Apparently, customers in the UK who pre-ordered the special edition Splatoon bundle from GAME, which includes Splatoon and a Squid amiibo, have been e-mailed informing them that a lorry carrying the bundles has been stolen, and apologising that they won’t get their pre-order on time. They cannot replace the missing products, so they’re offering a £10 discount to those who pre-ordered the bundle as they won’t be able to receive the Squid amiibo, but will receive the Splatoon game and Inkling Boy and Girl. Such an unfortunate situation!
LMAO! Who would do this stupid shit?
IT’S A PUBLICITY STUNT!! … Lol either that or Splatoon is really fu***ng HYPED!
The Splatoon bundle containts the Squid Amiibo, I think that is what they ware going for because Amiibo are not region lock you can sell each Squid amiibo for at least $100 in USA.
Lying about it and selling them on ebay for triple the MSRP.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Nintendo-Amiibo-Splatoon-Squid-New-/301646125721?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item463b829a99
imagine that.
LOL!
Literally the first thing I did when I read this was laugh. Totally sucks for the players, but that is funny.
UK gets way too many things anyways. Its a sign that Nintendo needs to stop spoiling certain regions.
So explain why America gets a shit ton of exclusives like the Gold and Sliver Mario Amiibo, as well as special USA only events… stop lying to yourself you fat ass yank
I know you’re just trying to goad for a reactiom but seeing as how Gold Mario is rarer than gold itself and the qualifier event for the World Championships was only at an extremely small handful of stores us Americans still get the short end of the stick compared to the UK who get better Club Nintendo awards,pre order bonuses etc.
You realize most countries don’t even have Club Nintendo?
Like everyone having the normal NEW3DS? Oh wait… the US has the exclusive offer to NOT HAVE IT! :D
I can’t really say who gets the most things, cause I haven’t been keeping track for long enough, I know that we get things that they don’t get either. I think all regions should get the same cool stuff at this point, people are willing to buy stuff, so why not take their money.
LOL like there’s no tomorrow, brother.
just kiddin’Wow…. bad news for UK Splatoon fans. I hope no one steals from the Wal-Mart shipment truck!!! That’s where my three-pack is coming in!!
Is the deal that GAME is offering to people who lost out due to the stolen shipments any good? Does it make up for the loss at all?
It seems as though its a very nice trade because its First Class shipment and they will get a discount for it
Yeah it’s fine, definitely bummed at not getting the squid amiibo or the preorder bonus hat my nephew would have LOVED but they’re doing there best and a discounted game is all good considering the loss they suffered already :\
@ PinkOcrystal.
I wouldn’t worry about that, it would be really hard to do that at Wal-Mart unless the people that work in ICS or IMS were in on it as well. In San Marcos tx, a few years back the store had people working with temps to basically carry tv’s out the back of the store. It’s not easy unless you got a crew working it…
Yeah, I wouldn’t think it could happen with Wal-Mart.
FREAKIN IDIOTS!! WHO HATH DONE THIS UNSPEAKABLE EVIL!! Good thing I live in the U.S. and so far the copies aren’t stolen.
It’s not their folt
They stole a truck?
http://oi60.tinypic.com/1124yyu.jpg
el psy kongoroo
I AM MAD SCIENTIST
Lolwut the fuk?
The truck was Splatoon themed and will be sold online for triple the cost. :P
what the fuck…wtf? impossible… :'(
This is just too funny!
Are we really in an age where technology has taken of life..and they can’t have a trackable GPS signal?
Glad I didn’t order the special edition and only got the download version..
Well that sucks. Guess those thieves really wanted them some Splatoon.
I’m pretty sure they’re talking about the squid/game bundle and not the 3 pack
I think you’re right! My mistake, I’ve updated it. Thank you for pointing it out :)
>>>Death to the Xbots!>>>
…but thieves stole from Nintendo. ;(
>>>Which are Xbots>>>
Fail.
ALL HAIL CAPTAIN CATTLE COMMANDER!
Not really. For all we know, he could be right! They were thieves, after all. We won’t know til they come forward & tell him otherwise.
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Here’s one, Quadramus! SQUASH HIM!!
i already had the
not sodelicious tears of some ps fanboys for dinner (IRL, SRSLY!!!)Lol! How are you slashing your words? That’s awesome.
well, sometimes i carry a knife with me…
>>>Sounds good, too bad for the bad taste though, too much graphics powder>>
Lmao revenge of the nerds for no voice chat inclusion!
Hope the thieves get shot in the head. All thieves deserve to fucking die.
So basically all the corporate companies in america and our politicians?
This happened in the UK. Nobody cares about your American politicians.
>>>True but let’s throw those imbeciles right into the line of fire too>>>
Nobody cares about you either. I hope you ordered one of the things that got stolen.
The idiots who stole the truck do know that you can’t hide a FUCKING LORRY… Seriously, they’ll be caught pretty fucking easily. Probably Black Market assholes trying to sell them on for 150 Euro.
>>>Let’s observe eBay and such garbage sites and report anyone that sells Splatoon for more than its regular price>>>
They can easily ditch the truck, stealing a truck isn’t all that hard. They can have another car waiting somewhere else or a van to load up all the stuff into, and just leave the truck. By the time police are alerted they truck could be ditched. If this was planned out by a few guys with even a little bit of knowledge this could easily be pulled off. You’d be surprised at how easy it is to pull stuff off right in peoples faces.
You do know that finger print evidence can come from the ditch lorry… just saying
You do know that any person with that word I used…knowledge….would use gloves or something else to cover up their prints. Just saying. And if they were really planning on doing this, they are probably pretty professional. My roomates friend had his car broken into recently midday. Cops won’t be able to find anything because the people who broke in knew what they were doing and left no prints. Getting caught due to finger prints just means you’re an idiot. Everyone knows to wear gloves, since OJ Simpsons case at least.
People also learned to keep the gloves on after the crime & burn them at the first possible chance. Along with any receipts.
Thanks to the OJ Simpson case! lol
Yea didn’t even think of that lol. Burn it all!
Pretty sure people knew to wear gloves before OJ did it. Can’t imagine he’s the first one to do such a thing…
True but not all criminals are bright, either.
Lmao. Splatoon special edition heist.
haha
Finally, some Splatoon news that’s actually interesting.
I’m laughing because it’s the UK. Personal reasons. LOL!
Oh well, I’ll just play some games on my New 3DS regular and New 3DS XL whilst buying Splatoon Special Edition on Amazon UK for half the price… Oh and watch the ads that aren’t annoying as fuck.
Oh you yanks and your karma
This amiibo craze is getting ridiculous now, if the thieves stole them just to get the squid amiibo they are sad, sad people.
Hey look at this unwanted gift! Read the discription… http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Splatoon-amiibo-pack-bundle-inc-Game-Inkling-Boy-Girl-and-Squid-XL-T-Shirt-/141678090155?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item20fcac17ab
So the game comes out on the 29th and they have it in hand… Nope, nothing out of place here.
Amiibos are just toys? No.. these are more than just toys
oops,, lol here’s what i wanted to post
Will this have an impact on preorders instore or just online?
Shopto.net delivered my squid bundle earlier today.
Can’t help but laugh at this. Not so much because the amiibos were stolen, but because a lot of the scalpers that got them just to jack up the price are left fingering their own assholes.
I feel bad for you legitimate buyers and collectors, but fuck did this not make me smile.
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lol Look, guys! Nintendo is actually failing those of us that actually want these amiibo yet again!
Nintendo Executive: You wanted that squid amiibo but can’t get it now because someone stole it? Too fucking bad! Here’s 10 bucks! Go buy one of our more common amiibo! We won’t be making more just because some losers stole the amiibo you wanted! You are just shit out of luck. Maybe we’ll make more later on. Or maybe we won’t. Either way, sucks for you!
Bah! Ignore the first actually! Ugh! WordPress or whatever needs to add an edit button to comments! Just like Miiverse needs an edit button. Least this site isn’t strict up the ass like Miiverse, though. For example, I can actually say FUCK here! :D
Yay for non family friendly places!
An THIS is exactly why the U.K sucks…
This is getting ridiculous.
mariotehplumber’s “ambition” knows no bounds…
Him & his fellow scalpers are taking this crap a step further, it seems. lol
Losers
Virgins
Hey boss we got the stuff let me see nice good work gentlemen
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You have to wonder about this, don’t you? DARN! That’s bad for all the gamers who pre-ordered though!
I mean, who the heck steals a truck full of video game stuff!?
You know what, I wonder if they didn’t make enough special edition Splatoon so they’re faking it being stolen. CONSPIRACY THEORY TIME!!!!!! :P
What a lower life virgin!!