Why no ARMS amiibo?

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sethnintendo said:

VideoGameAccountant said:

Zelda amiibo were started back in 2016 (though I did forget about Pikmin).

But as I said, I think Nintendo is moving away from them (as they are releasing other amiibo this year outside the ones you mentioned). It definitely seems like they are scaling back. Unless these amiibo sell gangbusters, Nintendo will begin to winddown amiibo. 

If they can't get stores to carry them anymore then they could always just sell it through their online store.  I'm not sure why they just don't have items such as the NES Classic on their online store.  They could then gauge the demand and supply through the orders online (they could even state there is a 2 week wait before shipping out and I'm sure plenty of customers would still order).  Their online store is pretty small and I understand they don't want to put too many products on there but damn put some more.

I've argued they do that back when amiibo were selling like hotcakes. 

As an aside, I think the NES Classic issue is that Nintendo doesn't need it and wants Switch manufactured instead.