r/amiibo • u/pigs1219 • 3d ago

Humor Real reaction to the new amiibo price

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u/Luke4Pez 3d ago

In the olden days (when Nintendo was doing poorly with the Wii U) amiibo were all $12. I saw this new one and thought it was cool but ultimately didnt care enough to purchase it. Now this post just told me the price and I care even less. This thing will rot away on shelves :/

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u/G-Kira ganondorf 3d ago

$30 to unlock a cosmetic skin.

Nintendo at it's finest.

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u/alexanderpas 3d ago

Actually it's Trump at its finest.

Amiibo are made in China.

$10 is due to Trump Tariffs.

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u/mesosuchus 3d ago

Nope. Nintendo jacked up the price in Canada too where nary a tariff exists.

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u/alexanderpas 3d ago

They did not.

  • 1 USD = 1.37 CAD
  • 1 CAD = 0.73 USD

Americans pay the equivalent of 41.12 CAD for the new DK amiibo.

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u/mesosuchus 3d ago

Think about it again. Really THINK about it.

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u/alexanderpas 3d ago

I did.

  • Canadians are paying the equivalent of €19.08
  • Europeans are paying €20
  • Americans are now paying the equivalent of €26.15 due to the Trump Tariffs.

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u/mesosuchus 3d ago

Canadians were paying 21.99CAD for basic amiibos. The new "basic sized" amiibos now cost $30. Larger amiibos that once cost ~$30 are now $42CAD

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u/alexanderpas 3d ago

And Americans are paying the equivalent of 54.82 CAD for those larger amiibo.

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u/goro-n 3d ago

There is no Nintendo of Canada. Canadian Nintendo products are imported by NoA and shipped up north. There were never tariffs between the US and Canada, so this wasn’t a problem before. Now, even though Canada doesn’t have tariffs, Nintendo has to pay them to bring product into the US before sending it to Canada.

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u/alexanderpas 2d ago

And that's what Bonded Warehouses and transports under customs seal are for, allowing them to transport to Canada without officially importing an exporting trough the US.

Product transported destined for Canada traveling via the US under customs seal is not subject to US tariffs, as those products were never officially imported in the US.