Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News, Wii U | 11 Comments

Splatoon continues to set milestones in sales, as Nintendo announced via Twitter that the inky shooter has managed to sell over 1,000,000 units in Europe alone.

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Splatoon’s new update is now available. After applying the patch, your game will be brought up to version 2.6.0.

Missed the update notes we posted a few days ago? If so, head past the break to read them in full.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News, Wii U | 0 comments

Even more Nintendo maintenance is taking place this week. Super Mario Maker, Splatoon, and Wii U/3DS online services will be affected.

Here’s the full lineup:

Super Mario Maker (all network services)

– 6 PM PT (Monday) – 7 PM PT (Monday)
– 9 PM ET (Monday) – 10 PM ET (Monday)
– 2 AM in the UK (Tuesday) – 3 AM in the UK (Tuesday)
– 3 AM in Europe (Tuesday) – 4 AM in Europe (Tuesday)

Splatoon (all network services)

– 4:50 PM PT (Tuesday) – 6:30 PM PT (Tuesday)
– 7:50 PM ET (Tuesday) – 9:30 PM ET (Tuesday)
– 12:50 AM (Wednesday) in the UK – 2:30 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 1:50 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 3:30 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

Wii U/3DS (all network services: online play, rankings, etc.)

– 9 PM PT (Tuesday) – 1 AM PT (Wednesday)
– 12 AM ET (Wednesday) – 4 AM ET (Wednesday)
– 5 AM in the UK (Wednesday) – 9 AM in the UK (Wednesday)
– 6 AM in Europe (Wednesday) – 10 AM in Europe (Wednesday)

Previously-scheduled maintenance for this week can be found here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 12 Comments

What was Shigeru Miyamoto’s favorite movie of 2015? That honor goes to Star Was: The Force Awakens.

Speaking with Game Informer, Miyamoto shared some thoughts as to why he was impressed with the film:

“There were a lot of good movies last year. One movie that I would have to talk about is Star Wars. It was a movie that I was very worried about. I really enjoyed the original three movies. But as they started to rely more on CG and computer graphics, I gradually stopped watching the Star Wars movies.

I felt that for the people who were taking that on that it was a very big challenge for them. My expectation is that they’d maybe find a way to barely meet that challenge. But when I saw that movie, I was very impressed with what they were able to do.

As a creator, I really respected their ability to take on the challenge and bring back some of the feelings that people had the first time they watched the movies. I really liked that some of those actors from Episode IV came back after all these years, and you can see how they had aged. As a fan, it was a really great movie.”

Miyamoto also discussed his favorite games of last year: Splatoon and Super Mario Maker.

“I haven’t seen as many video games. Two of the games that I have been really happy with. One is Splatoon. We had a very young staff work on that game; particularly in the Japanese market, they’ve introduced a whole new genre of shooter.

And then Super Mario Maker, which Mr. [Takashi] Tezuka worked on, we’re seeing a lot of dads are playing together with their kids. That’s made me really happy.”

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 13 Comments

Stage Adjustments:

• Object placement in Regular Battle for the following stages will be changed to match that in Splat Zones.
  • Arowana Mall
  • Moray Towers

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

During today’s Nintendo Direct, it was revealed that a pair of Splatoon updates are on the way. The first one is due out on March 8 and balances gear and updates the matchmaking system. Another patch will add weapon combos under the name “Sheldon’s Picks”.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Wii U | 5 Comments

Two weeks ago we reported that a Splatoon manga series will be published in Bessatsu CoroCoro Comic, starting with the April 2016 issue (which is actually being released today). Today, a special one-off web-only chapter was published to celebrate the manga’s release. It’s available (in Japanese) here.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Jake in News | 12 Comments

Japanese candy maker Nobel will be making Splatoon-themed gummy candies and stickers. Currently, they only seem to be for Japan, and a release date was not given.

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