Are the Amiibo & Gamecube adapter shortages strategic?

[mine]

The_Yoda said:

mine said:
Gamecube Controller Adapter -> Nintendo is hurting them BIG with that shortage.

Amiibos -> too much demand in conjunction with too many characters means trouble.

Kudos to Nintendo PR for making the most out of the Amiibo situation which seem only to be that worse within the US.

In Europe there is no shortage on any of the Amiibo characters. Nintendo should be more worried about having them not presented that well and having less shelf space than Skylanders or Infinity...

I wasn't aware of that, so they have Marth and Little Mac on most store shelves?

Easy to get. I was even thinking about buying them and selling them to the US via ebay ...

Also: "store shelves" sound to good to be true. Of course there are some of the special displays from Nintendo, but I've also seen 100+ of Amiibos dumped into a bin where you can "search" them on your own...