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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 13 Comments

Splatoon’s Rainmaker mode is launching this weekend, Nintendo has announced. It’s arriving tomorrow evening in North America (7 PM PT / 10 PM ET), and Saturday morning in Europe.

Watch a brief introduction of Rainmaker below.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 8 Comments

Splatoon’s latest update has been causing issues for some users. While some players have been able to overcome them with a few simple steps, others haven’t been as lucky and have continued to experience problems.

There is at least a small bright spot with this situation. After a fan contacted customer support late last week, Nintendo acknowledged that Splatoon’s latest update has affected players’ connections. The representative mentioned, “this has been identified and escalated to our Head Office, and we are looking to ensure that this is resolved and that our servers are stabilised within the next few days.”

Here’s the full message from Nintendo customer support:

Thank you for your email to Nintendo.

I am sorry to read that you are continuing to experience an issue with your connection on Splatoon online.

We can confirm that due to the update that has occurred, some people are still having their connection affected. However this has been identified and escalated to our Head Office, and we are looking to ensure that this is resolved and that our servers are stabilised within the next few days.

We would recommend for you to continue trying over the weekend to see if you notice any improvements in the connection. We sincerely apologise for any upset or inconvenience that this issue has caused to you.

If you have any further questions or queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Thanks to John for the tip.

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

People have been data mining Splatoon ever since the 1.3.0 update. Since then, new weapons that will be added to the game in the future have been uncovered.

If you’d like another look at what’s on the way to Splatoon, head past the break. There’s a helpful table that breaks down various details about the upcoming weapons.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, Videos | 3 Comments

The Squid Sisters Splatoon 3DS theme just recently launched in Japan. We now have footage of the theme, which is posted below.

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Following the release of Splatoon’s August update, Twitter user “NWPlayer123” data mined the files and managed to discover images of upcoming weapons. We’ve placed the images past the break to avoid spoilers.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 19 Comments

Just like in North America, Splatoon’s third European Splatfest was pretty close. But in the end, the South Pole beat out the North Pole by just a few points.

The North Pole had a very slight edge in popularity. However, because the South Pole won 52 percent of the matches, that side came out on top.

Take a look at the image above for the full results.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 27 Comments

The results are in for Splatoon’s third North American Splatfest.

Marshmallows dominated in popularity (64 percent), which ultimately propelled that side to victory. Although the hot dog side had a slight edge in wins (52 percent), it wasn’t enough to overtake marshmallows.

The final score was actually pretty close since wins are now more important than ever. There were 256 points for the marshmallow team and 244 points for hot dogs.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 16 Comments

This month’s issue of Nintendo Dream has yet another interview with one of the developers behind Splatoon. This time, the Japanese magazine spoke with producer Hisashi Nogami.

Going back to the origins of Splatoon, Nogami commented on how program director Shintaro Sato came up with the idea of inking. Sato wrote a program for a drawing system, which included affixing textures on models and processing shadows. He thought at the time, “If I replace a shadow with the possibility of repainting with a color, wouldn’t that be a new way to play?”

Nogami also spoke about the decision to feature 4 on 4 matches in Splatoon:

Nogami: It’s not like we couldn’t have made 3 vs. 3 battles, but if just one player is splatted, the balance changes drastically and the enemy team can make a push in one go.

Nogami: On the other hand, when we tried increasing the number of players, the effect of splatting one person was small.

Nogami: However, when we tried 4 vs. 4, just splatting one player got the other team into a quite unfavorable situation. It is like a power play in ice hockey.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

North America’s third Splatfest in Splatoon kicked off 13 hours ago. In Europe, their third competition is beginning right now.

The third European Splatfest pits the North Pole against the South Pole. Splatoon players can compete for the next day, and the results will then be available soon after it’s finished.

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The third North American Splatfest in Splatoon has gone live. In the latest competition, players can either be on Team Marshmallow or Team Hot Dog.

This latest Splatfest will last through the following day. Once it’s complete, the results will be posted shortly after.

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