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Man Your Ink-Filled Battle Stations! Splatoon Global Testfire Event Announced for May 23rd

For those who missed the “Splatoon Global Testfire” event, you now have another chance at the gooey inky goodness.

Nintendo has announced that fans will be able to play on Saturday, May 23, for an hour starting at 3 p.m. Pacific / 6 p.m. Eastern where players can partake in the online 4-on-4 Turf War battles.

All players have to do is, download the free Splatoon Global Testfire software from Nintendo eShop for Wii U, and then launch the software during the designated event time.

From the Wii U Home Menu, start Nintendo eShop and click the “Splatoon Global Testfire” banner on the Nintendo eShop Home page.

Once downloaded and installed, start the special demo from the Wii U Home Menu during the one-hour time period and play.

Splatoon will be out on May 29th for Wii U.