Keep in mind that this has yet to be confirmed, as is just speculation on the part of one Video Game Plus location. It could very well be that Nintendo greatly misread the demand for these Mii's and hasn't even made the next batch yet.
Nintendo Will Eventually Discontinue Less Popular Amiibos - Update 4
- Thread starter Steven Bogos
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Yahtzee kind of called it. Remember the review?
"Who the fuck is Marth, and why is unlocking him considered a reward?"
He called it. Years in advance. Damn he's good.
"Who the fuck is Marth, and why is unlocking him considered a reward?"
He called it. Years in advance. Damn he's good.
First the Adapter shortage and now this? Nintendo have really gone into this half-arsed. I've managed to grab a bundle box with the adapter and game (already had the game so I'll need to see the extra one to make money back) and now they're just gonna start discontinuing figures without prior warning?
Makes sense to only do a limited run of the less popular characters, Nintendo had no idea of knowing if Amiibo was going to take off or not.
It's far better for them to have a shortage of a few characters than to have massive piles of unsellable stock because amiibos never took off.
It's far better for them to have a shortage of a few characters than to have massive piles of unsellable stock because amiibos never took off.
My store to date has recieved:
0 Marth
1 Wii Fit Trainer
1 Villager
TOTAL
Call me cynical, but this just seems like a classic "create a false shortage so future series sell more quickly" strategy.
0 Marth
1 Wii Fit Trainer
1 Villager
TOTAL
Call me cynical, but this just seems like a classic "create a false shortage so future series sell more quickly" strategy.
Uh, I'm skeptical about this one. The news is coming from a small retail chain (who may be sitting on some stock they don't what people to know about until the demand from this chaos is higher). Unless you're a Fire Emblem, Wii Fit or Animal Crossing fan, I'd say wait for Big N's stance before dropping $50+ on one of these.
Nintendo may crawl out from under their rock long enough to see enough demand for one more run of these. It doesn't really make them profit when the stores and consumers are the ones trading old figures that Ninty has long since sold, especially if it's draining the peoples' budgets to buy more amiibos.
It would be nice, though, if they weren't so squeamish about making extra stuff. This artificial shortage is probably killing the wallets of anyone who wanted to use their old GC controller for Smash and didn't feel like preordering it the adapter. I'm having a hard time finding Pikmin 3(Why is it fucking $80 on Amazon?), while most stores probably still stock 2 or more copies of Call of Duty Ghosts..
Nintendo may crawl out from under their rock long enough to see enough demand for one more run of these. It doesn't really make them profit when the stores and consumers are the ones trading old figures that Ninty has long since sold, especially if it's draining the peoples' budgets to buy more amiibos.
It would be nice, though, if they weren't so squeamish about making extra stuff. This artificial shortage is probably killing the wallets of anyone who wanted to use their old GC controller for Smash and didn't feel like preordering it the adapter. I'm having a hard time finding Pikmin 3(Why is it fucking $80 on Amazon?), while most stores probably still stock 2 or more copies of Call of Duty Ghosts..
Given that Smash Bros is kind of the only big game you can really use these with it would make sense to do initial limited runs and then rerelease them after they finish the initial run or as other games that feature these characters come out. Still it sounds like the supply was incredibly limited even if that was their strategy so I have my doubts that this is all we'll see of these 3.
Are these characters really that popular?
When I went out looking for a Link Amiibo, the villager and the wii fit trainer were pretty much the only ones left.
That said, it's hilarious to see the price on ebay and amazon suddenly skyrocket after this news, and checking several stores...looks like they literally sold out overnight.
When I went out looking for a Link Amiibo, the villager and the wii fit trainer were pretty much the only ones left.
That said, it's hilarious to see the price on ebay and amazon suddenly skyrocket after this news, and checking several stores...looks like they literally sold out overnight.
We recently moved all new copies of Pikmin 3 to pre-owned, which means Nintendo has stopped producing new copies of the game.Hairless Mammoth said:
Thanks for the info. I figured they stopped pressing new discs. At least, there's used copies floating around for less than $60, but this gives me the bad feeling Ninty will embrace their limited run philosophy more, thanks to full Wii U and 3DS titles being downloadable.Lvl 64 Klutz said:
This angers me greatly. I really wanted a villager!
Why would they discontinue them after only like three weeks? And with no warning? A lot of people (especially, you know, kids) aren't getting Smash until Christmas. Now they may never get a figure of their favorite character...
Why would they discontinue them after only like three weeks? And with no warning? A lot of people (especially, you know, kids) aren't getting Smash until Christmas. Now they may never get a figure of their favorite character...
it's not that hard to find pikmin at retail
nintendo will probably reprint it at 30 bucks for next holidays if their greatest hits patterns are any indication
nintendo also shuts down production in december for like a month, so "discontinued" might just mean "unable to be ordered for at least a while"
they might skip right to series 2 and forget series one, though
nintendo will probably reprint it at 30 bucks for next holidays if their greatest hits patterns are any indication
nintendo also shuts down production in december for like a month, so "discontinued" might just mean "unable to be ordered for at least a while"
they might skip right to series 2 and forget series one, though
I didn't mean it literally, though I suppose I could have picked my language more carefully.Neronium said:
To be fair though there have been a few people speculating that Nintendo is doing this intentionally to create "forced shortages" and "so they can release the special limited edition ones" and things such as that.