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[blitzwolf215]

Was looking at the Japanese Nintendo Youtube channel, and Splatoon has more views than anything that was shown at the digital event, not including the Palutena and Pac-man reveal trailers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUl-iHKGgck

 

[foxuzamaki]

Was looking at the Japanese Nintendo Youtube channel, and Splatoon has more views than anything that was shown at the digital event, not including the Palutena and Pac-man reveal trailers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUl-iHKGgck

The power of squid girls

 

[Amazeballs]

Girls and tentacles in a single package!

 

[Dr. Buni]

Here's a really cool NES remix someone posted on YouTube of the theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wX9lGUaNJI

Amazing!

 

[Hermii]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

I dont see why not.

 

[jeffers]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

Can only see it not if: a) sells terribly, b) if they went F2P model (but obvs get a sequel on next platform)

 

[FyreWulff]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

If it takes off, I imagine it'll join the "once a console" style games like MarioKart

 

[Jintor]

Found this little gem on Steam Community, apparently in production since 2010

Poor guys, Splatoon carpet bombed them more or less. They've got their own twist on the idea (it's about conversion of characters rather than team creation, and looks top-down isometric-ish). Great mode though - there's one where you have to splatter an invisible player, but they leave footprints in paint!

 

[foxuzamaki]

Found this little gem on Steam Community, apparently in production since 2010

Poor guys, Splatoon carpet bombed them more or less. They've got their own twist on the idea (it's about conversion of characters rather than team creation, and looks top-down isometric-ish). Great mode though - there's one where you have to splatter an invisible player, but they leave footprints in paint!

Man, that's gotta suck.

 

[-Horizon-]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

Its the new COD.

Spoiler

because they're both marine creatures haha...I'll stop now

But seriously, I can see this being a new series. Splatoon 2: Global Inkfare, build your own stages and whatnot.

 

[BGBW]

Splatoon x Advance Wars.

 

[foxuzamaki]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

probably over 95% of the people who post's in this thread think it will be a longlasting franchise.

 

[gngf123]

question for you guys. I know the game has not been released yet but I am thinking. This is a new IP do you see this having any life (despite sales of the first game) to have multiple releases.... ex Splatoon 2,3 etc etc?

Nintendo want it to join their big once per console cycle releases like Smash and MK.

If it turns out to be a complete flop then they might drop it, but I really hope the game does well.

 

[Timeaisis]

Here's a really cool NES remix someone posted on YouTube of the theme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wX9lGUaNJI

Well, this is awesome.

 

[Geminosity]

looking at the last 3 posts, I feel like we just hit some kind of weird avatar bingo in this thread

 

[Timeaisis]

looking at the last 3 posts, I feel like we just hit some kind of weird avatar bingo in this thread

You've ruined the pattern! Nooooo!

 

[Geminosity]

You've ruined the pattern! Nooooo!

I think the 3 is as high a unique chain as we're going to get, unless my originally-coloured squid sister had tacked a post on the end for the quadruple score ;D

 

[gngf123]

We should get more colour swapped avatars. Team Orange vs Team Green/Palutena.

 

[Geminosity]

We should get more colour swapped avatars. Team Orange vs Team Green/Palutena.

I call her Palutinka
If people wanna palu-up some inkling avatars then I'm fine with that though. For now I'm a unique and beautiful snowflake :3

 

[Timeaisis]

We should get more colour swapped avatars. Team Orange vs Team Green/Palutena.

As long as it's 4v4.

 

[ThatRandomCliff]

I think I ruined it more.

 

[moolamb]

So many inkling avatars.......

 

[foxuzamaki]

So many inkling avatars.......

Join us.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Nintendo want it to join their big once per console cycle releases like Smash and MK.

If it turns out to be a complete flop then they might drop it, but I really hope the game does well.

I feel like we have reached a point where if any of the big publishers wants a game to be the next big thing,they will make it, regardless of quality and make it sell millions

 

[Marcus]

i want this game so bad. gonna be a looooong wait for 2015

 

[Amazeballs]

So many inkling avatars.......

You call those Inklings? Zoidberg is the greatest Inkling of the all!

*whoops*

 

[VanWinkle]

I'm worried about aesthetic differences of the maps. I hope it's not just a matter of different layouts of the same white-building-city aesthetic.

 

[spiritfox]

I'm worried about aesthetic differences of the maps. I hope it's not just a matter of different layouts of the same white-building-city aesthetic.

Some of the screens show a gritty industrial zone, plus a shopping district, so I don't think there'll be a lack of urban environments. I wonder if they'll have more rural areas though, like a farm or a forest. Or, you know, the beach, cause squids.

 

[Golnei]

Some of the screens show a gritty industrial zone, plus a shopping district, so I don't think there'll be a lack of urban environments. I wonder if they'll have more rural areas though, like a farm or a forest. Or, you know, the beach, cause squids.

Oil rig, perhaps? Space station? Maybe something like Goldeneye's Cradle?

The geometric focus must be retained in order to utilise the turf war and mobility mechanics properly, but there is a lot they can fit into that framework. I'd just love to see a map that incorporates snow; to see how they'd handle its interaction with the ink.

 

[mclem]

I'd just love to see a map that incorporates snow; to see how they'd handle its interaction with the ink.

"Don't swim through the yellow snow"

 

[superbank]

Oil rig, perhaps?

 

[BeatResetsTheWorld]

Oooh, the snow got me thinking of cool environment ideas. What about a stage with water where maybe the ink won't stick and there's just 1 bridge that allows people to cross. Or maybe if you spray ink in water it floats and you can use it like a raft

 

[maxcriden]

Oooh, the snow got me thinking of cool environment ideas. What about a stage with water where maybe the ink won't stick and there's just 1 bridge that allows people to cross. Or maybe if you spray ink in water it floats and you can use it like a raft

Awesome ideas. I'm really curious to see what the SP game will be like as well.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Man this game looks really good.

 

[ADANIEL1960]

"Don't swim through the yellow snow"

Oil rig, perhaps? Space station? Maybe something like Goldeneye's Cradle?

The geometric focus must be retained in order to utilise the turf war and mobility mechanics properly, but there is a lot they can fit into that framework. I'd just love to see a map that incorporates snow; to see how they'd handle its interaction with the ink.

Kakariko / Kokiri village.

Defino Plaza

 

[moolamb]

Did someone say as_oilrig?

...

Actually that would be cool. Inkling hostage rescue. Paint a path for the hostage to follow. Disrupt the path with opposing ink.

 

[Hastati]

Dunno why I'm so excited for this game, but it just has an awesome nostalgic vibe. Makes me want to play it while sitting cross-legged on a beanbag chair, drinking some HiC and snacking on some lunchables.

Join us.

Been thinking of switching over from Cia...are there any more? :OOO

 

[foxuzamaki]

Dunno why I'm so excited for this game, but it just has an awesome nostalgic vibe. Makes me want to play it while sitting cross-legged on a beanbag chair, drinking some HiC and snacking on some lunchables.



Been thinking of switching over from Cia...are there any more? :OOO

There's always more.

 

[Herbspiceguy]

Anyone like the idea of an aqua park inspired map?
Diving boards can be used to jump to higher platforms. (excuse my drawing skills)

I'm also thinking a skate park inspired one could be neat;

 

[Geminosity]

Been thinking of switching over from Cia...are there any more? :OOO

I think these two from the splatoon art thread are still available :3

 

[Hastati]

I think these two from the splatoon art thread are still available :3

Thanks!!! Now I'm fully prepared to ride the hype train.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Thanks!!! Now I'm fully prepared to ride the hype train.

Excellent.

 

[E-Cat]

That's how a Mario Sunshine 2 should look.

 

[Doorman]

I feel like we have reached a point where if any of the big publishers wants a game to be the next big thing,they will make it, regardless of quality and make it sell millions

I don't know if that's necessarily true, at least in Nintendo's case. If it were, Super Mario 3D World probably would have been a big thing already and we'd have no such thing as bombas.

Still, Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros at the end of this year look like they'll be giving the Wii U install base a much needed boost, and I hope that Nintendo positions Splatoon as their next major multiplayer property for when the Smash crowd starts looking for something else new to play. The potential is there, so long as they pack the game with enough content.

 

[Timeaisis]

Thanks!!! Now I'm fully prepared to ride the hype train.

Myessssssss.

 

[Ramon3MR]

Here's another hands-on preview of Splatoon

http://gotgame.com/2014/06/16/preview-splatoon-a-surprisingly-fun-shooter-on-wii-u/

 

[Kandinsky]

I really really hope they do something about the annoying pew pew sound, it's almost as bad as the coin sound in NSMB2

 

[foxuzamaki]

I don't know if that's necessarily true, at least in Nintendo's case. If it were, Super Mario 3D World probably would have been a big thing already and we'd have no such thing as bombas.

Still, Mario Kart 8 and Smash Bros at the end of this year look like they'll be giving the Wii U install base a much needed boost, and I hope that Nintendo positions Splatoon as their next major multiplayer property for when the Smash crowd starts looking for something else new to play. The potential is there, so long as they pack the game with enough content.

Well 3D world did sell alot especially with it's instal base at the time, it just had a slow start overall but it had legs, and it most likely will get a 2nd wind off the momentum of MK8 and E3

 

[foxuzamaki]

I really really hope they do something about the annoying pew pew sound, it's almost as bad as the coin sound in NSMB2

I dont find it bad at all, it also doesnt make a pew pew sound, its no more annoying then the sound of a gun

 

[Kandinsky]

I dont find it bad at all, it also doesnt make a pew pew sound, its no more annoying then the sound of a gun

It's just always the same plain sound, it lacks variety imo.