Official Amiibo General Thread - Complete Smash Bros. Set Now Avaliable!

[SneakyLink]

So today's the first day of Spring, where's my Mewtwo amiibo that unlocks Mewtwo in-game, Sakurai?

It is located at the store in Oz. To get there, hope a tornado takes you across this desert, or try a hot air balloon.
On topic, I finally got Sonic!

 

[Flaxr XIII]

I got around to training my Sonic Amiibo last night. At one point I started goofing off and just held A button as Sonic to repeatedly do the first jab and now the Amiibo does that whenever he's idle. It's actually kind of adorable.
Other than that, he's at Level 50 but I'm a little disappointed that I didn't train him hard enough. One because I was tired so I didn't put much effort and two because it was late and I didn't want the control sticks clanking to be so loud.
Note to self: no Amiibo training at 2 am.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

Honestly, it kind of bothers me when people with this mentality manage to snag it. I went to 9 Walmarts after I got off work at 11pm, and ended up in an accident on my moped because of another amiibo hunter trying to 'escort' me off the road in case I beat him.

Why did you have to go to 9 Walmarts?? I hope you and your moped are OK!

I had a decent experience. I found a store who made it clear they had "two boxes" of gold Marios, and I arrived at 9 PM. I got there early to make sure I wasn't going to have to run to another Walmart. The majority of the wait involved pleasant conversation with the rest of the line (only 7 people total showed up, meaning there were less people than gold Marios at this particular store!), but the most interesting part was within my first hour, when it was just me and the guy at the counter.

It's worth mentioning here that he informed me they have 12 gold Marios, but he's still enforcing a limit of 1 per group per customer - as in, if I'd have gone with three friends, he would've only sold one between the four of us. At the time, I'm the only person in the line, so I just let that drop for the time being. He saw me playing my MH4 3DS and told me I could sell it to him right there on the spot for $500 ("because nobody wants the Majora's Mask 3DS anymore?" What?) I turned him down, of course. Then he boasts about having 10 Sonics, 20 Mega Mans, and how he's selling them each for $100... yep, that's right, the guy working the register is a scalper. At this point, I highly suspect he's either lying or insane, because really, who's paying that much for Mega Man?? I feigned interest though because I wanted to get as much information out of how these guys do their business.

It paid off... I think. I learned some things about scalper culture that are, frankly, generally disturbing (and may not be true, keep that in mind...). Off-handedly, he mentions to me that had I missed out on a gold Mario tonight, I could probably get one from Gamestop or the Exchange tomorrow morning. "But it's a Walmart exclusive," I said - "Oh, so you think," he replied. I asked him what he meant, and he told me that managers from Gamestop and the Exchanges regularly come by to buy up their stock from the back. My jaw dropped - so apparently, in my area, if I know the right people and show a similar disregard for store policy, there are back room deals available at the right stores??

Take it with a massive grain of salt, though - this is the same guy trying to pawn off Mega Mans for $100. There's a fairly good chance that his entire story was BS. Oh, and as for how he got that many, "sitting on his computer, constantly refreshing until it becomes available, and then pre-ordering the max number the field on the web site allows." Gee, what a fulfilling life that must be...

Eventually, a store manager came over, the guy told him his intent to sell 1 per group per customer, and the manager shot it down, noting that 4 people might come together to save gas, and it wasn't fair to limit like that. I heard him say "but we only have 12" again, and then the manager took him in the back. I never saw that guy again - even though he was supposed to be the one working the midnight release - but later, the manager came out with a different clerk, and suddenly they only had 8. Either he was wrong about there being 12, or him and the manager worked out some kind of deal where he took 4 of them.

It's hard to tell just how much of this is BS, because I honestly don't trust everything he told me. I did witness him be pretty rude to someone over the phone (someone who eventually showed up, in fact)... it seemed like he was trying to drive me and other customers away so he could get more of them himself - and the decrease in stock available, plus his weird disappearance, makes me wonder whether he was successful somehow, or just lying through his teeth with every word.

 

[ChikoLad]

It paid off... I think. I learned some things about scalper culture that are, frankly, generally disturbing (and may not be true, keep that in mind...). Off-handedly, he mentions to me that had I missed out on a gold Mario tonight, I could probably get one from Gamestop or the Exchange tomorrow morning. "But it's a Walmart exclusive," I said - "Oh, so you think," he replied. I asked him what he meant, and he told me that managers from Gamestop and the Exchanges regularly come by to buy up their stock from the back. My jaw dropped - so apparently, in my area, if I know the right people and show a similar disregard for store policy, there are back room deals available at the right stores??

This doesn't surprise me at all.

When I posted that picture yesterday of someone who purchased a used Dedede, Lucario, and Rosalina at GameStop, I was doubtful those were genuine trade-ins. It's too recent for people to genuinely feel the need to trade them in right after buying them, and even if you aren't a hardcore collector, it's not hard to find out there are much better ways to get rid of Amiibos.

 

[Megadoomer]

In my experiences today, I found that Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach were very common as far as amiibos go (several stores had at least three of them). Toad was uncommon, but still visible (he was only at one store, but that store had four of them at least), and surprisingly, Bowser was the rarest of the bunch. (didn't see any of the Mario Bros. version)

I just got Peach - I considered Toad, but my brother's a big Toad fan and he said that I didn't need to get it.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

This doesn't surprise me at all.

When I posted that picture yesterday of someone who purchased a used Dedede, Lucario, and Rosalina at GameStop, I was doubtful those were genuine trade-ins. It's too recent for people to genuinely feel the need to trade them in right after buying them, and even if you aren't a hardcore collector, it's not hard to find out there are much better ways to get rid of Amiibos.

What I don't get is where the profit comes from in this scheme? In that photo, even Rosalina was $11.99, which is less than retail. I'm imagining Walmart would buy a case, then choose whether to sell them each at retail value, or sell them to their neighbor at Gamestop - who is then doing, what, exactly? Taking them out of the package and selling them for less than retail?

I think it's more likely a scheme of you talk to the manager, and he says "Yeah, I know a guy... he wants a little extra for it though since it's rare/to cover shipping costs" - at that point, the guy in the back at Walmart could sell it at a premium, and then the guy at Gamestop later could still make a profit.

The more I talk about it, the more obligated I feel I should say this isn't necessarily Walmart/Gamestop's/Retailer X's fault, at least not as a whole. If it's one guy, it's that guy's fault. If there's a manager involved (as it appeared to be the case at the store I went to), it's that particular Walmart's fault. It's not Walmart as a corporation's fault, unless they know what's going on and they choose to let it happen.

 

[ChikoLad]

It's puzzling, but there could be more to it. Maybe they don't explicitly pay for a single Amiibo or something. Maybe these Amiibo crack dealers sell them in "bundles", possibly having other low stock products involved (like those MM3DS bundles that guy said nobody buys - maybe GS gets some off Walmart or something).

And yeah, I'm sure most people are well aware this is not the fault of the corporations in most cases. I just use the names of the stores because that's easier and, well, I'm not going out of my way to find out the name of every GS and Walmart in the US. :V

 

[pupNapoleon]

Why did you have to go to 9 Walmarts?? I hope you and your moped are OK!

I am in an extremely popular amiibo area.I passed by over 200 collectors last night.
As for my condition, I will be demanding the video footage from Walmart, as it happened on their property, and looking into my legal rights considering it was- if it was the car I think it was- from an incident they incited in one of their stores.

 

[Kendude]

In my experiences today, I found that Luigi, Yoshi, and Peach were very common as far as amiibos go (several stores had at least three of them). Toad was uncommon, but still visible (he was only at one store, but that store had four of them at least), and surprisingly, Bowser was the rarest of the bunch. (didn't see any of the Mario Bros. version)

Ditto for me. My Wal Mart that I went to this morning had a handful of Yoshi and Luigi, 3 Peach, 5 Toad (Sold out within 7 minutes of the store opening and no Bowser.

I got a Peach (looks fantastic compared to my Smash Peach) and Toad. I wanted Bowser also but I'm sure he'll turn up sooner or later.

 

[ChikoLad]

I have not seen it in person yet (saw Luigi and Yoshi up close today, and Mario from a distance), but am I the only one who thinks SM Peach looks...

...well...

...flat out terrible? Seriously, she looks like she's made out of play dough. But not in a good, stylistic way. More like, a messy, unfinished play dough model.

 

[relaxedexcorcist]

Didn't go looking for Gold Mario today. I did a quick search online though and found the Target near me had some Toad in stock. Promptly drove over and picked him up.

When I borrow Captain Toad I'll probably open it but for now he'll stay in the box.

Also saw all of the other SMB Amiibo except maybe Mario, and dang they are biiiiig. Kinda regret getting the Smash Bowser cause SMB Bowser looks wayyyy nicer in my opinion.

 

[skylanders fan]

got gold mario and yoshi first in line at walmart only had those 2 my toad just shipped and should be here by wensday and just need to find sm bowser to finsh what I want from the sm line for now.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

I am in an extremely popular amiibo area.I passed by over 200 collectors last night.
As for my condition, I will be demanding the video footage from Walmart, as it happened on their property, and looking into my legal rights considering it was- if it was the car I think it was- from an incident they incited in one of their stores.

Good luck... Nintendo really needs a slap in the face with the danger they're causing over these things.

The Walmart I went to didn't have any Super Mario figures, so I'm surprised they had gold Mario.

 

[Winner-Bit]

Yeah, so. I'm never up early enough in the mornings to catch stores before they open. And, of course, literally nobody has the Gold Marios in stock anymore. The fact that I didn't get a chance today to even call and check before 1:30 PM is a little unfair, considering I probably wanted to pick up one just about as much as everyone else.

However, I must admit I'm happy for those who did get them. I'm sure they're really pleased about it, and for that, I'm cool with things. As long as they don't scalp people on eBay.

 

[DoodleDuck97]

Wow. So guys it's been a while.
How's everyone getting on.
Are we all up to speed on our Amiibo endeavours

 

[pupNapoleon]

Good luck... Nintendo really needs a slap in the face with the danger they're causing over these things.

The Walmart I went to didn't have any Super Mario figures, so I'm surprised they had gold Mario.

As with every wave, I'm learning new things about amiibo hunting. I will have a big strategy for the future, akin to old Hunter-gatherers in society.

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

Never been this impatient for an amiibo to arrive before. Would have been nice to come today on my birthday, but oh well .-. Gives me a few extra days to figure out where the hell Toad goes in my display.

EDIT: LORD TOAD IS SHIPPING TODAY (:

 

[T-Donor66]

Earlier this morning I picked up my Toad amiibo that I had on preorder at GameStop. I will now make a list of the ones I have and the ones I still want.
Characters I have: (Gold) and Toad. Ike is on preorder.
Characters I want that are out:
Characters that aren't out/announced I want:(If they make one) and Mewtwo.

 

[Shog]

I still don't get it: In Murica people pay ridicolous amount of money for amiibos, in Germany they can't even sell one of those. (I saw literally all amiiboo including "rare" ones for 12€ (~14$) ... in one Shop while American pay 50$. That's crazy)

 

[ChikoLad]

I still don't get it: In Murica people pay ridicolous amount of money for amiibos, in Germany they can't even sell one of those. (I saw literally all amiiboo including "rare" ones for 12€ (~14$) ... in one Shop while American pay 50$. That's crazy)

Not everyone is easy to find in Germany. I heard Rosalina was still a ***** to find over there, more so than in the US.

And the reason Germany tends to have a lot of the rares is because:

1) Heart of Nintendo of Europe, so they are favoured in distribution, since it's easier. Plus, Germany is much smaller than the US, so less needs to be spread out.

2) Amiibo rarities do differ depending on region, so the status of some figures is different by default. Ike, for example, is really hard to find in the US, while he is one of the most common Amiibo all over Europe. By contrast, Kirby is all over the place in the US, but most people in Europe would tell you he is AT LEAST semi-rare over here now (he wasn't that hard to find at first, uncommon at worst, but he doesn't seem to get restocked very often, meaning his stock just kinda dries up).

Also FYI, Amiibo prices are more expensive over here at retail compared to the US, and certain figures didn't make it over to many areas in Europe at all, or barely did (including Germany).

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My New York friend prevailed - scored me a Shulk, as well as a Meta Knight for himself. He said he may also try for another Meta Knight tomorrow, and send it to me along with Dedede, Shulk, and whatever surprise birthday present he has in store.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

Gamestop.com seems to be down at the moment... This is interesting because there have been rumors that Gamestop might open Wave 4 orders late tonight.

Could it mean...?

 

[Winner-Bit]

Okay so I got my Toon Link today. And let this serve as a warning to all who buy off of eBay:

Make sure you specify THOROUGHLY SECURE packaging.

This is literally all the packaging it shipped in. The box rattled and clunked when it was shaken or even turned over. Fortunately, the damage done was minimal -- just a couple little nicks and slightly bent cardboard backing:

It could have been much worse, though. So just make sure that whatever third-party seller you're buying from uses more than a couple layers of packing peanuts.

EDIT: Sorry about the large images. I neglected to re-size them.

 

[T-Donor66]

Gamestop.com seems to be down at the moment... This is interesting because there have been rumors that Gamestop might open Wave 4 orders late tonight.

Could it mean...?

Huh, on my end GameStop isn't down....

 

[Winner-Bit]

Is there any particular reason that Peach and Yoshi amiibos are dirt-cheap? Seriously, the MSRP is about $9.99 right now.

 

[relaxedexcorcist]

Probably to get people to buy them to make space for the SMB versions. I think DK's 9.99 too.

 

[Flaxr XIII]

Is there any particular reason that Peach and Yoshi amiibos are dirt-cheap? Seriously, the MSRP is about $9.99 right now.

It's likely that they're phasing out the Smash variants and just leaving the Super Mario variants out for the market. Unless you mean the Mario series Peach is also $9.99. In that case, I'll continue to not care too much.
I'm not a fan on the base for the Mario series ones. The red edges will really stand out amongst the sea of black with all the Smash amiibos I have. And the center parts of the bases are especially lazy since they forgot to put a sodding texture and just left the transparency layer.

 

[Abyssal Lagiacrus]

The amiibo situation still disgusts me.

It's shameful that Nintendo has allowed Amiibo to become a "pre-order 2 years in advance, or camp out at your local store for 10 years to be able to get the one you want. Otherwise, pay 50-100+ dollars to a scalper to get one."

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On a side note, did I miss NA Charizard preorders, or has he still not been up for preorder yet? I really want to get him, but I'm absolutely not going to pay a scalper for him.

 

[Game&Watcher]

On a side note, did I miss NA Charizard preorders, or has he still not been up for preorder yet? I really want to get him, but I'm absolutely not going to pay a scalper for him.

He's not available for preorder yet.

 

[Kuragari]

The amiibo situation still disgusts me.

It's shameful that Nintendo has allowed Amiibo to become a "pre-order 2 years in advance, or camp out at your local store for 10 years to be able to get the one you want. Otherwise, pay 50-100+ dollars to a scalper to get one."

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On a side note, did I miss NA Charizard preorders, or has he still not been up for preorder yet? I really want to get him, but I'm absolutely not going to pay a scalper for him.

As far as I know Wave 4 (including Charizard) isnt even listed on any NA store yet, let alone available for preorder. FYE had preorders for a time a month or so ago, but otherwise I havent seen anything.

 

[JimmyTheCaterpillar]

Maan, after hearing all these stories about the dark underbelly of Amiibo, I feel like I'm involved with the mafia.

Is that a thing? I can really see it being a thing. They're valuable enough.
THE AMIIBO MAFIA

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Also, the only place (besides FYE a month ago) I've seen them were on various Japanese eShops. Nothing in any other countries, though.

 

[Winner-Bit]

I've started training Toon Link. He's level 40 now, and even though I've never taunted, he taunts almost every time I die. It's ticking me off to no end. XD He's also learned how to spam the tornado move, which gets annoying since he's also amazingly good at using it. I'm still trying to get him to hit more accurately, although I think he's doing pretty well so far.

What I'm doing for training him is a bit unorthodox: I use the same character against him, and I'm using mostly Special Smash, with 300% starting damage, and heavy gravity. This very quickly taught him the importance of quick recovery and dodging like his life depended on it. After using boomerangs, arrows, and bombs on him constantly, he's become a light-footed, projectile-spamming nutjob.

I think I've done well.

I'll check back once he's been worked with at level 50 for a while. I'll try a few different characters against him too.

 

[YoshiandToad]

Toad arrived in the mail yesterday. Opened him up, and stuck him with my others.

Then cried manly tears. What could of been.

Haven't tried the Captain Toad Hide and Seek thing yet, but I will this weekend. Seems a little redunkulous, but there we go.

 

[skylanders fan]

got my bowser amiibo man I wish super smash bros amiibo were as easy to find as super mario are

 

[Dreamy Luigi]

My Toad amiibo shipped and is supposed to come tomorrow O:

 

[KenboCalrissian]

I retrained Fox and first-time trained Link yesterday.

Fox still likes to SD, even though I've never SD'd in his presence. I've noticed a level 9 Fox CPU is prone to the same crap I'm seeing my amiibo do (including simply walking off the side to death - on Battlefield, even), so I'm starting to assume there's not a lot I can do about it. After he hit 50, I put him in a 2v2 against our Kirby and Zelda amiibos and teamed up with Peach amiibo - Peach was carrying so hard and still had 3 stocks while the other team was down to 3 between them, but Fox kept getting caught under the springs on Windy Hill and he used Share Stock to throw away 2 of Peach's lives. Other than being a disaster in 2v2s or FFAs, he's better than he was. I'm going to keep training him past 50 to see if he'll get any smarter.

Link seems to enjoy getting hit. He seems to leave his shield open and doesn't air dodge, so he can be combo'd all over the place. I've seen my Kirby do this before, which means I was probably too hard on him in his first 10 levels - I probably just beat up on him and didn't give him a chance to learn anything. I may retrain him and let a CPU train him at the start, but he's not terrible either so I need to play with him a bit more before deciding. For some reason, when he fights my Fox amiibo, he only tries to grab - it's the weirdest thing, he'll just spam grappling hook over and over, and only in that matchup.

EDIT: Toad amiibo currently available online at Gamestop if you missed him! Actually, all Mario series amiibos are there.

 

[Kuragari]

I retrained Fox and first-time trained Link yesterday.

Fox still likes to SD, even though I've never SD'd in his presence. I've noticed a level 9 Fox CPU is prone to the same crap I'm seeing my amiibo do (including simply walking off the side to death - on Battlefield, even), so I'm starting to assume there's not a lot I can do about it. After he hit 50, I put him in a 2v2 against our Kirby and Zelda amiibos and teamed up with Peach amiibo - Peach was carrying so hard and still had 3 stocks while the other team was down to 3 between them, but Fox kept getting caught under the springs on Windy Hill and he used Share Stock to throw away 2 of Peach's lives. Other than being a disaster in 2v2s or FFAs, he's better than he was. I'm going to keep training him past 50 to see if he'll get any smarter.

Link seems to enjoy getting hit. He seems to leave his shield open and doesn't air dodge, so he can be combo'd all over the place. I've seen my Kirby do this before, which means I was probably too hard on him in his first 10 levels - I probably just beat up on him and didn't give him a chance to learn anything. I may retrain him and let a CPU train him at the start, but he's not terrible either so I need to play with him a bit more before deciding. For some reason, when he fights my Fox amiibo, he only tries to grab - it's the weirdest thing, he'll just spam grappling hook over and over, and only in that matchup.

EDIT: Toad amiibo currently available online at Gamestop if you missed him! Actually, all Mario series amiibos are there.

From what I understand, training amiibo by playing them against CPU opponents is not a good idea, as they will pick up really bad habits. Its much better to train them against people or other amiibo that are already tough.

 

[skylanders fan]

From what I understand, training amiibo by playing them against CPU opponents is not a good idea, as they will pick up really bad habits. Its much better to train them against people or other amiibo that are already tough.

yeah they typicaly will just stand there and be attacked by you my freinds sonic seems to do that a lot

 

[KenboCalrissian]

From what I understand, training amiibo by playing them against CPU opponents is not a good idea, as they will pick up really bad habits. Its much better to train them against people or other amiibo that are already tough.

I followed a guide that suggested letting a CPU train them just to level 9 - they seem to get better at picking up on defensive strategies that way, like when to roll and shield. Fox is certainly an exception since the Fox CPU does SD a lot, but my best results with Kirby came after letting a CPU start it. I didn't do this with Link, and he practically doesn't know how to defend at all.

There's a fine line between beating the crap out of them and holding back and letting them do their thing that I've yet to find - if I play passive to see what they do, they seem to think they're supposed to play passive because that's "copying my style." These things feel like working with molten glass - you really can't take the time to monitor them without it affecting them.

 

[MeleeMario64]

I have been informed by family members that in May...HE will ship...

 

[N7S]

Managed to get my second Amiibo. Cleft joins the battle!!! I'm starting to collect extras of the characters I like in Smash. I talked to my local GameStop and they said they're hoping to open Wave 4 pre-orders sometime today or tomorrow. I'm praying that this is true.

On a side note, here is my collection update.

is coming soon. Just waiting forGameStop to receive their next shipment.