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    Splatoon's Update is Live, No Need to Download - It's Already on Your Disc

    The new update for the Nintendo Wii U exclusive Splatoon is now live and ready to download. Er, actually, scrap that last part - it's already on your game disc.

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    Contributor · 2 Jun 2015

    Splatoon's Update is Live, No Need to Download - It's Already on Your Disc

    The new update for the Nintendo Wii U exclusive Splatoon is now live and ready to download. Er, actually, scrap that last part - it’s already on your game disc.

    Yep, the update has gone live but your bandwidth needn’t suffer as the content - for reasons unknown - is actually already on the disc just waiting for this day to come. How very strange.

    The new update adds a new map, a new weapon in the form of the NES Zapper gun (re-purposed to fire ink) and ranked play for those who like to get competitive.

    It’s definitely an odd decision by Nintendo to lock the content on the disc behind a timer, but the content is free anyway so it’s all good.

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