The Shulk Amiibo Will Be A GameStop Exclusive

Yesterday, Nintendo unveiled the third wave of Amiibo figures, including Sonic, Mega Man, and about half a dozen Nintendo favorites. One such characters was Shulk, the Monado wielding protagonist of Xenoblade Chronicles. If you’re like me, you were really excited for the chance to put this sweet looking figure on your shelf when not importing it into Super Smash Bros.

There’s just one catch. Like the game that he originates from, Shulk’s Amiibo will be exclusive to GameStop, so if you REALLY need him, this is the only official retailer that you’ll be able to pick it up from. It sucks for people who try to avoid the store like the plague, but I guess we should be happy that we’re getting him at all. Either way, I think we can all agree that retailer exclusive content is a raw deal.

Aside from Smash, will Shulk have any functionality in the upcoming Xenoblade New 3DS port? Will placing his figure on the Wii U Game Pad add him to your Xenoblade Chronicles X party, while he runs around telling you his various levels of feeling it? We can only hope.

The third wave of Amiibos are set for a February release.