Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 2 Comments

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

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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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 2 Comments

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

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 27 Comments

Nintendo is bringing back the Splatoon Global Testfire demo for one more round, the company has announced.

You’ll be able to get in one more round on Sunday, May 24 at 00.00 CEST. That translates to the following times:

3 PM – 4 PM PT (Saturday)
6 PM – 7 PM ET (Saturday)
11 PM – 12 AM in the UK (Saturday into Sunday)
8 AM – 9 AM in Australia (Sunday)

Once again, those in Europe who download the demo can claim a 10 percent discount on Splatoon’s eShop version when the game launches on May 29. It’ll drop the price to €35.99 / £31.49 (regularly €39.99 / £34.99).

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Posted on 8 years ago by Dennis Gagliardotto(@LyonHart_) in General Nintendo, News, Wii U | 7 Comments

The Splatoon hype continues as Inside-Games just announced via Twitter that plushies based off of the squids in Splatoon are heading to Japan in late July.

These awesome plushies will come in orange and green and will be both be priced at 2,800 yen.

As someone who’s excited for Splatoon beyond comprehension, and wants as much Splatoon merchandise as possible, this is really exciting to see. Let’s hope these make their way to the west and we see even more plushies later down the line! Maybe some Inklings and Octolings too? Let’s just hope these are ink-free.

Splatoon releases on May 29th, 2015

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Posted on 8 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 7 Comments

Here is the latest commercial from Splatoon called “Ink It Up”!

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Posted on 8 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in Features, Podcast | 9 Comments

We weren’t going to have a show this week, but then Austin played Splatoon and he really wanted to talk about it so we decided to have a show. Additionally, Brian did a site survey and asked many of you about the podcast, so we decided to do a little navel gazing and read some of what you guys had to say, both good and bad. And weird. The nice image you see above was found on Neogaf!

Chapters today:

Opening Shenanigans

4:57 – Quiz – Tetris
5:28 – GAME OF THE WEEK – Yakuman

What We Played

8:05 – Austin’s been splatting folks left and right. (Mega Splatoon TALK)
46:43 – Everyone played 200cc. (Mario Kart 8)

Secondary Shenanigans

51:24 – Freetures
54:21 – Splatoon music break
55:47 – Touch My Navel – Your thoughts on the podcast

Listener Questions Mail

1:13:24 – Where to find New 3DS XL cases.
1:16:00 – How do you argue with a “hardcore” gamer?

Ending Shenanigans

2:25:02 – Ending fun
2:27:43 – QUIZ TIME
2:30:00 – Austin realizes something about DK64

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Wii U | 4 Comments

EB Games (Canada) is giving out a special bonus with Splatoon pre-orders. The retailer will be providing a 2-sided poster, which is pictured above.

Consumers can place pre-orders at EB Games here.

Splatoon launches in North America on May 29.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Videos, Wii U | 6 Comments

Update (5/13): Bumped to the top. Nintendo of Europe has uploaded a nearly idetical commercial, so we’re leaving it here.

Nintendo has now posted the Japanese commercial for Splatoon. You can view it below.

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Posted on 8 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Screenshots, Wii U | 2 Comments

Five more screenshots from Splatoon were posted on the title’s Japanese Twitter account today. Each one provides a look at the different mini-games. Check out the full set of screenshots below.

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