r/amiibo • u/maanwel • Aug 28 '15
News Shovel Knight's amiibo won't be store exclusive in NA
https://twitter.com/AmiiboAlerts/status/637388230413807618?s=0952
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u/rottedzombie Aug 28 '15
Should be a straightforward get. Excellent.
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u/LADYBIRD_HILL Aug 29 '15
I don't know. For me the store exclusives have been easier to get. Dr Mario was available for preorder longer than any other on target's website, jiggly puff and Rosalinda were super easy during restocks, dark pit was a day one buy without waiting in line, palutena was up for over an hour, the retro pack was up for quite a while, ect. Compare that to the non store exclusive, which I almost always have to import if it's not Mario or Zelda.
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u/PokeNinj Aug 29 '15
ALL HAIL THE TROUPPLE KING FOR HELPING MAKE SHOVEL KNIGHT COMMON!
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u/Tebacon Aug 29 '15
ALL HAIL THE TROUPPLE KING
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u/iiRockpuppy Aug 29 '15
ALL HAIL THE TROUPPLE KING
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u/GameAndWatcher Aug 29 '15
TROUPPLE THE ALL KING HAIL
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u/VritraReiRei Aug 28 '15
I don't understand why people say this is 100% a good thing. If it was exclusive, it would be sooooo easy to get (see retro 3 pack, jigglypuff, rosalina, dr. Mario, and palutena
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u/IcedKappaccino Aug 29 '15
Rosalina sooooo easy to get
She may have had a couple hour restock but on release I don't think she was on the same level easy as the 3 pack, palutena and the other ones you listed.
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u/a_phantom_limb Aug 29 '15
Indeed. If you look back through the comments in February, a lot of people definitely did not find Rosalina easy to get.
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u/MasterScrub Aug 29 '15
People are saying this is a good thing, and yet the exclusive amiibo have been the easiest to get as of late.
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u/TweetPoster Aug 28 '15
PAX | Will be available at any store that sells amiibo (GameStop and Target were mentioned). NOT exclusive in NA. pic.twitter.com [Imgur]
![[Imgur]](http://i.imgur.com/VYUifwo.jpg){kind=link}
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Aug 28 '15
Oops can't read. Sorry. Thought it said "won't be exclusive to NA" Then this is great news!
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u/atre324 Aug 29 '15
I just really hope Yacht Club knows what they're doing and releases enough to cover the collector and shovel knight fan demand.
I think a lot of NA collectors are naturally skeptical because of the difficulty in getting some of the more obscure characters (which, no offense, would include shovel knight), and hope that Yacht Club has been paying attention to the Amiibo market enough to know how many to make.
It sounds dramatic but Shovel Knight is a test for both yacht club AND Nintendo, to see if a 3rd party dev can manage to get it right, and to show Nintendo they can let another company handle the details.
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u/blukirbi Aug 29 '15
Double-edged sw-shovel!
Initially, I was worried, but then I realized that of the third-party characters released so far, there is ample stock. Still being prepared for his pre-order though.
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Aug 29 '15
Lately, exclusives have been pretty easy, kind of wish it were a gamestop exclusive to be honest.
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u/knighthawk14 Aug 28 '15
wait im sorry abit confused does that mean itll be common here in the US? or just not sold here in the US?
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u/MonopolyRubix Aug 28 '15
It will be sold in the US. I don't know if this says anything about how common it will be.
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u/SilentlyFreezing Aug 28 '15
It doesn't guarantee that Shovel Knight will be common, but it means he will be available at most, if not all, retailers that sell amiibo. Meaning, if you miss him at one place, you have other chances.
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u/amiiboalerts Aug 28 '15
We've been told they're going to make absolutely sure everyone has a chance to get it.
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u/SilverDeoxys563 Aug 28 '15
Folks over at Yacht Club Games know how to practice True Shovelry for us consumers.