Super Mario amiibo - Gold Edition available on March 20 exclusively at Walmart
Feb. 26, 2015
Mario has always been golden in the minds of his fans. On March 20,
Nintendo will launch the Super Mario amiibo—Gold Edition, a shiny
gold-colored Mario figure that arrives on the same day as the Mario
Party 10 game for the Wii U console. The Super Mario amiibo—Gold Edition will be sold
exclusively at 3,000 Walmart stores in the U.S. at launch at a retail
price of $12.96.
Nintendo’s amiibo are interactive toys that come to life in compatible
games in different ways. This new golden figure represents the third
Mario amiibo. The other two Mario amiibo are:
- The original ‘fireball’ Mario from the Super Smash Bros. series.
- A new ‘wave’ Mario from the Super Mario series available on March 20, for a limited time bundled only with Mario Party 10.
The new gold-colored Mario amiibo is compatible with
multiple games that support amiibo. For example, Mario Party 10 features
a new amiibo Party mode that players can only access by tapping their
compatible amiibo figures on the Wii U GamePad controller to customize
them and bring them into the game as board pieces. Players can also
save items to their amiibo, then use them strategically. Or players can
train their amiibo to supercharge its stats and expand its abilities in
Super
Smash Bros. for Wii U or Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS. The
full list of compatible games and amiibo can be found at http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo/compatibility.
For more information about amiibo, visit http://www.nintendo.com/amiibo.
EDITOR'S
HYPERBOLE NOTE: I would love to get two of those. One to do an
unboxing of and maybe one to sell to collectors. Eh. Maybe not. I
dunno. Honestly though, the SILVER one that was leaked a long time ago
looks cooler. A few things to note, there are (at the time of this
press release) 4,304 Wal-Mart stores in the United States. Only
Wal-Mart Super Centers and Wal-Mart INC stores with an electronics
section will have these amiibos.
For the record, Wal-Mart Express, Wal-Mart Discount Stores, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets, Mercado de Wal-Mart, MAS CLUB, and Sam's Club are included in the 4,304 number; but excluded from the amiibo promotion.
PROTip: These are not actually rare, but people think they are and will pay a lot of money for them.
- Philip Wesley (Main Editor)
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DMG Ice.For the record, Wal-Mart Express, Wal-Mart Discount Stores, Wal-Mart Neighborhood Markets, Mercado de Wal-Mart, MAS CLUB, and Sam's Club are included in the 4,304 number; but excluded from the amiibo promotion.
PROTip: These are not actually rare, but people think they are and will pay a lot of money for them.
- Philip Wesley (Main Editor)
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