It's worth being aware that, with the source of the statement being Shounen Jump, its default voice for 'reporting' could be as overdriven and hyperbolic as much of the manga it publishes. Or its front cover:
This is assuming the source is Shounen Jump and not another magazine under the Jump line. Although it might not make much difference.
Anyway, some level of hyperbole wouldn't be unexpected.
Yeah, that's my gut feeling too - or some kind of unexpected 'Splatoon X [insert anime here]' crossover perhaps...not expecting it to be news regarding a game update - but I'll prepare myself to be 'shocked' just in case!
"Although we do not normally comment on rumors and speculation, we can confirm that, contrary to the rumors circulating since yesterday, the Japanese weekly magazine in question has not written any article about an announcement related to Splatoon for June 9. With which, it is a baseless rumour."
However, hot on the heels of this refutal, CoroCoro have dedicated an entire page of the magazine to the announcement that on June 9th, "Splatoon 2's Greatest Mystery Will Be Exposed". Not only that, but it has teased an emblem which it claims to be the sole lead on the mystery. It also claims that upon identifying this emblem, information has surfaced on top secret Splatoon 2 plans which CoroCoro News is now pursuing.
Elsewhere on the page, it reuses the "shock the world" phrase which Weekly Jump initially used to set the rumour mill in motion [edit: no Jump magazine ever used this phrase - see post below], and claims the website (corocoro-news.jp) will be the epicentre of said "shock".
What a thrilling turn of events!
It's also very noteworthy that CoroCoro specifically refers to Splatoon 2, rather than Splatoon as a franchise.
Okay, so an important addendum is necessary for the above post. I've done some digging, and it turns out that Jump magazine never even wrote anything about the Splatoon announcement on June 9th (which is in line with Nintendo's statement). This part always seemed iffy, because as far as I'm aware, nothing simply titled 'Jump Magazine' (which was given as the source) even exists. 'Jump' is instead a unifying brand that covers a whole line of magazines, each with separate names and contents and audiences (for the full list, see here). Even "Weekly Jump" doesn't exist; instead there is Weekly Shōnen Jump and Weekly Young Jump (which ironically is aimed at a slightly older audience).
It seems that the confusion comes from the fact that the source most people were using is this site here, which only has a couple of lines on the subject and doesn't even say which magazine the news comes from. Nor does it mention that the news is tied specifically to Splatoon 2 (rather than Splatoon as a franchise). In fact, despite the "shock the world" line being lifted from the CoroCoro page, the rest of the post doesn't really line up, with the writer remarking that it seems too early for a sequel - not something in question when looking at the CoroCoro page where 'Splatoon 2' is plastered everywhere.
Anyway, what seems to have happened is that Gematsu assumed the original source was one of the Jump magazines (apparently because other news from the given site was Jump-related). Presumably the rest of the Western media took this assumption for granted. I know I did.
This then forced Nintendo to clarify that no magazine under the Jump line had written anything of the sort, though unhelpfully they didn't point to the fact that CoroCoro actually had written something very similar. Also, throwing in the phrase "baseless rumour" didn't really help clear things up. This caused people to believe that no announcement was due, which only created more confusion when the CoroCoro scans came out confirming basically all the information (and more) that had previously been attributed to 'Jump'.
Anyway, unless Nintendo intervenes again, I think it's safe to say there will be news on the 9th of June, and it will be Splatoon 2 related. Whether or not it's shocking enough to knock the world off its hinges remains to be seen.
I guess the moral of this story is mainly just 'check your sources'. We've had all sorts of rumours flying around on the assumption that the announcement is not Splatoon 2 related, when the CoroCoro scans clearly state that it is.
Instead we can all start gossiping about what that emblem could mean. Let the next wave of wild speculation begin!
Hmm. Interesting. I certainly took that information at face value. As for the emblem, it looks like a number of things. The number 7, those squid phones, and that target-like Mii eye. The target eye is likely just a decoration, but we can safely assume that it isn't related to the Octo Expansion because of the squid phone/squid shaped tail part. The number 7 seems like it would be a prominent part of whatever this signifies. Where have we seen the number 7 used before? My first thought is the number of Salmon Run bosses. My second thought is Squidbeak. They must have 7 agents because agent 8 is an Octoling. The biggest mystery to me though, is that right side path past Murch. It seems significant, but has no use.
Just your everday ninja, who may also be an ace trainer.
@Maxz Thanks for that. You can't expect news sites to do the digging these days, so it's always appreciated when someone else does the actual research instead.
@NinjaAceTrainer That path is probably to the Octo Expansion with it opening up when the update is live if you own the expansion.
Maybe rather than the "leaked" release date of July 13th, Nintendo pulls an E3 2015 and releases the Octo Expansion along with Wahoo World on June 9th as pre-E3 hype.
@Octane Thanks. In a way it's not surprising this happened as the situation is almost perfectly optimised to cause confusion. It's a bit like the 'Mew under a truck' legend of old.
Not only is there the obvious language barrier to the original source, but because the announcement was (seemingly) only published in print, it's very difficult for anyone without a physical copy of the magazine to verify.
So instead we arrived at a situation where people were relying on the roughly translated report of the reaction of one person who had (presumably) read the magazine, whose summary left out several crucial details that were incorrectly inferred when first exporting the news in English. This formed the first article on which all other English-based news sources based their reports, and the fire spread from there.
I mean, to be fair, ultimately all that was wrong was that 'it was a different magazine', but Nintendo wading into the debate (I still need to do some digging to verify this) certainly wouldn't have helped things.
Anyway, the real saviour is whoever scanned that CoroCoro page. It means the original source is actually out in the open, which can be used to immediately sever the chain of Chinese/Japanese/English whispers linking back to it. Hooray for scanning machines! : )
I'm now doing some research into the claim that Nintendo 'intervened' to state that the claim was "baseless rumour". Following the given 'source' or each article across various websites, there furthest I've got it to this Spanish website. Depsite not knowing any Spanish, I can at least confirm that that the English quote provided for Nintendo's refutal is simply what you get if you stick the Spanish quote into Google Translate. Which perhaps explains the grammatically questionable final sentence (otherwise it seems a scarily believable translation). Anyway, can anyone go further down the rabbit hole? Does the Spanish site provide any source for Nintendo's apparent rejection of the Jump article (that was actually published by CoroCoro)?
@MarcelRguez Aah man. Well, I guess we've reached the end of the rabbit hole. Thanks for your help. They really make you work for your news, don't they!
I hope the world-shocking announcement is that they've improved the netcode so people stop disconnecting all the time. And I thought the rank meter wasn't supposed to be affected if you lose after your teammates disconnect, but sometimes it goes down anyway! I'd say someone disconnects in about a quarter of the matches I play, which is very frustrating...
Thank you Nintendo for giving us Donkey Kong Jr Math on Nintendo Music
@Dogorilla I think it's measured from
the start rather than the end. I'm not sure when the cutoff point is, but I think if they DC within the first 30 seconds you're safe.
Man, the hype with pokemon is beyond boiling point now. I'm having fun speculating. But splatoon has to be my favorite IP from nintendo now. When does the octo expansion come out! I can't wait to play as octoboy online! I need to grind stages!!!
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