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[SatoAilDarko]

Kind of makes you wonder how well Wonderful 101 would have done had they actually told people that the game exists.

Splatoon and Wonderful 101 are to me very similar as the type of colorful, stylish new IP I want.

With that said while I agree advertisement would have helped it as it's a colorful superhero game the gameplay was too niche to ever really get in the public consciousness. It also only had a local co-op mission mode.

Nintendo probably didn't feel they would get a return in sales based on the amount of advertising. They probably felt resources were better spent elsewhere.

Especially as it was developed by an outside company and not something they were really keen on turning into a huge franchise.

It also dropped in price more than any other Wii U first-party title as it went sub-20 for quite a while.

Nintendo have offered it as a Club Nintendo reward often though and I've seen it high on the download charts when it happens. It also has over 10,000 ratings. Glad more people got to play the game.

Still think if Amiibo were around then! We would of definitely had Wonder Red, Blue, Green and Pink.

 

[DaBoss]

An ok so 12am PST for me today
What abilities came with the gear you unlocked?

Look for them in the spoiler at the bottom of these threads:
Headgear: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-hats-headgear-pre-release-version.16/
Clothing: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-clothing-pre-release-version.12/
Shoes: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-shoes-pre-release-version.13/

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Oh nice and do you know what time they change at? Mine didn't at 6am

Midnight

 

[PadWarrior]

Look for them in the spoiler at the bottom of these threads:
Headgear: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-hats-headgear-pre-release-version.16/
Clothing: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-clothing-pre-release-version.12/
Shoes: http://squidboards.com/guides/all-shoes-pre-release-version.13/

Midnight

Thanks dudes!

 

[Mdk7]

Beat Hero Mode. It was so fun. Took me about 3.5 hours. Some of the Sunken Scrolls are hidden well. I wanted to get the gear you unlock since they have more stars. The final boss is amazing.

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHkISrdzyw

https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAAADVHkISvFSHQ


You can't buy clothes again and all clothes are fixed in terms of what main ability and the amount of stars they have.

How awesome is the final boss?!
Seriously, the best IN YEARS for me.

 

[Fox Mulder]

Kind of makes you wonder how well Wonderful 101 would have done had they actually told people that the game exists.

People make fun of NoA, but W101 was a niche game. Marketing wouldn't have helped.

Splatoon gets the push because it's their unique entry into the popular multiplayer shooter genre.

 

[Cindro]

Ahhhh, I want to play so badly! I'm unable to pick this up until tomorrow - but the upshot is that I will be unemployed after today so I'll have nothing but time to burn.

Can't wait

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

How awesome is the final boss?!
Seriously, the best IN YEARS for me.

Here's a video for those anyone curious: https://goo.gl/ndX7AY

And yeah, he is freaking amazing. Seriously fresh and fun

Spoiler

So are Agents 1 & 2 the Squid Sisters?

 

[PadWarrior]

Wow what do the stars mean for gear? I see some have 2 or 1 stars? Also how do you get your gear to have 4 abilities? I'm at level 9 with only 2 on each

 

[Regiruler]

I keep disconnecting at the start of the match

 

[PadWarrior]

I wanna leave work now to play and unlock the squid armor

 

[nib95]

Solid OP, but anyone else finding the images and text slightly fuzzy or blurry? Do you have higher quality images to replace them with at all? Looking forward to seeing how this game progresses, in both content and reception.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Once the hype dies down I think the Amiibos will be fairl common.

 

[DaBoss]

How awesome is the final boss?!
Seriously, the best IN YEARS for me.

It definitely is one of the best final bosses, not sure about in years for me though.

Wow what do the stars mean for gear? I see some have 2 or 1 stars? Also how do you get your gear to have 4 abilities? I'm at level 9 with only 2 on each

The stars mean how many sub-ability slots you get. You can only get 3 slots for sub-abilities.

 

[fantomena]

How can I star the campaign/story?

 

[PadWarrior]

It definitely is one of the best final bosses, not sure about in years for me though.

The stars mean how many sub-ability slots you get. You can only get 3 slots for sub-abilities.

Ah thanks!

 

[AGITΩ]

Managed to knock out 4 Stages in single player before realizing that you can only level up doing online matches...so I got one of those out of the way and now have to put the game away for 9 hours while I go work...boo

 

[SmithnCo]

How can I star the campaign/story?

The old guy in the manhole.

 

[Chaos17]

How can I star the campaign/story?

Search an entry to the sewer.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

It definitely is one of the best final bosses, not sure about in years for me though.

How can he be one of the best, and not still one of the best recently?

 

[DaBoss]

How can he be one of the best, and not still one of the best recently?

I mean I feel like I've faced some great final bosses over the past few years.

 

[Mesoian]

Splatoon and Wonderful 101 are to me very similar as the type of colorful, stylish new IP I want.

With that said while I agree advertisement would have helped it as it's a colorful superhero game the gameplay was too niche to ever really get in the public consciousness. It also only had a local co-op mission mode.

Nintendo probably didn't feel they would get a return in sales based on the amount of advertising. They probably felt resources were better spent elsewhere.

Especially as it was developed by an outside company and not something they were really keen on turning into a huge franchise.

It also dropped in price more than any other Wii U first-party title as it went sub-20 for quite a while.

Nintendo have offered it as a Club Nintendo reward often though and I've seen it high on the download charts when it happens. It also has over 10,000 ratings. Glad more people got to play the game.

Still think if Amiibo were around then! We would of definitely had Wonder Red, Blue, Green and Pink.

People make fun of NoA, but W101 was a niche game. Marketing wouldn't have helped.

Splatoon gets the push because it's their unique entry into the popular multiplayer shooter genre.

I said it before and I'll say it again. Wonderful 101 is a game about super heroes that was released at the point where super hero popularity has literally NEVER BEEN HIGHER IN THIS COUNTRY. Of course marketing would have helped. Taking a pass on doing your job as a publisher because your game is "Niche" is the same mentality that kneecapped Cartoon Network for years, which judged shows based purely on external merchandising. "We can't use this show to sell t-shirts to 10 year old boys, cancel it. Girls like it? Not our demographic, cancel it."

Nintendo put more effort into pushing Sonic Boom than they did pushing the Wonderful 101. Think about that for a minute.

 

[jrush64]

The best buy near me didnt have it. But they had the bundle in stock. WTF. Anyone ordered it from Amazon Same day delivery in DC.

But my apartment building wouldnt release it today, so I have to pick it up tomorrow.

 

[Chaos17]

People make fun of NoA, but W101 was a niche game. Marketing wouldn't have helped.

Splatoon gets the push because it's their unique entry into the popular multiplayer shooter genre.

Any game with good marketting can make it, it's only matter how much money you put into it.

 

[Chezzymann]

Got the three pack. Kind of regretting it since I spent $100 on splatoon in one day. Hmm.

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Does anyone know yet how to reroll the gear abilities as mentioned in the OT? I've seen a few JP players running around online now with gear that has double attack buffs, double defence buffs and such and it's honestly a real pain to take them down head on. Sadly all my gear has ended up getting mostly useless skills.

 

[Regiruler]

I can't get a fucking game

 

[Robotguy]

I played this until 3:40 this morning.
Liking it so far.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

I mean I feel like I've faced some great final bosses over the past few years.

Yeah, but he's still be among those if you consider him one of the best overall, no? But I do agree there have been some great bosses these past few years

 

[fantomena]

The old guy in the manhole.

Search an entry to the sewer.

Ok, thx.

Btw, how do I get better weapons or at least increase the weapon range?

 

[Out_Of_Ammo]

I mean I feel like I've faced some great final bosses over the past few years.

It's hard to compete with W101's final boss. Or any boss from that game, really.

 

[Danthrax]

Yes, you get to play as Judd the cat.

No you don't.

Disappointing. I was hoping for an exclusive super weapon (the MEGA ROLLER is what it would have to be, of course) for having participated in all four Test Fires.

 

[georly]

Bought the amiibo this morning, not sure why (they looked pretty!)

Now I feel like I halfway bought the game anyway, so I should pick it up. Should I get it, or wait for the free DLC to launch?

I have a ton of backlog I need to get through and I've never been toooooooooooo huge on online multiplayer games.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

Ok, thx.

Btw, how do I get better weapons or at least icncrease the weapon range?

By leveling up in multiplayer, or finding blue prints from, boss fights in single-player

 

[MisterR]

Any game with good marketting can make it, it's only matter how much money you put into it.

if this were true then they would just pour tons of money into marketing every game, if it always works for any game.

 

[Space Medafighter X]

My Amazon copy hasn't shipped yet, I'm scared.

 

[blame space]

What do the amiibos do?

 

[random25]

I think apart from W101's marketing, one major factor why it ended badly in sales is because of its timing of release. It was released at a time where Wii U is getting some bad press or just being ignored altogether. Not that it will not bomb, but I think it would have done much better if it was released last year after Mario Kart 8 or after E3, where Wii U and its games are getting some interest. You can say the same thing to Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze.

 

[Regiruler]

How the fuck are you people not being plagued with connection issues. This can't be just me.

 

[PadWarrior]

Bought the amiibo this morning, not sure why (they looked pretty!)

Now I feel like I halfway bought the game anyway, so I should pick it up. Should I get it, or wait for the free DLC to launch?

I have a ton of backlog I need to get through and I've never been toooooooooooo huge on online multiplayer games.

Get it. It's addicting and fun. As a former long time call of duty player I enjoy splatoon a whole lot more

 

[Durden77]

Damn I'm gonna have to be careful around here. Hearing how amazing the final boss is, I don't wanna be spoiled on it.

 

[TheMoon]

What do the amiibos do?

Covered in the OP.

 

[Vena]

How the fuck are you people not being plagued with connection issues. This can't be just me.

I had one dropped connection over the entire night of playing, and that was my internet screwing itself.

 

[georly]

Get it. It's addicting and fun. As a former long time call of duty player I enjoy splatoon a whole lot more

I've never played online shooters. Only games I ever played online were MMOs, LOL (for about 2 years) and some smash/SFIV. I usually prefer single player.

 

[Jintor]

Yo this game

this gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

i'm gonna have to sleep but tomorrow is pretty much splatoooooooooooon

 

[Regiruler]

Covered in the OP.

You don't have to be a smartass. You're constantly like this. You can simply answer their question.

 

[Tom Nook Sawyer]

How the fuck are you people not being plagued with connection issues. This can't be just me.

Sounds like it might be. You should check the error code and maybe change some things with your wifi

 

[jmizzal]

im back unbanned just in time for Splatoon launch lol

Target had a lot of Splatoon Amiibos so looks like Nintendo sent out a lot

 

[Snkfanatic]

You don't have to be a smartass. You're constantly like this. You can simply answer their question.

Uh....most people point out if info is covered in the OP. You don't have to call people names either.

 

[AkimbO_Arcana]

Got the three pack. Kind of regretting it since I spent $100 on splatoon in one day. Hmm.

Same here. 97€... Digital last night and the special edition plus the two other Amiibos in store today.

If I spend as much time with this game as I did with MK8 last year that's okay for me though