"There's a dust 1?!"
Splatoon Direct - 7th May 2015
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"There's a dust 1?!"
2fort and...
Nevermind there were 6.
Hey remember when TF2 only had 6 maps?
Point being, we only ever played 2Fort and Dustbowl. Everything will be fine for a while.
As long as they add CTF.
Surf was a nightmare.
What if I already have the standard version? The squid Amiibo is now not an option since I'm not buying the game twice.
Dancing squid girls.
http://i.imgur.com/HeCYo1P.gifv
Pomf is down for me so I couldn't upload anywhere else.
http://i.imgur.com/HeCYo1P.gifv
Pomf is down for me so I couldn't upload anywhere else.
Lol. My kid just came screaming into the room complaining that our internet is not working because he couldn't get the Splatoon demo to work. Did a bit of diggin only to find out that whatever Nintendo put up for download on the eShop won't unlock for actual play for another day or 2? Are they serious? That's friggin hilarious. I still feel like I'm missing something.
I'll bet by the time this unlocks my kid will have entirely forgotten about it. GG Nintendo.
I'll bet by the time this unlocks my kid will have entirely forgotten about it. GG Nintendo.
EmCeeGramr
Member
More like 5 maps, because fuck Hydro.
So if he could have played the demo now he would have forgotten about it by the time the game releases. What did Nintendo lose?
Dr. Buni
Member
I hope Splatoon is a success and that Nintendo makes a Splatoon rhythm game in the future. Great music + dancing squids = Win.
Those two stages are great, so it is easy to see why they were the most played. That said, I never got what was so good about Dust 2 in CS 1.6
Then your kid has a very short attention span.
Hmm... I like the idea of them holding back some content for later, since the content is free anyway.
I like the idea of ranked battles being unlocked when there's enough people to play them, and I like the idea of keeping lower level people out of ranked battle. And I like the idea of new ranked game modes being unlocked later.
But I do think it's silly to keep us from playing with only friends until later. Shuffling teams is generally not something I like.
I think it's interesting keeping only two maps up for a certain amount of time, but I think 4 hours is too much time. It's true that shooter maps are not the same as Mario Kart tracks. Yes I would be disappointed if I had to play Baby Park and Excite Bike arena for 4 hours, but I don't think it would upset me much to play 2 different splatoon maps for 1 or 2 hours.
I think the reason this stuff doesn't bother me is that we've seen in the past that shooters have a problem of encouraging people to diversify what they play. Everybody just plays team death match. Nintendo seems to be trying to encourage people to play new modes by giving them out over time.
But yes, there are things about this that I don't think are a good idea.
I like the idea of ranked battles being unlocked when there's enough people to play them, and I like the idea of keeping lower level people out of ranked battle. And I like the idea of new ranked game modes being unlocked later.
But I do think it's silly to keep us from playing with only friends until later. Shuffling teams is generally not something I like.
I think it's interesting keeping only two maps up for a certain amount of time, but I think 4 hours is too much time. It's true that shooter maps are not the same as Mario Kart tracks. Yes I would be disappointed if I had to play Baby Park and Excite Bike arena for 4 hours, but I don't think it would upset me much to play 2 different splatoon maps for 1 or 2 hours.
I think the reason this stuff doesn't bother me is that we've seen in the past that shooters have a problem of encouraging people to diversify what they play. Everybody just plays team death match. Nintendo seems to be trying to encourage people to play new modes by giving them out over time.
But yes, there are things about this that I don't think are a good idea.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Nope, I gave up on shooters scene ever since 2011-2012. I think my last shooters game was awhile ago. I would guess Call of Duty: Black Ops or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 but I'm not sure which one. I felt that Splatoon rekindle my loves for shooter games, and bring me back into genre once again.
I'm not saying that it's wrong to have few maps. I'm trying to say that the systems that only locked two stages per 4 hours might be silly because we already have some maps on the game. I'm aware that some of us are used to our previous experience with other shooter games where we would play the same maps over and over. I have been there with several games for myself, like Desert Glory and Frostfire in SOCOM.
I felt that Splatoon rekindle my loves for shooter games, and bring me back into genre once again.
Its a stress test, and in the internet cafe, I doubt it. Club Nintendo was battered until the very end.
Haha, this is damn cute.
Wow, so I guess you don't preload or let him see any game being announced at all. You only let him know a game exist on release day?
People can take issue with the feature sets being launched but this is missing the point, the forest exists not just the trees. If the game is delayed until August to launch with the added feature set, then the game simply will not launch or be playable at all until August. It launches in May fully functioning for the ability to play it in single-player and multi-player, with the added patch in August to allow team based gameplay.
Saying "wait for the patch" in this scenario is a solution because the game is not broken without said patch. It works perfectly well as advertised to work: single-player, multi-player, and fashion. What it lacks is something they've told you they'll add in 1-2 months time.
There are two possibilities behind this: (a.) they're not able to finish in time, or (b.) this team based development started later to respond to criticism or concern they were given after reveals. In the later case, it would likely have been impossible for them to incorporate such a thing come launch sans delaying a finished game as they had originally envisioned it.
Uh... I imagine he plays the demo now, loves it then follows the handy-dandy link to the eShop to pre-load? Or maybe he hates the demo and never speaks of it again. I don't know, don't care.
Yeah. He's a kid. He's got about zero minutes to devote to games that don't work when he can dip into Dad's Steam library anytime he wants.
It doesn't seem weird to you guys that they put up all this Splatoon biz on the eShop and then when you download the testfire whatever, you get squat? Seems weird to me.
What? I don't get what you're saying. The kid manages his own video game biz. Sometimes I'm like, "Hey kiddo, check this out" when I find a game I like and he does the same for me. Otherwise the only gatekeeping I'm doing is content control. He's the one that saw the shit on the eShop, downloaded it and then came to me for solutions. This is absolutely the first time he's come to me with, "Dad, I downloaded this demo but can't get it to work." When I told him it wasn't a demo (semantically it makes no difference to him what they call it) but a stress test his exact response was, "I don't get it. Why let me download it then? Nintendo is dumb."
Which I found hilarious.
I think if you generally had an informed choice of what you wanted prior to launch it'd be as easy to just switch pre-orders. At least, that's what I ended up doing.
Preloads it and what? By the time the preload will be activates he would have forgotten about it and wouldn't have played it anyhow? How about you being a good dad and preload it for him and make him a surprise? He will at list enjoy it on the launch day before moving to something else.
pinkurocket
Member
Well it's a bit sad that the whole underground facility singleplayer is just made up of challenges. I was kinda expecting somewhat of a gritty storyline, with how the facility seemed like some Portal type stuff. Still, those unlockable scripts show that there is a backstory, but it doesn't seem like it's really presented as a narrative singleplayer mode. Which is fine as well, just not what I was expecting. I think the singleplayer will still be fun.
ProtoCents
Banned
Getting big Jet Grind Radio vibes from the hub area. Loving the music too. Day 1.
Same, but not just the hub area. The whole style of the game is giving me JSR vibes.
Dr. Buni
Member
Yeah, me too. Wish the JSR/F music composer was working on Splatoon.
/splattered
There's no reality where this takes place. I don't understand what's difficult to understand here. I don't blind buy video games for my son. He doesn't blind buy games for himself. He always tests them first (demo's, friends copies, whatever) to figure out if he likes it or not before buying. The chances that he'll be able to hit a narrow test window to get a chance at trying Splatoon is so slim it's not worth considering and as I said, without a demo he won't be buying Splatoon. This game has friggin single player right? They probably could have tacked level one onto this download for exactly this reason.
The entire thing is so goofy to me that I don't even know what to think. It would have been a ten minute thing! Download demo-play demo-decide to love or hate game. Done.
Starfish Hero
Member
The game is only going to be online for an hour at a time. Better to have the download out of the way now than let it cut into playing time when the game does go live tomorrow.
Single player isn't just challenges. Is it?
It isn't a cinematic single player that is for sure but it is a typical 3d platformer with shooting elements.
JetSetRadio
Banned
The online portion is still very limited and basic unfortunately.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
I'm curious. Why do you always say "at list" instead of "at least"? I've seen it in so many of your posts, I have to know.
me after watching this trailer
anyone else got reminded of archer when announcer said sploosh lol
I thought the same thing.
Mine will still be there. Probably. :3c
Bomber Bob
Banned
Is online play separated by region?
me after watching this direct
anyone else got reminded of archer when announcer said sploosh lol
I was reminded of Wind Waker. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLiE6SRo10w
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Can't wait to play with some Japanese friends.
Yeah, I get that. That explanation isn't really doing anything for the kid. No big deal.
me after watching this direct
anyone else got reminded of archer when announcer said sploosh lol
Gross
Because it's fat Pam and not hot Pam
Watching it again, I noticed that it says there is 1 Sunken Scroll hidden in each level.
The menu here shows 27/28 sunken scrolls
Does that mean there are 27/28 levels?
also,
Octopus Girl's Octopus form:
Considering that there's a boss icon type of thing, it's hard to tell if that's the whole game or just one world. But I'm gonna guess it's the whole game.
I'm just going to assume they are modeled after them. Because I feel like they have to be, at least the one on the left
Watching it again, I noticed that it says there is 1 Sunken Scroll hidden in each level.
The menu here shows 27/28 sunken scrolls
Does that mean there are 27/28 levels?
also,
Octopus Girl's Octopus form:
Man, you will definitely be able to play as octogirl.
I think what people aren't realizing about the limited maps available in Free Mode is that Nintendo wants to make sure that there are enough people ready to play. This is a game that requires 8 players and there seems to be no bots. With the low install base the Wii U has, it stands to reason that Nintendo wants to be able to guarantee that anytime you play, there will be a team waiting to get ready. That's why ranked battles are currently locked at start-up.
I do think that 4 hours is a bit too long though. 2 hours should have been the case.
I do think that 4 hours is a bit too long though. 2 hours should have been the case.
Gbpackers31
Member
Why not just do like any other game where you join lobbies with a random map voting system. There's no reason for their dumb map implementation system.
