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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: Here’s a bonus image:

Nintendo posted two more screenshots of Splatoon on the game’s Japanese Twitter account. In the latest images, we get a look at the Miiverse support. Both screenshots can be found below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 10 Comments

Nintendo has a rather substantial marketing campaign lined for Splatoon in the UK. Marketing manager Chandra Nair, speaking with MCV, mentioned that it will be on the same level as Mario Kart 8.

According to Nair:

We have a substantial campaign planned for Splatoon. To give you an idea of the scale, we’re matching Mario Kart 8 – that’s the potential we think Splatoon has. We have the utmost confidence in the potential of Splatoon. It gives retailers a fantastic art style that stands out in-store or on-screen and it also offers various up-sell opportunities with the accompanying Amiibo. It’s a really interesting game for us because it allows us to expand out to a group of people who may never have considered Wii U before.

Thus far, Nintendo has already been involved with digital billboards, cinema ads during Tomorrowland and Mad Max, a sponsorship of Cartoon Network, and a digital campaign that started in April. That’s on top of a Splatoon-themed skatepark in Corby which opened last month.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 22 Comments

Update: Marth is now officially gone. Congrats to those who were able to get him!

We all know how this will turn out, so if you’re looking for one, you can grab it here!

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: Added in a second video.

YouTube user “GhostRobot” has uploaded a video that shows off the new Splatoon amiibo. Along with the figures themselves, we also have more footage of the unlockable challenges and gear. You can watch the video below.

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Family Gamer TV has shared a few minutes of footage from Disney Infinity 3.0’s Toy Box Speedway. Watch it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Videos, Wii U | 17 Comments

Liam Robertson, a person known for digging up information about cancelled games, recently took on the challenge of investigating Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s troubled development.

There’s no question that Rise of Lyric has a number of major issues. That being said, Robertson does offer some insight into why it wasn’t a better game.

For instance, did you know that Sonic Boom’s debut trailer wasn’t actually comprised of Wii U footage? The video was instead created from the game running on a PC with more powerful hardware. That’s one of the big reasons for the graphical downgrade. And even though there was a disclaimer at the beginning of the trailer stating that it was “in-engine footage” and how it represented “a work in progress”, some people may have felt mislead. Perhaps that’s why it’s now being discovered that SEGA pulled the video from its YouTube channel.

You can get a better overview of Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric’s development by watching the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Update: Bumped to the top. Here’s a clip of one of the amiibo challenges:

The Splatoon amiibo are now starting to make their way to members of the press. For a look at the process of scanning figures into the game, check out the video below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

Nintendo added a new video to its North American YouTube account to promote the Splatoon Global Testfire taking place this weekend. You can watch it below.

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Game Informer published an extensive interview with John Vignocchi from Disney Interactive. In addition to talk about the company’s gaming approach within Disney, he also touches on how things are managed to fuel the Infinity brand. Check out the interview below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

Nintendo’s latest weapons trailer for Splatoon highlights the Splattershot Jr. Watch it below.

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