{"id":13600,"date":"2015-06-19T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=13600"},"modified":"2015-06-06T16:51:46","modified_gmt":"2015-06-06T16:51:46","slug":"adios-amiibos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/19\/adios-amiibos\/","title":{"rendered":"Adios, Amiibos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AMIIBO_LOGO\"<\/a>So recently, Nintendo released another wave of their Amiibo figures. In the past, I was able to easily get all the Amiibo figures because I could reserve them at the nearby GameStop.\u00a0 But for this last wave, GameStop decided to change their reservation process and have it be all online.\u00a0 Even if you reserve them at the store.\u00a0 So now I had to compete with the entire country, not just one place.\u00a0 They WOULD have to do this on the wave that had the Amiibo I wanted most: Pac-Man!\u00a0 I thought my Amiibo collecting days were done, but thanks to the graciousness of a good friend of mine, he drove me around to a couple of stores on the morning that the new wave of Amiibo figures would be released.\u00a0 So I managed to get nearly all the ones I wanted!\u00a0 So here\u2019s a blog about them.\u00a0 Will this be my last Amiibo blog?\u00a0 Well, I guess we\u2019ll just have to see what the next wave brings.\u00a0 I would like to get Palutena, Zero Suit Samus, and Dr. Mario, and maybe catch up on exclusives like Meta Knight (not to mention upcoming Chibi Robo and Yarn Yoshi).\u00a0 But we\u2019ll just have to see when that time comes!<\/p>\n

Anyway, so here are the Amiibo figures I bought still in their boxes.\u00a0 We have Pac-Man, Wario, and Jigglypuff at the top, which I got at Target.\u00a0 Jigglypuff was the exclusive figure at Target.\u00a0 We could only pick two Amiibo figures at that store, which was lame, but luckily my friend let me buy his Wario that he picked out there.\u00a0 The dumb thing was that when I want back to Target a few hours later to pick up groceries, they still had some Splatoon 3-packs, Pac-Man, and Wario Amiibo figures!<\/p>\n

After that, we went to Wal-Mart and even though they had Amiibo figures in their computer system, they couldn\u2019t find them in the warehouse.\u00a0 A Nintendo sales person was there that I\u2019ve known for a very long time, and she suspected that a crooked Wal-Mart employee took off with them.\u00a0 That was a shame, but I did enjoy seeing the Nintendo sales rep again, and at Target I talked with a guy in line that I haven\u2019t seen since high school and we still remembered each other!\u00a0 Getting to talk with them and my friend who drove me around was definitely better than the Amiibo figures!\u00a0 They\u2019re the reason why I had so much fun shopping that morning!<\/p>\n

Speaking of shady Wal-Mart practices, I also managed to get a gold Mario thanks to a former Wal-Mart\/Sams employee.\u00a0 She said employees were snatching up the gold Marios and auctioning them off, and she got me one for 20 bucks.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really like that they did that, but you can\u2019t beat a rare Amiibo for 20 bucks.\u00a0 I got the rest of the Amiibo figures in this picture at a furniture store, of all places: the Splatoon 3-pack, Charizard, and Silver Mario.\u00a0 Anyway, sorry to go off on a tangent, but here are the figures in their boxes.<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_BOX\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Obviously, Pac-Man is my favorite of the Amiibo figures.\u00a0 In fact, when I went to Target later on that day, I picked up another Pac-Man Amiibo so I could have it in the box.\u00a0 I have a big Pac-Man collection of things I\u2019ve held on to even from when I was a kid.\u00a0 So this will be great in the collection.\u00a0 But I wanted one open Pac-Man so I can scan it and Wario into Mario Kart 8 to get the Mii racing outfits.\u00a0 The Pac-Man one is so cool, it might even replace Toad as my main racer in that game!\u00a0 Here is a closer shot of Pac-Man in the package:<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_PAC\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Oh yeah, one last straggler.\u00a0 On the afternoon of the new Amiibo release, Amazon was letting people order them in increments at certain time intervals.\u00a0 I managed to get a Lucina, but by the time I got Robin into my cart, they had ran out within seconds!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 So now all I\u2019m missing is Robin and the exclusives: Ness, Greninja, Meta Knight, and Lucario.\u00a0 I guess if anyone has those figures and wants to give them a good home, let me know in the comments section.\u00a0 Anyway, here\u2019s Lucina:<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_LUCINA\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So here are pictures of the Amiibo figures out of the box.\u00a0 First we\u2019ll do the main ones from Smash Bros.\u00a0 From left to right we have Lucina, Wario, Pac-Man, Jigglypuff, and Charizard.<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_GROUP\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Next are the Splatoon figures.\u00a0 When you scan these into the game, they unlock some extra single player missions.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t like that there was things in the game you couldn\u2019t get unless you had the Amiibo figures.\u00a0 So I wasn\u2019t going to buy the game unless I could get the 3-pack.\u00a0 I know some people would say I shouldn\u2019t buy the game at all for that reason, but you know, it\u2019s just a game and I don\u2019t want to cut off my nose to spite my face.\u00a0 So now I have the Splatoon game and it is very fun and might end up being my Game of the Year SO FAR when I write that blog sometime in July.\u00a0 It\u2019s an online shooter like Call of Duty, except you shoot ink and play as squid kids.\u00a0 The thing I like about the game is that it\u2019s very accessible and not intimidating at all, something Nintendo does well. A non-gamer could look at Splatoon and say, \u201cI can do this!\u201d\u00a0 And it\u2019s a great alternative for kids who want to play Call of Duty, but are too young for it.\u00a0 So anyway here are the girl, squid, and boy Splatoon Amiibo figures:<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_SPLAT\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And last I wanted to show off the details of some of these figures.\u00a0 I like how the Splatoon boy and girl have their ink cans on their backs, and splats of ink on the base of the figure.\u00a0 And check out Wario\u2019s symbol on the back of his jacket!<\/p>\n

\"AMIIBO_DETAIL\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Amiibo Tap: Nintendo\u2019s Greatest Hits<\/strong><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all of the Amiibo figures I got this time!\u00a0 Before I go, I thought I\u2019d briefly mention a new free download on the Wii U called Amiibo Tap: Nintendo\u2019s Greatest Hits.\u00a0 What you do is scan your Amiibo figures on the Wii U gamepad and it lets you play a short 3 minute demo of one of their classic NES or SNES games.\u00a0 If you scan the same figure again, you can play another short segment of the same game, like maybe a different level or boss battle.\u00a0 There are tons of games you can get.\u00a0 In fact, even with all my Amiibo figures, I only had a few left after completing the collection.\u00a0 It\u2019ll make you register your figures, too, so I guess that\u2019s an easy way to do that.\u00a0 It\u2019s too bad that scanning the figures doesn\u2019t unlock the WHOLE game, but I guess that would be too much to ask.\u00a0 It\u2019s just another way for Nintendo to sell figures and games on their Virtual Console, since there is a direct link to the eShop at all times here.\u00a0 But I guess if you wanted to show your kids a short quip of the games you enjoyed as a youngster, this might be a good way to do it.\u00a0 So I\u2019ll conclude this blog by listing all the games on Amiibo Tap.\u00a0 Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n

Super Mario Bros.<\/p>\n

Legend of Zelda<\/p>\n

Kirby\u2019s Adventure<\/p>\n

Metroid<\/p>\n

Super Mario World<\/p>\n

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past<\/p>\n

Kirby Super Star<\/p>\n

Super Metroid<\/p>\n

Super Mario Bros. 2<\/p>\n

Super Mario Bros. 3<\/p>\n

Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link<\/p>\n

Balloon Fight<\/p>\n

Super Mario Kart<\/p>\n

F-Zero<\/p>\n

Kirby\u2019s Dream Course<\/p>\n

Kirby\u2019s Dream Land 3<\/p>\n

Kid Icarus<\/p>\n

Super Mario Bros 2 (JPN)<\/p>\n

Excitebike<\/p>\n

Donkey Kong<\/p>\n

Wario\u2019s Woods<\/p>\n

Punch Out<\/p>\n

Clu-Clu Land<\/p>\n

Yoshi<\/p>\n

Mach Rider<\/p>\n

Wrecking Crew<\/p>\n

Ice Climber<\/p>\n

Pin Ball<\/p>\n

Dr. Mario<\/p>\n

Donkey Kong Jr.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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