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*Canadian* Amiibo Discussion Thread: Discussion officielle Amiibo canadienne
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nrvalleytime
Member
American here - let's party.
Ain't no party like an international amiibo party.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
The tears caused by amiibos knows no boundaries. lol
ShinRPGamer
Member
Is anyone going to be going to FS tomorrow to see if they get wave 3 in? Hoping I can score an Ike and maybe Dedede.
They're streetdated, not worth trying until Friday.
Better if you can catch a dumb Toys 'R Us instead.
Maximus.
Member
How ever will you survive....(that's what subscriptions are for).
I got all excited with the Walmart link, but hopes were crushed.
nrvalleytime
Member
We're going to keep wearing the Canadian hat on our head, whether they like it or not.
And if you complain, Canada, I pray amiibo scarcity and drought upon you.
Theme song of the amiibo hunt
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Talked to the guy on the floor who collects amiibos as well and he told me that they only got Toon Link, Sheik and Bowser for this shipment. YMMV though store to store
7, all exclusive to the remaining Zellers outlet distribution centers.
FS/BB exclusive 'shortly' after 12AM PST, so 5?
ShinRPGamer
Member
I'd like to but they already sold them all...
Didn't know that they're streetdated. I'm not going to trust them on sticking to it, considering they started selling Pit, Captain Falcon and Luigi early.
See my post in the other thread.
We are using this to discuss Amiibo & preorders that only apply to Canada though and local stores. The retail layout is pretty different in Canada, we don't have many stores so it's easier to keep track of what stores have what in 'real-time' sorta.
ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
Shipments to region vary and Canada is going to be different from the get go when we lost our target and all.
Byron Bluth
Banned
This is ridiculous. Amiibo has a discussion thread.
Fate_Shirou
Member
Imma try and see if the best buy have some, future shop is a bit far for me
Because there were people complaining in the Canada deals thread, and for ease of access for Canadians. Where else do you propose we discuss what stores have stuff in stock without being lost in the American discussion?
Oh wow, thanks for reminding me. The futureshop I was thinking about going to tomorrow is actually a best buy. Darn.
EDIT: I was wrong. Region centric threads are 100% okay. Complaining about threads isn't okay.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
LegendOfGood
Member
Southern Ontario report:
Toys R Us in my area received 2x Sonic, 2x Mega Man, 2x Ike, 4x Sheik, 2x DeDeDe, 2x Rosalina and maybe 6x or so Toon Link. Lots of Bowser. 16x Lucario (which they're holding until Friday).
Future Shop didn't have any of the wave three's today, but I called and they're scheduled to put Toon Link, Boswer, and Sheik on the shelves on Friday.
Toys R Us in my area received 2x Sonic, 2x Mega Man, 2x Ike, 4x Sheik, 2x DeDeDe, 2x Rosalina and maybe 6x or so Toon Link. Lots of Bowser. 16x Lucario (which they're holding until Friday).
Future Shop didn't have any of the wave three's today, but I called and they're scheduled to put Toon Link, Boswer, and Sheik on the shelves on Friday.
You don't live here so of course you don't understand why it makes sense. We have different stores, and updates would get lost in the general discussion of the main amiibo thread. Europe and Japan can do what they want as well.
Edit: Just saw your above response, fair enough
I think if we're allowed to have a Canadian Deals/Discussion thread we would be also allowed to have an Amiibo thread.
Other regions can feel free to do the same if they want? If it's a major problem you can take it up to a mod.
It's much easier to keep track of when Futureshop or Best Buy decides to open preorders for Rosalina at 12AM at night and then it doesn't even appear in the search results and then sells out due to all the Canadian scalpers from another forum buying them.
Also our retailers are much less reliable and carry much much less inventory, so considering how bad it's been and it's only been 3 waves released so far. Everything has been a mess in North America, but it's been much much worse in Canada. I have never seen a single wave 2 figure on the shelf except Little Mac and Diddy. If I didn't order Pit I would never have one, I had to order it online. Never ever saw it.
If you Americans want to complain, please take it to the Canadian Deals thread, which hasn't had nearly enough complaining or discussion about this topic in the last week.
Or, I dunno, go ask a mod and quit bumping a thread about Amiibos going on sale for no damn reason.
Why not? There's no one gonna stop you.
Wow us Canadian Amiibros can't win...
We start discussing the exclusives where the stuff is available in the Canadian Deals thread and everyone complains it's nothing but amiibo talk, why don't we make our own Canadian amiibos thread, etc, etc.
We make the thread, and now we have non Canadian amiibros coming in saying we don't get it, why is this thread needed, etc etc.
Look guys, the general amiibo thread moves way too fast, it's really hard for the Canadians Amiibros to communicate when preorders are up, when stuff is in stock in a store etc.
What is it hurting having this thread? We made this thread to get away from the complaining and now we have people starting in here already.
We start discussing the exclusives where the stuff is available in the Canadian Deals thread and everyone complains it's nothing but amiibo talk, why don't we make our own Canadian amiibos thread, etc, etc.
We make the thread, and now we have non Canadian amiibros coming in saying we don't get it, why is this thread needed, etc etc.
Look guys, the general amiibo thread moves way too fast, it's really hard for the Canadians Amiibros to communicate when preorders are up, when stuff is in stock in a store etc.
What is it hurting having this thread? We made this thread to get away from the complaining and now we have people starting in here already.
Supply and releases are handled far differently in Canada than the States and there's far more than enough interest to warrant having another thread specific for Canadians. US talk dominates the primary thread and Canadian information gets buried. If other regions want their own threads too, I have no problem with it.
Do it. I think those living in EU and JP would appreciate it, being able to quickly see pertinent info about their respective region. It's far more organized than that single conglomerate thread where it's hard to keep up and most of the info there is simply about the States.
[EDIT: I was wrong. Region centric threads are 100% okay. Complaining about threads isn't okay.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
Yeah I can't believe we have to defend against other people complaining that we made a thread. :/
firehawk12
Subete no aware
You can't win on GAF. lol
Maximus.
Member
I have always wondered why other regions don't have these discussions. USA and Canada are not the only unique situations for finding products.
You don't have to defend. Again, 100% this thread should exist.
Was just confused why the GAF Amiibo Community stuff was split off (when it was never region centric).
Because you don't live here! Why do you feel like you understand the nuances of buying things in Canada better than people here? In terms of organization this thread makes a lot of sense.
firehawk12
Subete no aware
AUSGAF is stickied in the Community thread. They are the only other region specific community IIRC.
Honestly, it's complicated to explain... the Canadian deals thread sort of operates as a Canada community thread, and some people felt it was being overrun with amiibo discussion.
think of this more as an offshoot of the Canadian deals thread as opposed to the main Amiibo thread. I'll still be posting in the amiibo thread as much as I did before, as will most people here I imagine.
Because Nintendo actually treats those regions properly.
LordAmused
Member
Well you are the only one who complained, and you are American! I mean, if you are not happy with the thread, you can always leave. I don't understand how a thread created to help Canadians get their hands on Amiibos could become problematic for other members.
Think of it this way, this is regarding Canadian stock and retail discussion of Amiibos.
The other thread is relating more to a general discussion + collecting of Amiibos.
I don't get why it leads to you feeling that there needs to be a EU/JP thread as well, of course you're free to do so. If it's needed, people will use it just like this thread.
EDIT: I was wrong. Region centric threads are 100% okay. Complaining about threads isn't okay.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
My confusion was that, I wasn't sure why the main thread (which IMO was not region centric) was being broken up. That said, this thread has nothing to do with that. End of story. I was wrong.
People need to support this.
Seriously! I'm pissed off that I have to defend this thread now considering I never wanted it split off to begin with.
no kidding, haha
ColonelSkills
Member
It's inherently American centric due to the quantity of Americans posting in it. I've asked a few questions in that thread that were Canadian specific and all it served was confusion to others (talking about things like Ike already being shipped, and whatnot).
The speed and relevancy of the discussion warrants a split, otherwise the megathread just gets more confusing for everyone, at least to me.
*shrug*
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