Nintendo CANCELLING Physical Pre-Orders of Paper Mario TTYD 

Oh thank god, for a moment I thought the physical version was canceled all together

Even when they give us this game, they won't give us this game...

I think what might be happening is that the pre-orders are in higher demand than Nintendo anticipated & it's causing supply issues. That's my guess, but I'm not an expert

Good thing it’s not GameStop

Apparently, a truck filled with Splatoon one copies was stolen up to the release. Maybe somehow a whole departments got stolen.

Scalpers are one of the reasons Walmart canceled the pre-orders. Gamestop and Best Buy better avoid the same route as Walmart.

there are 3 possibilities I see for this 1. so many copies are being sold that there's supply issues 2. this is to help prevent bots and scalpers buy a full stock online 3. Nintendo fears the games leaking early

The main way this could be acceptably understandable is if the item recalls were due to faulty copies across the board.

Ok legit read the title and said out loud "What?!"

Weirdly and still relevant: the Nintendo eShop gift cards digitally on Amazon are also not available?

Nintendo wants us to prove how much we love this game, to sway them on their decision on how to design the next Paper Mario game in 2028.

I got an email from Walmart telling me the same thing a few hours ago but when I called customer service, they said I should still be fine. My preorder in my purchase history still shows 🤨 🤔

Nintendo probably figured out they are the ones breaking street dates

I think they want people to fight over copies of the game like it’s Black Friday

Amazon had not been available for pre orders for awhile

I’ve been wondering what’s going on with this. Every time I’ve checked Amazon to try to pre-order the game, it was just never available.

I think what might be happening is that the pre-orders are in higher demand than Nintendo anticipated & it's causing supply issues. That's my guess, but I'm not an expert.

What. The. Flying Dutchman?!?

I swear if this affects the games sales...😮‍💨

I almost wonder if the game is selling more than they had planned for

Only in the US mind you, in the UK and seemingly the rest of Europe it's perfectly fine Same with the fact apparently you can't get eShop cards on Amazon in the US? Even though we can in the UK

I remember Nintendo and Amazon butting heads during the Wii U causing them to wipe Nintendo games from their store for a while. Interesting to see it happen again.

There's hardly any physical games at Walmart, suggesting that they will eventually stop stocking games and have download cards instead. But Amazon? I can't think of any reason to not allow pre-orders...

Apparently Amazon U.K. still has Paper Mario TTYD still pre-orderable Which is good news for me who pre-ordered a physical version on Amazon U.K.

This happened to me about two months ago with Amazon. Very frustrating. I ended up ordering from Best Buy. If this keeps up for future games I may switch to Best Buy as my primary means of ordering games and skip Amazon altogether.

Hopefully GameStop pre-orders are safe.

So Pre-ordering is out of the question but surely online retailers like Amazon will still ship physical copies post-launch, right?

They’re definitely testing how this goes to take out pre-orders. This would help to f*ck off the scalpers in preparation in their next console.

It's times like these I'm glad my Gamestop is still around so close.

Seems to be a classic case of the demand outstripping the actual supply considering that only Amazon and Walmart pre orders mainly seem to be affected so far. I generally wouldn't be surprised if Thousand Year Door Switch ends up having a more limited print run with Nintendo right now likely starting to shift resources towards Switch 2.

Please note that this is only happening in america. The physical game is still available on amazon in europe.

Stopping scalpers? Seems like a countermeasure on both the retailers'/Nintendo’s part.

Still available on Best Buy, GameStop & Target Apps/Websites

Yep, it sounds like a scalper issue.

Amazon stopped selling new Nintendo releases in general starting last month. A bit late to be trying to figure this out now... 💀 Weird what's going on with Walmart tho...

Nintendo: you owning the game? What is this a charity?

Okay I thought this was Nintendo's doing Luckily it's only Walmart and Amazon still what the fuck?!

Got my amazon order got canceled a few weeks back, so I went with Target. I'm sweating bullets that they'll be next now that Walmart also got canned.

Well, that's tearable

I pre-ordered my copy at GameStop so I guess I’m OK for now

I guess this is only a US issue, I'm from Canada and mine says it's still coming.

This sounds almost self sabotaging

So glad I have my vouchers left to use for this game

ugh, I don't want to compete with pre-order buyers that first day

Too many people ordered this game to fill the physical cartridge per-order demand is my best guess.

The amazon cancellations happened like a month ago. Ended up preordering digitally

I literally just pre-ordered today at GameStop thank god

Uhhh has this ever happened before? Any precedent for this, as to what to expect from this whole debacle? Cuz this feels like a first to me

Be really funny if the reason for the Cancelling would be so many people are pre-ordering that they can't keep up with demands. I'm more curious what the sell units of the first week or even month are going to look like.

Is it possible for stores to get preorder exclusivity? I wonder if the stores will be available for purchase everywhere the day the game is released.

How are the digital codes out? It's DIGITAL.

I was planning to order a physical of this on Amazon the day it releases. Is that no longer possible either?

The one time Gamestop does something right 😅

I was lucky. I preordered my copy back on Target on April and just got told it's on the way. Must be an inventory issue with Walmart and Amazon

If Gamestop does this, I will literally cause war. We have waited for years for this. Don't fuck around with this six days before launch, Nintendo.

Underestimated the demand for this one maybe.

I think they're only cancelling PRE-ORDERS. Meaning, it'll be available again to order on release date. Other than that, I think the reason why this happened is because of the "scalping" thing lots of people in the comments have been taking about with the release of the NES Remix Championship game that includes the collectables. I don't think you have to worry so much, guys.

0:36 You've selected the digital code, of course, it's going to say its unavailable.

Good thing I don’t preorder games from Amazon and Walmart anymore.

Walmart canceled my pre order in email last week. I pre-ordered from another retailer But it still wasn't canceled on Walmart app ....still charged my card and shipped it out on Wednesday May 22nd 2024 around 7pm

Scalpers ruin everything for everyone and goes on to say buy this $20,000 game .my kids need Christmas presents

Is it only Amazon America because I'm from the UK and it's still available to pre order?😕

Here’s my advice. Don’t preorder physical games online. If you want to preorder a game, you can just preorder the game in store, or preorder the digital version from the Eshop.

Maybe Jeff Bezos and the Walmart CEO are GMod fans lol

I'm glad I'm waiting to get this game for my birthday next month. I just hope everything gets resolved for everyone and people can preorder it again.

Without the video title this would give anyone a heart attack.

At least they gave me a $25 gift code for the trouble. I have no idea what Nintendo is thinking, but something must be up? I swear if my GameStop order goes through the same thing I’m gonna be so hot!

Is this US only cause it’s still available on the UK Amazon.

This also includes amazon uk right?

If u pre ordered a item before they announced cancelation will they still deliver it? Just asking if someone knows.😢

I have connections with a third party game store that lets their customers purchase games a day or two early if you preorder them and they receive the shipment within the parameters

I received an email from Walmart on the 22nd, saying they've since then had second thoughts about canceling my shipping for the game.

Imagine if this reduced sales of the game because people forgot to pre-order it somewhere else, and then Nintendo said, “Welp… I guess people don’t want more Paper Mario games like this after all.”

yeah i’ve been wondering why the amazon pre-order has been unavailable. specifically the digital version, hopefully that goes back up

Not sure if anyone noticed but they have stopped selling physical release of Endless Ocean Luminous almost the same day it came out, you can’t find it in any retailer, I’ve been to GameStop, Target, Walmart, BestBuy, no one has it. A GameSop employee told me that apparently Nintendo recalled the product and now has a new TBD release date, but I think they just won’t sell it due to the bad reviews.

It will be just like my childhood. Back then no one pre-ordered or reserved games. I will be jjst walking by seeing the copies and buy one. Just like my childhood. ❤😊 You rock Nintendo.

Does this count in the UK where I live I pre order my on amazon

Best buy and target don't have resellers so I'm sure nintendo is worried about scalpers and learning how to deal with switch 2 launch aswell

What I think is most likely happening is that the demand for cartridges has outstripped the supply

So that's why I got a message saying that the vendor on Amazon was sold out

Ok thank goodness I'm not crazy, I kept checking amazon for the past few weeks and the physical version was always unavailable, it was such a weird thing

I got a call from Gamestop yesterday confirming my copy so I imagine that was preemptive before this new swirled around the internet

Maybe there weren’t enough copies to fulfill pre-order and in-store stock so they’re canceling pre-orders for Walmart. As for Amazon… that is actually kind of bizarre bc that means you physically cannot purchase the game through Amazon as there’s no physical location. So you’d only be able to purchase a digital download code through there. You’d only be able to buy the game physically through Amazon after launch which like I said is really bizarre.

Thankfully I pre ordered on eShop, and it went through successfully. Just waiting for next week to play it.

Well my Best Buy Canada physical edition preorder still seems to be fine. This is weird but I’d never preorder from Walmart anyway.

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This is actually how I found out it's going to be released in May at all. Haven't seen any advertisements for it either??

Funny thing I didn't think anything about it because I figured it was because the game is due in about a week.

Ouch ... Didn't see that coming

I'm gonna run to Walmart at 8:00 AM and get mine, if it's there

I’m not effected, for me it’s saying Arriving May 25th only because I just pre ordered in the past few days

Nintendo drastically reduced physical box and cartridge manufacturing back when covid-19 hit and never went back. As far as Nintendo is concerned, it's lowering their costs. Most people buy digitally anyway and it's better because retailers don't have to worry about refunds. It's a win-win. Paper Mario TTYD is one of those classic games, that LOADS of people, myself included, either kept the GameCube version or bought it at some point and have it as a collector's item. So it's not surprise that there aren't enough physical copies. I'm in Australia and EB Games and JB Hi Fi which are one of the largest electronics stores here are already sold out - at least in my state anyway. I made sure to pre-order way in advance to secure it because I knew it was going to happen. Let's also not forget, there hasn't been a good AAA title out on the Switch in a long time, so this game is no a brainer to pick up. My only hope is that when they look at the sales figures they'll realize that these old games are better than the new garbage they're pumping out.

I pre-ordered on Amazon my copy but for now I didn't received nothing about cancelling (maybe because I'm not living in America) but in a way or another I must wait to play it because from the launch of the game to the end of the month I'm on vacation

I don’t understand why you would pre-order a game online without there being an incentive. Like, there’s gotta be a really big incentive for me to buy online. And sometimes, I can get that bonus with in store pickup. Aside from Amazon, I can’t rely on shipping. It usually ships at 8 pm on release day. And I dont have Amazon Prime but I can’t imagine their shipping could be any faster than me going to the store when it opens to pick it up.

and this is why i like gamestop i dont have to worry about crap like this happening

Errrr; my Pre-Order, that I made April 5th 2024, from Walmart, here in Canada, is still active, and prepped to be delivered Friday May 24, next week.... No Cancelation Email yet, either.....🤷‍♂

I went to GameStop to preorder a month ago. Gonna be picking it up in person.

I saw somebody who said their physical preorder was scheduled to arrive on May 20th. Maybe they didn’t want the game to leak early

amazon uk seems to still be fine. mines still ordered for 23rd of May

Amazon canceled mine a month ago for some reason. Pre-ordered from GameStop instead and all is fine there.