Its not Splatoon 2 until non superficial playable Octoling classes.
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Splatoon update Aug 6th - Team Ranked, custom game, level/ranked cap raise, new gear
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Its not Splatoon 2 until non superficial playable Octoling classes.
That's just bonus, but nothing beats this bucket.
That was teased by the Splatoon Japanese twitter account, wasn't it?
I wonder if points won before the update retroactively count toward your experience, I'm probably already level 50 if that's the case lol
Nice to see this coming so soon, can't wait to play some splat zones and tower control with gaf.
Nice to see this coming so soon, can't wait to play some splat zones and tower control with gaf.
All they did was post an image of her without goggles, what that's teasing if anything is just wild speculation
I like the Underpass trees too, would/will be a shame to see them go. They're a nice bit of set decoration. Excited for the rest of the update though, will be interesting to see if there are any new abilities to go with the new gear: not much point if they're just reskinning the old ones, really, I've more or less settled on my selection from the existing lot.
Yes it was. At that point the game is official its own sequel.
I think you mean Shoal Battles.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Where is my Squid Girl costume! I know it was supposed to be in this August update. Don't tell me it's Japanese-only!
Looks like a new type of music is coming!
Famitsu said:
http://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-devs-on-inkling-girl-design-focus-squid-sisters-and-more/
Love the music but wish there was more. Especially the last minute theme.
If you dont know, I dont think you have much to worry about. They are keeping the identiy of the map pretty much intact.
The problem was the 3 choke points were really easy to hold once you got control of the mid. For example after a teamwipe there was no coming back agianst a skilled, balanced team.
A competent charger can cover the choke points into the center area pretty well. If a team has two of them, which happens often in gaf rooms because chargers are popular weapons for whatever reason, they can pretty much lock out the whole opposing team
Seth Enosh
Member
I wasn't expecting the options for 2 and 3 person teams, and 2-7 players in custom. This is great 
Not75Drops
Member
Wasn't the Bucket originally called Bloblobbler or something like that?
originally. But alpha squiffer was called quick charger, and the .52 gal the 5.2 gallon. I hated the name bloblobber so good riddance.
I'm going to need some friends.
SatoAilDarko
Member
I wonder how popular tri squads will be. You may have to wait a bit. Still nice they included the option.
No 2 on 2 obviously as that's too spread out.
1 v 1 is kinda dumb fun. I think 2 v 2 could be pretty fun. I'm tempted to pick up a second Wii U so I can play that with my brother
.Omega Kirby
Member
Shit S rank now?? Let the rage begin
I was worried that you wouldn't be able to set teams with Private 4v4, but you can actually do that?
Competitive prospects have upped significantly. All we need now is LAN support.
LAN and some sort of spectator or replay mode so that people can broadcast matches with commentary.
LAN support + Loadout Transferring (save to usb or Amiibo) + voice chat (at least in the mode where your team is always only people you have added as friends, zero reason to not have it there) are all requirements to have competitive Splatoon ever even possibly become a thing before a sequel.
I also really want to have Turf Wars in ranked at some point. It's a fun mode but the lack of a ranked option for it kinda kills my interest in playing it.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Out of everything I'm probably most excited about the level cap increase. It always felt I was wasting effort while at max level.
I hope they have weapons for every level up to 50. I like the feeling of working towards something. Also excited for the new gear and leveling everything up.
If they are able to have one on one online matches I hope they extend that to offline as well. I mean it should be easier to implement as now you don't need those balloons to spawn.
Finally I'm really bummed out at the two map rotation apparently still in play. I really feel four maps I needed much less two. I mean with a two map rotation only 12 maps will show up for four hours each over 24 hours. That's just crazy.
I wonder if Splatoon ' s popularity has caused the update schedule to change. In the original Direct it was noted free content was only through August. I will wonder if they'll add more free maps on top of the 14?
Personally 16 regular maps in one playlist with a four map rotation and 12 paid DLC maps in another playlist with a four/three map rotation would be ideal.
Then there's still that Octoling tease. A horde mode would be neat. Maybe paid DLC.
I hope they have weapons for every level up to 50. I like the feeling of working towards something. Also excited for the new gear and leveling everything up.
If they are able to have one on one online matches I hope they extend that to offline as well. I mean it should be easier to implement as now you don't need those balloons to spawn.
Finally I'm really bummed out at the two map rotation apparently still in play. I really feel four maps I needed much less two. I mean with a two map rotation only 12 maps will show up for four hours each over 24 hours. That's just crazy.
I wonder if Splatoon ' s popularity has caused the update schedule to change. In the original Direct it was noted free content was only through August. I will wonder if they'll add more free maps on top of the 14?
Personally 16 regular maps in one playlist with a four map rotation and 12 paid DLC maps in another playlist with a four/three map rotation would be ideal.
Then there's still that Octoling tease. A horde mode would be neat. Maybe paid DLC.
Just wait until the cap that raises the Ranked level to Smokin' Sick Style++
Wii U doesn't support two gamepads
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Sushi costume and Squid Girl costume when?
I don't think I'd have the motivation to attain that rank. Maybe I need more power.
I imagine that in the current situation, local scenes would just get passed the second step by having people use their own Wii Us, which would on one hand be fairly cumbersome setup-wise but also solve the issue of Splatoon linking tags to Miis since there's no Smash-esque name tag function. The aforementioned spectator mode seems like it'd be the second most crucial feature.
Still many ways to go regardless, of course.
The intriguing thing about the level cap boost is the fact that they actually need rewards for raising your level all that way. Which I guess implicitly confirms 30 new weapons? Or I wonder if they've got something else planned?
I feel like they'd relegate load-out saves to Amiibos, more so since the Splatoon Amiibos have an unused save function. Then again, the Inklings in Smash is a matter of when than if, so there's also that possible issue in terms of what uses the Amiibo's save slot, but at that point, we'd have a Smash variant of the Inkling Amiibo (& the Super Mario Amiibos already have that issue, even though most of the Super Mario line also have Smash Bros. counterparts).
I don't think local set-ups would really develop with such a requirement in place. Would just be too difficult to actually get going.
SatoAilDarko
Member
Are two GamePads needed? There are no teammates to spawn to. The mode restricts gear so missiles and beacons can be omitted.
The one thing missing would be a map to see what areas are painted but even without one it would be fun to see who could paint the most anyway. Maybe have a map show up if you press start.
Agreed. It's garbage and easily one of the worst thing about the game. It should have been fixed weeks ago, not months from now.
mrmickfran
Member
Can they put Kelp Dome on maintenance too?
I.E: Get rid of it completely.
I.E: Get rid of it completely.
It's the best map so no
I've never actually played the 1v1 mode, I'm just guessing that's Nintendo's reasoning
heathen
There'd have to be a Wii U for each player anyway. Nintendo doesn't really use the Wii U's 2-GamePads-per-system functionality, & the framerate would have to be cut in half if they added split screen. The only real issue that the saves would resolve is the need to bring your own Wii U instead of just using the ones provided at a venue.
Well, let's be honest, with this...
...there was no way they could have called it any different, really.
Omega Kirby
Member
That's not Saltspray Rig.
what's with all of these incorrect opinions? ;p