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NEWS: Nintendo Releases Squid Girl Costumes for Splatoon Game in U.S.


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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:32 am Reply with quote
Nintendo should create an amiibo of that!
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Freyanne



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:53 am Reply with quote
revolutionotaku wrote:
Nintendo should create an amiibo of that!
Sshh, don't give them any ideas! It's hard enough trying to get the current amiibos that aren't the shelf-warming ones.
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Jajanken



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 2:49 am Reply with quote
I never thought it would happen. Although I find it funny people wear the items and don't even know what they have
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D-Rock



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 5:31 am Reply with quote
Is it strange that I kinda wanna own the game just because of that?
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darkchibi07



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:10 am Reply with quote
I wonder this will increase the Squid Girl anime presence tenfold. I believe the 1st season's bilingual version is still on Netflix and of course the rest is on Crunchyroll.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:36 am Reply with quote
It was inevitable. But now I REALLY want a Wii-U.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:37 am Reply with quote
I'm very ecstatic that the U.S. is finally going to play as Squid Girl in Splatoon! Smile
Well, playing as a female Inkling dressed up as Squid Girl, that is.
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MischievousMelody



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:53 am Reply with quote
Ah, I see what you did there Anime catgrin
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 11:37 am Reply with quote
Freyanne wrote:
revolutionotaku wrote:
Nintendo should create an amiibo of that!
Sshh, don't give them any ideas! It's hard enough trying to get the current amiibos that aren't the shelf-warming ones.


Is there actually a list of the amiibos that are so hard to find versus the ones that aren't? Oh the days when folks had their own written lists of either Magic cards, Pokemon figures, etc... that they needed to find.

Damn I this could be fun getting Squid Girl involved. But this is just as good.
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Master Menos



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 12:09 pm Reply with quote
Freyanne wrote:
revolutionotaku wrote:
Nintendo should create an amiibo of that!
Sshh, don't give them any ideas! It's hard enough trying to get the current amiibos that aren't the shelf-warming ones.
I support this idea.

The game has been tons of fun since the update. Back then there wasn't too much, but there's a lot more content now.
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:29 pm Reply with quote
Anyone know how to get the costume? I don't see it in the Splatoon store.
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Freyanne



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:51 pm Reply with quote
Chrno2 wrote:
Freyanne wrote:
revolutionotaku wrote:
Nintendo should create an amiibo of that!
Sshh, don't give them any ideas! It's hard enough trying to get the current amiibos that aren't the shelf-warming ones.


Is there actually a list of the amiibos that are so hard to find versus the ones that aren't? Oh the days when folks had their own written lists of either Magic cards, Pokemon figures, etc... that they needed to find.
I would roughly say that out of all the currently release amiibos, at least 2/3rds of them are hard to find. Because Nintendo didn't make a lot of them (Little Mac, Pit, Capt Falcon, the Fire Emblem ones, for example) and/or they are store exclusives (Meta Knight, Rosalina, Greninja, Shulk, Ness, ect.).

Basically, any amiibo that isn't Mario/Luigi/Peach/Yoshi/Bowser/Pikachu/Zelda you are gonna have either a semi-hard time finding or "gotta resort to importing/scalpers/ebay" to get them.

omnistry wrote:
Anyone know how to get the costume? I don't see it in the Splatoon store.


It appears randomly in the shops. Or you could order it from someone that is wearing the Squid Girl items in your lobby. Same with the new Famitsu set (sushi chef outfit).
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Seska1973



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:38 pm Reply with quote
Squid Girl, has an Episode without any word being said. Only full of emotions and everyone would understand it.

If you do not know Squid Girl yet and do not understand Japan or English Subtitels or Dubs, then this Episode is for you. (Shinryaku! Ika Musume/Squid Girl - Season 1, Episode 5 the B Part, Year 2010)
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 4:32 pm Reply with quote
I'm really glad about the publicity this is going to give Squid Girl and anime in general.

And of course, The Wii U has a Netflix app and I believe a Crunchyroll app as well, so people who haven't heard of it might be inclined to watch it. Squid Girl is also a pretty harmless PG anime (and has a dub!) so I think Splatoon's target audience will like it.
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Seska1973



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PostPosted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:21 pm Reply with quote
Well, the Character Creator of this Game, is the one that also created the Squid Girl. You can say, the Game Industry found "suddenly" the Anime Industry and doing now cross overs. Like some Beat'n Up game, receive now tones of Anime Costumes for their Fighters.
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