Splatoon 2 news roundup: Octolings, weapons and more

Categories: Switch, News

In preparation for 2017 Splatoon 2 World Inkling Invitational today’s tweets on Splatoon’s Japanese Twitter account are giving us an idea of what weapons will be shown off. It looks like a fiery coated, one-hit-KO beast is definitely back! Weapon: Blaster Oh you beautiful, flame painted, “googly-eye” stickered powerhouse. Glad…

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Community Question Block: Tomorrow’s Pokémon Direct

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, Switch

This morning, in a surprise announcement, the Pokémon Company and Nintendo have announced that a Pokémon themed Nintendo Direct will be airing tomorrow morning. With rumors circulating about a third installment of the Pokémon Sun & Moon series, which could potentially be released on the Nintendo Switch, fans everywhere are…

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Pokémon Direct coming tomorrow (6/6)

Author: Jason Ganos
Categories: 3DS, News, Switch

Nintendo of America has just announced that a Pokémon Direct will be dropping tomorrow, June 6th, starting at 7:00 a.m. PST.   Tune in on June 6 at 7am PT/10am ET for #Pokemon news in a special, 8-minute Pokémon Direct. https://t.co/sVsqDLEOcv pic.twitter.com/6zq0vTnHmy — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 5, 2017…

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Ninjara was the most popular fighter during the ARMS Global Testpunch

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Switch

UPDATE: The ARMS Twitter account has also tweeted out a new image thanking players for participating in the Global Testpunch! Check it out: 「のびーるウデだめし」に参加された方、おつかれさまでした!多くの方に遊んでいただき感激です。皆様に厚くお礼申し上げます!ARMSの発売は6/16(金)です。皆様にお会いできるのを、首をなが~くしてお待ちしていますよ! pic.twitter.com/mYomfpqq2v — ARMS(アームズ) (@ARMS_Cobutter) June 4, 2017 Now the ARMS Global Testpunch sessions have come to a close, Nintendo is no doubt working feverishly over the…

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Nintendo Wiretap (6/4/17)

Categories: 3DS, Mobile, News, Switch, Videos, Wii U

  Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap: Weekend Edition! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit,…

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New Shakedown: Hawaii visual option videos released

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, 3DS, Switch

In case you hadn’t heard, the irreverent indie hit Retro City Rampage will be getting a sequel; Shakedown: Hawaii. The 16-bit follow-up is expected to release for the Nintendo Switch and 3DS later this year, and the developers at Vblank are releasing more and more gameplay clips in the run-up…

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Nintendo Wiretap (6/2/17)

Categories: Mobile, Merchandise, News, Switch

Welcome to the Nintendo Wiretap! Each day the team here at Nintendo Wire works tirelessly to bring you the best, most relevant late-breaking Nintendo news this side of the Mushroom Kingdom. To help make ingesting all these meaty stories easier than Kirby hopped up on Miracle Fruit, we’ve compiled a…

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New ARMS challenger approaching: Hedlok

Categories: News, Switch

Teased yesterday, a new challenger entered the ring in this weekend’s Global Testpunch. Boy oh boy, Biff was right that we should worry…. Meet Hedlok. A possible cousin or engineered sibling to Helix, this four armed fighter (six when controlling another fighter) escaped the ARMS Research Laboratory. We don’t know…

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