Splatoon's timeline begins with you, as the new squid in town, discovering Captain Cuttlefish and his insane murmurings about the Octolings. Not so long ago, in Cuttlefish's lifetime, the mighty ...

Super Mario Maker will be receiving its latest costume additions next week in the form of Splatoon’s Squid Sisters, Callie and Marie.

Splatoon was nearly a Mario game, Miyamoto told Edge (via MCV). "There were heated debates over who the main character should be," Miyamoto said. "Whether it should be Mario, or the squid.

Nintendo's upcoming competitive paint shooter, Splatoon, could have been another Mario game, the company's iconic game designer and senior managing director Shigeru Miyamoto has said. “There ...

New Wii U shooter Splatoon could have starred Nintendo mascot Mario instead of a big squid. That's according to Shigeru Miyamoto, who told Edge magazine that the company had a back-and-forth over ...

Beyond just being a rad game, "Splatoon" is the first new franchise for a major Nintendo platform in over a decade. And it almost wasn't. ... Whether it should be Mario, or a squid.

In the end, Nintendo chose the Inklings — characters who can switch between human and squid forms — ahead of Mario as the company really wanted to create a strong, new intellectual property (IP).

Like most Nintendo games, Splatoon isn’t laden with excessive amounts of storytelling. You’re an Inkling, a sort of human-squid hybrid, and you live in a society where everybody’s obsessed ...

In a video titled 'Mario Kart in Splatoon 3' we can see two Splatoon 3 players racing alongside one another around a makeshift race track. Dubbed by the video's uploader as 'Squid Kart.' the route ...

And the Splatoon figure's capabilities might be the most adorable. As Destructoid pointed out, Nintendo Japan posted this video, showing you can play as a kid on land and then a squid during ...

Splatoon 3 review: Squid game. The ink doesn't feel like it's dried all the way from Splatoon 2, but Splatoon 3 still paints a pretty picture.

Please verify your email address. Since its reveal at E3, many people have noticed Splatoon's similarities to Nintendo's own Super Mario Sunshine. The games both feature liquid-based platforming ...