If this was posted yesterday I would have called April fools, but today...????!!!!

Amiibo Pre-Orders Broke Gamestop

At 3pm EST, the new wave of Nintendo's Amiibos became available for pre-order and, apparently, the world just can’t handle it. It would appear that pre-orders for Nintendo’s wildly popular figurines have shut down Gamestop’s website, and according to Twitter TWTR -0.1%, even in-store cash registers have stopped working. Gamestop has handled game and hardware releases before, but apparently this is just how badly people want Nintendo figurines, particularly the retailer exclusive Ness.

Twitter is losing its collective mind over this at the moment, and as usual provides the best up-to-the-second, hysterical developments. Here’s a statement from Gamestop:

Due to very strong demand for the newest wave of Nintendo’s amiibo figures, GameStop is experiencing some technical issues with its gamestop.com website.

At this time, customers are invited to visit and shop their local GameStop store for their video game needs. We are working aggressively to resolve the technical issues as quickly as possible and expect it to be back online shortly.

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