Somebody really wanted to get ahold of Nintendo’s Splatoon game for Wii U.
Ars Technica reports that a truck full of copies of the shooter game was stolen while on its way from Nintendo’s European warehouse to deliver the games to video game chain Game.
The haul included Game’s allocation of the special-edition “Splatoon Amiibo,” the retailer said, which comes with a rare Squid Inkling Amiibo figure.
Who could steal this little guy?
Now Nintendo fans in the UK who ordered their special-edition Splatoon from Game will not get it in time for the Friday launch, and Game will not be replenishing its stock. Instead, customers can get the ordinary edition of the game and a $10 refund, or bite the bullet and cancel their preorder.
Whether or not the thieves targeted the truck intentionally, they came away with a pretty good haul. According to Ars Technica, at last count Nintendo had sold over 10 million Amiibo figures, and a gold Mario version available only in limited edition from Wal-Mart in the US sold for $100 (£65) on eBay.
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