Nintendo has uploaded yet another episode of The Cat Mario Show. Watch episode 10 below.

Splatoon has kicked off its first Splatfest of 2016 in Europe. Players can battle it out in the latest event, featuring the topic of fit vs. rich.

European Splatoon players will have until this time tomorrow to participate in the Splatfest. Once it ends, we’ll post the results as soon as they’re made available.

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In an interview with Nintendo Life, Ian Flood and David D’Angelo from Yacht Club Games spoke all about Shovel Knight. One prominent topic was the Shovel Knight amiibo.

Speaking about how the figure came to be, the two developers stated:

David D’Angelo: That started in 2014, the possibility of it even happening – what it would look like, what it could do.

David: Yeah, Nintendo said “pitch us on it” when they showed us the New 3DS. We started chatting about ideas with amiibo and they asked us whether we wanted to formally pitch to do an amiibo. That kind of thing is strange, like you’re sending a paper to no-one! But the whole thing was shocking, really, they kept saying let’s move this forward, and we couldn’t believe it was going to happen.

Ian: The excitement leading up to it was something else. What was funny was that we were waiting for the announcement, website, trailer and stuff like that, and retailers kept leaking it. It was tricky to get the information out there. It’s one thing to leak that it’s a thing, but it’s another to leak that it’s in a game series it’s not! There was a lot of information around, and we couldn’t easily say it was wrong without talking about it fully.

Ian: Yeah, we had to say it was a mis-listing, so not denying everything. We had people getting pre-emptively mad about the release date, pricing. All mad at details that were incorrect. We’re pretty receptive online and tried to answer queries.

Ian: So we tried to calm everyone down and put out a definitive update with full details. But that was fun, a few guys were at PAX for the reveal at the Nindies@Night event, and we were all excited that we had prototypes in a box. The guys were keeping them under their coats at the hotel so that we kept a lid on it, yet the whole time that was happening images were online. It was a bubble where the guys at the event were keeping a secret, but EVERYONE in the entire would knew about it.

But still, it was an immensely exciting day with everything coming together.

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Update: And here’s one from Nintendo of America:

2016 is here! And with that, Nintendo is looking to wish everyone a Happy New Year. Tweets were sent out by both Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Canada earlier today.

Below are each:

2016 wallpaper can also be accessed on Nintendo’s Japanese website here. The image pictured at the top of this post is downloadable through the end of January.

Finally, here’s some new eShop music:

Happy New Year from us as well of course! I hope you all have a fantastic 2016.

A few hours ago, Splatoon went live with the Octobrush Nouveau. Check out some footage of the weapon below.

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There weren’t many eShop releases this week, but there will be plenty come January 7. A number of games are slated for both Wii U and 3DS.

Here’s a look at the lineup thus far:

Wii U

Avoider – $1.99
Bigley’s Revenge – $4.99
Discovery – $6.99
SDK Spriter (demo) – free
Tabletop Gallery – $2.99

3DS

My Pets – $24.99
Ocean Runner – $2.99

It’s almost time for another weapon update in Splatoon. In just a few hours from now, the game will be adding the Octobrush Nouveau.

This latest weapon should be going live at the following times:

– 2 AM PT
– 5 AM ET
– 10 AM in the UK
– 11 AM in Europe

View some screenshots of the Octobrush Nouveau below.

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This month’s GamesTM review scores are as follows:

Star Wars Battlefront – 7
Just Cause 3 – 6
Rainbow Six: Siege – 7
Rise of the Tomb Raider – 7
Xenoblade Chronicles X – 8
Sword Art Online: Lost Song – 4
Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam – 8
Football Manager 2016 – 9
Just Dance 2016 – 7
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash – 5
Sonic Lost World PC – 6

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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The Shovel Knight amiibo has been up for pre-order on both Best Buy and Amazon. However, the figure ended up “selling out” soon after reservations opened. There’s a simple reason for that: pre-orders weren’t supposed to happen, according to Yacht Club Games.

The studio mentioned on Reddit that stock for the Shovel Knight amiibo shouldn’t be an issue. It’s anticipated that there should be enough figures to go around at launch, not to mention that “refresh shipments will continue arriving frequently.”

“Hopefully I can clarify things a little! The Best Buy/Amazon preorders were not taken down due to stock issues, but because they should not have been listed for preorder in the first place! Stock should (hopefully!) be plentiful at release, and refresh shipments will continue arriving frequently.”

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Nintendo has readied a new episode of The Cat Mario Show for North America. Episode 9 is posted below.

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