RecRoulette
Member
If it's like Splatoon 1, about a year after the game came out.
Oh man, Tenta-Cool and new Squid Sisters Amiibo next year?
My wallet...
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Splatoon 2 Direct announced (7.6.17 @ 7AM PT / 10AM ET)
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If it's like Splatoon 1, about a year after the game came out.
Oh man, Tenta-Cool and new Squid Sisters Amiibo next year?
My wallet...
OrbitalBeard
Member
It kind of sucks how one-sided this is. Pearl just doesn't seem like an appealing character at all.
Spoiler: they're technically all children
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Seeing the content at launch all in one place really goes to show how big the first Splatoon was by the time they finished adding modes and weapon types to it.
Highlights for me:
- Multiple sensitivity settings per layout. Necessary, since the Splatfest showed me that while I'd prefer to play tabletop for most weapons, one-handed aiming is very intuitive for the Roller, and I might prefer attached/handheld for it.
- Separate ranks per multiplayer mode.
- Speeding through Sheldon's messages was pretty much my top UI request; still not the best way of displaying a pile of weapon updates if you haven't logged in for a while, but now it's now longer actively bad.
- Port Mackerel is back with the sponges from the first game's campaign.
- Love the Overwatch-like silhouette on the new target-painting gear ability. It looks like a straight replacement for the Echolocator, which is gone from the Special slot.
- Can't wait for that umbrella weaponfirst thing I thought of was the Parasol in Arms.
- I know everyone's abuzz about the new idols, but for me the standout character designs are the new shopkeepers.
I assume they didn't show everything about the weapons, just a mix of old and new, but I do wonder what the status is of older weapons that are similar to the base types (Aerospray, Squelcher, Splatterscope, and so on). And I wonder how viable the arranged-team league play will be without the app.
Highlights for me:
- Multiple sensitivity settings per layout. Necessary, since the Splatfest showed me that while I'd prefer to play tabletop for most weapons, one-handed aiming is very intuitive for the Roller, and I might prefer attached/handheld for it.
- Separate ranks per multiplayer mode.
- Speeding through Sheldon's messages was pretty much my top UI request; still not the best way of displaying a pile of weapon updates if you haven't logged in for a while, but now it's now longer actively bad.
- Port Mackerel is back with the sponges from the first game's campaign.
- Love the Overwatch-like silhouette on the new target-painting gear ability. It looks like a straight replacement for the Echolocator, which is gone from the Special slot.
- Can't wait for that umbrella weaponfirst thing I thought of was the Parasol in Arms.
- I know everyone's abuzz about the new idols, but for me the standout character designs are the new shopkeepers.
I assume they didn't show everything about the weapons, just a mix of old and new, but I do wonder what the status is of older weapons that are similar to the base types (Aerospray, Squelcher, Splatterscope, and so on). And I wonder how viable the arranged-team league play will be without the app.
I feel like Pearl is for japan and Marina is for the west.
Not saying Pearl is the next Ashley but you know.
Pearl like an oyster pearl and marina like a dock. Other than than, I don't think so.
OfficerRaichu15
Member
Guys guys I get it now!!
Pearl Marina is named after 3 star hotels!!!
Pearl Marina is named after 3 star hotels!!!
Dragonfly224
Member
Great direct.
Love the fact we can enter Splatfest with friends. Game changer!
Oh and Team Ice Cream 😉
Love the fact we can enter Splatfest with friends. Game changer!
Oh and Team Ice Cream 😉
Cuningas de Häme
Member
The app looks great, and I like how modern it is. You can access stats and even do some game related stuff in it (buying stuff etc.). Just like in the other MP game companion apps.
They can make Salmon Run happen always if they want, and you can play it in local MP whenver you want. So chill.
I think that this game is going to get pretty good reviews, 1 was reviewed "low" because it was "missing" stuff ( I don't agree with them, especially because that was the plan from the start). Splatoon 2 has so much everything and even a black waifu so that nets immediately a one point in reviews.
But most of all, this game follows the best Nintendo tradition, the attention for details. I just love it. Inklings' eyes are so expressive!
And they handled pretty much every nitpick I had with the first one, so I need to get this. But maybe after the launch, if they give us game+joycons combo... THAT would be neat!
They can make Salmon Run happen always if they want, and you can play it in local MP whenver you want. So chill.
I think that this game is going to get pretty good reviews, 1 was reviewed "low" because it was "missing" stuff ( I don't agree with them, especially because that was the plan from the start). Splatoon 2 has so much everything and even a black waifu so that nets immediately a one point in reviews.
But most of all, this game follows the best Nintendo tradition, the attention for details. I just love it. Inklings' eyes are so expressive!
And they handled pretty much every nitpick I had with the first one, so I need to get this. But maybe after the launch, if they give us game+joycons combo... THAT would be neat!
Joelstinton14
Member
Yeah pretty much this. Also it solves the issue that other FPS have - and in some degree Mario Kart - singly voting for the same map all the time. Cod just turned into Nuketwon 24/7
I'm wondering why that is partially the reason why they are putting Salmon mode behind timed doors - They might be afraid you might not be able to fill your team up - most people will be playing turf wars/ranked. It looks like they have special currency as well so it should mean that people will play it together at set times.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Surprised someone hasn't made a thread about the Switch online app yet.
AquaWateria
Member
Loving how all of Nintendo's first party games with the exception of botw being 60fps.
Same here.
Foldedpencil
Banned
I feel similarly. The idea of having everything available all the time is, of course, better, but practically, what if your favorite mode was the least popular overall and you could rarely get a match? Better too schedule a time for everyone to play it, than let it die. But it's still pretty bizarre and I'm not surprised that it hasn't been copied by other developers.
Marina derailed everything
OrbitalBeard
Member
Cuningas de Häme;242741086 said:
Nah, I'm not going to chill. I have no one to play with locally. There's absolutely no way to defend this decision that makes any sense to me.
BTW, did you guys all get the period joke during the stream? Made me chuckle. Completely unexpected coming from Nintendo. Guess someone in Treehouse was being cheeky.
For those who don't know what I'm talking about:
For those who don't know what I'm talking about:
"Inklings like to think of her [Flow] as their crazy, old aunt."
AquaWateria
Member
Its probably because they wanted to do it with So.atoon first to test it out, but yeah its kind of dumb.
kuroneko0509
Member
oh actually in a way jp can be tentacools instead of tentacles. I guess I missed the pun earlier xD
I'm sure alot of people would like to dock in Marina, so the name makes sense.
Martylepiaf
Member
In French its the Tenta-Cool too
BRSxIgnition
Member
And Marina at least looks older than Pearl & the average player Inkling.
BassForever
Member
Callie > Pearl > Marina >>>>> Marie
oh damn that flew over my head lol
Agree.
Gotdatmoney
Member
I don't mind map and mode rotation for the conpetitve side but Salmon run being timed is dumb. Why does a horde mode need to be on a timer?
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Main I'm honestly astounded by the amount of shit taste in display here. Ir's almost impressive, almost.
Jonneh3003
Banned
The game looks so good visually, this is so clean.
They really improved the visuals a lot since March.
For sure. It's 1080p in all modes and looks super clean, every model is also brimming with detail which is only highlighted by the fantastic designs.
Joelstinton14
Member
Maybe it doesn't look as bad as first feared/kind of makes sense. Nothing to rage about
I don't know though!
Kudo
Member
New designs are my favourite at the moment but we'll see if Callie & Marie can win me back during the hero mode.
Nintendo uploaded another song from Tenta-COOL on their Youtube, it's private for some reason:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6kmP9zNflE
Nintendo uploaded another song from Tenta-COOL on their Youtube, it's private for some reason:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6kmP9zNflE
Jim_Cacher
Member
This is good taste. I agree.
Dark Cloud
Member
It's not the worst thing. From the video it looked like it will happen frequently.
Can someone get a picture of the Salmon Run mode map? It looked like it showed it happening every day or two days.
LFMartins86
Member
Look at the Salmon Run times.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
This is where I stand on the Salmon Run rotation as well, though seeing the day-long times pop up in the video make me think it won't be so bad. It's the mode I'm most excited about and there's no reason to treat it like a Splatfest (or rather, the way that Ranked was disabled during Splatfest in the first game) when there just isn't an overlap between a co-op experience and the head-ot-head multiplayer.
The Ranked and map rotations are great, especially with a more sensible two-hour window, but Salmon Run really should be available in parallel around the clock. I hope this is a kind of soft launch to see what the matchmaking situation is like (so people draw from a pool of teammates at the same difficulty level without much of a wait) before the times are relaxed later on.
I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw this, but notice that there are alternating gaps of 1-3 days between the slots. Never making a Salmon Run slot won't be a problem, thankfully, but it still feels arbitrarily restricted if I just want to play co-op. Orienting it around a standardized map/weapon rotation makes sense if there is going to be some kind of rank/difficulty climbing that the matchmaking is built around.
Dark Cloud
Member
Look at the Salmon Run times.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
Thank You! I just asked for this picture so people can see lol.
OrbitalBeard
Member
Look at the Salmon Run times.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
There's still at least one day at time where you can't play the mode at all. Sometimes multiple days. It's horrible.
I'm actually fine with them rotating stages and weapons. That doesn't bother me.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Look at the Salmon Run times.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
You mean to say people got mad without knowing the full details? Say it isn't so!
It's playable every time on that screen. They're just changing map and weapons supplied.
Look at the Salmon Run times.
It's open for 24h, then it rotates map and/or available weapons. It's not as bad as everyone is saying.
nah, It's dumb and deserves to be called out on.
Yeah. 24 hours ain't bad, but it's still blocked out on certain dates which is still awful
Skittzo0413
Member
The phone app actually looks like it'll be easy to use and fairly useful. The real problem with it is that it's the only way to communicate with friends. If it was just one option people would be loving it.
Also the visuals for this game have really been improved. Everything looks much better, even the lighting engine looks like it was improved.
It doesn't appear to be... it's not playable between 5pm on 7/21 and 5pm on 7/22 for instance. It's a really annoying decision. The only reasoning I can think of is they don't want the limited user base to be spending all of their time in that mode rather than turf war or the ranked modes, but that's a problem that should be solved shortly after launch when the user base is in the millions.
Also the visuals for this game have really been improved. Everything looks much better, even the lighting engine looks like it was improved.
It doesn't appear to be... it's not playable between 5pm on 7/21 and 5pm on 7/22 for instance. It's a really annoying decision. The only reasoning I can think of is they don't want the limited user base to be spending all of their time in that mode rather than turf war or the ranked modes, but that's a problem that should be solved shortly after launch when the user base is in the millions.