After about six months of the amiibo hassle, and a daily constant barrage of angry tweets on Twitter from fans, Nintendo has finally stepped up to the plate and addressed the issue. Some had expected Nintendo to address this at the previous two Nintendo Directs, but hey, at least they did. Here’s what they had to say:
“We appreciate the enthusiasm that our fans continue to show toward amiibo. Sales for the product have exceeded our expectations. We understand how frustrating it can be at times if consumers are unable to find certain figures, and we apologize for that.
We’re trying to meet the demands of our fans and consumers by increasing the amount of amiibo we manufacture and ship to retail. We may continue to see consumer demand outpace supply levels for certain characters at times, but we will do our best to prevent that from happening.
As our library of amiibo continues to grow, some figures will be easier to find than others. We are constantly looking for the opportunity to reissue amiibo and are already making plans to bring back some currently out-of-stock amiibo figures. Stay tuned for details.
Nintendo plans to make it easier for consumers to know when new amiibo are on the way, through Nintendo press announcements, timely updates on our social media channels and working closely with retailers.
We remain committed to keeping amiibo affordable and easy to access as a platform to enhance game-play experiences. These plans include Animal Crossing amiibo cards that will become available by the end of 2015, and a free-to-download app for Wii U called amiibo tap: Nintendo’s Greatest Bits that launched on April 30, 2015, that lets consumers enjoy playable scenes from certain NES and Super NES games with amiibo.”
So it sounds like some amiibo will even be getting a second run. Maybe now I can grab that Little Mac amiibo I missed out on, or even that new Villager Nintendo restocked in Japan, which means we might see it here at some point. Hopefully now this means Wave 4 won’t be as bad as the preorders make it out to be, with them selling out within minutes. (I’m looking at you Ness, Greninja and Jigglypuff). Even if things don’t get better immediately, at least Nintendo is communicating with us and that’s a great start. So there you have it, what do you think?
