So, uh, anything else happen besides Splatoon?

After the Splatoon direct, the Nintendo download press release seems a tad perfunctory, but so it goes. On the Wii U front there's the Splatoon beta, the oddball Midnight City release High Strangeness and the start of Mega May 2015 with Mega Man and Bass await your potential dollars.

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The summer will bring some major Splatoon updates.

A free update for Splatoon is coming in August that will bring more key functionality to the multiplayer.

The update will add friend matching to all multiplayer modes, allowing you to force matches with friends on the multiplayer modes. In addition, players will be able to create eight-friend matches with the player’s choice of maps and rules in addition to the normal game rotation.

Finally, a chance to tell Nintendo you want voice chat.

For the first time ever, Nintendo will be holding a beta for a game.

Announced in today’s Splatoon Direct, the beta, dubbed Global Testfire, will run May 8 from 11 p.m. ET to 12a.m. ET, and May 9 from 7 a.m. ET to 8 a.m. ET and 3 p.m. ET to 4 p.m. ET. This demo, downloadable from the eShop today, will give early access to the Turf War mode. The beta is on the eShop now and Nintendo will take feedback from beta testers.

Soon, Universal will have more than just Video Armageddon.

Nintendo is getting into the theme park business with the help of Universal Studios.

A press release sent out to coincide with Nintendo's financial results announced the alliance, which will see "spectacular, dedicated experiences based on Nintendo's wildly popular games, characters and worlds."

The theme song of which is AC/DC's "Back In Black"

Nintendo released their earnings report for the 12 months ended March 31 overnight, and the company is back on the happy side of the profit line.

Although the company saw a small loss in the January - March quarter (6.8 billion yen operating loss, 17.6bn yen net loss), it wasn't enough to put them... Read more...

That Pokémon fad keeps rolling on in today's Nintendo news.

Today in the Nintendo news, some good financial news for Nintendo and partners ahead of tomorrow's big day.

Between games, cards, and other merchandise, Pokémon pulled in US$2billion in 2014.

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You’ll be able to re-enact the Holiday Special this Life Day, plus the rest of the Nintendo news.

Today in Nintendo news, some big names in development are coming to Wii U in a way you wouldn’t expect.

The cover of the new Game Informer has revealed the newest member of the Disney family will appear in the latest version of Disney Infinity.

Heavy on promises, light on details.

Nintendo of America has posted a statement on their Facebook page regarding the rampant shortage of Amiibo.

The statement does not name specific characters, dates or steps to prevent scalping, but does include the following paragraph:

"We’re trying to meet the demands of our fans and consumers... Read more...

Head out of the graveyard at Mach 5.

A couple of major recent digital releases have been patched to fix ongoing issues.

Mario Kart 8 has been patched to version 4.1. In addition to "bug fixes and improvements" possibly related to issues of save file deletion, the patch unlocks Mirror mode and 200cc for those who haven't cleared 150cc in its entirety yet.