Splatoon’s Got a Release Date and Three New Amiibos

<p>Just when <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;splatoon-wii-u-single-payer-campaign&sol;"><em>Splatoon<&sol;em><&sol;a> would hit store shelves been a mystery to everyone&comma; but now Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s finally slapped a date on the colorful third-person shooter&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the company&&num;8217&semi;s Nintendo Direct today&comma; the game&&num;8217&semi;s launching only for Wii U this<strong> May 29th&comma; <&sol;strong>about the time <em>Mario Kart 8<&sol;em> hit last year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;80662" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-80662" style&equals;"width&colon; 800px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05011227&sol;Splatoon-Amiibos-BagoGames&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"wp-image-80662 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05011227&sol;Splatoon-Amiibos-BagoGames&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Splatoon Amiibos BagoGames" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"465" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-80662" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Left to right&colon; an Inkling girl&comma; a squid&comma; and an Inkling boy&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In other news&comma; Nintendo&&num;8217&semi;s further announced that the game will indeed be among the company&&num;8217&semi;s growing list of amiibo compatible games&period; The amiibos you see above will be available the same day the game launches and include an Inkling girl&comma; boy&comma; and a neon-green squid with the latter being included only via the three-pack bundle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each of the figurines will give players access to special missions via placing them on the Wii U gamepad&comma; but by no means supersede the game&&num;8217&semi;s core multiplayer and single-player modes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A very special &&num;8220&semi;1v1&&num;8221&semi; mode&comma; Battle Dojo&comma; will renders two separate views for <em>Splatoon <&sol;em>– one player uses the GamePad as a dedicated screen while the other one uses the TV&period; Only the highest scoring players will win by popping balloons with ink in a stage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Splatoon<&sol;em>&&num;8216&semi;s among our <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;bagogames-2015-gaming-head-heads-round-2-working&sol;">top anticipated games of the year<&sol;a> thus far&comma; but is it one of yours&quest; Tell us in the comments below if you&&num;8217&semi;re itching to paint the town red – or green or blue&comma; or whatever color&comma; really&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Via<&sol;strong> <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;youtube&period;com&sol;user&sol;Nintendo">Nintendo on YouTube<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;