With the release of Wave 2 split further by Captain Falcon not arriving at some locations at the same time as others, getting all the amiibo you want for Super Smash Bros. and other Nintendo games is turning out to be a harder task than it should be. No one wants to risk the chance of missing out on their favorite character and with the recent pre-order troubles from Toys R Us, sometimes pre-ordering on the day of announcement isn’t even enough.
If you’re still hunting for amiibo to complete your collection, remember that the NowInStock amiibo tool watches the online pages for several retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Toys R Us, and Walmart to determine where the stock is for those amiibo. If you’re having trouble finding a specific amiibo, you can set up alerts at all of the stores where it is sold and the tool will email or text you as soon as their pages refresh. It even lets you know when figures are still up for pre-order, so you can get those out of the way.
The tool did a wonderful job alerting me of Captain Falcon being back in stock at GameStop this morning, but the stock was literally picked clean within a few minutes. You have to be fast in order to use it, but it can mean the difference between getting the amiibo you want and being left without it.