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No, other countries don't get tons of Amiibo. America gets over 60% of Amiibo stock, while Europe only gets around 20% between EVERY country.

Germany gets lots of Amiibos, but Germany isn't the entirety of Europe. Shocking, right? The only reason they get a lot is because Nintendo of Europe is situated in Germany. People keep looking at this one picture from a German store at Wave 3 launch, and assuming all of Europe is like that all of the time. Sorry to break the fantasy, but that isn't the case.

Also many European countries don't even get Amiibo waves in stores, if at all. Pac-Man, for example, still has not shown up here in Ireland. He was supposed to release in April.

You guys complain about exclusives, but frankly they are a good thing. They guarantee that every store WILL get some quantity of the Amiibo, as the retailer chains pay Nintendo to sell them. It would be a waste of money if they didn't sell any, so they will always have some stock over there. If that system existed here, then we wouldn't have Amiibos releasing at random, months after their official release date. Complain about low stock all you like, but you always have a guarantee that the figure will be there in SOME capacity. We don't even get that much here.

Don't even try to deny you guys have had restocks either. What about the amazing Target restock? The Gamestop one? There are more besides that, and they were all nationwide. You even get retailers directly communicating with you on social media about these things, we don't get that here. I won't deny that a few rarer Amiibos have started to show up in the UK and Ireland, but that's because they aren't restocks, they're the first batches we should have received months ago. Wave 5 of the Smash Amiibos also went well for us, but that's the first Wave of Smash Amiibo that has gone well since Wave 1 and 2 (and that arguably only went well because Amiibos were only starting out, so the interest took time to develop).

Also Seiki, I imported a Rosalina months ago from WITHIN Europe (i.e. still my region) because I was informed by Gamestop via e-mail that all UK & Ireland pre-orders of Rosalina were cancelled, because they weren't getting her. I originally had her pre-ordered there. Also, Smyths de-listed her from their site a week before she was supposed to release. Granted, she's only NOW showing up in Smyths and there is a good amount of her, but how was I supposed to know that last December?

As for Gold Mario, that was actually received via trade on /r/amiiboswap. I traded an Ike for it, since he was a common over here. Gold Mario has not been released outside of the US and Australia, same thing with Silver Mario, and it doesn't look like they ever will be.

There is a difference between me importing because a figure LITERALLY isn't going to be available in my country, and US collectors importing because they will assume Europe has it "so much better".

I remember when everyone in the US said they were importing Yarn Yoshis from Europe, some even importing the bundle. Guess what's impossible to find here now, and has been since release?

I was mentioning store exclusives. G Mario is one in the US to Walmart. From all I heard, he went fast. Target isn't that well stocked. At least not any one I know of. Went to a few stores hunting Rosalina on launch and most reported only get 1 or 2 cases that sold out as soon as the store opened. Most numbers I saw for Jigglypuff were around 12-24 figures to a store upon release. Then haven't heard very positive things in regards to Best Buy's launch days. The 1-2 was directed solely at store exclusives. I'd say TRU is the only one that gets more.

I haven't seen Splatoon since launch. I'd say it's more one we have in common, unless my area just sucks and they're better in other parts of the US.

Who said I was saying Europe had it better? When did I ever even say Europe until now? I'm simply stating there are some countries getting better restocks than US and certain points when it comes down to a need to import. From what I can tell, mostly Japan & Australia. Which I'd mainly import from Japan anyway. When hunting for a reasonably priced Robin after ending up SOL trying to get one, I saw the prices on Amazon.de, plus I know about the conversion rate not being favorable for me.

I'm sorry, did you just say Gold Mario was available for a while? I think you're color blind because SILVER Mario is the one who's still widely available after relwase. Gold Mario sold out Day 1 here because of the accidental stocking before release date, which lead to low stock on the actual release. You can't be halfway across the world and tell me, a US citizen who drove around for around 50 miles trying to find a Gold Mario on it's release, that he was "available for a while after he released." That's pure bull**** you're spewing, especially if you have no clue how it actually is here.

If you are going to import, don't start bad mouthing the region you're importing from or making false assumptions,

I'm sorry, did you just say Gold Mario was available for a while? I think you're color blind because SILVER Mario is the one who's still widely available after relwase. Gold Mario sold out Day 1 here because of the accidental stocking before release date, which lead to low stock on the actual release. You can't be halfway across the world and tell me, a US citizen who drove around for around 50 miles trying to find a Gold Mario on it's release, that he was "available for a while after he released." That's pure bull**** you're spewing, especially if you have no clue how it actually is here.

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I'm sorry, did you just say Gold Mario was available for a while? I think you're color blind because SILVER Mario is the one who's still widely available after relwase. Gold Mario sold out Day 1 here because of the accidental stocking before release date, which lead to low stock on the actual release. You can't be halfway across the world and tell me, a US citizen who drove around for around 50 miles trying to find a Gold Mario on it's release, that he was "available for a while after he released." That's pure bull**** you're spewing, especially if you have no clue how it actually is here.

Look at posts on /r/amiibo and other similar sites the day after his release. Plenty of people were still posting about finding him after the first day. No, I am not colour blind, I know the difference between the two, thank you very much.

And 50 miles is tiny considering the size of the US. Like I said before, don't just use your own experiences as the sole evidence for claims regarding the whole US.

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I'm sorry, did you just say Gold Mario was available for a while? I think you're color blind because SILVER Mario is the one who's still widely available after relwase. Gold Mario sold out Day 1 here because of the accidental stocking before release date, which lead to low stock on the actual release. You can't be halfway across the world and tell me, a US citizen who drove around for around 50 miles trying to find a Gold Mario on it's release, that he was "available for a while after he released." That's pure bull**** you're spewing, especially if you have no clue how it actually is here.

Look at posts on /r/amiibo and other similar sites the day after his release. Plenty of people were still posting about finding him after the first day. No, I am not colour blind, I know the difference between the two, thank you very much.

And 50 miles is tiny considering the size of the US. Like I said before, don't just use your own experiences as the sole evidence for claims regarding the whole US.

I will also say then don't just use your experiences on Europe's stock and I can say as well on /r/amiibo I see post from people in Europe saying they see tons of your "unicorns” and about gold mario yes maybe about 100 people said they found it later but thats just 100 people what about the rest of us

England is pretty damn good for amiibo.

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Look at posts on /r/amiibo and other similar sites the day after his release. Plenty of people were still posting about finding him after the first day. No, I am not colour blind, I know the difference between the two, thank you very much.

And 50 miles is tiny considering the size of the US. Like I said before, don't just use your own experiences as the sole evidence for claims regarding the whole US.

I will also say then don't just use your experiences on Europe's stock and I can say as well on /r/amiibo I see post from people in Europe saying they see tons of your "unicorns” and about gold mario yes maybe about 100 people said they found it later but thats just 100 people what about the rest of us

I'm not using just my experience though, haven't you been reading my posts?
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England is pretty damn good for amiibo.

>Splatoon 3-Pack

That never officially released outside of the US, meaning that's a photo of an American store, or an import reseller store in the UK, meaning their stock is not official.

And yes, import stores exist in the US too. Quite a lot of them in fact.

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Look at posts on /r/amiibo and other similar sites the day after his release. Plenty of people were still posting about finding him after the first day. No, I am not colour blind, I know the difference between the two, thank you very much.

And 50 miles is tiny considering the size of the US. Like I said before, don't just use your own experiences as the sole evidence for claims regarding the whole US.

I will also say then don't just use your experiences on Europe's stock and I can say as well on /r/amiibo I see post from people in Europe saying they see tons of your "unicorns” and about gold mario yes maybe about 100 people said they found it later but thats just 100 people what about the rest of us

I'm not using just my experience though, haven't you been reading my posts?
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England is pretty damn good for amiibo.

>Splatoon 3-Pack

That never officially released outside of the US, meaning that's a photo of an American store, or an import reseller store in the UK, meaning their stock is not official.

And yes, import stores exist in the US too. Quite a lot of them in fact.

OK, so I misunderstood that, as I never heard about other regions besides US getting it, but Europe actually didn't get it (the Squid Amiibo was exclusive to a bundle with the game), and that's all that matters, as it's the region we are discussing. So my point still stands just as firm - that is an import of some kind if you are claiming it's a UK store.

And once again, that isn't really good stock period. US stores have much more shelf space for Amiibos. What you are showing me is a few rungs behind the counter.

And no need to get so emotional and accuse me of being a liar when I just made a slight error that STILL doesn't even change or shoot down my point.

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OK, so I misunderstood that, as I never heard about other regions besides US getting it, but Europe actually didn't get it (the Squid Amiibo was exclusive to a bundle with the game), and that's all that matters, as it's the region we are discussing. So my point still stands just as firm - that is an import of some kind if you are claiming it's a UK store.

And once again, that isn't really good stock period. US stores have much more shelf space for Amiibos. What you are showing me is a few rungs behind the counter.

And no need to get so emotional and accuse me of being a liar when I just made a slight error that STILL doesn't even change or shoot down my point.

Right, totally emotional. Not all US Stores have good shelf space for amiibos (it's typically Toys R Us). Targets and Best Buys have a
small space, enough to fit the display model and some hangers to stock amiibo. Gamestop varies from stores, and Walmart's vary also, typically most I've seen have a small sliver next to their 3DS/Wii U accessory shelf. I've only seen stock from EUROPE on /r/amiibo, either having double-sided display stands, walls, or the huge German shelves that are the dreams we wish for in the US. US doesn't have great shelf space honestly :P

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OK, so I misunderstood that, as I never heard about other regions besides US getting it, but Europe actually didn't get it (the Squid Amiibo was exclusive to a bundle with the game), and that's all that matters, as it's the region we are discussing. So my point still stands just as firm - that is an import of some kind if you are claiming it's a UK store.

And once again, that isn't really good stock period. US stores have much more shelf space for Amiibos. What you are showing me is a few rungs behind the counter.

And no need to get so emotional and accuse me of being a liar when I just made a slight error that STILL doesn't even change or shoot down my point.

Right, totally emotional. Not all US Stores have good shelf space for amiibos (it's typically Toys R Us). Targets and Best Buys have a
small space, enough to fit the display model and some hangers to stock amiibo. Gamestop varies from stores, and Walmart's vary also, typically most I've seen have a small sliver next to their 3DS/Wii U accessory shelf. I've only seen stock from EUROPE on /r/amiibo, either having double-sided display stands, walls, or the huge German shelves that are the dreams we wish for in the US. US doesn't have great shelf space honestly

so therefore you have some god given right to import everything.

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so therefore you have some god given right to import everything.

Didn't a mod already come in here once and say to stop the import bashing?
Why is it still going on?

I really can't agree at all with that passive aggressive attitude, Brawler. I agree that imports are fine for the most part if you don't brag about it for no reason, but your tone isn't much better than theirs. You could have easily said that and proven your point without being an asshole about it. In the long run, we're still talking about little plastic toys here.

I agree with UncleBob and Matteomax here, I think everyone's proven their points. I think we should end this tired argument.

haha look at this IGN this mario is a unicorn (if you click the his name it says common but still funny http://www.ign.com/wikis/ninte...bo_Rarity_Guide

I went to Nintendo Wolrd today. They had the Super Mario Series, (obviously) minus Gold Mario, Pac Man and Sonic, and (the only sort of rare) Wario. They haven't had any restocks of any Smash Bros rates for a while, and they didn't have any of the Splatoon Series

Rosalina, Mega Man, Toon Link, and Pac-Man's Mario Maker costumes have been shown.

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Mega Man



Rosalina



Toon Link



Pac-Man



A cool little detail about Pac-Man is that his sprite is somewhat based off of his Pac-Land design.

i'm buying SMM solely for amiibo support.

Sonic sprite for Super Mario Maker:

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This is unmistakably the 16 bit sprite (from the original sonic the hedgehog on the Mega Drive), I'm such a classic sonic fanboy so this is a dream come true for me!

EDIT: Gameplay featuring the majority of amiibo (including Sonic & Pac Man):

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I'm so happy right now.

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WAAAAAAAAAH

Even if he doesn't have an Amiibo yet (If he ever does get one, chances are looking slim at this point), this is really cool. I've found my main costume already.

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I'm so happy right now.

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WAAAAAAAAAH

Even if he doesn't have an Amiibo yet (If he ever does get one, chances are looking slim at this point), this is really cool. I've found my main costume already.

Could be hacked?