So they didn't expect scalpers to sell amiibos for high prices and certain figures are way more popular than they can supply, but they're still planning one-time run amiibos?

Nintendo why are you so dumb?

That's kind of a bummer. Don't get me wrong, Majora's Mask is a better game, but I don't like the fact that remakes are getting more so rewarded than new games. This sends Nintendo the wrong message and hinders their future dev team releases.

Best selling amiibos per region.

Uses the same colors as before

Japan

1) Link

2) Kirby

3) Mario

4) Marth

5) Pikachu

6) Yoshi

7) Samus O_O

8) Captain Falcon

9) Pit

10) Donkey Kong?

NA

1) Link

2) Mario

3) Pikachu

4) Kirby

5) Samus

6) Yoshi

7) Zelda

8) Donkey Kong?

9) Peach

10) Luigi

Don't feel like doing the others :/

To be fair, I think everyone should've expected it, considering 3D Zelda games always seem to sell better than 2D. Remake or not. They really don't have that much more to remake anyways. I think they just look at remakes as something to fill the spaces in between new releases, rather than new releases themselves. Because even if they hadn't worked on Majora's Mask 3D, we would still be getting Zelda U this year. So it's either we get both or we only get Zelda U, you know? 

That's why I don't really mind it. It would only become an issue for me once remakes actually took the place of new games, and I don't think that is going to happen any time soon.

Let's be fair, though. It's not like ALBW is the most original Zelda game either.

I don't know what I'm more surprised about. That Pikachu isn't higher on Japan's list, or that Samus is on Japan's list at all.

Nintendo sent plenty of Marth amiibos to Japan that's for sure.

What we have is pretty much the script for Iwata&Co and the slides of their PPT, they might elaborate more on it, but nothing too worthwhile.

The Q&A for inverstors will be interesting, that should be up in a couple of days.

They better ask about China, hadn't it been for Sony's problems both of its competitors would've already released their systems there before Nintendo revealed their plan for the region.

It's kind of premature to draw such a conclusion, considering for 20 years 3D Zelda and 2D Zelda coexisted on entirely separate platforms. It made more sense to conclude that home console Zelda sold better than handheld Zelda, considering A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening released in fairly close proximity and the former outsold the latter handily. The status quo didn't change until 2011, the first time a 3D Zelda was released on a handheld. I think we can all agree that Four Swords Adventures doesn't really count as a home console 2D Zelda game. Especially with all the accessories needed to play the damn thing.

Those Tomodachi Life sales are pretty impressive.

For those complaining about how well remakes are doing compared to genuine sequels/modern games, I have this to say: Many of us that are buying these remakes didn't play them when they first came out. I personally never played Ocarina of Time as a child (I saw it played by others a little) and I NEVER played nor saw Majoras Mask as a kid, but I own and have played both on the 3ds. The thought of playing those games on the N64, with one of the worst controllers ever made, horrifies me. I'm glad they are doing remakes, and I'm strongly considering using my Nintendo club coins to get Star Fox 64 3D for 3ds.

You raise a fair point. I guess we can use Majora's Mask as a guinea pig, considering it's the worst selling 3D Zelda on the same handheld as ALBW, so we can compare its sales to that. Then we just need a real 2D Zelda on a home console, but I don't really think that's going to happen soon. 

It's probably more safe to say that home console Zeldas sell better than handheld Zeldas. It just so happens that 3D and 2D are typically exclusive to those platforms. At least until the 3DS launched, that is.