14 DAY TRIAL // Nintendo has decided to address its fans' frustration over the shortage of Amiibo figurines today, posting an informative statement on the subject.
The Amiibo toy line is selling so well that some people think it's doing too good. This, evidently, also led to some frustration, since not even the Big N itself managed to properly gauge the success of the plastic figurines.
Thus, many specific models are very hard to get, while others are in abundant supply, and a lot of people have found that selling the already overpriced trinkets at prohibitive prices on eBay is a lucrative endeavor.
A lot of fans decried Nintendo's attitude and poor planning, and the company has decided to let everyone know that things are going to improve, that it learned its lesson and now its shipping efforts have been ramped up in order to meet demands, and that many of the old models have gotten extra production runs, alongside the newly announced ones.
Nintendo is working to improve the entire Amiibo experience
Furthermore, the company is looking not only to bring back some of the old favorites but also to improve the value of the Amiibos in general, through low-cost cards instead of the more expensive figurines, as well as a new Wii U app that enables users to employ the NFC statues in the context of some classic scenes from NES and SNES games.
You can read the entire statement on Facebook, but the gist of it is that good times are coming. Nintendo is increasing its scheduled manufacturing runs and will adjust efforts according to demand in the future.
In case you're wondering what all the hubbub is about, Amiibo is the Japanese corporation's line of wireless communication enabled toys, designed for use with the Wii U and 3DS gaming devices, released at the end of 2014.
The thingamajigs work similarly to the Skylanders and Disney Infinity toy-to-life franchises developed by Activision and Disney, and fans are going nuts over them.
Using NFC (near field communication), they interact with video games, allowing users to access exclusive content, which makes their value increase over time, as Nintendo will likely package a ton of fan service items into its future releases.