Recent content by spader13

I know there were other Fire Emblem characters in it, but without rewatching the Direct, I distinctly remember Hinoka (Fates) was in it as she's the sample Ace Spirit when they're showing the different levels. I feel like I've seen Micaiah, Sothe, Eirika, and Ephraim somewhere too but couldn't...

I took the morning off from work and got to Toys R Us around 6:30, but I managed to secure a pre-order of Greninja. Considering I was there about 3.5 hours before opening, I was pretty surprised to be 6th in line though, although the 3 people first in line had camped out at 11 PM the night...

I was in a meeting at work and got a text, but I didn't have a chance to look at it until after...and saw a text from my friend saying Jigglypuff was up. Naturally it was long gone by the time I saw the message, but I already figured I'd be trying to track one down in store anyways (and have...

I agree. TRU was a disaster. I woke up about an hour ago to be ready for the range of times (and had to hope it would turn up early enough I could order and still get to work since I needed to leave at 8:30 EST for work). But then I found out they were already sold out because they went up...

Every wave just gets worse than the last. I don't want to even think about how crazy it will be by the time we get to Amiibo of DLC characters. Wave 1 pre-orders were available for pretty much all characters until the last minute, although I don't think many people took advantage of them. I...

I got a text from a friend that Jigglypuff was up while I was at work, immediately jumped online to try to get it, but missed it since I had to register on Target. I didn't think it was coming today and didn't previously have an account. I fully expect the same to happen tomorrow with Greninja.

Toys R Us will also price match Target and tends to have a better selection. I picked up a Toad that way today.

For Wave 4, I really want Robin and would like to pick up Ness and Lucina as well. If they're not too hard to get, I'll probably snag Pac-Man and Charizard eventually. I barely play Wario, so I'm not sure if I'll try to get him.

That wouldn't be all bad...if Nintendo actually gave the Smash Amiibos a concrete release date (or produced more later). If there was a reasonably reliable date, like for most game launches, I would just take the day off and wait at a store. Since there isn't, without a reserve, I'd have no...

Gamestop's online orders are no payment until shipment, or at least for selecting Pick Up in Store they are.

I'm glad I'm only after Smash Amiibos. That Gold Mario sounds like a pain to track down even if it does look cool.

After reading a lot of Amiibo tournament stories, I was inspired to set up my own using the Wave 1 & 2 Amiibo. I randomly split them into two groups of 9 and the top 4 in each grouping moved to the single elimination tournament. Tiebreaking for the tournament was decided by who had beaten/lost...

Yeah, I got a text from Gamestop saying my Sheik Amiibo would be in tomorrow, so I called to ask about Shulk. The employee I talked to said she wasn't even sure if anything was coming in tomorrow, but it'd be the afternoon if it did. I'm still a little nervous about the fact that my orders...

I don't think it makes sense, but it's definitely appearing to be the case. I went to a Toys R Us this morning to try to take advantage of the 2 for 20 special, and they had tons of Bowser, 2 Sheik, and 0 of everything else from wave 3. I didn't think Diddy would be a common one eventually...

I thought it was rumored, in the US at least, that Sheik is expected to be like Diddy, rare at first but then fairly common. This was based on a Toys R Us layout for Amiibo I believe. That was certainly my experience with Diddy; I saw him at a Target early on but didn't have the money at the...