A translation coming from Nintendo’s recent investor Q&A meeting shows the President of Nintendo, Satoru Iwata, admitting that the port strike on the west coast of America has had an impact on shipments regarding amiibo and the New Nintendo 3DS XL.

This would explain the amount of delays, shortages and vague dates we’ve been getting since amiibo first launched alongside Super Smash Bros. for Wii U back on November 21st, 2014, which is the only time there’s been a solid date on an amiibo release in the US. Video games, on the other hand, haven’t been impacted in this strike, as “games are light and can be flown to America”, Iwata says.

Let’s just hope this doesn’t go on for much longer so both the consumers and Nintendo can go about amiibo and any future products stress free.

Source: http://nintendoeverything.com/satoru-iwata-confirms-port-strike-is-reason-for-shipment-woes-in-us/

Huh, well that would explain a lot of things! God damn u ports!

You gotta be kidding me.

At least we have an official explanation now.

Now, give me a reason for shortages in the UK....

That explains the shortages on amiibo, though in Japan I`m still having trouble finding some amiibo... >: (

and the reason for shortages in Australia?

Smaller Markets. The UK has a lot of stores that outright stopped stocking the Wii U. They did not expect the demand to be this big. Anything else is probably just distribution.

Lol, Well hopefully things can get moving again...

Nintendo have no 3rd party support yet still have to contend with shoddy ports...*cue tumbleweed*

Same in Australia.