A look at Splatoon for the Wii U, written after playing several rounds of multiplayer.
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?
It is definitely a new IP from Nintendo that looks very good and more importantly very fun. I enjoyed watching gameplay from this game more than I did BF: Hardline.
Sometimes all the grittiness, cussing and explosions just isn't enough, sometimes just good 'ol fashioned fun is all that is needed.
I saw (well OK i heard from a team mate) in CoD: Advanced Warfare that there is a paintball setting. This way instead of blood, everything shows up as paint. I know it's not pertaining to splatoon, but ironic they added this to CoD.
It looks like a peach of a game. Another gen and another reason (in many) why I continue to go with Nintendo. My only concern - if you want to call it that - is that games such as this - no matter how good - will continue to be overlooked in favour of more semi-realistic 'adult' shooters.