POWERSPHERE
Banned
I'd love to see this mechanic in a new Mario game.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Splatoon singleplayer campaign announced
- Thread starter Courage
- Start date
And no doubt it can be, if you're willing to buy the Amiibo.
Now that I think about it, Amiibos are a clever way to deal with that (hopefully) rare breed of Nintendo fan that won't buy anything unless it stars Mario or Link.
Lynd7
Member
Eh, it would not be as exciting with Mario and co.
Yea, that's a great way of handling it.
fredrancour
Member
I'm so glad they chose not to use him, personally. Stylistic variety is nice.
Please no. It would probably sell better with Mario, but it would be far less interesting.
Hell, a lot of the mechanics are pretty much built around them being squids.
If you are going to take the Amiibo route, it should be kept to single player or a skin that is only viewable by you and other people with it unlocked, and functions exactly the same as a regular ink gun.
I personally don't want to see his face when I'm playing it.
Buy the Mario amiibo to unlock FLUDD as a weapon in Splatoon, except he shoots ink instead of water now!
I really liked what I saw at E3 and now the game keeps delivering. It really looks fun and that the number 1 criteria in my eyes.
Only thing that annoys me is there is no supposedly local multiplayer.
I'd be ok if 2 players on the same Wii U can play online together though, like Mario Kart 8.
Maybe the game is too Gamepad-focused to do that, or Splatoon will be the first game to allow 2 Gamepads.
That would be a surprise for sure.
Only thing that annoys me is there is no supposedly local multiplayer.
I'd be ok if 2 players on the same Wii U can play online together though, like Mario Kart 8.
Maybe the game is too Gamepad-focused to do that, or Splatoon will be the first game to allow 2 Gamepads.
That would be a surprise for sure.
What? Has that been confirmed?
Don't see why we can't have both online and local multiplayer. And the 'story mode' needs a 2 player co-op feature.
What difference it would make? Just because you could play as Mario?
UncleSporky
Member
How do you do it when viewing your progress and jumping to a teammate via the game pad is such an integral feature?
Doesn't screenwatching ruin the awesomeness of hiding in ink in plain sight?
You have a point there, although the person with the gamepad could essentially be the commander who decides troop placement.
Probably. Unless it's a co-op mode. 4 local players vs local bots or an online team would still be fun.
I believe it is the same woman. The music in the trailer was so perfect and I'm so excited for this soundtrack!
Sooogood.gif
This is not a F2P game. Nintendo doesn't charge you for online stuff, this is still a game you have to buy though, at retail or online.
multiplayer is not F2P......lol
You can download 60 fps videos from youtube using JDownloader 2 Beta.
It's not so much your PC being too weak to display 60 fps videos, as it is youtube being so horribly unoptimized that it requires a beefy PC to display something which should only require a paltry amount of processing power.
Welp, no idea where I got that idea from and I typically consider myself relatively "in the know" for things like this. Maybe it was all of the TF2 comparisons after E3, who knows.
Carry on, GAF.
Hideki Naganuma is a guy, and no it doesn't confirm anything. I think it's reminiscent but not really his style anyway.
Dragoon En Regalia
Member
Shikamaru Ninja posted some credits fr the game a while a back, stating Minegishi's behind the music. This makes sense to me, as he's very into sound effects peppered throughout songs and somewhat elusive melodies.
Cool to know we'll have a Hero Suit for single-player/co-op.
Cool to know we'll have a Hero Suit for single-player/co-op.
Geminosity
Member
I'd say so, they had a 'reveal' for her in the trailer.
Inku Hatsune ;D
(yes, yes, I know it's just an inkling wearing the 'hero suit', but I couldn't resist :3 )
There was certainly a female composer or someone that worked on Jet Set, maybe it was Future but I remember she was saying on Twitter after the launch that she really wanted to work on Splatoon and the music reminded me of her stuff.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Nah, that's a dude, dude.
I think I've worked it out. I'm fairly certain it was one of the women in Cibo Matto who did work for Jet Set Radio Future that was speaking about Splatoon on Twitter during E3. Either way it doesn't matter, the music is awesome anyway.
Looks par for the course when it comes to Nintendo games. They always start off easy and the difficulty ramps up something fierce most of the time. The only games where this might not happen are Kirby and Yoshi games but they're hard in different ways.
ThatRandomCliff
Member
Single player/ story/ campaign mode has a lot of potential I think. After all the trailer only showed 1 min of single player mode. I can only imagine what else they will do with it. Very exciting indeed.
It seems like it follows Nintendo's way of doing multiplayer games. Easy to get into (the main objective of the game is to cover the most paint, not splatter other inklings), but more difficult to master.
The whole using the squid to maneuver around the environment is going to be insane.
The whole using the squid to maneuver around the environment is going to be insane.
Shikamaru Ninja
任天å ã® å¿è
This looks like the next AAA game from EAD following Mario Kart 8 (Captain Toad and NES Remix Pack don't quite cut it). If they can really flesh out that campaign mode, this game will be epic.
While we are at it, throw some more Amiibo mii suits into the multiplayer and we are gold.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Of course it could have been a Mario game. But then it would have been a different game. By not making it a Mario game, there is no constraints on what they can do with it. It's very odd to me that some people would want those limitations put on the game.
Amiibo could work very well like in MK8, with costumes for the Inklings. As they are already customizable, there is no need for Miis. Maybe an import/transform Mii into Inkling could work very well.
alfredofroylan
Member
Cats are always relevantZero²;137617615 said:
ThatRandomCliff
Member
There is no better referee than the cat I'd say.
At E3, Reggie said the game would have local 2p mode(don't know if it's co-op or competitive), and a single player mode. We've seen the SP portion, so they'll probably reveal the rest closer to release.
Splatoon is gonna be so good. Nintendo please release Wii U's with matching colors for launch.
Davey Cakes
Member
Why would you want it to be?
This game's originality is a huge part of the charm.
I think it looks like the best new Nintendo IP since Pikmin, and they've had some good ones over the past decade.
CarlieCaplin
Member
Man, this was my highlight of yesterday's Direct! I wasn't totally convinced after seeing the E3 coverage but this trailer looked insane! Can't wait to play it!
Also, the music kind of reminded me of Matmos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpiYBkti9pg
Really liked it!
Also, the music kind of reminded me of Matmos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpiYBkti9pg
Really liked it!
Maybe this would be broken but this image gave me the idea that the devs should consider giving players the option to ride the upstream of rocket launcher explosions if they are in squid form.
The only thing that bothers me about that idea is that with the way the game is designed it is a one trick gimmick. Every weapon one shots you so using this as a means of throwing off their aim to take advantage of them isn't really needed.
Riding the upstream would allow you to reach platforms you can't reach but the campaign is singleplayer.
This would be a great mechanic to work with if they had coop so this is something I would like them to consider for a sequel. AS for multiplayer if they changed the explosions so it lasts a second longer and allowed players to turn while still in the upstream it could open up tactical options that's worthwhile.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
I like this.
But dunno, wouldn't cats try to eat squids?
ThatRandomCliff
Member
Zero²;137626729 said:
Would they? I don't know...maybe the cat is allergic to squids?
