Nintendo recently announced a Splatoon tournament for Japan. New information about the event, Splatoon Koshien, was delivered today.

The first part of Splatoon Koshien 2016 will begin at the following locations:

Fukuoka (September 13)
Sapporo (September 26)
Nagoya (October 11)
Osaka (November 3)
Miyagi (November 15)
Hiroshima (November 22)
Kagawa (December 13)
Tokyo (January 30)

Each one of these events will feature 4-on-4 matches (teams of four on both sides) in Turf War, with no weapon limitations. A lottery will be held to determine players if there is an overflow of participants at any of the local tournaments.

Each player who enters will be given a wristband. Additionally, the teams that are victorious at the different events will be able to compete in the Game Party Japan 2016 this coming January to determine a final winning group.

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Last night, Nintendo revealed that Picross 3D 2 is in the works for 3DS, and it’s due out in Japan in October. The official boxart has since been posted online – see above.

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Additional footage has come in showing The Bridge on Wii U, which you can watch below. The game launches on the eShop tomorrow.

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SEGA brought out another round of screenshots and art from 7th Dragon III Code: VFD today. View them in the gallery below.

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Last week it was revealed that Yo-kai Watch was getting its own music game in the form of a spinoff of Ubisoft’s Just Dance series, titled Yo-kai Watch Dance. The game would end up being a collaboration between Level-5 and Ubisoft and release for the Wii U sometime in the future.

Now the very first screenshots of the upcoming game have been revealed. Check them out below!

Currently there is no set release date for Yo-Kai Watch Dance or any mention of it making its way west.

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YouTube user MidwestProfessor has posted another video from Super Mario Maker, and we’re able to see even more costumes from the game. One of the unlockable outfits is none other than Slippy Toad from Star Fox. Check out the video below.

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Nintendo has posted videos of the Yoshi’s Woolly World and new Pikachu 3DS themes. All three are out now in Japan, with each one costing 200 yen. It should only be a matter of time before these latest themes head west.

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2020Venture is developing a new game for Wii U known as “Chasing Dead”. It’s a sci-fi/horror first-person shooter that will likely be distributed via the eShop.

Here’s an official overview:

When a second Earth unexpectedly and inexplicably appears in our skies, a team of operatives, astronauts, and scientists are sent 955,600 miles across space by NASA and the US Military, however all contact is lost a few hours after their arrival on.

You take the role of a hardened and fearless ex-marine named Jake, whose main objective is to collect any pieces of research left behind by the missing expedition team. You will venture through snowy Russian tundra, traverse the hot deserts of Afghanistan and venture through the ruined cities of Ukraine as you fight off creatures that were created through mankind’s self-destruction. Use any weapon you can find from firearms to blunt instruments to battle the endless hordes of zombies and mutants that plague this alternate Earth. This brave new world is fraught with horrors as players try to survive lethal perils such as a crashing airline flight, an abandoned mine, a dilapidated hospital and a haunted house.

As you collect data modules and listen to logs left behind by the original team, you will steadily come upon the horrifying revelation that lead to this parallel Earth’s demise. But above all else, you must achieve the one thing that no one else on this hellish Earth has been able to do, survive.

Chasing Dead is tentatively scheduled for 2015. Visit the official website here for more information.

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Muramasa: The Demon Blade hit the Japanese Wii U eShop today. For those who are interested in file sizes, the game weighs in at 642MB. There’s no word yet on Muramasa’s overseas eShop release at this time.

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Nintendo is bringing another New 3DS cover plate bundle to Japan next month. On September 17, consumers can pick up the package containing the standard New 3DS, “Colorful Star” cover plates, AC adapter, and 4GB microSD card. Pricing is set at 17,000 yen.

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