Nintendo's brand new squid-based shooter Splatoon has been recreated inside Minecraft.

Splatoon is proving to be popular in Japan, helping the Wii U roll to the top of the hardware charts.

Splatoon already has a new game mode, map and weapon - just days after launch on the Wii U

A truck containing special editions of Nintendo's new shooter Splatoon has been stolen - leaving many customers unable to secure their orders.

Nintendo adds a dash of colour to a genre oversatruated in brown and grey. And by jove, they've done it right.

Splatoon has changed radically since it's first paper prototype - which included pieces of tofu shooting at each other.

Splatoon is looking like a unique, truly Nintendo-like online shooter - but it has some worrying issues to address

Splatoon is hitting open beta tomorrow, giving you an early taste of the territory-based ink madness