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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 24 Comments

A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to interview the developer behind Legend of Kay Anniversary. One of the things Peter Thierolf from Kaiko confirmed to us at the time was that it was running at 720p on Wii U. But with some extra development, the game’s resolution has increased.

Thierolf has informed Nintendo Everything that Kaiko was able to upgrade Legend of Kay Anniversary’s rendering with some optimizations and fine-tuning. Currently, it “renders the scene in 1600*900 and outputs in 1080p with extra crisp UI”. Of course, Legend of Kay Anniversary still runs at 60 frames per second, and features full screen anti-aliasing.

Legend of Kay Anniversary launches this summer.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 1 Comment

A new Japanese trailer for Splatoon came out yesterday, highlighting one of the game’s weapons. You can now watch a new version of the video below that comes with English subtitles.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

GameStop has updated its Splatoon product page with information about the Smash Bros. costumes offer. Those who pre-order Splatoon will receive codes for three costumes to use in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.

The offer is valid both in-store and online. Orders can be placed here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Images, Wii U | 3 Comments

Disc art isn’t major news, but that doesn’t make them any less nice to look at! You can get a look at Splatoon’s disc art above.

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

Despite having come out with a new Nintendo Minute yesterday, we’re treated to yet another episode today. This one has Kit and Krysta talking documenting their experiences at yesterday’s Splatoon Mess Fest. Check out the new Nintendo Minute below.

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

Last night, we posted a few photos from the Splatoon Mess Fest. You can now get a look at the event in video form below.

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Nintendo published a few photos from the Splatoon Mess Fest, which was held at the Santa Monica Pier earlier today. The full gallery of photos and descriptions are posted below.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, James Marsden from Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and his daughter Mary get inked as they navigate through a massive obstacle course inspired by Nintendo’s new colorful action shooter game Splatoon at the Santa Monica Pier on May 15, 2015. The game, packed with ink-spraying, turf-claiming action, launches exclusively for Wii U on May 29, 2015.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, celebrities Alli Simpson, Willow Shields, Dylan Riley Snyder and Veronica Dunne team up to celebrate the launch of Splatoon, Nintendo’s colorful new action shooter launching exclusively for Wii U on May 29, 2015.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, James Marsden from Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues and his daughter Mary attend Nintendo’s colorful Splatoon Mess Fest event at the Santa Monica Pier on May 15, 2015.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, Nolan Gould from Modern Family competed in Nintendo’s Splatoon Mess Fest ink-filled obstacle course on May 15, 2015, at the Santa Monica Pier in California. Splatoon, packed with ink-spraying, turf-claiming action, launches exclusively for Wii U on May 29, 2015.

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In this photo provided by Nintendo of America, fans gather to cheer on teams as they participate in an ink-filled obstacle course at the Splatoon Mess Fest event at the Santa Monica Pier in California. The event celebrates Splatoon, Nintendo’s colorful action shooter game launching exclusively for Wii U on May 29, 2015.

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This week’s episode of Nintendo Minute is once again Splatoon-focused. In it, we get another look at the Battle Dojo. Watch the episode in full below.

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Nintendo released a new weapons-focused trailer for Splatoon. You can watch it below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 69 Comments

Nintendo did not distribute a response to the April 2015 NPD data yesterday, though the company did share a few figures with GamesBeat. The site was told that, though the first four months of the year, Wii U hardware sales are up 15 percent compared to the same period in 2014.

Unfortunately, that still doesn’t tell us much. But thanks to a chart shared by creamsugar – a person known for leaking NPD data – it’s looking like Wii U sold approximately 43,000 units in the U.S. last month.

Here’s a rough breakdown of the chart pictured above (note: Wii U takes up the position of 10.60 percent share):

Xbox One = 187,000 units
PS4 = 174,730 units
Wii U = 42,890 units

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