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Splatoon on the Wii U
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Splatoon is Nintendo's unique twist on the shooter genre. Shoot ink on both your friends and environments to win the match! Players can turn into squids and 'swim' through their team's ink color. Players can also use their team's ink color to slow down enemy movement. It's ink or be inked in this chaotic marriage of third person shooters, de Blob, and good ole fashioned paintball.

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06/12/14, 22:15    Edited: 06/12/14, 22:19
 
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@DrFinkelstein

I remember playing a version of it in the single player campaign.
06/10/15, 16:25   
@DrFinkelstein
I wish they'd release both of the single player Octoling battle maps at once, then we can get some truly new stuff sooner.

That said, I'm excited to try this stage in multi.
06/10/15, 16:51   
Didn't get the chance to fire it up last night, and I think I need to replace my wireless router...so I won't be playing until tomorrow night again most likely (maybe tonight, but I have a quiz to take after we put our daughter to bed).
06/10/15, 17:05   
I tried to hop on this morning and again got the error code, and this time it actually hard crashed. It's not my internet either I checked and it was fine. Oh well, I have work to do anyway!
06/10/15, 17:33   
@ludist210

I had connection issues last night but restarting the Wii U helped. I was crashing mid match repeatedly.
06/10/15, 17:52   
Kelp Dome coming tomorrow! If you'd like a preview, go check out level 9 (I think?) of the single-player mode.

06/10/15, 17:58   
Edited: 06/10/15, 17:59
@DrFinkelstein

It's not just Splatoon that's given me issues, it's my TV and my computers. Not good...been doing it a good bit intermittently. I'll try a new router and see if that helps. If not, then I'll just return the router in 30 days.

@TriforceBun

Nice! I liked that one in single-player. It'll make for some interesting turf wars.
06/10/15, 18:44   
Nintendo's servers might've been wonky yesterday. I was even booted from Smash Bros. fights a few times.
06/10/15, 18:53   
@TriforceBun
Oh nice! I remember playing that level in the SP and thinking it was bound to make a MP appearance. Cool!
06/10/15, 18:58   
@TriforceBun

I think it's coming tonight no?

If it's releasing at 11am Japan time, then that's Wednesday night for us. They do these simultaneously.
06/10/15, 19:18   
You'd think that Kelp Dome would be good for Rollers but... I HIGHLY DISAGREE!
06/11/15, 05:17   
Maybe the communication erros I've been getting lately are entirely my fault.
ARGH. I got dropped from my first Kelp Dome battle just now.
06/11/15, 05:20   
@ploot

Dammit so that's how we had a guarantee win just now. Unfortunately, I needed a win before I could leave and now I'm off to bed! Good night Splatoonheads!
06/11/15, 05:21   
That was fun, guys! Played a bunch of games with Vof and Ploot and Mikey and several other NWers for awhile. There was one game where it was all NWers on one team vs non-NWers on the other. After we won that one, I figured we couldn't top that, so I played 1P for awhile. Plus I was on a good win streak.

In less-fortunate news, the final boss killed me right at the end. Gonna have to give it another go tomorrow.
06/11/15, 08:03   
@TriforceBun

It was tough trying to keep you and Fabien out of my team's base when you both rushed in with your paint brushes! Tough, but fun. Going up against and then teaming up with fellow Negative Worlders is a blast.

@DrFinkelstein

Mikey closed in on and splatted me in some clever ways at Kelp Dome with his roller. I feel like that stage has a little bit of everything for each type of weapon. It's awesome!
06/11/15, 08:26   
Sigh the game is always dominated by the better weapons. The gold gun, a few of the GAL guns, and rollers always get first place.

It's not the end of the world but man it gets annoying seeing the same stuff always in first place. Switch it up, goddamn. This need to win mentality is fuckin' toxic. Guys always rollin' around with the gold gun and fully upgraded everything.

Why do people always have to flock to the best shit? Is winning so damn important in every game? COD, MK8, Smash (actually less so), Splatoon, and many other games. Just loaded with all the best ranked shit.


WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SAMURAI CODE?? ;)

No seriously though, it can get annoying.
06/11/15, 12:02   
@carlosrox
I'm not sure if it's really a matter of the weapons being better than others, or if it's just overrepresentation since they're easier to learn and will let players master them faster. I played a few games yesterday using the Aerospray RG, and I usually end up pretty high in the rankings with it, but some level 20 squid Squelched out the punishment pretty consistently.

Something that does annoy me is the fact that I'm always running into people bunny-hopping around, spamming the ink splash with their Dynamo Rollers. There are ways to deal with them, obviously, and I just have to get better at doing so, but still.
06/11/15, 13:18   
Well if a weapon has more range or fire power, can snipe better, can handle better, etc why wouldn't someone go for that? The basic starter weapons are meant to be upgraded from, at least initially. Then it becomes a matter of which sub weapons and special weapons are on your load out. I wouldn't choose the standard roller because it lacks the Kraken special which I like using in my strategy.

Also, by naming the gold gun, a 'few' of the GAL guns, and rollers, you've named a decently large selection of weapons. Seems natural that within the whole community you'd see those 5 minimum weapons being top of the game.

A lot of it comes down to your team's total ability really and even if you've got a good weapon that isn't one of the ones listed, you still might not do so hot. I get your frustration because what you describe can stifle the ability to be creative and change things up for ones self but I can't knock folks for wanting to use more interesting or versatile weaponry over basic units.

@Octorockin

After posting that I did manage to get a win in Kelp Dome with the roller. I think that pathway above is a clear key aspect to the level. You can be jumped on or your work undone at any second. Not that I want to share this notion as a Kraken user but I escaped someone else's Kraken because I ran up on the walk way and they naturally fall right through. I thought that was funny because they clearly didn't think about that while chasing me.
06/11/15, 13:37   
Yeah, those were some fun games last night. Bun is a force to be reckoned with. (Thank goodness he was usually on my team!)
06/11/15, 15:01   
Please, in light of current events, no more dissing the golden gun.

06/11/15, 15:17   
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