Maybe you should see this comparison between Splatoon 1 & Splatoon 2.
Also, not every sequel has to reinvent its art style.The leap
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Splatoon 2 Direct announced (7.6.17 @ 7AM PT / 10AM ET)
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CloudStrife_ca
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Splatoon 2 Pro controller forsure. Originally I was gonna get the joycons but that requires buying another charging grip. Honestly when its just me playing, I always use the Pro controller anyways, I'm up to two sets of joy cons and a Pro controller, might as well even it out and add another Pro controller... plus it looks sick!
NipplesAndToes23
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Why am I hearing Jet Set Radio sound effects during Pearl and Marina's segment?
Splatoon's art style is perfect though
and they've upgraded the graphics so it looks even better
I'd be mad as hell if they changed the art style
That'd be like $150 on controllers alone though
I actually really like the look of it. I kind of wish the whole controller was bright colors
NipplesAndToes23
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Finished watching the segment. It looks like it's really fun and I like the music. Who knows if I'll be able to play it though.
Pearl looks like a squirrel in this picture.
I don't really care what Splatoon 2 looks like... but is that supposed to show a generational leap? Looks less pronounced than Uncharted 1 to Uncharted 2.
Aldric
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After rewatching the direct l noticed bomb rush isn't necessarily linked to the subweapon anymore. The Aerospray has suction bomb as a sub and curling bomb rush as a special. Rapid Blaster has splat bomb rush as a special, l wonder if it'll have a different sub. My wish of a burst bomb Rapid might be realized.
#TeamPearl here. But I don't think that Marina looks bad either... For the most part anyway. I really don't like her eyes. From what little we saw of their personalities, I also liked Pearl's better.
I'mma gonna miss Callie and Marie, though. I think they are visually the better designed duo. "Don't get cooked... Stay off the hook!" is also way less catchy than "Stay fresh!"
Ban Puncher
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RaptorGTA
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Pretty sure its sold out.
CloudStrife_ca
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Yes it sounded like that was possible, in the direct today they said you could play on the same team in multiplayer for the first time with ppl in your friends list. I know you can't do it off the same Switch but if you both have one I'm certain thats how you'd do it.
GiantBreadbug
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Yes, correct
There are no bots on this game. No download play either. But you can play online as a group.
Man, i thought this game was coming out on the 14th, but i was confusing it with ARMS' release date last month.
Here i planned something to do on the 22nd and cleared my schedule for the weekend of the 14th, now i've gotta find something to do on the one and cut the other one a little short...
Mini-splatfest is a cool idea to get people rolling, though.
Re: imbalance between Marina and Pearl. If they haven't changed the Splatfest logic for winners and losers, then there's an incentive to go for the less popular side by the better players because it tilts the win percentage, so Pearl, like Marie before her, will become the favorite of the hardcore players (unless Pearl's repping what will obviously be the more popular choice).
Here i planned something to do on the 22nd and cleared my schedule for the weekend of the 14th, now i've gotta find something to do on the one and cut the other one a little short...
Mini-splatfest is a cool idea to get people rolling, though.
Re: imbalance between Marina and Pearl. If they haven't changed the Splatfest logic for winners and losers, then there's an incentive to go for the less popular side by the better players because it tilts the win percentage, so Pearl, like Marie before her, will become the favorite of the hardcore players (unless Pearl's repping what will obviously be the more popular choice).
dat polish whew
Huh... the only thing they have on Amazon is the digital code. That seems weird.
Neoleo2143
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Yeah, definitely can't call this only Graphically on par with the original.
It's a genuinely pretty game.
Splatoon in my opinion only ever needed to be polished and tightened up in progression and weapon elements and it showed as a highly experimental title, there are a number of gameplay stuff that I strongly dislike such as uninteresting invincibility specials (in contrast to this game where every special seems to have impact but isn't dominant and rewards more skillful and less panic play and better set-ups and mind games because of how they force movement) and it showed the team's relative inexperience to the genre. The core gameplay is so so strong that throwing that out would be a total insanity, it just needed refinement and it seems to be getting that in a nicely filled out package.
It's a genuinely pretty game.
Splatoon in my opinion only ever needed to be polished and tightened up in progression and weapon elements and it showed as a highly experimental title, there are a number of gameplay stuff that I strongly dislike such as uninteresting invincibility specials (in contrast to this game where every special seems to have impact but isn't dominant and rewards more skillful and less panic play and better set-ups and mind games because of how they force movement) and it showed the team's relative inexperience to the genre. The core gameplay is so so strong that throwing that out would be a total insanity, it just needed refinement and it seems to be getting that in a nicely filled out package.
So excited for this. I've got the art book preordered off of Amazon, arriving Tuesday I believe. The pro pre-ordered off of Walmart, not coming until the 27th I think which sucks. Amiibos preordered and about to pre-order the guide because what's another $12. I think I'm going to drag my kids out release day through to buy the actual game so I don't have to wait for it to be delivered. Hoping my husband can find a switch before then so that we can each have our own. Did I mention I'm excited?
Only downside of the direct for me was the lack of NA joycon info. Really don't want to have to import, hoping they're announced when the Marina and Pearl amiibos are because you know they're getting made.
Only downside of the direct for me was the lack of NA joycon info. Really don't want to have to import, hoping they're announced when the Marina and Pearl amiibos are because you know they're getting made.
Foldedpencil
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I thought this was a joke until I zoomed in. While the UI is mostly the same, the game looks leaps and bounds better.
TDLink
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You can play Salmon Run together offline that way for sure. The versus modes, you would have to be online I think, but you could still play together on the same team if you both have systems.
Walmart is open with the same deal, but it has to be an in-store pick-up.
UnemployedVillain
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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 also a nearly 5 month window. I'm not sure these are indicative of anything, but the fact they have windows of different weapon sets
I woke up late so I missed the thing live, but I just watched it all and I was smiling like a little kid, and was (embarrassingly) giggling whenever things like the Baller and Brella showed up.
I
NEED
IT
NOW
And BLESS NINTY FOR EARLY SPLATFEST. Team Icecream all the way! I may have sensitive teeth, but the dessert experience is definitely better than cake!
I
NEED
IT
NOW
And BLESS NINTY FOR EARLY SPLATFEST. Team Icecream all the way! I may have sensitive teeth, but the dessert experience is definitely better than cake!
They had a sale on the preorder a couple days ago, making it 47.88 it sold out then. I'm salty about it as well, because i thought i had it pre ordered and all i have in there is rime...
Hopefully they stock up in time where the discount is still eligible. I couldn't care less about getting it late. lol
Dark Cloud
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Damn that leap looks great.
Ewwwwww, they brought back Port Mackerel. Gross, disgusting. What's next, Bluefin Depot? Saltspray Rig?
(Although the layout changes make it look more interesting. Could be neat.)
Really fun Direct. I wish there was another game type (other than Salmon Run), that was the biggest disappointment for me. But all the nuts-and-bolts gameplay changes looked really good. Can't wait when that Brella comes out. That fast Splat Dualies variation looks like it could be crazy fun.
(They gave the Tri-Slosher Burst Bombs...)
(Although the layout changes make it look more interesting. Could be neat.)
Really fun Direct. I wish there was another game type (other than Salmon Run), that was the biggest disappointment for me. But all the nuts-and-bolts gameplay changes looked really good. Can't wait when that Brella comes out. That fast Splat Dualies variation looks like it could be crazy fun.
(They gave the Tri-Slosher Burst Bombs...)
Holy shit.
720p really was a downer on the Wii U, I thought the gameplay was awesome but the resolution was crippling it so much, IQ wise.
Glad to see we're getting a full HD title this time, and it looks so good! :O
Lol, maybe the rewards are too good, so they need to control it, idk I'm just trying to understand it haha
QuixoticNeutral
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Splatoon 1's single-player mechanics were conspicuously missing in the multiplayer (and there were hardly any dynamic stage elements overall, with a few exceptions like the elevator platform in Saltspray Rig and the rotating structures in Museum D'Alfonsino), so I'm glad to see them in the revised Moray Towers and Port Mackerel. The other thing about these maps is that they might be a better fit for the removal of the GamePad, given the "linearity" of their layout around a central conflict zone, whereas bringing back something like Kelp Dome would have been a disaster, and the neutral knobs off to the side on Saltspray wouldn't have worked as well as they were so clearly designed around the peripheral vision of territorial control that the GamePad provided.
I would have picked Triggerfish and Museum myself, or directed more attention generally towards the stages that were patched into the first game late. I played a ton of Splatoon 1 at launch but barely remember ever drawing some of the late additions like Piranha Pit and Ancho-V (partly due to the excessively long rotation), and I'm sure there are a lot of players in the same position.
TDLink
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I think Moray Towers and Port Mackerel are unique choices to bring back. The Towers have a verticality to them that doesn't really show up in other stages, while the Port has lots of long corridors. I think they actually make the most sense being back in lieu of new stages that fill similar roles.
I think we'll see most of the other old stages return in time anyways though, so I'm not too worried.
I think we'll see most of the other old stages return in time anyways though, so I'm not too worried.
UnemployedVillain
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We all agree that Flounder Heights‎ was the best Splatoon 1 stage and Flounder Heights‎ Rainmaker was the GOAT combination, right?
goatbelly zones > your fav
So is local player now only for people whose friends also own Switches? Hard to tell. The local modes in the original were complete crap, but I was hoping for a Turf War with bots or something. None of my friends own consoles but I sometimes take mine over to theirs, it'd be a shame if we still can't get the proper Splatoon experience because it's so easily suited to local multiplayer.
My Switch is turning up tomorrow and I've not seen a "direct" before. This is what I watched - Splatoon 2 Direct - Everything You Need to Know!
Are they always done in that sort of format? It was absolutely terrible, one of the worst presentations I've seen in terms of games, it was a 25-minute long trailer. Was the live thing something other than that? 🙁
Are they always done in that sort of format? It was absolutely terrible, one of the worst presentations I've seen in terms of games, it was a 25-minute long trailer. Was the live thing something other than that? 🙁
This was their E3 presentation this year. The game-focused Directs are basically info dumps for the game in question.
Dark Ninja
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Yep its still crap if any local modes. They completely ignore the local split screen multiplayer fanbase for Splatoon.
TDLink
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Everyone needs their own Switch and copy of the game. Locally you can play 2-4 people in Salmon Run or 2-8 people in the four versus modes.