Collecting Amiibo can be quite difficult as some go out of stock almost the minute they are available while others are sold exclusively in select retailers instead of being sold everywhere. However, Nintendo of America has announced via Twitter that they are going to re-release six rare Amiibo at select retailers very soon.
The six Amiibo that will be restocked are: Fox, Little Mac, Shulk, Captain Falcon, Greninja and Lucario. However, the announcement did not confirm if these Amiibo will once again be exclusive to a specific retailer or if they will become more widely available.
Greninja and Lucario were exclusively sold at Toys'R'Us while Shulk was only available at EB Games and GameStop. However, a report from Destructoid indicates that the retailer-exclusive deal may be over as the three Amiibo have also been listed within Best Buy's database.
The report also explains that these Amiibo may be given the regular price tag of $12 as they will no longer be exclusively rare and will become more readily available for more consumers to purchase. Rare Amiibo can become quite expensive when sold on sites such as eBay, with Lucario currently listed at $39.
Restocking rare Amiibo, as stated in Destructoid, happens more frequently in Japan and in Europe, and gamers in North America often have to resort to importing the Amiibo that are no longer available in local retail stores.
However, the announcement does not state when these Amiibo will actually become available. Given that Nintendo of America stated they will be available soon, it is likely that they will be restocked in stores before the end of October of this year.
As reported by Polygon, Nintendo also restocked three other Amiibo previously this year: Marth, Ike, and Meta Knight. It is possible that Nintendo is slowly attempting to make up for the low supply of Amiibo, especially since many of their first-party games such as "Super Mario Maker" reward players who own a wide variety of Amiibo.
