Splatoon

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

Splatoon is doing very, very well in Japan. Because of the game’s strong sales, the game has been tough to find on store shelves. Nintendo even issued an apology on its Twitter account last week, and vowed to ship more copies in the coming days.

We’re now hearing that Splatoon managed to sell through over 90 percent of its initial shipment in Japan. That isn’t confirmed just yet, but it wouldn’t be terribly shocking based on reports of how its selling out at various stores. This would also likely mean that Splatoon sold somewhere in the range of 150,000 copies in Japan. We should be receiving official data on Wednesday!

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GameXplain has posted a new video that takes a look at five neat Easter Eggs in Splatoon. You can watch it below.

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Splatoon features a 1-on-1 local multiplayer mode called “Battle Dojo”. One player handles the GamePad, while the other uses a Wii U Pro Controller, Classic Controller, or Classic Controller Pro.

As it turns out, the second player can actually enable a motion control setup thanks to a special input. With the unique code, that person can use a Wiimote with the Classic Controller or Classic Controller Pro to turn on motion controls.

As outlined by Nintendo in a Tumblr update:

One of our scientists has made a rather stunning discovery! From early reports, it appears to be a means of adding motion control to the controller of the player playing on the TV screen in Battle Dojo. On the controller selection screen for Battle Dojo, press and hold down on the +Control Pad, press and hold B, and then press ZR and ZL.

It seems a Wii Remote Plus is necessary to perform this incredible feat. This technique also appears to be possible when using a Classic Controller or Classic Controller Pro! When using a Wii U Pro Controller, first press ZL and ZR to select that as your controller, and then press the 2 Button on the Wii Remote Plus to activate it.

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This week’s Nintendo Minute takes one more look at Splatoon. Kit and Krysta close things out with a bit of online multiplayer. Watch the latest Nintendo Minute below.

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Nintendo has uploaded yet another video from the Splatoon Mess Fest. In the latest video, celebrities talk about the event and the new Wii U game. View it below.

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Engadget recently held an interview with Hisashi Nogami in which they discussed all things from his beginnings with Nintendo, his success with Animal Crossing, and what it was like to come up with an idea for Splatoon. Lots of interesting tidbits in the article that you should check out, but we’ve grabbed an excerpt you can read below where he explains a bit about new IP with Nintendo, in this case Splatoon.

In a recent Iwata Asks interview with the Splatoon team at Nintendo EAD, you explained that after finishing your work on the Wii U, you set out to make a game that didn’t fit into any established genre. You wanted to make something that wasn’t a Super Mario Bros. or Legend of Zelda. What’s the biggest challenge in making something totally new at Nintendo?

Rather than setting out to make something that didn’t fit into any genre, I would say that we didn’t want to get caught up in the idea of genre. In making the game, we started out by reconsidering our experiences making and playing games as well as our experiences in life. The sort of things we enjoyed doing while growing up. We wanted to make something that captured those past experiences.

I think it’s true that, with Nintendo, in an established franchise like the Mario series, there are challenges and new things that need to be done with each new title. I think it’s really true that in creating a game like Splatoon, we were basically starting from scratch and there were many more fundamental ideas and decisions that we needed to set in place before we could get going with the rest of development. That was what I considered to be the largest challenge we faced.

You can read more of this insightful interview with Hisashi Nogami here

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Posted on 9 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in Videos, Wii U | 0 comments

We’ve seen tons of awesome Mess Fest videos from Nintendo’s recent event a few weeks back to help promote Splatoon, and now there’s another one! Check out the newest video where you can get a look at the event with Joey Bragg and Kelli Berglund:

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To celebrate the launch of Splatoon, Nintendo and Adrenaline Alley in Corby decided to splat their local skate park. Adrenaline Alley will also have four Wii U pods with copies of the game to get people playing Splatoon during the summer.

You can check out the Splatoon takeover in Adrenaline Alley below. Lois Pendlebury, Tom Bailey and Sam Pulley (who are part of the Pixels crew) and up and coming skater Salar Kooshiki are featured in the video.

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Nintendo of Europe published another trailer for Splatoon in light of the game’s launch today. Those that are interested can check it out below.

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Just like with the Splatoon weapons “leak”, we have a look at the game’s upcoming battle stages thanks to the new Prima guide. Bluefin Depot, Kelp Dome, Camp Triggerfish, and Port Mackerel are all shown. These stages will be added to Splatoon over the next few months.

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