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Preaching to the choir. Just my luck, I have school on that day, but it's Friday, so I'll get out early. You'd best believe I'm getting my hands on that sumbitch as soon as I possibly can. Wish I could say the same for a Jigglypuff amiibo...
Nothing important related to Smash or Bandana Dee.Well I haven't been very active. Hello again
Did I miss anything important?
Ok, so mostly off-topic, I'm guessing. Well, at least off-topic keeps the thread alive. And we have pretty much ran out of things to talk about after 567 pages.
Not really off-topic, more general Kirby-related things instead. Like how Kirby is a psychopathic murderer who mercilessly eliminates anything in his way and brutally beats anybody who he can't kill. You know, innocent things like that.Ok, so mostly off-topic, I'm guessing. Well, at least off-topic keeps the thread alive. And we have pretty much ran out of things to talk about after 567 pages.
Those are pretty good. You should make more for other characters *cough cough Ridley, Samurai Goroh, King K. Rool, Isaac*
You forgot the "Squee!"-fest about the Kirby cast unlocks in Super Mario Maker. That was fun.
Super Mario Maker in general is a "Squee!"-fest. I was more squeeing over Lord Jigglypuff being unlockable. Now, if I could just get that Godforsaken amiibo...You forgot the "Squee!"-fest about the Kirby cast unlocks in Super Mario Maker. That was fun.
I didn't make this it was this awesome guy on miiverse.
They're plentiful over here due in part to retailer exclusivity not generally being a thing here. If you're not averse to importing, that might be an option.
You're from Europe right. ****ing amiibo availability in Europe.
I actually suggested he do a drawing for Dixie Kong as a yes, and Corey Baxter as a no. Because anime characters don't belong in smash.
If things keep going the way they are, that just might be my only option. It's ****ing ridic over here. How could Nintendo, a company with so much experience, screw this up so badly? I hoped they would've learned from the last exclusive amiibo they tried not to pull that again, but obviously, that's not the case. Who at the board meeting decided "An amiibo of the second most popular Pokémon? Let's make it an exclusive in a state where scalpers and weaboos are aplenty! And then, just to troll them, let's not make enough and have them all sell out in 5 minutes! It's the ultimate business plan!"
You say that, but MK hasn't been in stock since June, and I'm fairly certain that the last time it was in stock before that was March. In this country, Amazon tends to sell out fast (I'm guessing) due to that being available all over Europe, whereas GAME is UK only. That's where I got all but Kirby and Lucario (I did get Kirby on a whim with my Kirby plush).
I just wish they would control amiibo availability better. I actually own a Meta Knight amiibo. Walked into Best Buy, and the dude was unpacking boxes of Meta Knight amiibo. Picked one up, paid for it and left.
Yeah, it's just as bad here as it is everywhere else, contrary to popular belief. It's just started improving recently.
One thing a lot of people don't get is just how unbelievably long the lead-times are on things like this, to be fair. It is something worth bearing in mind - typically for merchandise items, Nintendo has always licensed their properties to other manufacturers, after all, and this is quite a different animal to hardware and software manufacture.
There's Nintendo UK's online store, too. I've simply imported a fair few of mine, myself. Other than that, recent re-issues, both domestically and globally, have helped me to get hold of the ones I wanted to pick up.
I own a ZSS amiibo cause I thought 'Oh, these seem like they'll be really rare. I'll get one now for the fun of it.' Turns out, not that rare. I am really only interested in the Pokemon and Kirby amiibos, and the only one I can't try to get right now, is MK (I put my pre-order for Mewtwo in as soon as I saw it was available).
I could understand if they produced a lot of amiibo in the first place and fell short, but they knew these amiibo were going to sell like Cokes, yet they produced so little anyway. And then, of course, they make them exclusive. No matter how you slice it, making exclusive amiibo is not a good decision, from a marketing and a consumer standpoint.
The only thing I have imported is that Waddle Dee plush, and the problem with that is, I don't know the washing instructions because I can't read Japanese. I'm gonna guess it washes the same as the Kirby plush I have.
Son Goku is technically a manga character.
I got my Meta Knight Amiibo for about £12, from the Japanese re-issue when it was stocked by Play-Asia (this was the same as I did with Wii Fit Trainer, but unfortunately, they've since run out of Meta Knight). Since I was already ordering some other things at the time, he made very little difference to the shipping cost.
I believe that they genuinely didn't anticipate the demand. After all, the usual spiel is how "doomed" they are and how "nobody" buys their products.
Oh, absolutely, absolutely. The exclusivity thing is incredibly scummy. The only time I recall it coming up over here in the same product category was when Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure had first launched, and a few figures were exclusive to certain retailers - it was a novel and unusual thing for us, at the time.
(I don't recall it happening with Skylanders, Disney Infinity, or Amiibo ever since, though.)
I have previously thought "Do I want a MK plush?" and I have flip flopped between yes and no. Also, out of the things people would associate with Kirby character wise, MK is the only one I have no merch for (Kirby amiibo, plush, and t-shirt, Dedede amiibo, and Waddle Dee plush).I got my Meta Knight Amiibo for about £12, from the Japanese re-issue when it was stocked by Play-Asia (this was the same as I did with Wii Fit Trainer, but unfortunately, they've since run out of Meta Knight). Since I was already ordering some other things at the time, he made very little difference to the shipping cost.
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Wave 1 alone sold over 700,000 units. As of now, amiibo outsales SSB for Wii U. They should've learned from what happened with Rosalina that making popular characters with only 3 amiibo of them in existence worldwide wouldn't go well. Instead, in usual Nintendo manner, they don't learn from their mistakes and do the exact same thing.I believe that they genuinely didn't anticipate the demand. After all, the usual spiel is how "doomed" they are and how "nobody" buys their products.
I have a feeling the request comes from casual players who have been playing Super Smash Flash 2 too much.
I flip-flopped over it for a while, but ultimately caved and got him and the rest of the set (Waddle Doo, Chef Kawasaki, and Orange Waddle Dee) after being impressed with Dedede and Kirby in the same line.
They did learn, though. Like I said, lead-times on toy production (more so plastic than plush, these days) are surprisingly long - it's why the trade-shows for the Christmas market, where final prototypes are often what's shown so that retailers can place orders for the then-in-production final products, typically take place between March and May. It seriously did take this long for the changes implemented back then to show up.
In all fairness, wasn't this one because Ubisoft were incredibly presumptuous, and thought that throwing a bunch of 3D models at the team would get their characters playable in the game? (After the breach of exclusivity, I can see why that didn't happen, though.)
Even the Lor Starcutter has one!
Of those characters, Ridley, Banjo and ICs are not a problem, they won't happen. I'm doubtful about Shovel Knight and Bayonetta as well. However, it still doesn't look good...Guys, I have some bad news...
There are THIRTEEN characters that are above Bandana Dee. We NEED to leave Smashboards, and promote him on Reddit and GameFAQs. Get out of your comfort zone. Reminder,the ballot ends in October. ( This list might be outdated, but still.)
Didn't the guy in charge of the Bayonetta series (or something like that) say he didn't want Bayonetta in Smash? I'm sure I remember seeing something like that. If we ignore third parties and veterans (although vets not named ICs may have a slightly higher priority), BDee is like 8th or something.
I don't even see Shantae on this list. I'd think there would be more people voting for her than Dark Samus or Skull Kid at the very least.Guys, I have some bad news...
There are THIRTEEN characters that are above Bandana Dee. We NEED to leave Smashboards, and promote him on Reddit and GameFAQs. Get out of your comfort zone. Reminder,the ballot ends in October. ( This list might be outdated, but still.)
Ee! He looks fantastic - awesome work!![]()
If the spoiler link ain't working, it's cause this is my 1st time using it.
I have no idea why people bring this up as an argument for a character. Its literally the stupidest argument. Wouldn't any developer love to have their character in Smash. It doesn't increase anyone's chances. (you know, unless you are buddies with Sakurai and he owes you a favor *cough cough Kojima and Snake*
Plus, Roy was on the list, so this list is outdated. I wonder how high is Bandana Dee now?
I'm not giving that as an argument against, but I swear I read an article mentioning that. It could have been fake.. I did find an article, but it's over 2 years old, so it may not be valid anymore. http://www.gengame.net/2013/06/bayonetta-2-designer-has-some-harsh-words-for-smash-bros-fans/
