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@erv There's no multiplayer crossover between the PC and Wii U.

@Mogster Sadly no local multiplayer or online co-op modes.

@kensredemption @BrizzoUK It's not cross platform unfortunately, Itagaki confirmed this in a FB Q&A...

@Bowser908 I believe Miyamoto is now the acting president of Nintendo, but I'm sure a permanent replacement will be found in good time.

Absolutely gutted. A true legend who did his absolute best for Nintendo right up until the very end.

@Aromaiden I concur, I certainly wouldn't put up with that. All he did was release some info, which was true to the best of his knowledge at the time.

Liam (of Unseen64) seems to of left social media for the time being due to death threats. The internet is a silly place sometimes.

@Jazzer94 Hear, hear!

Link's the worst amiibo hands down.

It does seem at this point that Zelda Wii U will be the Skyward Sword of the Wii U, i.e. the final blow-out for the system.

I'm hoping Nintendo will throw in a single player campaign with Super Mario Maker, as I can't really imagine it being released with just a batch of demo stages.

@outburst It looks incredible! Hopefully there'll be enough players online so that we get to experience those bizarre multiplayer modes.

What a surprise...

I'm having a blast with single player mode, I'm sure it'll be extended through DLC down the line.

The numbered cards don't necessarily mean they'll be blind packed. All of the Smash Bros. amiibo in Europe are numbered too.

This was one of my favourites on the GameCube, but I don't think I'd want to play through it again on the 3DS really. I'd happily welcome a new entry in the series though.

I agree that we need a portable Metroid but a remake of the SNES wouldn't be worthwhile.

Curve Digital games don't always come across very well in trailers, in my experience. So I'll definitely be checking this one out even though I'm not blown away.

This is great, I missed out when they first went up.

Wow, sold out already. That'll go down well...

That is ridiculous.

"I see. I think I learned another reason why developing this game took such a long time! (laughs)" - passive aggressive Iwata.

My local 'big' Tesco gave up on Nintendo a while back, now they only stock Sony, Microsoft, Skylanders and Disney Infinity products.

hand raised It's the only way I've been able to complete it for the last 15 years.

I didn't have too much of a problem with the surveys, they could easily be done in less than a minute if you already knew your most basic answers off by heart. Yeah, the rewards were never that great but it was nice to own a few of the special items they had on there, like the Classic SNES controller. In fact I've been hoping they'd re-add it to the catalogue but I doubt it'll happen now.

The cover plates made me go for the XL, I can't start collecting them as well as amiibos.

I think Robin and Lucina are going to end up having the hit and miss face problem like Marth had. Hopefully there'll be a larger amount produced due to their usage in S.T.E.A.M, although I'm not holding my breath. I wonder if the new Fire Emblem game will make use of them?

Scalpers won't see a penny from me. If I hadn't managed to purchase my Majora's Mask New 3DS earlier I'd of just gone without, albeit reluctantly.

I could of made a nice profit on a couple of Marth amiibos I had going spare (I'm fussy about paint jobs) but I just sent them back for a £10 refund each. I was sad to see so many people snapping up overpriced amiibo just before Xmas, a bit of savvy shopping could've saved them a lot of money.

@Saiorikins You're very welcome.

@llamareborn No problem.

Here's some Euro codes for anyone who's interested:

A076M1VP0F2GWMQH
A076N2UV0BX73RS5
A076Y3U41LG9QJDY

I can't see Nintendo releasing two of their biggest 3DS titles of 2015 on the same day to be honest. Majora's Mask was set for Spring, so I can't imagine they'd actually bring the date that far forward. I'm guessing their use in the poster is merely related to them having unique features on the New 3DS.

I'm liking that tagline.

Pah! I've not received the email, which is probably a good thing as I've had my sights on the new XL, so I'd be pretty torn right now.

I remember that Mortal Kombat artwork from the glory days. Totally forgot that Noel Fielding was Raiden though...

I was all over this until I saw that preorders were excluded from the offer.

I'd personally go Luigi over Mario, it flows a tiny bit better.

Placed my order with Game just now, albeit reluctantly. Gotta have me some Captain Toad in time for Xmas though.

I picked up Zelda on Friday and the rest are on preorder bar Luigi. I figured there was no rush picking him up, as I can't see him being discontinued any time soon.

@KeeperBvK Well if Amazon and the official Nintendo store are both out of pre-orders it doesn't bode very well does it? Especially if you consider the GameCube Controller Adapter fiasco, i.e. some of those with pre-orders still haven't received theirs.

If your in Bristol don't bother checking Game for any second wave amiibos. Broadmead has Mario, Samus and Fox, Galleries just has Mario behind the counter. If you like Skylanders or Disney Infinity though they seem to be taking up more shelf space than actual games.

@KeeperBvK Nope, but all pre-orders have been removed for him.

@BLPs Wave four in Europe.

Little Mac seems to be sold out everywhere in the UK, I guess people are getting savvy about snapping up the least popular characters.

I got my Marth through the post today (thanks Tesco) and although his face is fine, there are a few tiny scuffs to the paint job on his belt and shoulder. I'll keep hold of it for now until I track down another one, but in future I'll probably order two amiibos at a time and return the lesser quality one.

@Lizuka Koji Kondo was only responsible for composition in the first New Super Mario Bros. game, in all the later ones he's acted as sound supervisor.

@Emaan I don't believe he's been announced yet.

If they made one I'd buy it. Do I think it'd do well? Probably not as they'd most likely have to form a partnership, something we all know isn't one of Nintendo's strongest points.

I for one am pleased about this, new Koji Kondo music is way better than a having a music editor.

I see there's a few 'sets' that have been listed on eBay this evening, containing the three amiibos mentioned in this article...