#surprise rosalina u get a Baby

[duelingoddesses]

alt!

(muse: aubrey from OMORI)

               { 🎀 } ❝ wow... your dress is so pretty! it's all sparkly, like stars! ❞

forgetting both her manners and her sense of personal space, the young girl walks up to the taller woman and begins to look over her dress with wide eyes that sparkled just like the dress itself.

❝ where'd you get a dress like this? i wanna buy one for myself! oooh, and maybe one for mari too! we could be matching! i bet she'd love that! ❞

she excitedly clutches the eggplant plush in her hands close to her chest as she waits (impatiently) for an answer.

[angelanika]

How Bizarre Pt.3

<<<Part 2                                      

Chapter Warnings: Toxic Relationships, Sugar daddy/baby relationship, cheating, cursing, implied sexual activity, depictions of racial discrimination

Your new job is how you would describe as very...eventful.

While most of the girls catered to Mr.Hara in more thrilling ways, you took it upon yourself to look after Prince and actually do some tidying up around the place, which Mr.Hara was extremely grateful for.

And being the generous magician that he is, he then materialized said gratitude into dollar bills.

One Saturday evening after you had tucked Prince in and all of the girls had left, you placed a steaming plate in front of an exhausted Mr.Hara who instantly pulled you into his lap.

The house was eerily quiet for a place that’s usually buzzing with excitement but you kinda enjoyed the peace.

You made yourself comfortable as he holds you tight against his broad chest and rests his head on your shoulder, letting out a deep sigh. 

His sleek, black hair was untidy and a few top buttons of his shirt had been undone but overall, the man just looked SEXY.

“Rough day?” you ask softly.

“Yeah,” he groans. “Thank you for the meal princess.”

“My pleasure.”

You hop off his lap to allow him to eat and he ushers you to sit down next to him. 

As he finished, you sprung up to collect the plate but he stopped you and told you to just sit back down for a minute.

You were confused.

“So,” he finally began,”My wife is coming back tomorrow.” 

Well isn’t this fucker just full of surprises...

“WIFE?!” you exclaimed, “You told me you were divorced!”

“Divorced……..in my mind.”

This bitch.

You felt totally betrayed, stupid and almost disgusted with yourself. You wanted to slap him across his cheek, spit in his face and walk out right then and there but... you didn’t.

You knew that finding a new job that paid just as well quickly would be extremely difficult, especially when the employers here were always reluctant to hire...people like you…

You basically had to fight for your last job and even after all that struggling, they still didn’t pay you well.

Mr.Hara watched the anger wash away from your face, being replaced with that of just annoyance and uncertainty of what to do next.

Taking notice of your semi-cooldown, he figured it was ok to continue, “She was dealing with some international relations for the Hero’s Commission abroad and was gone for quite a bit, but as i said, she’ll be back tomorrow so I have to make some changes.”

You rolled your eyes and sighed, plopping your exhausted body down in the luxury dining chair, holding your aching head in your hands.

 “Ok, so what does that mean for me?” You asked without even looking up.

Mr.Hara adjusted in his chair a bit and cleared his throat, “ahem well obviously I can’t have all the girls here anymore, so I let them go.”

Your face flew up, “Even Lada?”

“Yes, sorry, I know you two had gotten close.”

You only sighed and dropped your head again as he continued.

“But I would like for you to stay if you don’t mind.” 

Seeing that you were the only one who really worked around the house and took care of Prince, it made sense. 

With his wife around, his little “maids” are gonna have to actually do some housework and that’s where you come in.

“My wife will probably try to cut your pay but don’t worry, I’ll still top up your account and such. So what do you say princess?”

You remained quiet.

“I understand if you want to go,” Mr.Hara said quickly during your silence, sitting up and reaching for your hand, “but it would be a real help if you sta-”

“fine.” you whispered.

Relief washed over the unnecessarily attractive man and he was finally able to relax back down in his seat.

But just as he slouched back down, you swiftly jumped up.

“But if she’s a bitch then I want extra,” you argue.

Mr.Hara immediately laughed at this and dragged you into his lap once more,

 “Well I guess I’ll be paying you extra princess.”

*   *  *

The next day, just as he had promised, Mrs.Hara arrived.

She had long manicured nails and shiny jewelry to match. Her silky dark hair rested by her slim waist adorned with an expensive diamond clip. She looked a tad younger than Mr.Hara himself but her stare was just as intimidating.

The minute she stepped through the door, the whole atmosphere changed drastically and it was plain as day that their relationship hadn’t a single drop of romance.

You wondered if it arranged for connections or convenience or something like that but then again, that ain’t none of your business.

"Welcome home," Mr Hara stated plainly.

“Mm thanks" she boredly replied.

She huffed while taking off her brown fur coat, to which he makes no effort to assist and you laughed to yourself at the thought of how eager he is to remove other women’s clothing.

"Where's Rosalina? I need a massage."

"Actually…” Mr.Hara began, “Ms.Rosalina was getting a little old and had served us well for years so I let her go." 

Mrs.Hara glared at him.

He then grabbed your shoulders and presented you in front of her.

"This is Y/N L/N, our new maid" 

The terrifying woman finally acknowledged your presence.

She eyed you up and down and up and down.

The sass in you was aching to do the same to her and turn up your nose, but u suppressed to urge. 

"Hm," she finally says, "at least she looks the part."

TF SHE MEAN BY THAT?!?!

"Ok Y/N, I'm not comfortable with you touching me just yet, so fix up a plate for me quickly, I'm starving. I don't care what it is." 

"Ok," you said ready to walk off.

"Oh and one more thing....its Yes Mrs.Hara"

As you strolled passed Mr.Hara to slip into the kitchen, you quickly tapped his shoulder and whispered, "Remember. Extra."

* * *

It had been a little over 2 months since Mrs.Hara's arrival and you were balancing working at the house and the daycare pretty well.

When you finally arrived at the mansion one Friday to complete your evening work, you immediately noticed a missing luxury car from the massive driveway.

"Mrs.Hara," you spoke, "should i prepare the dinner table for you and your husband now or will he be out a bit later?"

She straightened up from her lounging position on the couch and looked up from her phone to face you.

"Oh yeah, about that. I kicked him out." 

Huh?

Your soul left your body.

Fly high y/n 🕊

"W-what do you mean you kicked him out?" You damn near shouted. Your voice laced with desperation and your eyes wide and shaky.

Mr.Hara was the only reason you kept this job, the only thing getting you through this job!

She turned to you with a raised brow, confused as to why this would bother you so much.

"I caught the old dirtbag sleeping around so I kicked him out," she explained calmly.

 "Frankly I knew he always had other girls in our bed and I was with other men," she laughed, "but I got tired of it, you know, so I kicked him out." 

You felt sick.

"P-please excuse me," you mutter.

Mrs.Hara only gave you a small nod before plugging back in her earbuds and turning to her phone.

You dashed towards your small chambers and immediately took out yours.

"Please pick up! Please pick up! Please pick up!" You chanted into the device as it rang.

The number you have dialed is unavailable. Please tr-

Fuck...

“Come on you dirty bastard! Pick up! Pick up!”

The number you have dialed is unavailabl-

FUCK!!

You probably tried to call Mr.Hara’s phone at least 74 times that evening and each time there was no answer. 

You didn't have anyone to ask for a possible new number.

The extra cash suddenly stopped being deposited into your account 

And honestly, now you were just tired.

Rumour has it that he left everything behind to go live his best life in the tropical paradise of Jamaica soaking up the sun, sand and sea and fully enjoying the Caribbean girls and culture. 

You laughed to yourself as you thought about all these bizarre events that took place throughout the year and landed you where you are now.

All you could do was laugh at this point.

You looked back at the list Mrs.Hara had left on the table for you this morning, mentally ticking off "Make Lemonade" as you placed the 2 jugs in the large refrigerator.

"Ok y/n," you said to yourself, "time for the cupcakes! Ouuu Prince is gonna love these!" 

As you zoomed through the kitchen, as busy as a bee, Bakugou was on the other side of town casually strolling through the hotel you had left just hours before.

“Did you enjoy your stay, Ground Zero?” asked the polite lobby boy as he opened the large glass door for the hero.

“Yeah Yeah Whatever,” Bakugou grumbled while pulling up his dark sunglasses.

But he was in a better mood than most days and was feeling generous. 

Before he slipped through the door, he stopped and pulled out his wallet, “And uh, here’s a tip- WHAT THE FUCK?!”

Lobby boy: 👁👄👁

“WHERE TF IS MY MONEY?!”

“Umm sir...we’re gonna need you to lower your voi-”

“STFU and take this,” Bakugou yelled while shoving a $20 bill into the boy's hand.

The boy went on to thank the Pro Hero but Bakugou was already storming out the door and throwing himself into his car.

“I’m sure I had a few other hundred bucks in here, where the fuc-……...THAT BITCH!”

It all finally came back to him.

“THAT SNEAKY FUCKING BITCH! Ohhhh when I get my hands on the slu-”

*Brrrrr Brrrrr*

Bakugou continued to curse under his breath as he aggressively shifted around in the car to grab his phone from his back pocket, “Tch. What is it shittyhair?!”

“Hey Man!” Kirishima chirped, “Just reminding you about the kid’s birthday party today.”

“HAH?! The fuck you talking about? It’s my day off!”

“Uh well no, not really. You agreed to show up for the kid’s party today at 4, remember?”

Bakugou finally took a glance at the notifications on his phone, revealing the 20+ reminders from his assistant and notes in his calendar. 

Oh yea this shit to make him lOoK bEttEr iN tHe pUbLic eYE.

“AGHHH!! Fine...I’m on my way. I just need to go home and grab my costume.”

“You’re not at home?”.

“No shittyhair, I’m at a hotel.”

“What are you doing at a hote- OHHH!” Bakugou could practically hear Kiri’s smirk through the phone, “so you finallyyy got laid, huh?”

“Shut the hell up! It hasn’t been that long shittyface!”

“Its shittyhai-”

“WHATEVERTHEFUCK”

“Haha alright man,” Kiri laughed, “Just hurry up ok? I’m pulling up now and these people are LOADED!”

Bakugou started up his car and put Kirishima on speaker as he began to drive.

“Yeah ok whatever, just send the address.”

“Alright man, will do…...wait, HOLY SHIT Bro!”

“What is it?!” Bakugou barked.

“Aye man, make sure you dress well! The maid setting up here is SMOKING HO-”

*Beep* Call Ended

“Tch. Fucking dumbass…”

A/N: wheww what a piece of drama! Sorry if this seemed rushed, I really wanted to get the backstory out there, without taking away from the main plot 😅 Thanks for all the support, sorry for the wait but sit back, things are gonna get heated🤪

Taglist:

@jazzylove @blkirishima @lovinthesiz3 @lasnaro @starrylustrousastraea @thanx-idonttry

[starryeyed-char]

On Your Marks

More of the YouTuber AU!!! Find this series here on my AO3.

This is more fluff, but don’t worry I have a lot of angsty plans for this, too. Plus, lots of unrelated things coming up are also full of angst. So look forward to that, I guess. Or don’t, depending on how you look at it.

This particular one-shot features Lance, Keith, and Hunk all making an appearance on Pidge’s channel, and the four of them play Mario Kart. As you can probably guess, they all take it pretty seriously. ...hopefully you won’t be confused if you’ve never played the game.

“Hello, fellow nerds, and welcome to Pidge Plays,” Pidge began in a deadpan voice, staring at the camera blankly. “Today we're playing a game from one of the most haunting periods of the human race— Lance's childhood.”

“Wow, what a great way to introduce guests on your channel, Pidge. I could learn a thing or two from you,” Lance said, with obvious false cheer.

“As you guys can see, I have visitors,” they swept their hand at the three other people seated on the couch. “Hunk and Lance's channels will be in the description, but don't check them out because they suck. Keith's not actually a YouTuber, but you guys seemed to want him here, anyway.”

“I only came because Lance said you needed a fourth player,” Keith muttered under his breath.

“If you, for some reason, neglected to read the title to this video, then we're playing Mario Kart!” Hunk finally spoke up, doing jazz hands. Pidge shot him an unimpressed glare.

“I could be continuing my Undertale Let's Play,” they grumbled. “But nooo! If I want to get invited to come bake with Hunk, I have to let you guys come into my house and play Wii!”

“Don't... don't you mean Wii U?”

“Keith, you poor uneducated swine,” Pidge started, earning a snort from Lance. “Yes, there is a Wii U version of Mario Kart. And I, naturally, am a beast at it. But the original Wii version is much better, so that's what we're playing.”

“I like the newer one better,” Keith claimed, sitting back on the couch with his arms crossed.

“Well, you're on my channel now, bitch,” Pidge declared with a grin. “And I'm not gonna let you do whatever the hell you want, unlike loverboy over here.”

Lance pointedly ignored their comment. “He just likes the newer one because we own it, and he's managed to beat me at it, like, once.”

“The Wii U version has underwater races, and parts where you get to fly!” Keith argued. “And more characters!”

“Keith Kogane, Mario Kart elitist,” Pidge said flatly.

“Sorry, Keith, but the original is way better. You'll see,” Hunk started up the game, going through the motions of the menu. “Solo or Team?”

“Keith and I make a pretty good team,” Lance smirked at his boyfriend. “But he never does anything.”

“We're doing solo races, asshats,” Pidge seized the Player One remote from Hunk as they said this, making the settings as hard as they could possibly go.

“I'm better at Battles,” Hunk informed them mournfully, as the character select screen appeared. He almost immediately chose Baby Mario, while Pidge's cursor was on Toad in a heartbeat. The two of them had clearly played this game numerous times before.

Lance stalled in favor of watching Keith with an amused expression.

“This is why we should've played the other one,” Keith grumbled. “The character I like to use isn't even here!”

“What, Shy Guy? With the creepy mask and red cloak?” Lance failed to repress a laugh. “Oh man, what a shame. You could just be Bowser instead. He's angry, and breathes fire. The villain of the story. Definitely gives off a you vibe, don't you think?”

Keith rolled his eyes, and selected a different character. “I'll just be him.”

“What the f—?! But Koopa Troopa is my character, Keith!”

“You don't have to censor yourself on my channel, Lance. I curse all the time,” Pidge assured him, stifling a laugh.

Keith looked like he was trying not to betray his own amusement. “You wanted me to be a turtle, didn't you?”

“Yes, but not my turtle!” Lance exclaimed, exasperated. He eyed the screen again, and sighed dramatically. “Pidge, can't you be Toadette? Toad is my second favorite, and they're basically the same.”

Pidge narrowed their eyes. “Fuck you. I'll be whatever gender mushroom person I want. If they're so similar, why don't you be Toadette?!”

Lance tapped a finger to his chin thoughtfully. “If I'm going to be a girl character, then it's go big or go home,” he decided, moving his cursor over to Rosalina. “Literally.”

“Oh, not Rosalina!” Hunk complained. “The star is so distracting, and not just for you, man!”

“The star is cool,” Lance insisted. “Besides, you guys forced me into this.”

Pidge nodded grudgingly. “As long as you're not Princess Peach. I've had enough of racing against her to last me a life time.”

At Lance's confused look, Hunk elaborated. “Shiro and Allura were here the other week to play this on a live-stream. Allura decided to play as Princess Peach, and she was... unusually good at the game, for a beginner.”

“So who was Shiro, then?” Keith asked curiously.

“Funky Kong,” Pidge supplied. “At least he made an effort to be ironic with his choice.”

Lance scoffed. “Why am I not surprised?”

“Hey, you're using Rosalina,” Pidge pointed out. “Anyway, what races should we do? There are four in a cup, so we all pick one.”

“Koopa Cape,” Lance said immediately. “It's the best one.” Pidge nodded appreciatively, and selected the race.

“So, what're we playing for, anyways?” Hunk asked as he maneuvered around a particularly sharp turn. “Other than just bragging rights?”

“Do we honestly need anything other than bragging rights?” Lance grinned as his character rocketed to the front of the pack.

“I was thinking that whoever loses has to pay for the pizza we get,” Pidge suggested. “Assuming you guys want pizza.”

“Now I wish we had pizza with us, like, right now,” Hunk complained. “But seems fair to me.”

“Are you guys serious?” Keith groaned. He was nearing the back after getting a false start. “That basically guarantees I'll be paying for it!”

“Don't you mean I'll be paying for it?” Lance glared at Keith before fixing his eyes on the screen once again. “This idiot didn't even remember bring his wallet, so I'm going to have to pay for him, as usual. Still love him though, even if he's completely hopeless.”

Keith slumped further into the couch, blushing.

“You two sicken me,” Pidge declared. “But, yeah, sorry Lance you'll probably end up paying. Ooh, hey, second lap!”

They didn't make it very far past the starting line again before Lance had bumped both Keith and Pidge off the side of the cliff, sending their racers into the water below.

“That's cheating!” Keith exclaimed angrily, turning his wheel so forcefully that his newly resurrected turtle drove directly into a wall.

Lance merely shrugged, still in first place. “Hey, don't look at me. You guys are the ones that decided to be small characters, and as a large character, I can easily knock you off the course. Not my problem.”

“How about I just knock you off the couch?” Pidge asked, kicking Lance in the back to send him onto the floor. They were somehow still in third place, even after dying.

“Hey!” Lance protested. “Real life interference is cheating!”

“Why don't you knock Hunk off?” Keith demanded, now managing to race backwards. He was quickly in last place. “He's the one in second, and Baby Mario is a small character, too! If I lose, you'll be the one paying!”

“You're going to lose anyway,” Lance pointed out. “And why would I ever knock Hunk off? I need him there to intercept all the items the computer tries to throw at me.”

“I feel so loved,” Hunk sighed. “Luckily, I keep getting bananas.”

“Intercept this,” Pidge said suddenly, and they all heard the telltale sound-effect of a blue shell taking flight.

“No!” Lance desperately zigzagged around the course, trying to race faster despite his lack of mushrooms, as if he could somehow outrun it. “But I had a lead! How could you do this to me, Pidge?”

Pidge just cackled in response as the winged shell exploded on Lance, giving them just enough time to pass both him and Hunk, winding up in first place. Pidge stood on the couch, holding their Wii remote up high.

“What's next?” Hunk asked, patting Lance on the back, who was still scowling into his bowl of chips.

Keith scanned the names of the races. “Well... Moonview Highway sounds kind of fun?”

“Absolutely not,” Pidge and Lance said at the exact same time.

“Keith hasn't played this version before, and therefore should be stripped of all voting rights,” Lance decided. “Moonview Highway is an abomination.”

“Not as bad as Grumble Volcano, but agreed,” Pidge nodded. “Hunk, you choose the next race.”

“Maple Treeway?”

Lance bolted straight up. “No. Pidge knows all these crazy shortcuts on that one! They'll destroy us all!”

“Too late. We're doing Maple Treeway. This is my channel, and if you don't like it, then go back to your own.”

“Rude,” Lance sniffed, but he picked up his controller and started racing anyways.

“If you think Pidge cheated, tell us in the comments,” Lance stage-whispered to the camera. They were still doing a victory dance around the living room in time with the music from the game. Pidge, of course, had won, with Lance and Hunk coming in second and third, respectively.

“I hate this game,” Keith mumbled. He came in twelfth place. Out of twelve.

“Let's do a Battle, then!” Hunk suggested. “Coin Runners! Lance and I against you two.”

“You're pairing me up with Keith?” Pidge squawked, incredulous. “He'll drag the team down. He won't be able to get a single coin! I'll lose for sure.”

“Hey!”

“You're more than capable of carrying the team, Pidge,” Lance waved a hand dismissively. “I might even go easy on you.” He winked at Keith, who promptly ignored him.

“We're the red team,” Keith decided, and Pidge nodded eagerly.

“That makes us blue, buddy,” Lance grinned at Hunk, and high-fived him. “We got this.”

Lance and Hunk won by a long-shot, as Hunk was much better at Battles than Pidge, and Keith was absolutely hopeless at steering. Pidge turned off the Wii before their victory ceremony, however, to prevent Lance from doing a dance of his own.

“Alright, well, screw my plans for next week,” Pidge decided, pointing in all of their faces. “You three are coming over again, along with Shiro and Allura. I demand a rematch, and we're doing it tournament style. The winner between us will play the two of them. Team Versus racing, and I refuse to team up with Keith.”

Lance dusted off his shoulders with a smirk. “Don't worry, Pidge, we'll—”

“I meant that I want to team up with Hunk,” Pidge interrupted bluntly, giving him a high five as they said so.

Lance clutched his chest. “I'm wounded!” Hunk smiled apologetically.

“Sorry, Lance,” Keith shrugged. “Guess you're stuck with me.”

“I always am,” he huffed, before leaning closer to his boyfriend and speaking in an exaggerated whisper. “Don't worry, Keith, my little sister still owns the game. We'll make sure you're actually somewhat decent at it by next week.”

“Can't wait,” Keith deadpanned, far from thrilled at the prospect of spending the next week racing against Lance's fifteen-year-old sister.

“So we're all in?” Pidge asked excitedly, and the three of them nodded.

“Believe me, I'd never miss a chance to destroy you guys at Mariokart,” Lance laughed, and stood to walk out the door. “Now, let's go get some pizza.”

[extraquarterblog]

The mysterious nature of Amiibo

Amiibo have easily become one of Nintendo most unique, creative and questionable ideas in years. While the rest of the Industry has pursued a path of downloadable content that is easily reachable, with a few simple clicks from the comfort of your sofa, you can download a plethora of DLC that's available. Nintendo however, decided to take a different direction for this.

Nintendo, always looking to take a distinct approach, constantly thinking outside of the box, decided to take a play from its roots. While it's commonly known, people often forget, Nintendo was a Toy company. Well, technically, Nintendo was many things throughout the 1900s, getting most attention in the 1960s, making playing cards and then in the 70s really started to plant the first gaming seeds, which would grow into the company we recognize it of today.

So Nintendo making Toy figures of everyone favorite characters is actually a brilliant idea. Who doesn't mind official, beautiful crafted figures right? Nintendo then takes a modern approach by applying a simple NFC chip inside the base of each figure, when placed atop of the Wii U Gamepad or New 3DS, reads the chip information and unlocks new content with compatible games. 

Many called it Physical DLC, and on paper it does appear that, but what I do enjoy is that where DLC is strictly attached to one game, Amiibo in theory can be universal. Long as Nintendo supports an Amiibo figure, you can unlock additional content across multiple titles. But as I said, long as its supported that is. 

When first hearing about Amiibo and learning about the course Nintendo was taking with them, I was delighted but not sold on it. I would much rather spend my money on other things and honestly, at the time, only one game supported Amiibo anyways. Not really something worth burst through store doors to get. Though the whole idea of figures unlocking content was a pretty novel idea, you would figured it be pretty cut dry and simple. Nintendo makes figures, you buy it, tap it on your Wii U and your done. 

Oh, how quickly everything went off the tracks.

Is Nintendo cursed, or is it Nintendo can't get a single project off the ground smoothly, whatever the reason, Amiibo, when releasing out to the public has been nothing short of a frustrating train wreck that for the life of me, couldn't quite understand. I kid you not, I wouldn't be surprised in the least if a Hollywood producer somewhere is writing up a story around these little figures and just how painful they are to come by for the fans, and for the fans who actually own a Wii U.

Let me break down the odd reality of the world with Amiibo.

"Previously, you couldn't purchase all the Amiibo from one source"

So let's say, you recently purchased a Wii U, and eagerly excited to start collecting Amiibo figures to use. Well, I hope you have plenty of gas in your tank cause you will be driving to multiple different stores. Nintendo cooked up this brilliant plan to have various Amiibo's exclusive to different stores. For example, if you wanted Shulk, you would have to shop at Gamestop, if you wanted Rosalina, you have to go to Target. What's that? You want Lucario? You have to find a ToysRus for that. 

Why did Nintendo come up with this idea? !@#$ if I know. Basically, in the end, for a few different Amiibo's, all conveniences are simply stripped away, You will have to put in some serious effort on foot if you wanted to purchase in-store, that is if a store even has availability. Not to sound lazy, it's not difficult to drive up to a store or two, see what they have in stock. But when it comes to Amiibo, you'll find yourself traveling across town, several times over just for a few. 

While it's tempting to simply shop at Amazon or other online retailers, you will end up paying prices far above MSRP listing for it. Making it incredibly frustrating, when you simply want to buy select Amiibo for the price Nintendo gives on it. So either you cave in and buy from Amazon or Ebay or you'll be driving across the state in hopes to find that at least one retailer has the figure you're looking for. 

Nintendo barley prints any, let alone restock

You're stuck in the office, the meeting will run over the scheduled time and won't be able to leave till much later. Not to worry, very skillfully, like a Ninja, you pull out your phone, slowly and carefully, you shop online to place an order to buy an Amiibo. What's this? The availability is none? There must be some mistake. You try to remain your composure, or the boss will notice your not writing down notes. You start feverishly looking for in-store availability, but alas, all stores with-in a 100 mile radius, also show none available...

Story aside, for many Amiibo figures, it's like winning the lottery. Which absolutely no one saw coming. Why no one expected Amiibo to be so big? Simple, to date there's been 9.2 million Wii U units sold and only the New 3DS units can use Amiibos. Realistically, world-wide, there's only around 10 million people who actually have a need/use for Amiibo. If I were to break down the numbers down to per region, per state, per area code. There's only a few people in each area that have a specific need for Amiibo.

And yet there's literally people waiting outside stores to open, to be the first at a chance to buy Amiibo. Worse yet, Amazon had to list very specific instructions on how to purchase Amiibos; when they're available, and for only certain time slots of listed days. 

What the hell? I'm just trying to buy a plastic figure that costs around $12.99, this isn't Super Bowl tickets or VIP concert tickets. And yet magically, despite there only being so many Wii U owners, the mass amount of traffic online, for when the next wave of Amiibo comes out, has caused stress for online retailers. 

Who knows the reasons, but Nintendo is either asleep at the wheel or they feel the need to only produce a limited amount, which sadly, are the perfect conditions for a certain species to breed...

Amiibo are a Scalpers paradise

Nintendo more or less gave all the key ingredients for Scalpers to have a prime opportunity to make some easy serious cash. We know there's only so many Wii U/New 3DS owners, not near enough to cause online retailers' server problems or every store in the country to have Amiibos stripped off the shelves.

No, this is the massive success of Scalpers. Nintendo over the past few years have truly been the go-to company for Scalpers, due to Nintendo silent cryptic nature when it comes to availability and stock. Are the prime ingredients for anyone wanting to make a quick buck selling online. What also makes it so easy is the low cost investment. While $12.99 for a single figure might be expensive if you were just wanting a new outfit for an in game character, but for a scalper, that's friggen cheap compared to buying cell phones or consoles. 

To highlight just how targeted Amiibo are, in the UK a truck filled with special editions Splatoon Amiibos was stolen. 

Now, yes, there's plenty of other people who have interest in Amiibos that don't own a Wii U or New 3DS, and there's nothing wrong with that, like I said, who doesn't want a cool figure of a Pokemon or Link? It's just the combination or limited release with Scalpers that make it hell for anyone.

Nintendo remains quiet on how it handles Amiibo

As if the scalpers, multiple store shopping and limited quantity weren't a headache already, if you were looking answers from Nintendo, you won't get many. Rare is it for Nintendo to publicly state on Amiibo orders, quantity and releases. With each coming wave of Amiibo launches, Nintendo continues to promise the same broken song, that next time, it will be better. Same results every time. 

Its why Scalpers love Nintendo, the company does little to address issues known or relies on retailers to react to customer complaints. Now, it is possible, Nintendo had no idea Amiibo were going to be this big, that the amount it pinned to make would previously thought to be more than enough. However, the amount of people being vocal across social networks is pretty alarming. Too big for a company like Nintendo to ignore. 

Or maybe it's a brilliant play from Nintendo, an extreme measure of supply and demand. Have it appear they're making Amiibo raining from the sky and the demand is just so hot, there's no possible way they can produce enough. I'll give Nintendo a slight benefit of the doubt on this, but judging just how pressed everyone is for various Amiibo figures and being little hard facts from Nintendo to go by. Tells me Nintendo is dangling the Amiibo carrot in front of everyone. 

Amiibo Rare? Collectors items?

Generally, whenever something hot hits the market, Toys, cards, electronics ect, and because the items are tough to get a hold off, people quickly presume its because it's extremely rare and should be held as collectors items. Always makes me cringe when I hear Collectors Item, as so often history has shown, it's not. 

I remember how Tamagotchi, Furbies, Pokemon Cards, Beanie Babies, and so on, were held as collector items back in the day. That they would hold value and be worth something great years later. Yet here we are today, and many of the hot previous toys of yesterday, really haven't held their value, though not to say all are worthless, there will always be a few select items out of the batch that fans are willing to shell out for, but the mast majority, you'll be lucky to break even. True collectibles are rare in nature, and generally don't become collecting worthy until many years later, long past the hot crave. For example, let's look at Rosalina, the rare and limited released item to Target. Let's just see how rare it is on Ebay.

Well, would you look at that over 190 Rosalina Amiibo available. Not really something I would consider "Rare", and if you have been paying attention to prices, as more and more become increasingly available, prices drop. If you want to talk about Rare, try collecting Neogeo AES titles, then get back to me. 

And sadly, most of those figures remained sealed with their packaging, never to breath the fresh air and be used on a Wii U. Truly a shame. 

Wrapping up

Ok, I've ranted on long enough. Amiibo has been one of Nintendo most successful and over complicating, frustrating product in years. It's getting attention and being very profitable for Nintendo, but It all depends on your definition of success. For me, once again I find myself at odds. I've mentioned this again and again, at how I would love to buy in, drink the koolaid, become a believer in Nintendo methods, but, I just can't. Even owning a Wii U and actively enjoy it. Amiibo remains something I can't connect with, nor do I want to deal with the issues surrounding it. 

As I really don't need Amiibo, seeing how some of the best additional content for Super Smash Bros has all been DLC, I can simply unlock from the comfort of my sofa, with a few simple clicks I now have Mewtwo unlocked to play. No need to rush around stores, wait hand n foot in-front of a computer screen, watching the clock tick down on a retailers website. Nope, none of that is necessary or required.  

Now what does worry me as Nintendo started to flirt with games being entirely based around Amiibo figures, such as Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival. Which seeing how difficult and painful Splatoon Amiibos have been, I can only imagine the Hell it will be for Animal Crossing if Nintendo doesn't straighten out, which honestly, don't see any time coming.