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As of late, Nintendo has been sharing more information about Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion. We thought it might be useful to collect some of the details that have been posted, including English names and general tidbits.

Here’s what Nintendo has posted in English thus far:

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Sushi Striker

USgamer has gone hands-on with Sushi Striker, and has reported back with some new gameplay details. We’ve rounded up the latest information below.

A few weeks ago, Famitsu did something rather interesting and out of the norm for the magazine. A questionnaire was sent out to overseas fans – as opposed to readers in Japan – and asked them to share some information about their favorite Japanese games. The results were published in the latest issue this week.

As for the rankings, below are the top 20:

Mario Tennis Aces

Nintendo Treehouse is starting to gear up for Mario Tennis Aces. In a new blog, two types of characters are covered: all-around and technical.

The full post can be read below. Note that defensive and powerful characters will be covered next.

Splatoon 2’s rollout of weapons continued tonight with the Clash Blaster Neo.

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GRIP

Wired Productions recently announced that the futuristic combat racer GRIP will be coming to Switch later this year. Nintendo Power Couple got a look at it this week and have shared some footage. View the video below, which also contains developer commentary.

GameXplain has a new look at Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze with five minutes of footage showing off Funky Kong. View the gameplay video below.

Did you know that DK has a slightly different model in Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze now? When comparing to the original Wii U title, we can see that his nose has been updated. Yup, his nose.

We have one shot comparing the Switch and Wii U versions above. Here are a couple of additional images:

This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute has gone live. In today’s video, Kit and Krysta share some Switch travel trips. Check out the full episode below.

When Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze was originally on Wii U, one of DK’s idle animations showed the character taking out and playing a 3DS. Now that the game is on Switch, the animation has been updated. You can see it in action below.


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