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After seeing the pre-release pictures of the amiibos I wasn't going to get one because they looked awful but the ones I actually see at stores look to be of way higher quality. At least Kirby does, and he is adorable and is going to beat up all my friends at Smash Brothers so I think they are cool and good.
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I don't think they've been discontinued, but who knows. It doesn't make sense to discontinue the most sought after ones.
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Dec 6, 2014 23:37
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They're going to be resold for 2.50 each in a year so
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Dec 6, 2014 23:40
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A fair price
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Dec 6, 2014 23:41
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Picked up Cap'n toad for 45 @ Target in Canada and got a free amiibo. The Kirby Amiibo (our third) is way heavier than either Link or Samus by comparison.
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Dec 6, 2014 23:46
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It's both funny and sad that the game is $45 in Canada. Even if it was $40 like in America, after conversion rates, you'd still be paying more.
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Dec 6, 2014 23:50
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noirstronaut posted:It's both funny and sad that the game is $45 in Canada. Even if it was $40 like in America, after conversion rates, you'd still be paying more. Not much at all, though:  Unless I am misunderstanding how conversion rates apply here?
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Dec 6, 2014 23:54
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That's like standard price differentiation between the countries though
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Dec 6, 2014 23:56
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The Nes Remix Pack contains both 1 and 2, right?
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Dec 6, 2014 23:56
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SyntheticPolygon posted:After seeing the pre-release pictures of the amiibos I wasn't going to get one because they looked awful but the ones I actually see at stores look to be of way higher quality. At least Kirby does, and he is adorable and is going to beat up all my friends at Smash Brothers so I think they are cool and good. There are some mold lines visibles and a few tiny little blemishes on a few but they're very high quality. I was pleasantly surprised. They look much better in person than in most of the previews.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:07
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Unlucky7 posted:The Nes Remix Pack contains both 1 and 2, right? Yes
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Dec 7, 2014 00:09
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Yeah calling them Happy Meal quality isn't really fair. My Samus figurine looks and feels great and Mario looks not bad too. Piss Link is not quite so great though but it's mostly because of the dumb pose.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:14
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noirstronaut posted:It's both funny and sad that the game is $45 in Canada. Even if it was $40 like in America, after conversion rates, you'd still be paying more. Yeah, nice racism.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:14
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noirstronaut posted:I'm reading on the ~internet~ that there's a third playable character? Is this true? Weegee homeless snail posted:I just had a minor panic attack about this like an hour ago, Villager is selling for $40 right now!! Then I remembered amiibos are dumb and I found inner peace. I'm pretty sure the Villager amiibo I ordered from Gamestop got stolen in the mail. It was "delivered" on the 19th, and they still don't have it in their store. I'm glad I did ship to store, because that means I can just get my money back.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:26
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Man...I'm super glad that I've got those 3 amiibo already. And I'm going to pick up all of the wave 2 ones on sight. I wasn't seriously planning on being an amiibo completionist, but they make such charming little desk adornments.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:28
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noirstronaut posted:I don't think they've been discontinued, but who knows. It doesn't make sense to discontinue the most sought after ones. They're the most sought after because they had the lowest number of units. Probably because they're not considered the "staples" and will be rotated out.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:31
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I'm sure that Nintendo will make additional production runs of all the Amiibos over time. Seell molds are INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE investments - you don't retire a tooling forever after just a couple of weeks. They may "rest" for a while, but they'll come back. I managed to get a Villager at Nintendo World today, in any case.
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Dec 7, 2014 00:35
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I just got the couple Amiibos I ordered when Toys R' Us was doing their 40% off sale (Link and Yoshi). It was really interesting reading that one article someone linked to about training 3 Yoshi Amiibos in Smash in different ways and seeing how different their AI developed. I was really surprised at how apparently in depth the AI development is and how different the resulting behaviors were. Has anyone else come across any good information about the Amiibo AI development in Smash?
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Dec 7, 2014 00:38
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Isn't it missing some stuff though?
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Dec 7, 2014 01:37
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I think I'll be done w/ Toad by tomorrow. Very satisfying. Great game for playing in 30-60 minute chunks. Dunno how replayable it will be, though. :/
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Dec 7, 2014 01:39
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DoctorWhat posted:I'm sure that Nintendo will make additional production runs of all the Amiibos over time. Seell molds are INCREDIBLY EXPENSIVE investments - you don't retire a tooling forever after just a couple of weeks. They may "rest" for a while, but they'll come back. Plus they're still testing whether or not the general concept will sell well enough. I wouldn't be surprised if say, as part of 'celebration' type events in future, they also announce the return of either relevant (say, game release) or sought after Amiibo.
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TheHoosier posted:My local TRU said yesterday and today. Thanks, sadly they didn't have the game I wanted to give as a gift so I am still Toadless... for now. I briefly considered giving Captain Toad as a gift but they really want 3D World and it would disappoint them to get another game. It will wait for a birthday.
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Cialis Railman posted:Isn't it missing some stuff though? You're thinking of Ultimate NES Remix, which is the lovely 3DS port.
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Dec 7, 2014 02:01
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I'm surprised Villager is unpopular. He's one of the better builds, cute, and from an insanely popular franchise.
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greatn posted:I'm surprised Villager is unpopular. He's one of the better builds, cute, and from an insanely popular franchise. Imagine an amiibo of Isabelle 
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Dec 7, 2014 02:21
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RyokoTK posted:Yeah calling them Happy Meal quality isn't really fair. My Samus figurine looks and feels great and Mario looks not bad too. Piss Link is not quite so great though but it's mostly because of the dumb pose. I was wondering at first what the gently caress Piss Link was, but then I looked up q picture of the amiibo and  'd.
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Dec 7, 2014 02:21
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Mercury Crusader posted:Imagine an amiibo of Isabelle DID SOMEONE SAY ISABELLE AMIIBO!? WHERE'S THE ISABELLE AMIIBO NINTENDO. WHERE. WHERE IS ISABELLE.
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Dec 7, 2014 02:24
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I would imagine that, if they were to release a WiiU Animal Crossing game, they would release an Animal Crossing amiibo series with Isabelle, other Villagers, and a bunch of the staple characters like Mable and Able, Kapp'n, etc.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I would imagine that, if they were to release a WiiU Animal Crossing game, they would release an Animal Crossing amiibo series with Isabelle, other Villagers, and a bunch of the staple characters like Mable and Able, Kapp'n, etc. My wallet is ready.
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Looper posted:That's like standard price differentiation between the countries though We were at parity for a long time And then the oil prices fell and now our lovely oil dominant economy doesn't look so hot
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The Aussie dollar was above parity for years and they were still charging us a 50% markup because they didn't give a gently caress.
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TheKingofSprings posted:We were at parity for a long time Oh, I don't actually know anything about Canadian economics, I just always noticed that books have a higher Canadian price listed on the back and assumed it was the same for everything
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Looper posted:Oh, I don't actually know anything about Canadian economics, I just always noticed that books have a higher Canadian price listed on the back and assumed it was the same for everything Even when the Canadian dollar was higher for a little while, we were still paying a 50% markup on books. If a company can get away with something, they're going to do it.
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Dec 7, 2014 03:02
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WiiU games are generally 65 here, so toad at 45 was the correct pricing. The free Amiibo bundle @ target Canada was worth it.
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So I just unlocked chapter 3 in Captaind Toad. First I don't understand people saying this amount of content isn't worth $40 cause it sure feels like a lot for a game that's $20 less than 3D World. And also I don't understand how people are getting through this game in only 3-5 hours. I'm way further than that. I guess if you DON'T bother going after the gems or any of the challenges, but they feel like a natural part of the level I feel like the stage isn't really complete until you at least collect all the gems. And I gotta say, some of these stages have been downright hard and some of the challenges have been pretty hard too. I didn't really spoil myself on much with the game though, so after I unlocked the 2nd chapter I was like "okay now that $40 is REALLY paying off" and I just unlocked MORE stages, and not to mention the little bonus 3D World stuff. I just dunno how people are blasting through this game so quick
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Macaluso posted:So I just unlocked chapter 3 in Captaind Toad. First I don't understand people saying this amount of content isn't worth $40 cause it sure feels like a lot for a game that's $20 less than 3D World. And also I don't understand how people are getting through this game in only 3-5 hours. I'm way further than that. I guess if you DON'T bother going after the gems or any of the challenges, but they feel like a natural part of the level I feel like the stage isn't really complete until you at least collect all the gems. And I gotta say, some of these stages have been downright hard and some of the challenges have been pretty hard too. I didn't really spoil myself on much with the game though, so after I unlocked the 2nd chapter I was like "okay now that $40 is REALLY paying off" and I just unlocked MORE stages, and not to mention the little bonus 3D World stuff. I just dunno how people are blasting through this game so quick Yeah! I'm pushing 9 hours and still not done with episode 3. Plus something else I haven't seen mentioned - in addition to the diamonds and challenges, each level has a speedrun time. I haven't even started on those but that could be interesting if you like that kind of thing. I usually don't so I might not bother if it's particularly difficult. Anyway I am decidedly getting my money's worth.
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I would imagine that, if they were to release a WiiU Animal Crossing game, they would release an Animal Crossing amiibo series with Isabelle, other Villagers, and a bunch of the staple characters like Mable and Able, Kapp'n, etc. Do not even joke because I would buy some many lil figures of my favorite Animal Crossing villagers good lord. I'm also really interested in Captain Toad, but $40 makes just a bit hesitant. I doubt it will go on sale during the holidays, but I'll pick it up when I got some spare bucks. I like cute poo poo so I'm in.
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Regy Rusty posted:Yeah! I'm pushing 9 hours and still not done with episode 3. Plus something else I haven't seen mentioned - in addition to the diamonds and challenges, each level has a speedrun time. I haven't even started on those but that could be interesting if you like that kind of thing. I usually don't so I might not bother if it's particularly difficult. I dunno. I just recently passed up 9 hours and I've completed all but one challenge in the main game (the challenge for the final boss, I can hardly even find half the coins I need) and the vast majority of the postgame content, with challenges completed there, too. And it's not like I'm trying to rush through this thing - I've even gone back and done a few of the time trials.
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These posts are making my decision on whether or not to get this game tight now so hard.
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noirstronaut posted:These posts are making my decision on whether or not to get this game tight now so hard. It really is worth every penny. Yeah, it's a smaller game, but it comes at a reduced price tag. I'd probably still recommend it at a $59.99 price tag...but at $39.99 it's a no-brainer.
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