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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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I was kicking ass earlier... consistently winning and ranking highest on my team. Too bad I know it won't last once everybody else starts getting better! Haha.

I'm not usually into multiplayer shooters, but leave it to Nintendo to make it really fun.
05/30/15, 09:07   
Edited: 05/30/15, 09:08
Played a few rounds with some of you, the name "John" doesn't stick out, so you may not have realized it me, but it was fun! Worked my way up to almost level 5, with only 3 losses or so, not bad. Also the first level of single player, that was fun. Miiverse integration is awesome! Seeing it tagged on the walls like graffiti was a nice touch.
05/30/15, 09:10   
Edited: 05/30/15, 09:10
Can't stop playing...

How do people get all these buffs on their gear?
05/30/15, 15:29   
@Hinph

I think gear switches out daily so new gear appears based on your current level I think? 1 star gear have a secondary mod that will unlock once you get 1000p. Some 2 star gear have appeared for me now and have 2 locked mods, the first one being unlocked at 2000p. Second is 6000p I believe. That's all I've gotten so far but I've seen some that have amiibo gear.
05/30/15, 15:36   
I love seeing all yous on here! I'm Stephen on the Splatoon so if you see that name... it's likely DrFinkelstein!
05/30/15, 15:53   
@DrFinkelstein

I wish there was a way to change our names without changing the Mii name (that's what determines our online name, right?). Though there's most likely not many Fabien players online But some people have more common names and I never know if they're who I think they are.
05/30/15, 15:55   
@VofEscaflowne

It would be nice if the game showed everyone's Mii face beside their name so that we could tell who is who (like in Mario Kart 8). Or they could just put the orange happy face "friend" symbol beside all of your friends that are in the same room.

Regarding the different abilities for the different clothing, I'm not sure if I'm understanding it correctly. Each gear has a main ability that's fixed, right? And then you can unlock other (less powerful) abilities after getting enough experience points, but these unlocked abilities are chosen at random and you're now stuck with that ability? Is there a way to change or get a new ability for a piece of clothing?
05/30/15, 16:13   
@canonj

Yeah a friend logo would work great. I thought of that as well last night.

I'm not sure if the equipment skills are random. They seem random from when they unlock but I'm not sure if that's for added dramatic effects or what haha
05/30/15, 16:18   
Hm, maybe the skills are random? This one piece unlocked the same skill twice in a row unless if the effects stack which I guess would be useful.
05/30/15, 17:11   
@VofEscaflowne

Effects do stack. GameXplain confirmed it a while back.
05/30/15, 17:19   
I keep trying new weapons, but... err. Nothing seems to do the job like the beginner set.
05/30/15, 17:48   
Played a few games later last night with/against some IGN peeps. Former IG'er Craig is on my friends list, and when I joined him, Peer and Fran were there too. I know IGN isn't real popular with most of us here, I still like those guys.
05/30/15, 17:49   
@TriforceBun

I just meant that it feels like its 3 minutes of shooting everything, and then thats it.

I missed the entire Single Player part, so yeah. I'll shower and get in there.

My Splatoon 3 Pack came today, too! Amiibooooos!
05/30/15, 18:30   
@cooliocuneo
Craig Harris is awesome, I met him once at an IGN thing in New York and he was really cool, such a huge GBA and DS fan, a man after my own heart.

Fran and Peer are cool too!

I actually still go to IGN, not the forums, but the site, I like it, lotta cool people there, and they do good reviews features.
05/30/15, 19:02   
Maxed out (I think?) my online ranking for the day to +10 with the "SO HAWT!" title. It gave me a bonus 1400p so that's nice!
05/30/15, 19:44   
You know you like a game a bit too much when you find yourself feeling annoyed about having to take breaks for eating and such.

Also, we're apparently halfway to unlocking the ranked matches now, according to Nintendo's tumblr. Too lazy to link, but hey, that's good news.
05/30/15, 20:19   
I broke down and bought it... played for about an hour with random online people. I'm doing alot better now than I did in the testfire.
05/30/15, 21:15   
I was doing pretty well earlier and actually winning pretty regularly until I somehow got paired with a bunch of level 1-3 players against a group of Japanese players all at or near level 20. Holy crap was that a lopsided game.
05/30/15, 21:33   
@Mr_Mustache
Track down the opponent ink and cover it. Odds are there's someone there making that ink happen so try and sneak up and take them out. It's fun stuff.
05/30/15, 21:43   
@DeputyVanHalen
That's the sort of thing that happened to me a few times yesterday. When you fight a somewhat equal team everything is glorious no matter if you win or lose, but when stuff like that happens and you're stuck trying to re-paint the area around your spawn point it's not all that much fun. Luckily most of my losses today have been the result of my own suckage.
05/30/15, 21:44   
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