Nobody should care about my opinion on Splatoon - but I agree with Buska, I was a little disappointed to see that it all looked very familiar in world design. After the first trailer's upside-down Eiffel Tower and epic scope I hoped they might do something different, even open-worldy, with the one-player. This trailer seemed to shoot that in the head.
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Sure, but I can't see it being the main object of their attention, which I think it would have to be if it was to be a big sprawling open-world-ish adventure.
In other words, sad to see this come true.
Buskalilly Farore
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You might be right but I think the trailer still keeps it vague enough to be something different compared the first two games. Also I mostly want to know if the mech & grapple hooks things for the multiplayer are some sort of new game mode or abilities attached to certain weapons.
They looked like new supers to me, which is cool. I wonder if they'll rework it or keep to individual weapons having set side weapons and supers?
I also hope we get some cool mech and ink-stretching sequences in the campaign.
The_Jaster Din
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I really need to play the DLC campaign for Splatoon 2 after being a bit disappointed with the base singleplayer (which I never finished, compared to Splatoon 1's which I found a pleasant surprise in how good it was!)
To me that comes down to how inventive it is and how much it throws new ideas at you. Splatoon 1 was constant, 2 was a little more repetitive I think. I hear good things about the DLC though.
Buskalilly Farore
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I never played splatwoots as I didn't have the Internet for it at the time. Weirdly my Wii U also wouldn't work online at my home in the middle of nowhere so I played the original at buskas!
I'm just hoping something terrible won't happen that messes up the Web in nottingham when this drops!
That aside I'm weirdly not very pumped about this. I don't have a good reason why.
Balladeer DIVINE LONELINESS
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I'm guessing because that trailer made it look more similar to the last game than is the case with many Nintendo franchises. It never really held water (or ink), but Nintendo's 'we won't do another F-Zero until we can think of some interesting ideas for it' argument looks weaker with every watch of this trailer.
Buskalilly Farore
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I've a feeling that F-Zero quote has been mistranslated and taken out of context over the years. The sad truth is, it's probably "we're not spending money on another F-Zero until we have an idea that will sell!".
I'm excited for this as I play a decent amount of Splatoon, but I'd be more pumped, and I'm sure the likes of Muss would be too, if we were still at the period in our lives where we could guarantee a good number of sessions with our pals when something like this releases.
OrangeRakoon Disciple of Greener
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I've a feeling that F-Zero quote has been mistranslated and taken out of context over the years. The sad truth is, it's probably "we're not spending money on another F-Zero until we have an idea that will sell!".
I'm excited for this as I play a decent amount of Splatoon, but I'd be more pumped, and I'm sure the likes of Muss would be too, if we were still at the period in our lives where we could guarantee a good number of sessions with our pals when something like this releases.
It could be a mistranslation. It could also have been accurate at the time but decision making has changed since then. My thoughts are that the idea was it wouldn't sell. Still mad we haven't seen an HD port of GX imo. Although I'm also mad that there aren't just loads of Gamecube games on the store as well.
You're right, I probably would be more excited to play it local if that were a thing I could do though. I'll probably get two copies so I can play with my girlfriend this way. There is a magic to the turf wars that no other shooter has and I'm sure we'll have a few online sessions too.
If nothing else, it'll be nice to hear those super cool Splatoon beats again.
The_Jaster Din
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You might be right but I think the trailer still keeps it vague enough to be something different compared the first two games. Also I mostly want to know if the mech & grapple hooks things for the multiplayer are some sort of new game mode or abilities attached to certain weapons.
They looked like new supers to me, which is cool. I wonder if they'll rework it or keep to individual weapons having set side weapons and supers?
Nintendo have now confirmed in tweets that these are the special weapons (the ones you get when you fill up the ink gauge) so I think the loadout system will stay the same.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Yeah, saw the stream of tweets, that from our conversation elsewhere, I wouldn't be surprised if this is the March game if Nintendo releasing one themselves that month over Bayo 3.
stu_the_great Stability Update
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Saw the trailer for this last week, and it finally convinced me that I need to give Splatoon 2 a go to catch up. I got the Octo Expansion DLC last week for cheaps in the sale, so I will be getting the base game very shortly.
The multiplayer is almost meaningless to me, but this story stuff seems to be bubbling in scope and I'm interested to see what it has to offer.
(I too would've loved to have seen a boxed, separate release of the DLC!)
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Juniper the character is fine. Juniper the non-binary rep is good. Shame about that Splatoon 3 lady in that regard.
I saw people on the Splatoon facebook groups work themselves up about this, create a narrative in their heads based on nothing more than the fact that nobody called her a girl and then act furious when they were wrong.
I'm a painfully politically correct liberal guy, but this kind of Tumblr dial-a-controversy definitely does more harm than good, just muddying the waters for when something actually needs to be called out.
In other news, I have the Splatfest downloaded and I played the opening tutorial. The desert level from that initial trailer, and the city you explore as a hub, have a much more physical, grounded presence than a lot of the earlier locations, so I really hope some of the campaign reflects that.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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As I said in the TOH discord nice to see likes of Juniper and people wanting Shiver to be part of more representation in games, just you know the comments in likes of NLife about Shiver. Takes me back Forza Horizon 5 getting some negative user reviews because you could select they/them as pushing the agenda.
That I don't think Nintendo can win either way.
I've also done that and watched the Treehouse of the game, looking good. Go Team Scissors.
The_Jaster Din
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In other news, I have the Splatfest downloaded and I played the opening tutorial. The desert level from that initial trailer, and the city you explore as a hub, have a much more physical, grounded presence than a lot of the earlier locations, so I really hope some of the campaign reflects that.
mas wrote:
I've also done that and watched the Treehouse of the game, looking good. Go Team Scissors.
I'm all set for Saturday as well and I especially like how it's just one big 12 hour block for the splatfest rather than how they normally split up their beta test time slots.
masofdas The Next Aonuma
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Juniper the character is fine. Juniper the non-binary rep is good. Shame about that Splatoon 3 lady in that regard.
I saw people on the Splatoon facebook groups work themselves up about this, create a narrative in their heads based on nothing more than the fact that nobody called her a girl and then act furious when they were wrong.
I'm a painfully politically correct liberal guy, but this kind of Tumblr dial-a-controversy definitely does more harm than good, just muddying the waters for when something actually needs to be called out.
I didn't get too invested for precisely that reason. Nothing good comes of getting in a tizzy over rumours. Would've been nice though.
Buskalilly Farore
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Revisiting older stuff looks cool enough. Another campaign with the weirdness and interesting levels of Octo Expansion? Sign me up!
Between OE and Pokémon SV, there's definitely at least one young buck at Nintendo who is really into Metal Gear and Terminator and Matrix, and I'm into it.
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