Super Smash Bros. For Wii U – sold out in the UK, but not in the good way

It seems many UK gamers won’t be getting Super Smash Bros. today after all, with multiple online retailers unable to complete orders.

Many gamers are reporting that their copy of Super Smash Bros. For Wii U has not turned up today, despite pre-ordering from major retailers such as Amazon.co.uk and ShopTo.

The problem is widespread but seemingly inconsistent, and although the UK appears to be the worst hit supply is also reportedly patchy across Europe – especially outside France and Germany.

GAME appears to be the least affected, although there are reports that the game has already sold out in many stores across the country. The website is down anyway thanks to Black Friday, so it’s impossible to tell what the situation is online.


Super Smash Bros. For Wii U – good if you can get it

Super Smash Bros. For Wii U was released last week in North America and was originally supposed to launch in Europe next week (and still is in Japan). It was later moved forward to today for unexplained reasons, but it seems as if that might not have been a good idea.



Users on forum NeoGAF are even having problems after pre-ordering via the official Nintendo website, which is now suggesting a delivery date of December 1. Other people are reporting delays till as far away as December 19.

Stock of the GameCube controller and adapter, and amiibos (which also launch today), also seem to have been badly affected – with ShopTo specifically blaming ‘an unfortunate delay at Nintendo Europe’.

Some Amazon.co.uk orders are backlogged until December 2, but many customers have been offered a £3 gift certificate as compensation. So if you are affected make sure you get that at least.

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