Fans who awaited the second Splatoon Global Testfire today have been meet with disappointment: severe server outages due to high volumes of traffic caused many players to receive the following error message during the actual hour of the global beta testing.
However, fans took to Twitter to make some pretty hilarious posts about it.
Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.
Game Rant Writes "Mar10 Day is a fun yearly celebration of the Super Mario series, and Splatoon may warrant a fan-designated day of celebration in its own right."
How, exactly, did Splatoon reach heights rivalled only by Pokémon in Japan? New IPs from the House of Mario appear as often as shiny Pocket Monsters, yet typically move comparatively mediocre numbers or fall into relative obscurity behind the premium marques of Mario, Animal Crossing, Zelda, and Pokémon. Take Pikmin and ARMS, for example, which we adore but struggle to compete with the tentpole franchises when it comes to sales numbers or mainstream mindshare.
So, again, how has Splatoon risen to become one of Nintendo's most important series in Japan?
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Testfire is extented by another hour.
I was going to say. I played about 6 matches without any issues. Could just be me but everyone in my party didn't seem to have issues getting back in. I did play at like 7:30 so maybe the issues were fixed by the time I got back on.
I can't wait for next Friday! SPLATOON!!!, Legend Of Kay HD, all my Amiibo, and Puzzle & Dragon!!!
Here are my Testfire post match screen pics. Splatershot Jr. is my go to.
http://m.imgur.com/a/Wschs
Played 15 games..Won 14 Lost 1..MVP 12 times..Kill/Death 93/12..
Highest points in one game 1287p..Most kills in one game 14..
weapon used: only Splatershot Jr. On every game.
This game is fun and has competative gaming inked all over it.
Splattershot all the way! Covers decent ground all things considered, and works well taking out those pesky rollers ;)
Even with the server breakdown and bad ping, the game is super addictive and intense, something that BF and COD lack this days. Also, another thing that I noted in the Splatoon Testfire, is the obvious lagg when playing against japanese teams. The lagg is so horrible that Nintendo needs to make available the Region server selection to avoid lagg with foreign players and invest in some dedicated servers as well. Another thing I felt is, that I tried to play without the gyroscope and realized, the gyroscope is a must when playing Splatoon. It just felt so natural, that you hardly use the second joystick, only for slight movements to L and R. The game is worth every penny people, regardless of not having voice-chat or Off-TV gameplay...