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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 21 Comments

Splatoon’s latest Splatfest was held in North America and Japan this weekend. Both competitions are now over, and the results are in.

In North America, the battle was pirates against ninjas. The former team ended up victorious thanks to a larger percentage of wins. Ultimately, despite a much higher popularity edge for ninjas, pirates prevailed with a total of 382 points.

Love and money was the topic for Japan. Popularity and wins were close for both sides, but love prevailed with 353 points.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments

The latest Spatfest in Splatoon is taking place this weekend in North America and Japan. In Europe, they’ll be seeing the next event take place next week.

Nintendo just announced that the latest European Splatfest will feature zombies and ghosts, with players taking either side. The actual competition will begin on November 7 at 6 PM in the UK / 7 PM in Europe.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Just in case the videos we posted earlier weren’t enough for you, even more footage of Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival has come in. You’ll find five videos below.

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A few Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash gameplay videos are now available for viewing. You can watch a number of matches below.

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Nintendo has now opened up the full North American website for Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival. You can visit it here. There are a few new videos on the page, which we’ve rounded up for you below.

The Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival website also reveals a few new mini-games as showcased in the second video. I believe Resetti Bop, Mystery Campers, Acorn Chase, Fruit Path, and amiibo Card Battle are all new. That’s on top of the previously-revealed Balloon Island and Quiz Show.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 39 Comments

Some Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash players may find that the game is a bit limited in terms of content. It doesn’t sound like there’s much there in the way of modes, which also extends to online play.

This is a bit bizarre, but Ultra Smash lacks support for lobbies or communities. Essentially, that will take it tough for players to connect with friends online. The only modes available for Internet play include Single and Doubles.

Both of these feature Relaxed and Serious options. For the latter, it’s possible to play ranked battles and grow your standing among other players worldwide. Doubles lets players team up with another person locally or with an amiibo. It’s also worth mentioning that you can’t control the length of the match unlike local multiplayer. However, players can choose for a tiebreaker or a two-game, one-set match.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 3 Comments

Splatoon’s latest North American Splatfest has gone live, just in time for Halloween. Players can either be on Team Pirate or Team Ninja.

Like usual, the Splatfest will end after a full day – 12 AM ET on Sunday and 9 PM PT on Saturday. The results will be available soon after the event is finished.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 39 Comments

The image above is a look at Dark Mewtwo, who was just added to the arcade version via a surprise update. He’s an exclusive boss in the fighting game – for now anyway. In any case, get a look at Dark Mewtwo below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 19 Comments

The 33rd Golden Joystick Awards were held at the indigO2 at London’s O2 Arena. During the event, the late Satoru Iwata was honored with a Lifetime Achievement award.

Here’s the news on that front:

Satoru Iwata, the Nintendo CEO who sadly died in July this year at the age of 55, was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award. A revered man of the gaming industry, Satoru was the driving force behind many of Nintendo’s products including the Wii and DS, and is credited for bringing gaming to the masses by making it family entertainment. Starting out as a programmer in the 1980’s for a subsidiary of Nintendo, he became president in 2002, the first outside of the company’s founding family. He was renowned for first and foremost being a gamer and was described as “… having the brain of a game developer and the heart of a gamer”. His contribution and impact on modern gaming is second to none.

Splatoon also saw a couple of wins at the Golden Joystick Awards. The Wii U title was chosen as “Best Family Game” and “Best Nintendo Game”.

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Nintendo UK is showing off some of the indie-made courses in Super Mario Maker in a new video series. Get a look at the latest video below, which focuses on FAST Racing Neo developer Shin’en.

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