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Nintendo of Europe announced a released date for the latest installment of Art Academy. Art Academy: Atelier launches on the Wii U in Europe on June 26. The game offers “30 comprehensive lessons”, and for the first time charcoal is included as on of the tools able to be used for your artwork. You will be able to upload your creations to Miiverse, as well as “display them in a virtual in-game gallery and, in another first for the Art Academy series, upload time-lapse videos of their works being created to YouTube.”

So many creative possibilities for fans of the Art Academy series, read on to check out the full PR from Nintendo:

21st May 2015 – From 26th June, with Art Academy: Atelier the Wii U GamePad transforms into an artist’s canvas full of possibilities. The latest instalment in the popular educational software series offers 30 comprehensive lessons under the tutelage of a friendly master named Vince who takes you by the hand and offers information on concepts, theory and techniques. Artworks can be created from a wide variety of materials and tools, including charcoal for the first time in the series. The user can import and export images using an SD card, share their works via Miiverse, display them in a virtual in-game gallery and, in another first for the Art Academy series, upload time-lapse videos of their works being created to YouTube.

The Art Academy titles teach people drawing and painting skills on a touch screen that transfer to the real world – just follow the easy steps and create stunning masterpieces you might never have believed possible. Following the release of Wii U Download Software Art Academy: SketchPad – which offered budding artists a taster of the full experience – this new instalment offers a fully comprehensive drawing and painting package, with the stylus once again acting as your art material or tool and the Wii U GamePad touch screen as your canvas. By utilising the touch screen’s large surface as well as the ability to zoom in on specific areas of the touch screen, you can create highly detailed works. Gain inspiration from some of the artworks already created and shared by some Wii U users in the Art Academy: SketchPad Community on Miiverse.

Art Academy: Atelier offers a fun and interactive course of study called Lessons Mode where you follow step-by-step tutorials to learn drawing and painting techniques. The techniques handed down from your master Vince are categorised into groups called Beginner, Advanced and – a new category for Art Academy: Atelier – Tools, with the Lessons in each category increasing in complexity as you progress. By completing Lessons, you will become familiar with the reasoning behind the techniques and learn more about the masters of the craft. Of course the software can also be used to draw or paint freely thanks to the wide variety of available materials and tools.

Whether you have created fun doodles, work-in-progress artworks or finished masterpieces, you can show off your creative process by uploading a time-lapse video of the creation of your artworks to YouTube. Whether you set it to one, two or five minutes in length, the time-lapse video shows the process of creation from the first brush stroke to the last. You can also save your creations to an SD card to view on a computer, as well as view your work in a virtual Gallery. The Gallery also includes the Family Wall, where all household members linked to the same Wii U console can contribute their artistic touch to the same canvas.

You can share your creations via Miiverse, Nintendo’s network service that brings together like-minded communities from all over the world. Artwork created by others is sorted using predefined tags for easy searches and can be viewed without leaving the software. It can also be saved to the software or to an SD card for future use as a reference for your own work. What’s more it’s just a single button press away to access the Art Academy: Atelier Community online.

Art Academy: Atelier launches exclusively for Wii U on 26th June, offering a fun yet thorough course of study, a wide variety of materials from which to create, as well as multiple options for budding artists to share their works. Wii U owners who already purchased Art Academy: SketchPad from Nintendo eShop can upgrade to Art Academy: Atelier for a reduced price if they purchase it from Nintendo eShop.*

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

The Nintendo UK store is now taking pre-orders for three more amiibo. Consumers can reserve Bowser Jr., Dr. Mario, and Olimar.

Pre-orders are live on the store here. They’re all launching on July 17.

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The Nintendo UK store has added in three new bundles for Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Each one comes with a copy of the game, a related 3DS theme, and a Fire Emblem amiibo. Consumers can choose between options containing the Lucina, Marth, and Robin figures.

Pricing for the bundles is set £45.99 each. You can place an order here.

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Nintendo is now taking pre-orders for the orange Splatoon Inkling hat on its UK store. It’s due out on May 29, alongside the game. Pricing is set at £9.99.

Those who are interested can pre-order the hat here.

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Following today’s Splatoon Direct, Nintendo UK added a few more bundles to its online store. All of these now include an original GamePad protector.

There are three bundles available. Each includes a Wii U console and a copy of the strategy guide. Get yours here.

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Nintendo of Europe has just released a code for Pokemon Rumble World on its Official Twitter account. So now for those of you that live across Europe you can acquire Litleo in Pokemon Rumble World! Just use the code featured below and you can have your very own little Litleo.

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Those who pre-order Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. from Nintendo UK’s online store will be able to download the game’s 3DS theme at no extra cost. You can get your order in here.

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M., along with its related theme, are out now in North America. The theme can be purchased for $1.99.

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UK retailer GAME has a special bonus planned for Splatoon pre-orders. By reserving any eligible Splatoon product, you’ll receive the Inkling beanie pictured above. You can pre-order Splatoon at GAME here.

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Posted on 9 years ago by Kirara Koneko(@KiraraKoneko) in News, Wii U | 18 Comments

Nintendo Direct will be featuring a special Splatoon Edition on May 7th across North America, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan

Here are the zone specific times:

North America – 10am EST

UK – 3pm BST

Europe – 4pm CEST

Australia/New Zealand – Midnight AEST

Japan – 11pm

Stay tuned for more details!

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With the discontinuation of Club Nintendo looming everyone is scrambling to spend their coins or stars. Today, Club Nintendo has updated its catalogue and added a pretty fantastic item. Members in Europe, UK, Australia and New Zealand can now trade in their stars for a Majora’s Mask Light.With glowing eyes, this spooky Majora’s Mask emits a soft, orange glow when you flick the switch. Measuring approximately 12cm tall x 12cm wide, made of ABS, transparent ABS and PVC. The light is currently order able through Club Nintendo and will set you back 6000 stars. Sadly, this epic Legend of Zelda item is not available in North America.

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