New information has come to light in the never ending craze of Amiibo’s. Our friends over at Nintendo News have gotten a tip from a Gamestop insider, saying that the video game retailer is planning on artificially limiting the supply of the Shulk Amiibo. The email they received, from a source with mixed credibility is as follows.

Hello. You may remember me as the GameStop manager who first tipped you off about the November 21 release date for Smash Bros. I may have another insider story that I feel people should know about. As you likely know, GameStop will be exclusively selling the Shulk amiibo next year. From what I’ve heard, we will only be getting enough amiibo to exactly match the number of pre-orders—no more, no less. The idea is to keep the figure rare, increasing its market value and driving up demand. Then, several months later, we will receive a second shipment to sell as “used” for a marked-up price.

Please remove my name from the report—I could get fired for leaking this.

Cheers,

[Name withheld]

If this IS the case, then it’s no surprise, what with Gamestop and it’s record with Xenoblade.

I haven’t mainlined the Amiibo’s yet, though that may change when I get my Wii U this Friday. Our fearless leader and my fellow Geekscape Games pundits have all taken the first hit and are chasing that purple dragon. The metaphor will be complete if they ever release a Spyro Amiibo.

Don’t the Gamestop CEO’s have enough money?