NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
With the game selling for $25.28 on Amazon, you can put together the bundle for about $6 less than the MSRP of the bundle itself.
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Tom Nook Amiibo is less than $6 new direct from Amazon and Walmart
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With the game selling for $25.28 on Amazon, you can put together the bundle for about $6 less than the MSRP of the bundle itself.
The Chibi-Robo game is now a mere $20 at TRU w/ included amiibo:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=67658826&cp=&parentPage=search
(via GoNintendo)
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=67658826&cp=&parentPage=search
(via GoNintendo)
Megatron
Member
Hmmm... tempting
Either they don't have the same fervent reach or game quality actually does impact Amiibo sales.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
It's a good game and easily worth $20 IMHO.
I think its very much also a question about game quality.
Splatoon? Great game... good luck finding Amiibos (especially in Japan).
Woolly World? Great game... the Yoshi's are sporadic in their availability.
AC:HHD? Good game... cards are sold out regularly.
But then...
AC:AF? Bad game... amiibos everywhere.
Chibi-Robo? Meh game... amiibos (and the game) everywhere.
Another problem is that some of them, particularly in the bad-game category, have like no uses other than for their bad game. Also the more insidious the use, the more push-back I feel since most games that overdid their Amiibo focus ended up doing poorly.
Ah, screw my brain, totally read that as "Assassin's Creed: Happy Home Designer."
I'd buy it.
And the uses that they do have in other games are borderline worthless.
Is there a list somewhere that shows which Amiibo have uses in various games? I haven't followed news about them very closely, but I've thought about getting some, and I don't want one that is used for 1 game and then just sits on a shelf.
http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/compatibility
Nintendo has a whole page of cross-use listing for compatibility. But, rule of thumb, if its a big IP (like Zelda) or Mario series related, you can't go wrong.
Some games (SMM, Yoshi WW, Smash, Chibi-Robo, Hyrule Warriors) use just about every amiibo in existence in some (ranging from a skin to "this gives you 1 rupee") way or another. But generally they tend to be IP focused, so MetaKnight, Kirby, and DDD work with the most recent Kirby game, for instance. Mario Party, Mario Tennis, Mario PaperJam, all of them work with anything in the Mario series.
Just looking at that Amiibo page is terrifying. From a development perspective, having to account for all those things must be a nightmare.
I think it's both. Though...more the former and more online FUD when it comes to Chibi-Robo. I haven't played Zip Lash yet but GAF impressions were very favorable. I imagine something like Zelda or Yoshi will be much more popular as an amiibo brand than a niche character, unless that character were to appear in Smash or MK.
Thanks for the response. I worry about buying even 1 because of my completionist personality quirk, but I don't see any point in having stuff that doesn't have a wide variety of uses. And I wouldn't mind buying mine used and already loose, so maybe it wouldn't be too terrible to buy a few like Mario, Luigi, Link, Donkey Kong, Kirby, etc.
CosmicQueso
Member
The Tom Nook Amiibo has a good build quality. Probably my favorite Amiibo. I respect that guy. Get them bells, Tom Nook.
Prices remain low, even lower in some cases.
3-Pack amiibo with K.K. Slider and the two llamas: $18.45
Resetti at $7.41
Can our raccoon go lower? He can: $5.30 for him (was $5.31 at the start of this post)
GOTY 2015 now for $32
The REAL sales though will be for Mexican gaffers, because Amazon Mexico really really wants to get rid of all this junk:
Animal Crossing amiibo Festival at 349 pesos ($19 USD)
3-Pack at 299 pesos ($16 USD)
3-Pack amiibo with K.K. Slider and the two llamas: $18.45
Resetti at $7.41
Can our raccoon go lower? He can: $5.30 for him (was $5.31 at the start of this post)
GOTY 2015 now for $32
The REAL sales though will be for Mexican gaffers, because Amazon Mexico really really wants to get rid of all this junk:
Animal Crossing amiibo Festival at 349 pesos ($19 USD)
3-Pack at 299 pesos ($16 USD)
outunderthestars
Banned
Happy to see that soullless cadhgrab Bomb.in the marketplace.
There was that interview where they outright said they wanted Animal Crossing amiibo so they pitched a game that'd use them...I wonder if that worker has been scolded by now.
They said basically the same thing about Chibi Robo. At least the AC series is big enough to survive one bomb on a dead console. Chibi Robo died on Amiibo Hill.
Man, a 71% discount I don't even want to imagine the overstock they must have right now since you never see these type of discounts on already imported items
Did you see the Frys sale today?
Holy freaking Mother of Jesus.
I'd buy five Resettis just to gift to friends wow.
Poor retailers everywhere got burned.
Animal Crossing always sold great. amiibo were selling great...."A product that includes both? Gimme dozens of thousands!"
Aw man, that's sadly true.
Rodney McKay
Member
It could also be just how many games an Amiibo is compatible with too.
If an Amiibo only does stuff in one or two games (like the Animal Crossing ones) then it's less valuable IMO than one that does stuff in a variety of games.
balladofwindfishes
Member
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Did you see the Frys sale today?
Fucking Christ I wish there were Frys in my area.