Tuesday News Update with the Splatoon getting mainstream exposure, Brawlout selling 50,000 and more tidbits!

● During the New Year’s Day broadcast of the popular variety show Geinoujin Kakuzuke CHECK 2018 that aired on TV Asahi, comedian Toshifumi Fujimoto of the comedy duo FUJIWARA shouted “スプラトゥーンやないか!” (literally Splatoon or not!) after being splatted with green ink from losing his punishment game! An image of the inking here.

● Angry Mob Games announced that Brawlout has sold more than 50,000 copies on the Nintendo Switch eShop in its first 2 weeks!

● Twintelle narrowly won the third ARMS Party Crash event by defeating Master Mummy by just 51% to 49%.

● Watch Pokémon Rescue: CASE #03 & #07 video from Pokémon Ultra Sun Moon here.

● The Korean strategy RPG The War of Genesis 2 is apparently being remade for Switch in 2019 by Korean publisher Next Floor.

● Contra Network uploaded a video of Diddy Kong Racing 64 running on Unreal Engine 4 here.

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