Sometimes, our hearts are crushed so thoroughly, that a diamond is born from the pressure of our souls being shattered. Considering the much talked about Amiibo shortage only seems to get worse rather than better as each wave is released, many a hunter would rather throw in the towel than stay up on Amazon, trying to refresh the sale page while hoping for that unannounced five minute window when pre-orders would go up.
Thanks to this newly shared Microgame designed in Warioware DIY, a DS title that allows players to create their own, seconds long minigame, we all can now relive the fun, (?) of tracking down these sought after figures without the sleeplessness, heavy stress, or actual figure involved. To play, all you have to do is mash the in game refresh button until the “Coming Soon” box changes to allow pre-orders. If you misclick, or take too long to place the order, you’ll be out of luck. If this sounds like your life, we feel your pain.
What makes the game especially noteworthy is the way day turns to night and the stack of figures that the player accumulates grows as the stages get harder. Going from the early days where we could get a Fox or Samus at our liesure to having to snipe web pages at ungodly hours just for the chance to snag a Charizard within seconds is an accurate assessment of the struggle us hunters have to go through.
Sadly, while this game was designed with the ability to share games online in mind, since DS servers have been down for about a year now, the only way to play it now is to download it through a computer to your DS for the more tech savvy people out there. For us regular folk however, watching still captures the pain that only our toy obsessed community can share.
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