ones haven't shown up this week 🤔

@Weewoo they have low drop rates, try saving before you scan each amiibo and reload until you get something you want

@SBandy1 what a stupid way to write a tweet

What the hell does YA stand for? I'm racking my brain and coming up empty, he's used this acronym twice as well so he obviously thinks people know but I haven't got a clue 🤷🏼‍♂️

@AlanaHagues the Ocarina of Time Link from the anniversary series gave me the Lon Lon Ranch fabric, it's got a cute cow on it!

@keife191 I got the Sea-breeze boomerang from the Smash Toon Link, so I think there's some crossover amongst the various entries

@PinderSchloss you know you don't have to click on every article, right?

@Arawn93 though I did just see a report about Xbox series X/S reaching 2 million sales 12 weeks quicker than the Switch, so what do I know 😅

@Arawn93 I don't think we can say that about the UK market anymore you know, Nintendo certainly haven't reached PlayStation status but they're not playing second fiddle to Sega anymore

@Inkless I too am a marketing man's wet dream 😆

Do people not know that Xenoblade and Persona share a composer? I'm not sure if he came back for more recent games but lot of the music from X was composed by the guy who did the famous tracks from Persona, I forget his name though 😅

@ZealMajin I'm hoping the My Nintendo Store will do a 'register your interest' type thing (so scalpers will be kept at bay) since no doubt they'll be cheaper than the price GAME currently has them listed for plus the ridiculous £5 for p&p, but I've placed a pre-order with them just in case. These are just too important to me to miss