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Splatoon (Wii U) - YOU'RE A NEW THREAD NOW seriously go to the new thread

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  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    I guess I imagined that then. Ah well, I'll still probably pre-order it soon anyway, since I know I'll want to play it when it comes out.

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  • AthenorAthenor Battle Hardened Optimist The Skies of HiigaraRegistered User regular
    Have... we seen that bazooka before?

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  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    edited May 2015
    Has this been posted? Has the first few levels and the first boss apparently, so spoilers for anyone watching it but a good look at single player early on for anyone who wants to watch it, (I admittedly have not)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QI0d5psyTs

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  • McFodderMcFodder Registered User regular
    I'd been trying to decide between wii u or PS4 at the moment, and had pretty much decided on picking up a PS4 for Arkham Knight and grabbing a Wii U for Zelda next year before I started seeing all the Splatoon hype.

    I'm now thinking I'll bite the bullet and get both. The $50 interest it'll accrue on the card will be more than made up for by playing Splatoon before people start getting godly at it.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    it's cruel that people are playing this game who aren't me

    cruel i tells you

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    You can find killer deals on WiiU games sometimes too - I have like 20 games all brand new for under 9 bucks. I have only paid full price for Mario Kart and it came with a free game at that time. Ps4 is in a release drought for summer, you'll be able to catch up on games no problem in a year.

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  • edzeppedzepp Registered User regular
    Jintor wrote: »
    it's cruel that people are playing this game who aren't me

    cruel i tells you

    damn journalists and their review copies

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  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    So I may have spent too much time trying to input some secret codes on the demo's title screen (Konami code, etc.).

  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    Hit random keys on your keyboard until you Shakespeare Monkey your way into writing a splatoon demo server

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  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    edited May 2015
    So, Splatoon's digital version doesn't require an external hard-drive unless you don't have room on your Wii U right? Because I don't have the money for both an external drive and Splatoon.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    So, Splatoon's digital version doesn't require an external hard-drive unless you don't have room on your Wii U right? Because I don't have the money for both an external drive and Splatoon.

    Splatoon is under 2GB in size.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    So, Splatoon's digital version doesn't require an external hard-drive unless you don't have room on your Wii U right? Because I don't have the money for both an external drive and Splatoon.

    There's no reason why it should require an external drive. According to this site, it's only 1.8 gigs too! That's crazy small.

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    Huh. Maybe I should cancel my pre-order with Amazon and go digital.

  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    I know! It just mentions on the page it might require an external hard drive and I thought it might somehow require it despite me having more than enough size.

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  • The WolfmanThe Wolfman Registered User regular
    That's just their default warning they give to anything over 1 gig in size.

    I think the only game that is categorically bigger than any Wii U's default hard drive may be Xenoblade X.

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  • Lord_AsmodeusLord_Asmodeus goeticSobriquet: Here is your magical cryptic riddle-tumour: I AM A TIME MACHINERegistered User regular
    Well now I've finally bitten the bullet and pre-ordered this game. I might have just waited till it comes out if not for two factors 1! Because I've already played it for two hours and know I'll definitely enjoy it 2! Because I know for a lot of games the amount of money it makes in pre-orders and launch week can be very important for how successful the game is seen as being and I know I'll love this game and want to see them do more with this IP.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    Lots of spoilery things are surfacing for Splatoon now that review copies are out. Learning what all the abilities are, what they do, some story mode stuff, etc.

    Here's a previously unheard music track (I believe):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_cZMTMWqe8

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    Any word on the length of the single player mode?

  • cloudeaglecloudeagle Registered User regular
    First single-player boss fight on video!

    ...okay, I'm nice and sold.

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  • MolybdenumMolybdenum Registered User regular
    Lots of spoilery things are surfacing for Splatoon now that review copies are out. Learning what all the abilities are, what they do, some story mode stuff, etc.

    Here's a previously unheard music track (I believe):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_cZMTMWqe8

    That's the same track that played for all my Testfire rounds, AFAIK. That frequent "dip" into and out of his own ink seems to be working waaaaay better than emptying and fully recharging like I had been. I don't think he runs out at any point in the video. I had kind of assumed that the re-fill would be faster if you emptied the tank to encourage you to actually empty it, but I guess not.

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  • NotoriusBENNotoriusBEN Registered User regular
    or it could be like a heavy machine gun in games, where you are most efficient pushing the red line without going over or else you have to cool off completely before shooting again.
    that would be a curious thing to test, but it'd be notoriously hard to do. I don't think there is much difference. With the roller I got good enough to know how much yardage I could cover with a full tank, and I would use the refill time to take stock of my surroundings and see if I should roll towards an enemy or continue what I was doing.

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  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    I tried to continually dive/shoot so that I'd have ink when here's roller and I had better have ink

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    range weapons let you fire ahead and move ahead while refilling, i find refilling using the roller harder since unless you're doing a lot of paint splatting you're painting behind you, not in front. That said I usually used it to practice feinting or just choosing a different direction to go (most of the time)

  • SomeWarlockSomeWarlock Registered User regular
    Dive/Shoot makes a ton of sense due to the way the game mechanics work. Diving/Squidding makes you faster, smaller/harder to hit, allows wall climbing, and refills your ammo, at the sole cost of not being able to shoot. Thus, at any point you're not shooting, you should probably be diving/squidding. In fact, the fastest way around a level(outside the super jump mechanic) is using range weapons to paint a path in front of you, squidding to the edge of the path, repeat.

  • TDawgTDawg Registered User regular
    That's just their default warning they give to anything over 1 gig in size.

    I think the only game that is categorically bigger than any Wii U's default hard drive may be Xenoblade X.

    Pretty sure Smash Bros. won't fit if you got one of the basic models (which I don't think they sell anymore), its a pretty big game.

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  • Maz-Maz- 飛べ Registered User regular
    The Japanese Splatoon Twitter account just confirmed which amiibo unlock which minigames:
    Squid Ball - Girl
    Squid Race - Boy
    Squid Radio - Squid

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  • RoyLeeRoyLee Registered User new member
    edited May 2015
    @UncleSporky Add me on Skype @ live:rpreator0520. We can talk further there. Even if you didn't post them.

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  • McFlynnMcFlynn Registered User regular
    Maz- wrote: »
    The Japanese Splatoon Twitter account just confirmed which amiibo unlock which minigames:
    Squid Ball - Girl
    Squid Race - Boy
    Squid Radio - Squid

    Glad I'm getting the amiibos then. I think I'm the only one that found squid Jump boring.

  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    Hecka no you weren't

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    RoyLee wrote: »
    @UncleSporky Add me on Skype @ live:rpreator0520. We can talk further there. Even if you didn't post them.

    Would you mind PMing me here? Just click my username and then click Message at the top right.

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  • skeldareskeldare Gresham, ORRegistered User regular
    RoyLee wrote: »
    @UncleSporky Add me on Skype @ live:rpreator0520. We can talk further there. Even if you didn't post them.

    Would you mind PMing me here? Just click my username and then click Message at the top right.

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  • Emperor_ZEmperor_Z Registered User regular
    I've been hesitant to pre-order, not because I'm not getting the game (I already bought the amiibo 3-pack, so I'm locked in), but because I feel a little bitter about paying more than the other regions. I wonder if there will be any day-1 sales.

    What's the deal with the pricing, anyway? It's very unusual for NA to pay more, and I can't understand why this game is different.

  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    RoyLee wrote: »
    @UncleSporky Add me on Skype @ live:rpreator0520. We can talk further there. Even if you didn't post them.

    Would you mind PMing me here? Just click my username and then click Message at the top right.

    Just remember us when you're a rich uncle sporky ok?

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    agoaj wrote: »
    RoyLee wrote: »
    @UncleSporky Add me on Skype @ live:rpreator0520. We can talk further there. Even if you didn't post them.

    Would you mind PMing me here? Just click my username and then click Message at the top right.

    Just remember us when you're a rich uncle sporky ok?

    Conversely, we'll know you even better after that fat "exposure" check clears.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    No one would ever write me a check for fat exposure.

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  • MNC DoverMNC Dover Full-time Voice Actor Kirkland, WARegistered User regular
    No one would ever write me a check for fat exposure.

    Never underestimate the freakiness of people out there.

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  • RoyLeeRoyLee Registered User new member
    @UncleSporky @agoaj He might be living in a mansion soon... :]

  • PMAversPMAvers Registered User regular
    BTW, they announced a fan-art contest on the Splatoon Tumblr.

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  • OptyOpty Registered User regular
    PMAvers wrote: »
    BTW, they announced a fan-art contest on the Splatoon Tumblr.

    Now we know why Sporky's being hounded for fanart.

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