The Splatoon 3 Direct was filled with juicy data to get us prepared for the upcoming squid shooter sequel, which might be launched on September ninth. But like all good Nintendo followers, we weren’t watching the Direct simply for the sport updates, oh no, we have been additionally on the hunt for Nintendo Easter eggs.
One such callback got here within the type of an prolonged attain into the corporate’s previous. Harmony, the overseer of Splatsville’s new common retailer, Hotlantis, will be seen taking part in with a Nintendo Ultra Hand — an extendable grabber toy that was manufactured by Nintendo again within the Nineteen Sixties.
Twitter was fast to level out this Easter egg, with @trsrpc seemingly being the primary to focus on this retro callback.
Of course, this isn’t the primary time that Nintendo has featured the Ultra Hand in a online game title. Eagle-eyed followers could have seen the toy used as a assist for a sure part of observe in Mario Kart 8‘s GBA Mario Circuit. Approaching the raised hairpin bend, the Ultra Hand (right here renamed the Ultra Arm) will be noticed in a beefed-up kind, lifting the observe off the bottom.
You can take a look at this time-stamped video proper right here for exact directions on the place to identify this earlier Easter egg.
Other Twitter customers have added to the chain, noting the Ultra Hand’s look in numerous titles, one in every of which is 2018’s WarioWare Gold.
And come on, who remembers Grill-Off with Ultra Hand, that obscure Club Nintendo reward? The WiiWare days have been a distinct time. We reviewed it again within the day, too, and though we weren’t keen on it then, it’s a little curio from Nintendo’s historical past.
Still, whereas Harmony is probably not the official Hotlantis proprietor, it definitely seems that she is updated on her Nintendo historical past at the least!
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