Splatoon is a Family Friendly Shooter for WiiU
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This game is the greatest game I have seen in years.
Nintendo just sold the Wii U to me.
GG Nintendo, GG.
Nintendo just sold the Wii U to me.
GG Nintendo, GG.
They dedicated a good portion of the showcase to it and featured it twice on the stream afterwards. And this was the first time it was shown to anyone. For a first day reveal, I say they've been giving it some attention. As for the whole "LOOK LOOK NEW IP" thing, that would require them caring about the (complete bullshit) narrative of "Oh, Nintendo doesn't make new IPs, they only make Mario games."Johny_X2 said:
But...Story said:
it's a third person shooter.
Also can I mention how awesome the character design is? Cause' it is freaking awesome.
I'm happy to see a multiplayer focused game that isn't trying to be the "next big thing" in online multiplayer. It just wants to be a goofy multiplayer game, and that is fine with me. It looks fun, and I may give it a shot. People wanted Nintendo to make new IPs, though I can see a lot of people saying it's not the new Nintendo IP they would want.
I was at E3 and got to try this out. It is FUN.... but it controls like total SHIT!
The main problem is that I'm used to using dual-sticks for any shooter on a console. This game forces you to use the wii pad to aim. The worst part though is that you actually CAN use the right thumb stick to aim... left and right. So you use the thumb stick to turn your body while tilting the wii pad to aim up and down. It's really hard to coordinate your brain to aim this way. If they add an option to simply use the right thumb stick to aim, this will be a great game. Otherwise, I'd go as far as to say that it is unplayable. I think you can aim using only the wii pad but you turn way to slow so it isn't very useful. They need to fix this asap.
The main problem is that I'm used to using dual-sticks for any shooter on a console. This game forces you to use the wii pad to aim. The worst part though is that you actually CAN use the right thumb stick to aim... left and right. So you use the thumb stick to turn your body while tilting the wii pad to aim up and down. It's really hard to coordinate your brain to aim this way. If they add an option to simply use the right thumb stick to aim, this will be a great game. Otherwise, I'd go as far as to say that it is unplayable. I think you can aim using only the wii pad but you turn way to slow so it isn't very useful. They need to fix this asap.
If anyone's curious, here's the first Nintendo Treehouse livestream video when they first showed it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcqf0XOwHZs
All I can think of when I was enjoying the showing was "Look at all those pretty colors". xD Color based fighting gameplay!
All I can think of when I was enjoying the showing was "Look at all those pretty colors". xD Color based fighting gameplay!
So, did the developers watch a lot of Nickelodeon Slime Time before making this game? 
In all seriousness, this looks awesome. Both the trailer and the Treehouse Direct have really sold me on this game. I do hope there are more modes than simply covering the most area, though. Like Capture the Flag or the like.
In all seriousness, this looks awesome. Both the trailer and the Treehouse Direct have really sold me on this game. I do hope there are more modes than simply covering the most area, though. Like Capture the Flag or the like.
Thanks, Nintendo! I know Zelda was just so beautiful, but Splatoon was definitely a major standout for me this E3.
In terms of totally new announcements, Bloodborne looked cool, No Man's Sky looked pretty cool too, but all the pretty graphics of E3 could not overshadow the FUN that oozed from Splatoon. Can't wait to get my hands on this one!
In terms of totally new announcements, Bloodborne looked cool, No Man's Sky looked pretty cool too, but all the pretty graphics of E3 could not overshadow the FUN that oozed from Splatoon. Can't wait to get my hands on this one!