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Splatoon Global Testfire is now open for business. This first round will last from 8 PM PT to 9 PM PT (11 PM ET to 12 AM ET).

Two more rounds of Splatoon Global Testfire will be going live over the next 12 hours or so. We’ll publish reminders as they begin.

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The Nintendo Treehouse is hosting a new stream to showcase Splatoon Global Testfire. Staffers from the Treehouse will be participating in the online demo once it goes live in about 20 minutes. As for the stream, it’ll begin at 10:55 PM ET / 7:55 PM PT.

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A new 3DS game called “The Legend of Kusakari: The Legend of Shiba Kaarii” has landed on the Japanese eShop. It seems to take inspiration from one particular element (aside from the name!) in Zelda: grass-cutting.

The Legend of Kusakari: The Legend of Shiba Kaarii, an action RPG, stars Shiba Kaarii. Since he wants heroes to be able to fight comfortably, he sets out to cut all of the grass in the battlefield to make it easier for them.

Heroes and monsters appear on the field while you’re cutting grass, and you’ll even see them fighting. Players will need to proceed cautiously, as enemies can hurt Shiba.

The Legend of Kusakari: The Legend of Shiba Kaarii features 50 stages, an Endless Mode that has players cutting grass for as long as they can, and a Mission Mode. It’s also possible to enhance the “Spinning Grass Cut” move by up to four levels.

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Weekly Shonen Jump once again featured Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden in its latest issue. For the latest look at the 2D fighter, check out the scan above.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute provides a look at Splatoon’s single-player mode. Take a look at the video below.

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The folks over at USgamer played the new Virtual Console release of Mega Man & Bass yesterday. You can find some footage of the game below.

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Nintendo released another short promo video for Splatoon. Watch it below.

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A strange listing recently popped up on the USK, the ratings board for Germany. “GL00” was rated for a number of platforms including Wii U. I literally have no idea what this game is, but the USK indicates that Majesco is publishing, and it’s a puzzle title of some sort. I suppose we’ll find out soon enough!

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Game Informer has a new article up on Disney Infinity 3.0 that has a bunch of details about the game. We’ve rounded them up below, but be sure to check out the site’s full preview here.

– Gobo (Pirates of the Caribbean and Guardians of the Galaxy Playsets) is working on 3.0
– The team is trying to incorporate as many elements from the Star Wars trilogy as possible
– Both Death Stars will need to be blown up during trench runs
– Star Destroyers will be battled in space
– Ride a Bantha from the bars of Mos Eisley to the dance floor of Jabba’s palace
– Exlore the ice world of Hoth
– Battle the four-legged AT-ATs
– For the first time, AT-ATs can turn
– AT-ATs and AT-STs can correct themselves and turn when walking over any terrain
– AT-ATs and AT-STs can adjust their balance and recover if knocked over
– Young players have been brought in for weekly play tests
– Take down AT-ATs by piece by climbing their legs or take control of them yourself
– Ex: land a Snowspeeder on top of the AT-AT and break apart its back to reveal a giant controller with buttons to stand on to direct its movement and fire its weapons
– Can remove the controller from its back and carry it away to where you have a full view of the walking tank
– Can also explore Tatooine
– In this area, you’ll find Sandcrawlers
– Ride on the roofs of Mos Eisley on a Batha
– Levels in the game are designed to allow players to do whatever they want in the context of a Star Wars world
– There were initially plans to have Ninja Theory make the Playset based on the first three films, with Gobo set to work on the prequel trilogy
– After examining the content of each of the trilogies, and some shifting, it was decided since Ninja Theory specialized in combat, it should be working on the trilogy that featured Jedis fighting at their prime
– This led Gobo to handling the trilogy since the studio had a background in racing and vehicles
– Can take control of iconic vehicles like the X-Wing and the Millennium Falcon
– Star Fox was an inspiration
– Not all space battles are on rails
– The two Death Star battles will be on rails
– Non-rail battles and flying around open space are like the all-range-mode from Star Fox 64
– Dedicated inputs make you do loop de loops and 180 degree turns and the bumpers on the controller let you lean tightly into turns

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Nintendo is now taking pre-orders for the orange Splatoon Inkling hat on its UK store. It’s due out on May 29, alongside the game. Pricing is set at £9.99.

Those who are interested can pre-order the hat here.

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