I don’t have to tell you The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom comes out May 12, because the very subject of this article self-selects people who already know that. I also don’t have to tell you about how the Tears of the Kingdom Switch OLED model is still available pretty much everywhere, but the Tears of the Kingdom Pro Controller and the Tears of the Kindgom Collector’s Edition sold out fast and probably aren’t coming back.
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But hey, at least you can still get the Tears of the Kingdom Link amiibo, right?
Well, yes. You can get the Tears of the Kingdom amiibo at Best Buy and GameStop, but it’s already sold out at Amazon. And those Link amiibo reprints? They’re also hard to come by. In fact, pretty much everything The Legend of Zelda-related seems to be in short supply (other than the OLED Switch, which is both hugely popular and widely available).
As an excercise in torture, I guess, I went ahead and built up a list of every Legend of Zelda amiibo, ever, and threw in links (pun intended) where you can see them for sale and decide not to buy them. Well, I take that back: you’re free to buy them, but with very rare exceptions they’re all two or more times their original price. People don’t even know what role amiibo might play in Tears of the Kingdom, but just in case, they’re buying them anyway.
Every Legend of Zelda amiibo
Link (Super Smash Bros. Series) November 20, 2014
Zelda (Super Smash Bros. Series) December 14, 2014
Shiek (Super Smash Bros. Series) February 1, 2015
Toon Link (Super Smash Bros. Series) February 1, 2015
Ganondorf (Super Smash Bros. Series) September 11, 2015
Wolf Link (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 4, 2016
Link: Ocarina of Time (The Legend of Zelda Series) December 2, 2016
Link: 8-Bit Link (The Legend of Zelda Series) December 2, 2016
Toon Link: Wind Waker (The Legend of Zelda Series) December 2, 2016
Zelda: Wind Waker (The Legend of Zelda Series) December 2, 2016
Bokoblin (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 3, 2017
Guardian (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 3, 2017
Link Archer (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 3, 2017
Link Rider (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 3, 2017
Zelda (The Legend of Zelda Series) March 3, 2017
Link: Majora’s Mask (The Legend of Zelda Series) June 23, 2017
Link: Skyward Sword (The Legend of Zelda Series) June 23, 2017
Link: Twilight Princess (The Legend of Zelda Series) June 23, 2017
Daruk (The Legend of Zelda Series) November 10, 2017
Mipha (The Legend of Zelda Series) November 10, 2017
Revali (The Legend of Zelda Series) November 10, 2017
Urbosa (The Legend of Zelda Series) November 10, 2017
Young Link (Super Smash Bros. Series) April 11, 2019
Link: Link’s Awakening (The Legend of Zelda Series) September 20, 2019
Zelda and Loftwing (The Legend of Zelda Series) July 16, 2021
Link: Tears of the Kingdom (The Legend of Zelda Series) May 12, 2023
Will There be More Tears of the Kingdom Amiibo?
So far, the Link Tears of the Kingdom amiibo is the only new amiibo we know of for the new Zelda game. However, if you look at the release schedule of the amiibo around Breath of the Wild, you see a whole lot more than just one. Either Nintendo has a bunch more scheduled, and they’re afraid of spoiling the game, or they just won’t make any more than one. I’m leaning towards the first possibility myself. Time will tell.