By LUDWIG VON KOOPA - Times for the Global Testfire included at the bottom.
Splatoon is personally my most anticipated game of 2015, so I'm totally pumped for the Nintendo Direct based on it!
We live-reacted to it. I'm Nintendork 13 13, RawkHawk2010 is RawkHawk2010, and Vortexica is breezinabout.
You can watch the whole Direct here while reading along with our reactions (pre-log banter ends at 10 AM):
Nintendork 13 13 9:34 am
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MY DREAM
IS COMING TRUE
RawkHawk2010 9:34 am
huh
Nintendork 13 13 9:34 am
THE SPLATOON DIRECT IS 33 MINUTES LONG
THAT'S HOW LONG IT WAS IN MY DREAM
<.<
Except I overslept and got here at 10:41 PM
*AM
(I didn't oversleep THAT much!)
So I had to watch it non-live
It was literally 33 minutes in the dream though
Nintendork 13 13 9:36 am
People said it had good beginning, then there was like, bad news in second half, but it had an amazing ending.
RawkHawk2010 9:36 am
Oh, I thought you meant you left out "AM" as a word.
Nintendork 13 13 9:36 am
...that's all there weren't any details. <.<
RawkHawk2010 9:36 am
"Except I am overslept"
Two things about Europe:
http://i.imgur.com/SFMi5Ai.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RBS0lKJ.jpg
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
Yeah I saw
RawkHawk2010 9:37 am
http://i.imgur.com/FcmWewp.jpg
That's your guy.
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
I know
Isn't he great?
RawkHawk2010 9:37 am
Yes.
Secondly,
the French have completely taken over my YouTube notifications.
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
wtf
I don't even GET YouTube notifications.
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQAMHnmGZZ4
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
Which originates from...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23568GDskw
6:00 of that.
Nintendork 13 13 9:38 am
is that a French JonTron
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
This French guy who spends thirty minutes talking about people who have sex with cars.
Or a French Ray William Johnson.
Nintendork 13 13 9:39 am
Are ProtonJon and JonTron the same dude
RawkHawk2010 9:39 am
no
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/939/Proton_Jon_(Jonathon_Wheeler)_(1).jpg
That's Proton Jon.
Nintendork 13 13 9:40 am
oh
he looks fine
RawkHawk2010 9:40 am
wtf his last name is Wheeler?
Like Joey Wheeler?
Nintendork 13 13 9:40 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 9:40 am
Well then.
Oh yeah, one more thing.
http://i.imgur.com/1HjASwM.png
lololololol
Nintendork 13 13 9:41 am
lol
breezinabout@msn.com 9:42 am
lol, speaking of Reggie
I'm still playing Pokemon X and just now found the guy on Victory Road who says "my body is ready!"
RawkHawk2010 9:43 am
Oh yeah, that dude.
http://i.imgur.com/kpa75Iq.jpg
And then there's this guy.
breezinabout@msn.com 9:44 am
lol. I remember seeing that too.
RawkHawk2010 9:44 am
I was hoping X&Y would have more references and meta humor.
http://i.imgur.com/9YsLGGI.jpg
Still my favorite line of Pokemon dialogue, ever.
RawkHawk2010 9:46 am
brb
Nintendork 13 13 9:46 am
be back in time
RawkHawk2010 9:53 am
back
Nintendork 13 13 9:53 am
Good.
http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo
RawkHawk2010 9:54 am
Had to make some of that Italian herb popcorn.
What's our opinion on the Italians, anyway?
Nintendork 13 13 9:54 am
I don't have anything to munch on.
I don't really have an opinion.
Or at least not one I want to publicly share.
<.<
RawkHawk2010 9:54 am
oohoohoo
Nintendork 13 13 9:55 am
(We can talk about it at... the end of the log! Stay tuned, folks!)
breezinabout@msn.com 9:55 am
"Squid-tastic!"
breezinabout@msn.com 9:55 am
Okay.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
Now, now.
They didn't put the exclamation point there.
You did!
breezinabout@msn.com 9:56 am
Oh, yeah.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
That's inserting your personal bias!
breezinabout@msn.com 9:56 am
Force of habit.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
#ethicsinvideogamejournalism
BETTER GO SHUT DOWN KOOPATV'S ADVERTISERS
breezinabout@msn.com 9:57 am
lol
breezinabout@msn.com 9:57 am
But yeah, I just can't not add an exclamation point to a word that ends in "tastic"
Nintendork 13 13 9:58 am
But it's used mid-sentence!
RawkHawk2010 9:58 am
Is it coincidence that this and #NationalDayOfPrayer are on the same day?
Nintendork 13 13 9:58 am
Yes.
RawkHawk2010 9:58 am
Oh.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
Splatoon comes out May 28 in Japan
and May 29 everywhere else.
So this is really just three weeks away from release.
RawkHawk2010 9:59 am
I didn't even know we had a release date.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
I'm sure three weeks is the timeframe recommended by some
yeah we do.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
We don't have release dates on like anything else.
No release date on Yoshi or Xenoblade X
AHH
E10+
Cartoon Violence
RawkHawk2010 10:00 am
...whoa.
Nintendork 13 13 10:00 am
Squid Research Lab
Ecological curiosities of this fascinating squid creature
(oh, apparently there is no creature)
OH!
"Squid"
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
This narration reminds me of something.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Squiddie
HUMANOID
"Eureka indeed!"
So they're doing
uh
...research on humans?
breezinabout@msn.com 10:01 am
Awesome music: activate.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Like this?
Isn't that unethical?
"Unsurprisingly they each have a gender"
*tumblrs triggered*
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
Not liking that model of the inkling girl.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Skin colour and eye colour
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
Looks terrifying.
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
Whoa.
Lore.
Nintendork 13 13 10:02 am
The Inklings are all 14
ya I screen'd the development cycle
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
SO THEY'RE PREPUBESCENT?
Nintendork 13 13 10:02 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
EVEN AFTER ALL THE RULE 34 ART?!
Nintendork 13 13 10:03 am
"Science is beautiful!"
Dem sneakers
RawkHawk2010 10:03 am
"Let's dive a little deeper."
...the camera perspective there was...
Nintendork 13 13 10:03 am
"One unique Inkling habit is to protect their habitat."
ohoh
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
Inkage.
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
Good word.
breezinabout@msn.com 10:04 am
MASSIVE inkage.
Nintendork 13 13 10:04 am
"Bear in a honeybath, except far less pleasant."
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
#IStandWithPhil
Nintendork 13 13 10:04 am
Cindy, Jeffrey, Jesse
"Hide and go ink"
RawkHawk2010 10:05 am
Pit.
Nintendork 13 13 10:05 am
Leveling up
Okay video record #2
Urchin Underpass
Filled with concrete walls.
(Like a maze?)
Saltspray Rig
Nintendork 13 13 10:06 am
Fight for the high spot.
Blackbelly Skatepark
Walleye Warehouse for close-quarters combat
Arowana Mall
RawkHawk2010 10:06 am
Wallaeye Warehouse looks exactly like that one Halo 3 level.
EXACTLY.
Nintendork 13 13 10:07 am
"Looks like turf wars can break out anywhere, like my chronic rash!"
Video Record #3: fashion
Squid culture
(Japanese culture?)
"Inkolopolis, fashion central for a young squid kid."
Reminds me of TWEWY
RawkHawk2010 10:07 am
Yeah.
Nintendork 13 13 10:08 am
"Booyah Base"
RawkHawk2010 10:08 am
There were even directional arrows horizontally laid out on a building.
Nintendork 13 13 10:08 am
Jelonzo the Jellicent
Wears a different t-shirt everyday.
RawkHawk2010 10:08 am
"Squid Kids" reminds me of "Fruit Dudes."
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Dem sunglasses
RawkHawk2010 10:09 am
Annie is hideous.
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Annie has fansquid
Sheldon
RawkHawk2010 10:09 am
Moe?
As in...Finding NeMOE?!
AHAH!
breezinabout@msn.com 10:09 am
Sheldon reminds me so much of E. Gadd.
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Video #4: weapons
Shooter, Charger, Roller
Nintendork 13 13 10:10 am
(Three main classes)
Still liking all the music.
RawkHawk2010 10:11 am
The music is basically K.K. Slider music in a different octave.
Nintendork 13 13 10:11 am
I'm coo' with that
breezinabout@msn.com 10:11 am
So the Charger is basically a railgun?
Nintendork 13 13 10:11 am
I like family-friendly versions of actual weapons.
Splatterscope the sniper
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Roller looks broke.
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
It lacks range
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Did he just say "splooge"?
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
Sploosh
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Oh, lol.
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
Roller is like
the Little Mac
of weapons.
RawkHawk2010 10:13 am
Inkchu
breezinabout@msn.com 10:13 am
lol
Nintendork 13 13 10:13 am
"Some of the sub-weapons has the scientific community freaking out"
Dat Point Sensor support tool
Nintendork 13 13 10:14 am
Killer Wail
(Boomburst.wav)
(don't you dare link it)
RawkHawk2010 10:15 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV4-NLvOj-8
Nintendork 13 13 10:15 am
Gear Abilities
Benches
Splatoon has racial integration
RawkHawk2010 10:16 am
...in this preview, anyway.
Nintendork 13 13 10:16 am
You can talk to other Inklings to special-order their clothes.
RawkHawk2010 10:16 am
But when the actual populace gets involved...?
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
Gear can be leveled up
and get more abilities
Spyke the gypsy
RawkHawk2010 10:17 am
"Wot"
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
Super Sea Snail
breezinabout@msn.com 10:17 am
Nice to see these gear abilities aren't just limited to passive boosts and what have you.
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
to get more ability slots
Peculiar old man from squidhole
Record #6: Story Mode
Capn'n Cuttlefish
Nintendork 13 13 10:18 am
"Squid really are suckers"
Octarians → Octopi
So racial integration is yes
Species integration is no
RawkHawk2010 10:19 am
I'm curious as to who did the music for this game, cuz it sounds like nothing we've ever heard does it?
Nintendork 13 13 10:19 am
Yeah.
Cuttlefish gives real-time dialogue
Giant mechanised bosses
I wonder if Cuttlefish is like Palutena
or is stuck being a bit more boring.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
Power Eggs (dragon balls?)
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
Probably more boring.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
woah Research Notes
Sunken Scroll
Lore
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
Treehouse is stuck working all day on Xenoblade X.
Oh hey it's like Bayonetta.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
"Each one reveals another piece of this world's past"
Squid Sisters
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
wtf
It actually IS Bayonetta.
okay what the fuck
this is terrifying
Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
We're being treated to a live concert
breezinabout@msn.com 10:22 am
...
Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
...
RawkHawk2010 10:22 am
Was that supposed to be this game's DK Rap?
Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
I... don't know.
Nintendork 13 13 10:23 am
"Confident squid may want to swim onto the world wide web"
I like the idea of the www. being an ocean.
Online team battles are randomly swapped
even among friends
?
RawkHawk2010 10:24 am
Probably, since they said you can't customize options between Friends.
...that'd suck.
Nintendork 13 13 10:24 am
Ranked Battle
Based on skill and skill alone
A+ to C-
(grade inflation?)
RawkHawk2010 10:25 am
Is this music supposed to be Inkling death metal?
Nintendork 13 13 10:25 am
lol
Nintendork 13 13 10:25 am
Nintendo Social Media channels announcing if enough Inklings across the world can unlock ranked battle.
Startling revelation?
"Free update events"
Content updates planned through Summer 2015
More stages to be added, and new weapons.
(Inkbrush)
(...Bowser Jr.?)
More gear
And ranked battle rulesets, including Tower Control
so I guess Splatoon team was rushed
and has to finish the game through free DLC?
Another ruleset called Rainmaker
but they don't know what it is yet
August 2015: Huge post-launch update
Allows clan matches
Nintendork 13 13 10:27 am
"Your friends vs. enemy friends"
And then custom online battles
Allowing stage selection and rules
Video Record #8: amiibo shit
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
...so....
...this game basically isn't complete.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
And won't be for months.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
Wait this isn't amiibo shit
it's an arcade
8-bit "Squid Jump"
breezinabout@msn.com 10:28 am
"Oh the nostalgia!"
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
There was something like this in Wario Ware Touched.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
Now here's the amiibo
"Sup, playa?!" - Inkling Boy
RawkHawk2010 10:29 am
I read that in Chad's voice.
"That's fo' Trayvon!"
Nintendork 13 13 10:29 am
LOL
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
Can play the 8-bit videogames
RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
Squid Beatz.
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
while waiting for match-making
online
That's nice.
"Splatfest"
AHH
IT'S THE SQUIDSISTERS
>.>;
"News program"
"Hold on to your tentacles..."
RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
wtffffffff
That's not even subtle, lol.
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
Vote between Cats and Dogs
RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
Considering who's saying it.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
So it's like Conquests in Smash 4
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
The Super Sea Snail looks like a Mario mushroom.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
First Splatfest from June 20 to June 21
(vote cats)
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
Dogs.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
"Squid is not an acceptable response"
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
But yeah Cat will win.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
good
Conducting our own research?
Splatoon Global Testfire
Nintendork 13 13 10:32 am
Nintendo holding special event pre-release
Free demo!
On Wii U!
At specific dates
(Friday and Saturday this week)
Pre-order or purchase Splatoon at GameStop
get hideous Splatoon costumes for Miis in Smash 4
RawkHawk2010 10:32 am
lol those Splatoon Miis look awful.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
lol
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
Well, that's that.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
Yeah.
Guess we're gonna play the demo
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
If my thumb can take it.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
The demo has online matches at certain times to make sure people are online.
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
Since it almost got cut off yesterday and all.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
<.<;
Yeah you'll need your right thumb
to play the game.
Nintendork 13 13 10:34 am
And left one, too.
For the sticks.
RawkHawk2010 10:34 am
So what's our opinion on this.
Nintendork 13 13 10:34 am
Best Direct this year.
RawkHawk2010 10:34 am
Naaaaaah.
breezinabout@msn.com 10:35 am
I'm marginally more interested than I was, but still not convinced.
Nintendork 13 13 10:35 am
Also the Squidling Mii costumes means deconfirmed for DLC
RawkHawk2010 10:35 am
The last Direct had Surprise.
Nintendork 13 13 10:35 am
The April Fools one?
Yeah, it was surprising, but the actual announcements were
uh
RawkHawk2010 10:35 am
yuh
Nintendork 13 13 10:36 am
...y'know, pretty crappy.
RawkHawk2010 10:36 am
All this Splatoon Direct confirmed is that the single-player component is nothing big.
Nintendork 13 13 10:36 am
It's bigger if you get the disc-locked amiibo!
=-O
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
Fuck that.
45 missions?!
Nintendork 13 13 10:37 am
*60
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
Tied to amiibos?
Nintendork 13 13 10:37 am
20 each
15 each to begin and then 5 additional
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
pffffft.
Those squid sisters though.
Nintendork 13 13 10:38 am
...*shudder*
RawkHawk2010 10:38 am
Imagine the fetishes that will be instilled into today's youth.
Nintendork 13 13 10:39 am
.......
(Is this supposed to segue into that request I got?)
breezinabout@msn.com 10:39 am
It'll be nothing tentacle hentai hasn't already blighted the world with.
Nintendork 13 13 10:40 am
...
(I don't like where this conversation is going)
Will you see KoopaTV's staff in the Splatoon Global Testfire? You'll know if it's us if you see one of our NNIDs there! Share your thoughts on the Direct, tentacle hentai, and Italians in the comments!
Ludwig gives his impressions of the Splatoon Global Testfire here.
America isn't the only region voting between Cats and Dogs. Europe is doing it too.
Splatoon 2, the sequel, is also introducing a Global Testfire before the game's official release.
Two years later, and Splatoon 2 also has its own Nintendo Direct!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MY DREAM
IS COMING TRUE
RawkHawk2010 9:34 am
huh
Nintendork 13 13 9:34 am
THE SPLATOON DIRECT IS 33 MINUTES LONG
THAT'S HOW LONG IT WAS IN MY DREAM
<.<
Except I overslept and got here at 10:41 PM
*AM
(I didn't oversleep THAT much!)
So I had to watch it non-live
It was literally 33 minutes in the dream though
Nintendork 13 13 9:36 am
People said it had good beginning, then there was like, bad news in second half, but it had an amazing ending.
RawkHawk2010 9:36 am
Oh, I thought you meant you left out "AM" as a word.
Nintendork 13 13 9:36 am
...that's all there weren't any details. <.<
RawkHawk2010 9:36 am
"Except I am overslept"
Two things about Europe:
http://i.imgur.com/SFMi5Ai.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/RBS0lKJ.jpg
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
Yeah I saw
RawkHawk2010 9:37 am
http://i.imgur.com/FcmWewp.jpg
That's your guy.
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
I know
Isn't he great?
RawkHawk2010 9:37 am
Yes.
Secondly,
the French have completely taken over my YouTube notifications.
Nintendork 13 13 9:37 am
wtf
I don't even GET YouTube notifications.
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQAMHnmGZZ4
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
Which originates from...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F23568GDskw
6:00 of that.
Nintendork 13 13 9:38 am
is that a French JonTron
RawkHawk2010 9:38 am
This French guy who spends thirty minutes talking about people who have sex with cars.
Or a French Ray William Johnson.
Nintendork 13 13 9:39 am
Are ProtonJon and JonTron the same dude
RawkHawk2010 9:39 am
no
http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/939/Proton_Jon_(Jonathon_Wheeler)_(1).jpg
That's Proton Jon.
Nintendork 13 13 9:40 am
oh
he looks fine
RawkHawk2010 9:40 am
wtf his last name is Wheeler?
Like Joey Wheeler?
Nintendork 13 13 9:40 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 9:40 am
Well then.
Oh yeah, one more thing.
http://i.imgur.com/1HjASwM.png
lololololol
Nintendork 13 13 9:41 am
lol
breezinabout@msn.com 9:42 am
lol, speaking of Reggie
I'm still playing Pokemon X and just now found the guy on Victory Road who says "my body is ready!"
RawkHawk2010 9:43 am
Oh yeah, that dude.
http://i.imgur.com/kpa75Iq.jpg
And then there's this guy.
breezinabout@msn.com 9:44 am
lol. I remember seeing that too.
RawkHawk2010 9:44 am
I was hoping X&Y would have more references and meta humor.
http://i.imgur.com/9YsLGGI.jpg
Still my favorite line of Pokemon dialogue, ever.
RawkHawk2010 9:46 am
brb
Nintendork 13 13 9:46 am
be back in time
RawkHawk2010 9:53 am
back
Nintendork 13 13 9:53 am
Good.
http://www.twitch.tv/nintendo
RawkHawk2010 9:54 am
Had to make some of that Italian herb popcorn.
What's our opinion on the Italians, anyway?
Nintendork 13 13 9:54 am
I don't have anything to munch on.
I don't really have an opinion.
Or at least not one I want to publicly share.
<.<
RawkHawk2010 9:54 am
oohoohoo
Nintendork 13 13 9:55 am
(We can talk about it at... the end of the log! Stay tuned, folks!)
 |
| Squid-tastic new details. |
breezinabout@msn.com 9:55 am
"Squid-tastic!"
breezinabout@msn.com 9:55 am
Okay.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
Now, now.
They didn't put the exclamation point there.
You did!
breezinabout@msn.com 9:56 am
Oh, yeah.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
That's inserting your personal bias!
breezinabout@msn.com 9:56 am
Force of habit.
Nintendork 13 13 9:56 am
#ethicsinvideogamejournalism
BETTER GO SHUT DOWN KOOPATV'S ADVERTISERS
breezinabout@msn.com 9:57 am
lol
breezinabout@msn.com 9:57 am
But yeah, I just can't not add an exclamation point to a word that ends in "tastic"
Nintendork 13 13 9:58 am
But it's used mid-sentence!
RawkHawk2010 9:58 am
Is it coincidence that this and #NationalDayOfPrayer are on the same day?
Nintendork 13 13 9:58 am
Yes.
RawkHawk2010 9:58 am
Oh.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
Splatoon comes out May 28 in Japan
and May 29 everywhere else.
So this is really just three weeks away from release.
RawkHawk2010 9:59 am
I didn't even know we had a release date.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
I'm sure three weeks is the timeframe recommended by some
yeah we do.
Nintendork 13 13 9:59 am
We don't have release dates on like anything else.
No release date on Yoshi or Xenoblade X
AHH
E10+
Cartoon Violence
RawkHawk2010 10:00 am
...whoa.
Nintendork 13 13 10:00 am
Squid Research Lab
Ecological curiosities of this fascinating squid creature
(oh, apparently there is no creature)
OH!
"Squid"
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
This narration reminds me of something.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Squiddie
HUMANOID
"Eureka indeed!"
So they're doing
uh
...research on humans?
breezinabout@msn.com 10:01 am
Awesome music: activate.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Like this?
Isn't that unethical?
"Unsurprisingly they each have a gender"
*tumblrs triggered*
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
Not liking that model of the inkling girl.
Nintendork 13 13 10:01 am
Skin colour and eye colour
RawkHawk2010 10:01 am
Looks terrifying.
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
Whoa.
Lore.
Nintendork 13 13 10:02 am
The Inklings are all 14
ya I screen'd the development cycle
 |
| The Inkling girl at the end is only 14. |
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
SO THEY'RE PREPUBESCENT?
Nintendork 13 13 10:02 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 10:02 am
EVEN AFTER ALL THE RULE 34 ART?!
Nintendork 13 13 10:03 am
"Science is beautiful!"
Dem sneakers
RawkHawk2010 10:03 am
"Let's dive a little deeper."
...the camera perspective there was...
Nintendork 13 13 10:03 am
"One unique Inkling habit is to protect their habitat."
ohoh
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
Inkage.
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
Good word.
breezinabout@msn.com 10:04 am
MASSIVE inkage.
Nintendork 13 13 10:04 am
"Bear in a honeybath, except far less pleasant."
RawkHawk2010 10:04 am
#IStandWithPhil
Nintendork 13 13 10:04 am
Cindy, Jeffrey, Jesse
"Hide and go ink"
RawkHawk2010 10:05 am
Pit.
Nintendork 13 13 10:05 am
Leveling up
Okay video record #2
Urchin Underpass
Filled with concrete walls.
(Like a maze?)
Saltspray Rig
Nintendork 13 13 10:06 am
Fight for the high spot.
Blackbelly Skatepark
Walleye Warehouse for close-quarters combat
Arowana Mall
RawkHawk2010 10:06 am
Wallaeye Warehouse looks exactly like that one Halo 3 level.
EXACTLY.
Nintendork 13 13 10:07 am
"Looks like turf wars can break out anywhere, like my chronic rash!"
Video Record #3: fashion
Squid culture
(Japanese culture?)
"Inkolopolis, fashion central for a young squid kid."
Reminds me of TWEWY
RawkHawk2010 10:07 am
Yeah.
Nintendork 13 13 10:08 am
"Booyah Base"
RawkHawk2010 10:08 am
There were even directional arrows horizontally laid out on a building.
Nintendork 13 13 10:08 am
Jelonzo the Jellicent
Wears a different t-shirt everyday.
RawkHawk2010 10:08 am
"Squid Kids" reminds me of "Fruit Dudes."
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Dem sunglasses
RawkHawk2010 10:09 am
Annie is hideous.
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Annie has fansquid
Sheldon
RawkHawk2010 10:09 am
Moe?
As in...Finding NeMOE?!
AHAH!
breezinabout@msn.com 10:09 am
Sheldon reminds me so much of E. Gadd.
Nintendork 13 13 10:09 am
Video #4: weapons
Shooter, Charger, Roller
Nintendork 13 13 10:10 am
(Three main classes)
Still liking all the music.
RawkHawk2010 10:11 am
The music is basically K.K. Slider music in a different octave.
Nintendork 13 13 10:11 am
I'm coo' with that
breezinabout@msn.com 10:11 am
So the Charger is basically a railgun?
Nintendork 13 13 10:11 am
I like family-friendly versions of actual weapons.
Splatterscope the sniper
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Roller looks broke.
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
It lacks range
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Did he just say "splooge"?
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
Sploosh
RawkHawk2010 10:12 am
Oh, lol.
Nintendork 13 13 10:12 am
Roller is like
the Little Mac
of weapons.
RawkHawk2010 10:13 am
Inkchu
breezinabout@msn.com 10:13 am
lol
Nintendork 13 13 10:13 am
"Some of the sub-weapons has the scientific community freaking out"
Dat Point Sensor support tool
Nintendork 13 13 10:14 am
Killer Wail
(Boomburst.wav)
(don't you dare link it)
RawkHawk2010 10:15 am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV4-NLvOj-8
Nintendork 13 13 10:15 am
Gear Abilities
Benches
Splatoon has racial integration
RawkHawk2010 10:16 am
...in this preview, anyway.
Nintendork 13 13 10:16 am
You can talk to other Inklings to special-order their clothes.
RawkHawk2010 10:16 am
But when the actual populace gets involved...?
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
Gear can be leveled up
and get more abilities
Spyke the gypsy
RawkHawk2010 10:17 am
"Wot"
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
Super Sea Snail
breezinabout@msn.com 10:17 am
Nice to see these gear abilities aren't just limited to passive boosts and what have you.
Nintendork 13 13 10:17 am
to get more ability slots
Peculiar old man from squidhole
Record #6: Story Mode
Capn'n Cuttlefish
Nintendork 13 13 10:18 am
"Squid really are suckers"
Octarians → Octopi
So racial integration is yes
Species integration is no
RawkHawk2010 10:19 am
I'm curious as to who did the music for this game, cuz it sounds like nothing we've ever heard does it?
Nintendork 13 13 10:19 am
Yeah.
Cuttlefish gives real-time dialogue
Giant mechanised bosses
I wonder if Cuttlefish is like Palutena
or is stuck being a bit more boring.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
Power Eggs (dragon balls?)
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
Probably more boring.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
woah Research Notes
Sunken Scroll
Lore
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
Treehouse is stuck working all day on Xenoblade X.
Oh hey it's like Bayonetta.
Nintendork 13 13 10:21 am
"Each one reveals another piece of this world's past"
Squid Sisters
RawkHawk2010 10:21 am
wtf
It actually IS Bayonetta.
okay what the fuck
this is terrifying
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Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
We're being treated to a live concert
breezinabout@msn.com 10:22 am
...
Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
...
RawkHawk2010 10:22 am
Was that supposed to be this game's DK Rap?
Nintendork 13 13 10:22 am
I... don't know.
Nintendork 13 13 10:23 am
"Confident squid may want to swim onto the world wide web"
I like the idea of the www. being an ocean.
Online team battles are randomly swapped
even among friends
?
RawkHawk2010 10:24 am
Probably, since they said you can't customize options between Friends.
...that'd suck.
Nintendork 13 13 10:24 am
Ranked Battle
Based on skill and skill alone
A+ to C-
(grade inflation?)
RawkHawk2010 10:25 am
Is this music supposed to be Inkling death metal?
Nintendork 13 13 10:25 am
lol
Nintendork 13 13 10:25 am
Nintendo Social Media channels announcing if enough Inklings across the world can unlock ranked battle.
Startling revelation?
"Free update events"
Content updates planned through Summer 2015
More stages to be added, and new weapons.
(Inkbrush)
(...Bowser Jr.?)
More gear
And ranked battle rulesets, including Tower Control
so I guess Splatoon team was rushed
and has to finish the game through free DLC?
Another ruleset called Rainmaker
but they don't know what it is yet
August 2015: Huge post-launch update
Allows clan matches
Nintendork 13 13 10:27 am
"Your friends vs. enemy friends"
And then custom online battles
Allowing stage selection and rules
Video Record #8: amiibo shit
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
...so....
...this game basically isn't complete.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
ya
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
And won't be for months.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
Wait this isn't amiibo shit
it's an arcade
8-bit "Squid Jump"
breezinabout@msn.com 10:28 am
"Oh the nostalgia!"
RawkHawk2010 10:28 am
There was something like this in Wario Ware Touched.
Nintendork 13 13 10:28 am
Now here's the amiibo
"Sup, playa?!" - Inkling Boy
RawkHawk2010 10:29 am
I read that in Chad's voice.
"That's fo' Trayvon!"
Nintendork 13 13 10:29 am
LOL
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
Can play the 8-bit videogames
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RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
Squid Beatz.
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
while waiting for match-making
online
That's nice.
"Splatfest"
AHH
IT'S THE SQUIDSISTERS
>.>;
"News program"
"Hold on to your tentacles..."
RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
wtffffffff
That's not even subtle, lol.
Nintendork 13 13 10:30 am
Vote between Cats and Dogs
RawkHawk2010 10:30 am
Considering who's saying it.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
So it's like Conquests in Smash 4
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
The Super Sea Snail looks like a Mario mushroom.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
First Splatfest from June 20 to June 21
(vote cats)
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
Dogs.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
"Squid is not an acceptable response"
RawkHawk2010 10:31 am
But yeah Cat will win.
Nintendork 13 13 10:31 am
good
Conducting our own research?
Splatoon Global Testfire
Nintendork 13 13 10:32 am
Nintendo holding special event pre-release
Free demo!
On Wii U!
At specific dates
(Friday and Saturday this week)
Pre-order or purchase Splatoon at GameStop
get hideous Splatoon costumes for Miis in Smash 4
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| ...Yeah, these look really creepy. |
RawkHawk2010 10:32 am
lol those Splatoon Miis look awful.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
lol
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
Well, that's that.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
Yeah.
Guess we're gonna play the demo
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
If my thumb can take it.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
The demo has online matches at certain times to make sure people are online.
RawkHawk2010 10:33 am
Since it almost got cut off yesterday and all.
Nintendork 13 13 10:33 am
<.<;
Yeah you'll need your right thumb
to play the game.
Nintendork 13 13 10:34 am
And left one, too.
For the sticks.
RawkHawk2010 10:34 am
So what's our opinion on this.
Nintendork 13 13 10:34 am
Best Direct this year.
RawkHawk2010 10:34 am
Naaaaaah.
breezinabout@msn.com 10:35 am
I'm marginally more interested than I was, but still not convinced.
Nintendork 13 13 10:35 am
Also the Squidling Mii costumes means deconfirmed for DLC
RawkHawk2010 10:35 am
The last Direct had Surprise.
Nintendork 13 13 10:35 am
The April Fools one?
Yeah, it was surprising, but the actual announcements were
uh
RawkHawk2010 10:35 am
yuh
Nintendork 13 13 10:36 am
...y'know, pretty crappy.
RawkHawk2010 10:36 am
All this Splatoon Direct confirmed is that the single-player component is nothing big.
Nintendork 13 13 10:36 am
It's bigger if you get the disc-locked amiibo!
=-O
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
Fuck that.
45 missions?!
Nintendork 13 13 10:37 am
*60
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
Tied to amiibos?
Nintendork 13 13 10:37 am
20 each
15 each to begin and then 5 additional
RawkHawk2010 10:37 am
pffffft.
Those squid sisters though.
Nintendork 13 13 10:38 am
...*shudder*
RawkHawk2010 10:38 am
Imagine the fetishes that will be instilled into today's youth.
Nintendork 13 13 10:39 am
.......
(Is this supposed to segue into that request I got?)
breezinabout@msn.com 10:39 am
It'll be nothing tentacle hentai hasn't already blighted the world with.
Nintendork 13 13 10:40 am
...
(I don't like where this conversation is going)
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Will you see KoopaTV's staff in the Splatoon Global Testfire? You'll know if it's us if you see one of our NNIDs there! Share your thoughts on the Direct, tentacle hentai, and Italians in the comments!
Ludwig gives his impressions of the Splatoon Global Testfire here.
America isn't the only region voting between Cats and Dogs. Europe is doing it too.
Splatoon 2, the sequel, is also introducing a Global Testfire before the game's official release.
Two years later, and Splatoon 2 also has its own Nintendo Direct!
"Reminds me of TWEWY"
ReplyDeleteThat's because Inkopolis is based on Shibuya.
Well, there you go.
DeleteI bet you've found reasons not to be interested in Splatoon, huh?
I'm conflicted. Splatoon looks interesting to me, but since I'm not much of an online multiplayer person, I don't know...
DeleteWell, guess you'll have to try the Testfire.
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