Their tone is very much, "Nintendo is for children, and I am not a child, nor do I have or want children, so this is not for me, and probably not for you either."
::Shrugs:: That's the general tone most press outlets have regarding Nintendo.
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Splatoon (Nintendo 4x4 team shooter, Wii U, 2015)
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Their tone is very much, "Nintendo is for children, and I am not a child, nor do I have or want children, so this is not for me, and probably not for you either."
::Shrugs:: That's the general tone most press outlets have regarding Nintendo.
Or just the interns they send to E3.
Nicktendo86
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And peole wonder why nintendo are cutting the press our and doing direct videos aimed at gamers. The press (most of them anyway) have cometely failed to properly report news.
Take that BBC article I posted for example. Did five things he learned from e3, one being diy games, and didn't even mention Mario maker. I had to tweet the author on that one.
I got to speak with Bill from nintendo at E3 about this game having a single player campaign, and even though he said they got nothing to show "right now", im confident by the way he said it something will be included.
Just the thought of these mechanics with some amazing boss fights have me salivating.
Just the thought of these mechanics with some amazing boss fights have me salivating.
yikes
Dragoon En Regalia
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Before you guys go and subtitle the OT with a boiler-plate Cawadoody pun.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
"Nintendo seems to be doing alot with female characters, pah, its too bad those games are so silly amirite?"
If thread posts equated to game sales maybe Platinum Games titles would sell well.
EDIT: And yeah holy shit at that BBC article.
Hopefully B2 sells a shit ton. The game looks great.
Wished Splatoon was releasing this year instead of next cause they can benefit from the hype plus for more games are coming out next year.
Spehornoob
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Has there been any talk of different game types or any SP campaign? I'm more excited for this than any other shooter (other than Far Cry 4, for completely different reasons) at E3, but I can definitely see it getting old if it's just one game type.
Yes to both things, they are just not in the game yet. It'll come along with new weapon types and stuff.
efyu_lemonardo
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What would happen if you splattered an enemy's back so that they had a small amount of paint on them (the GT video says it takes 3-4 hits to die), and then turned into a squid and "hid" inside that splat. Would that be a good (maybe optional) addition to the gameplay?
As long as you're on the enemy's back it's very hard to see you and take you out, and you could potentially get a free ride to their side of the map, at which point you pop out and start spraying the place like mad, and maybe some of your teammates use the instant jump function to join you.
You could also just wait for them think they're alone in their own corner of the map and then jump out and take them out, leaving you free to spray that corner of the map with nobody around to interfere.
The tradeoff, of course, is that you're basically "out of the game" for the duration of your "ride".
As long as you're on the enemy's back it's very hard to see you and take you out, and you could potentially get a free ride to their side of the map, at which point you pop out and start spraying the place like mad, and maybe some of your teammates use the instant jump function to join you.
You could also just wait for them think they're alone in their own corner of the map and then jump out and take them out, leaving you free to spray that corner of the map with nobody around to interfere.
The tradeoff, of course, is that you're basically "out of the game" for the duration of your "ride".
The last thing Nintendo wants to do right now is have to compete with halo, battlefield, call of duty, and destiny at the same time. 2015 will be a great fit for this game.
-Minsc-
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*nudge, nudge*
"For everyone clambering endlessly for new series and characters from Nintendo's internal studios, here it is. Splatoon is the game you've been shouting for. Just make sure you actually play it."
Edit: Heh.
SkeptiMism
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There will be Halo, CoD and probably Battlefield next year too though. I wouldn't be surprised if there will be some Destiny expansion too.
If someone is swimming in paint of their own color, they are invisible to the enemy (other than ripples from movement), but are definitely still vulnerable. I'm pretty sure I saw a few people in squid form being taken out.
You can kill them, however if you're in your own ink, and stay completely still, you'll be invisible.
They get taken out. you're not invincible just hidden.
To be fair, they'll have to compete with all of them but Destiny next year anyway. But yeah it's ok if this comes out next year, they have Mario Kart and Smash for multiplayer stuff in 2014
You can still be hit (and knocked out) while swimming in paint. Saw it multiple times when they were showing the game on Treehouse.
Not if the game comes out in the first half of 2015 as Nintendo has announced... but who knows there could be a sudden delay.
To be fair, the devs said you'd be able to turn off motion controls (so pro controller usage) and you could easily play this game on Wii remotes + nunchuks if that control scheme was offered (press + to view map, then aim and shoot at the teammate you'd like to super jump too). That being said, I'm pretty sure most people will be playing on gamepad. It just makes more sense to me right now.
Yeah I don't know if what he said got lost in translation. During the Treehouse stream, they made it seem like full on voicechat is either completely up in the air or not likely.
You can just aim up with the Wii remote. It'd be exactly like the Gamepad now.
I think you might be more vulnerable in squid form? There was speculation you were easier to kill that way.
-Minsc-
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Some thoughts I shared to a post made on the IGN Splatoon thread.
That last sentence boils down my view in a nutshell. Given how much Nintendo pushed Splatoon during E3 I don't see them shoehorning Mario in to increase sales. Maybe he'll be an unlockable surprise, I have no qualms with that. Splatoon is out there and wacky, no doubt it leaves many scratching their head. The Wii did the same thing (even more so) when it was revealed. This carried forward to the Wii U and with the tidbits revealed for next-gen Nintendo I see them traveling farther down their own path, continuing to distance themselves from the other console makers**. The best thing about Splatoon is the amount of polish it'll receive before release. I heard the devs say they hope to have it release in the first half of 2015 (I wouldn't be surprised if it falls to the second half, you know, Nintendo). Compare the Mario Kart 8 reveal to release. No bull shots, the game went nowhere but up.
** Or perhaps The Big N is on the same path they've always been and it's the other console makers who went down a different path.
schxick said:
That last sentence boils down my view in a nutshell. Given how much Nintendo pushed Splatoon during E3 I don't see them shoehorning Mario in to increase sales. Maybe he'll be an unlockable surprise, I have no qualms with that.
Splatoon is out there and wacky, no doubt it leaves many scratching their head. The Wii did the same thing (even more so) when it was revealed. This carried forward to the Wii U and with the tidbits revealed for next-gen Nintendo I see them traveling farther down their own path, continuing to distance themselves from the other console makers**. The best thing about Splatoon is the amount of polish it'll receive before release. I heard the devs say they hope to have it release in the first half of 2015 (I wouldn't be surprised if it falls to the second half, you know, Nintendo). Compare the Mario Kart 8 reveal to release. No bull shots, the game went nowhere but up.** Or perhaps The Big N is on the same path they've always been and it's the other console makers who went down a different path.
Spehornoob
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Awesome! Really psyched. Something as simple as Team Deathmatch would be a lot different with the new traversal aspects.
Damn.
deltatheta
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Yeah, I think that's how the game works. When you're in human form, you take more hits to kill, but in squid form you probably just take one hit, because otherwise it'd be weird to shoot the ground and not have it immediately change into your color like it always does.
Some thoughts I shared to a post made on the IGN Splatoon thread.
That last sentence boils down my view in a nutshell. Given how much Nintendo pushed Splatoon during E3 I don't see them shoehorning Mario in to increase sales. Maybe he'll be an unlockable surprise, I have no qualms with that.
** Or perhaps The Big N is on the same path they've always been and it's the other console makers who went down a different path.
I'm thinking Nintendo is aiming for that Titanfall slot next year, right around March. Is Xenoblade X still scheduled for Japan 2014? If so, I think if they could get that to the West by late January/early February, and follow up with this in late March, it would help space out Nintendo's first half of the year, which is always notoriously dry.
That's an odd crossover.
I know, but Internet has no crossover rules.
Read: Nintendo is doing something progressive, but we can't give them credit for it.
And no mention of Mario Maker in the DIY section of the article? It's rather cringe worthy how the writer tries to go out of his way to acknowledge Nintendo as little as possible
Kiryuin Splatsuki
http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/r...nintendo-is-doing-for-a-comeback-interview/2/
More confimation for multiple different modes from Reggie.
More confimation for multiple different modes from Reggie.
Dragoon En Regalia
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Reggie hinting at dat single-player mode? I can't wait to see what's in store for us.
efyu_lemonardo
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There could definitely be a mode or a single player section similar to the levels in Portal 2 which had you painting parts of the environment with white paint in order to move around.
In this case it's: splatter paint up a wall or in some other hard to reach area, swim through it as a squid, jump out and land in new location. repeat.
In this case it's: splatter paint up a wall or in some other hard to reach area, swim through it as a squid, jump out and land in new location. repeat.
Amazeballs
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This game really needs 4 player splitscreen. It's downright criminal that the devs are only aiming for 2 player. There's just so much potential for this to be a party game.
Come to think about it asuper-soaker themed zapper would be rad.
Anybody still have the toys? Mines broke.
Come to think about it asuper-soaker themed zapper would be rad.
Anybody still have the toys? Mines broke.
Now I want a Splatoon themed super soaker and a squid hat as the pre-order bonus.
Nicktendo86
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Haha thanks I missed that bit, have just tweeted him to point that out
they should make a tv series along with branded super soakers, expand dat licensing bzns.
I kept skipping over watching this trailer until todays thread about best game showed at E3 and then watched the video after almost everyone on that thread said Splatoon.
Anyways, after viewing it, yeah it looks like awesome fun especially if I can co-op locally with someone and still play online.
Anyways, after viewing it, yeah it looks like awesome fun especially if I can co-op locally with someone and still play online.
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