Stopped in at EBGames again today to see if they were doing a pre-order on the Metroid Amiibo bundle but they aren't which is odd since I think Best Buy did. However, the clerk mentioned they were still doing pre-orders on the Samus 3DS (tempting), Samus Returns 3DS and the special edition Samus Returns. I was surprised that they were still doing pre-orders for the special edition since Amazon, Best Buy and EBGames websites were all saying out of stock and I was unable to pre-order one so I thought I had missed out on yet another special edition. The clerk double checked and said that they still had stock available for it so I pre-ordered a copy. The clerk was surprised there hadn't been more demand for the Special Editions of the game as well as there were still more available to acquire. It appears going in person to EBGames is my ticket to everything I miss out acquiring online. I'll have to keep this in mind for the future.
At the same time, it does concern me about the profitability of the Metroid franchise. Compared to Fire Emblem special editions which get snapped up so fast, it's concerning that the same demand doesn't seem to be there for the Metroid series. Perhaps it comes from previous regular games of the Fire Emblem series also being harder to find and worth a lot more on the second hand market compared to most Metroid games being fairly easy to find and sold for more reasonable prices thus scalpers/collectors are less concerned with stocking up early on games released for the series. In any case, I've done my part by buying the most pricey Metroid game available in effort to give Nintendo my money for more content in the series. Yay me?