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Paper Mario: Color Splash

Paper Mario: Color Splash is a 2016 video game developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo for the Wii U console. It is the fifth game in the Paper Mario series. The story follows Mario and a paint bucket named Huey as they work to save Prisma Island and rescue Princess Peach from Bowser. The game world is made up of crafting materials. Along the way, Mario and Huey encounter places that lack color, and Mario must fill them in with his paint hammer. The developers focused on color-themed puzzles and comedy, and implemented card-based combat to use the gamepad's touchscreen to sort, paint, and flick cards. Color Splash was initially criticized for its focus on turn-based action-adventure elements, continuing the trend started by its predecessor to move the series away from its role-playing game roots. However, it received generally positive reviews upon release, gaining praise for its writing, graphics, and gameplay elements. (Full article...)

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Execution of the Romanov family

The execution of the Romanov family, the imperial family of Russia, took place on the night of 16–17 July 1918 in Yekaterinburg. Following the February Revolution, the Romanov family and their servants had been imprisoned in the Alexander Palace near Saint Petersburg before being moved to Tobolsk in Siberia in the aftermath of the October Revolution. They were shot and bayoneted to death by Bolshevik revolutionaries under Yakov Yurovsky on the orders of the Ural Regional Soviet in Ipatiev House. This 1913 photograph of the family depicts the imperial couple and their five children: from left to right, Grand Duchess Olga, Grand Duchess Maria, Emperor Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duchess Anastasia, Tsesarevich Alexei, and Grand Duchess Tatiana.

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