Reminder: Here Are the Times for the Splatoon 2 Splatfest World Premiere

Does that mean you can play each of them with 3 different accounts ?

I'll be at work -_-

go team cream!

Gah, that's prime pub time. Ah well, maybe I'll live longer or something.

Imma be on it aaaaaaall daaaaaaay! xD Kidding. Just for the UK times, obviously.

@Tibob
I don't think so. I just opened the game on my Japanese account and it still had me pick between cake and ice cream(the Japanese splatfest is rock and pop)

@MyNameIsRandy did you redownload the demo with your Japanese account? Awesome screen name btw.

@MyNameIsRandy if you delete the version that's already on your switch then download it again from the Japanese eshop it'll give you the Japanese options of rock vs. pop

I'll be at work -_-

3 hours is still too short. I already know one person who is on the fence about Splatoon 2 but won't be able to try the demo.

@Aurumonado didn't even notice your comment before I posted my first one lol

Going to be in france, ah well will never play splatoon, still don't even know the rules of the game, no biggy.

Why does the ice cream look like squidward from Sponge Bob?

Or you can play ARMS instead!

@GreenToad @duddy
Thanks for info, I didn't download it from the Japanese eshop.

Can't. Still in cryofreeze. My heart just can't take it anymore! One week to go!! (How am I typing this if I'm frozen solid? )

Continuous joke aside, I'll be playing on EU times but likely only for three hours tops. Also GO TEAM PEARL .... eh, I mean TEAM CAKE, whom I surely didn't join purely for Pearl's sake, no, no! (I love Marina and Pearl and each more than Callie and Marie combined but Pearl a tiny bit more)

WHAT!? Splatfest begins at 8am in Australia!? I'll be sleeping in! NOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Nah, just kidding. I don't have the Switch, so I don't care.
(Go Team 🍦Ice Cream🍦!)

@GoldenGamer88 That's just pure betrayal. Callie is best girl. #teamcallie4ever.

I really hope you can make a team of friends for this Splatfest! I have my squad all ready to go!

I still vote for pie. 8)

How can anyone say the Nintendo Switch was ready for launch? I just went to my Nintendo account and they still don't have any rewards for all the points from games that I've bought! Their online services were delayed from what they promised. There is no virtual console. I don't know what's going on at Nintendo but it's nothing good.

Just wanted to chime in and let everyone know that I can see the future and ice cream wins.

If it was any other day I will say I'm in, but it's happening on the same day that my friend want us to go to Coney Island to hangout.

I rarely go out on the weekends, but when I do most of the time it's just bad timing. Well there's always next week for me when the game is released.

Go cake

Can't wait! Go Team Ice Cream!

@Tibob @MyNameIsRandy You can download it from each regions E-shop and have 3 Splatfest World Premiere demo's all on your Switch at same time.

@GoldenGamer88 You're still frozen, but my situation has changed a bit since we last spoke... I still can't make the Splatfest, but I did find a Switch! Thanks to the Nintendo community's tips and support.

Great, I can squeeze a few hours in post work and assist my cakey allies. Ice cream is just terrible! Missed the entire test fire so I'll be well up for this!

@JubilifeRival Congrats, man! Finding a Switch around my parts may not be that hard but still quite an achievement in the US, I suppose!

@chardir It actually runs for four hours, but yeah, still limited.

@Monkeido If you can't make the European times,you can also make a Japanese or NA account on your Switch and download the demo from those,they run at different times.The Japanese one starts at 10am CET.

I like cake more, but I don't want to disappoint Marina! Hard decision.

@PotatoTheG disappoint marina. Pick cake

For those who are unsure, you can highlight and paste it into your google search and it will tell you what it is in your time zone, or go to splatfest board and it tells it for you.

Team ice cream! So, yes, I'll be joining!

Ice Cream is cooool!

@NEStalgia Finally someone else who knows what's up. #teamcallie4ever

@MonkiPlays Team cream, will make you scream!! (for ice cream)

So, the Pink is a Strawberry Cupcake while the Green is a Choco Mint Ice Cream ?
Yum...

Me and my new lady Marina have the same opinion... it's all bout the frozen wonder let's go team cream!!!!

I wish the Splatfest would last longer... usually 18-22 on a Saturday would be good time to play, but tomorrow of all days I'll already have visitors/go visit someone. I'll probably take my Switch with me, but I doubt I'll get to play there...

I still want to know if, like all Splatfests, this nets super sea snails (they'd have to be transferable to the full game).

@ShadJV Doubtful, it's just a fun twist on a Testfire rather than a more "real" splatfest. Making it a mini-fest just makes it a little more fun than a basic beta test.

@shani Oh, so now you value the portability......

@NEStalgia Not really. ^^
I would rather sit at home and play the Splatfest demo for 4 hours straight.
If I take the Switch with me, I will be able to play the demo for 10-20 minutes at best. Because it would be disrespectful to the other people in the room but also because I can't play longer looking down on the small screen without getting neck pain. And I will only do this because it is Splatoon and I'm dyeing to get my hands on the game. Otherwise I wouldn't even consider taking it with me.

If it was a Wii U game, I would've just taken the Wii U with me (and still I would've only been able to play a few matches at best). In any case I will have to take my backpack with me, so it literally makes no difference whether the device is portable or not.

@chardir is 4 hours lol

@shani Ahh. Why do people look down at the handheld screen instead of holding it up like a book at a natural angle? I see people do that with tablets and phones too. I'm far far far from being a gym rat or athletic in any way at all and even I can say "c'mon people, get some upper arm strength!"

My only worry specifically with Splatoon is how well the motion controls are going to work in handheld mode. I can see some crazy erroneous movements on my part

@NEStalgia How can you hold a book or tablet up for an extended period of time (I'm seriously asking how you are achieving this)?

While this solves the neck pain problem, at some point my arms start to get tired if I do that. With a smartphone it's a bit easier because of the reduced weight.

I always had this problem with books - even as a child when I was a bookworm - so I constantly had to change positions. For a while I would lay down and have the book right in front of my face until it felt uncomfortable in my neck, then I would sit and hold it up until my arms would get tired and I would lower them to look down on the book, until my neck (a different part of it) would start to ache and then I would lay down again...

I think I need a robot that holds books and and tablets for me.

Haha yeah, I've already imagined what my father will think tomorrow after I've told him "sorry, I have to play this game for a bit" and then he sees me moving the Switch in the air like a crazy person. ^^

Well but as @Oorwullie pointed out here, we can actually play during three timeslots if we download all three versions of the demo.
That's what I'll be doing then, so I can play at night when I'm back home!

@shani Lifting. Weights? How many reps? No, no, no. I've been lifting handhelds since 1989. I guess it's built enough arm strength...I can hold it at a comfortable position for hours on end, no strain

And books/Kindles.....oddly I had a harder time with those only because I buy the leather covers and have to pinch the flap closed in the back

I don't hold it vertically in front of my face but at a comfortable maybe 15-20 degree angle at "normal reading position" I'm looking somewhat down, but not far down enough for neck pain, just a normal reading angle.

Maybe it was all that hoisting of the Game Gear and it's myriad of AA batteries all those years ago that built the muscles to support it. Or the Game Boy + batteries + light + batteries + magnifier. Who needs a gym?

Well if you wanted to play while you're out and about, there's always tabletop mode so you can use the joycons/grip for motion if there's a table and chair nearby

@NEStalgia Haha. Maybe I should buy a Gameboy again and use it for training. ^^ That just made me ask myself how I did endure all those extensive Gameboy sessions as a kid. I was probably just to distracted to feel anything.

Yeah I'll probably take a Pro Controller with me to put the Switch on a table in tabletop mode if possible. The thing is though, the tables there are way too low (except for the dining table maybe), so that might not work.
Well as long as I can get the US Splatoon demo working /right now I can't access the eshop), I still might get a comfortable 4-hour slot of Splatfest battles at home.

@Tibob Yes it does! You can also play the Japanese Splatfest. You just need a separate Nintendo account and then download the demo from the respective eshop.

@shani At times like these you have to just stop and ask yourself WWNKD? (What would Nintendo Karen Do?)

@NEStalgia Lol okay. ^^
I just had to google her. But even after that, I still didn't remember which person in that Switch video (which I had seen multiple times) she was and had to look that up too.
Now that I know, I wonder why people got so hung up on her, there were definitely more likeable people in that ad.
That said, it's actually a funny story, especially how she posted on reddit the whole time as fakenintendokaren. 😆Which makes her totally likeable.

@shani The meme was that she was "that guy" (gal) that was so anti-social she had to take her Switch with her to the party to stand alone in the corner and keep playing Mario Odyssey. From that came "We are all Nintendo Karen" It wasn't really her but the script of the commercial that was the meme. She just got the celebrity of having been that character

(the fun side meta of it is that it turns out she actually IS a gamer, at least a retro gamer, so technically she's not so far from that character. And yes, apparently she has a Switch. )

Hype!! So far I've just been checking everyone's drawings in Inkopolos... I'm ready to play now!

@NEStalgia Lol, I didn't know about that part of the meme. Makes it even more funny.
Yeah I read that she got a Switch, makes sense I guess. Nice to know that they used actual gamers for their ad.

On a different note: I got four different Nintendo accounts now (my original one, US, Japan, Australia) and I'm just downloading my third Splatfest Demo. After that only the Australian Demo remains.
Well apparently Australia still shares it region with Europe. So Australia doesn't have its own Demo, so you only 'need' three accounts. ^^

If anyone wants to do the same, here's an easy guide: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/03/guide_how_to_access_the_nintendo_switch_eshop_for_multiple_regions

Beware though, even after changing the region settings and restarting it takes some time for the Switch to actually realize that it's using a different region (meaning the eshop will be inaccessible).
The best way to make sure it uses the right region is to go into the user settings (settings-> user) and open the eshop settings for the respective user on your Switch.

Is there a way to redownload the demo once it has been deleted?

@chardir I think it is a game where playing is believing too. I thought it looked dumb until I played then I was hooked.

This is a bit off topic but I'm LOVING how Nintendo is smashing it in the gaming news / activity this year. Since January we've had so much stuff to look forward to / play / watch / read / discuss - pretty much all the way through the year.

It's been really exciting and it feels like it keeps building too. I mean, they announced the SNES mini 2 weeks after E3! Then we had Zelda DLC. Now they have Splatoon + Splatfests, SNES mini release on the horizon. Then Mario, Mario + Rabbids, Xenoblade and more Zelda DLC.

Sweet times! On the subject of sweet - Go team Ice Cream (Rum + Raisin)!

Team Cake, Because I like Phat Buttz.

First comment ever, not that anyone cares. 😜
I'll give it a go. I wasn't terribly impressed with the original demo in March, but this has me excited.

@kevinlo9
I care.

Ice cream for me.

I will also be at work.

@MyNameIsRandy You have to download the Japanese version of the demo too.
Although the japanese one just ended.
Like I'm going to play in the Britain and US one, so I made a british account and downloaded the british version of the demo from the eshop

Team ice cream FTW!!!

Also, does anyone know how to do the drawing thing?

@HADAA Ah I see, thanks.

Thanks for the info on the regional Splatfests, too. I think I'll just play one though, because I don't want to play too much and get burnt out before the game is even released.

Team Cake here!

Tenta Missile spam is insane...Wow. Spending most of my time fighting my team, ice cream.

@KirbyTheVampire
(I deleted my previous post because I screwed up my directions)
-Find the red postal box NORTHWEST, as shown in this screenshot (to my left). http://i.imgur.com/DW4PBvi.jpg
-Create multiple different regional Nintendo accounts and download the regional Premiere to play all regional Splatfests. You may delete the app once a Splatfest is over as it won't let you play anymore.

@GreenToad You don't even have to delete the English speaking client that you downloaded with your main account. You can access the eshop from your Japanese account and also download the japanese specific client as well. Having both of them on your menu ready to play! I think you can also switch between accounts through both clients too.

Well, 4 hours played, only about 6 wins, dozens of losses...

Splatfest finiiiiiiished! And winning the very LAST match was the one that rocketed me to Cake King! It was suuuuuuper close too! Seriously guys, it was awesome! I'm glad I took part!

Also, its a little sad to see literally every Inkling boy go for the spiky hairstyle (which I knew they would, glad there's some variety on the Inkling girls I saw) and the Dualies are literally now the best option to play as. By the end of the Splatfest, it was looking like everyone was choosing them. Barely anyone was choosing the Chargers either, so I can't say I'm expecting to see a healthy mix of weapons when the game actually launches. I hope the Nintendo can do something about that, but as the game is launching next week, I won't hold my breath. And that's a real shame...

Stopped a good while ago since I don't like playing during the evening. Managed to get to Cake Champion before deciding to call it a day. But man, this game really got me back in now, something I'm glad to finally say, or rather write, after how hard I fell out of the original. Still gotta get accustomed to those new specials but I still won almost all of my games with taking top or second score on my team most of the time.

Played a couple of hours and I am glad I have this pre ordered.

I have to say that I had the most success with the dualies and I do think they are verging on OP. The additional movement option, that no other weapon type gets, is just too good to pass up. I think every weapon type should have a certain perk to it like the dualies combat roll.

Got to play some of the Euro splatfest. Can't wait for the NA one, this game is going to be awesome!

I've missed out on the original one on Wii u but am going to try this out as even if I'm terrible it's all in fun for me until my family gets a switch lol

Let me just put this here for my answer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmuudxyM0t4

@jaxonh so much for hotspots. The tmo hotspot I've used every day as of today shows up as nat type D, and i can't connect to any game with a nat traversal failure. Tried 3 other tmo devices that used to work. Same all around. The, like att installed, apparently, a carrier grade nat as of today apparently that basically blocks all gaming. Switch online on the go is more or less officially dead now except MAYBE verizon

Well, so far i'I've lost connection wi-fi 5 times, sitting only a few feet away from router, now on LAN and no problems. Think they need to fix wifi connection

Had allot of fun with Splatoon 2, I think i am going to buy it. Happy i could turn off the motion controle pff

Ice Cream vs Ice Cream

Lost 1 connection on LAN, ):

@Kiz3000 every weapon has it's perks - rollers can cover the most ground and chargers have great range for splatting opponents. I haven't done much with the other (splattings are they?) but I can consistently take out dualies with my roller, they're less OP than you're implying, maybe you're just better with them than other weapons. Rollers continue to be the weapon that can get the most ground inked (but are more limited with combat) and chargers continue to be the most efficient way to take out opponents with some skill (I haven't played in awhile and I was splatting 10-12 a match when I used them) while being pretty inefficient at inking ground quickly. Dualies are nice but hardy OP.

@NEStalgia
Duuuude... that sucks.

Ya my Verizon hotspot works. Why on earth would they make a connection that blocks gaming? I don't get it.

edit

And hoooolyyy crap Splatoon 2 is fun! Man I'm having a blast! Split Joycon is a dream for this game! Just rockin it, and loving every minute! I think I'm gonna hold off playing anymore tonight though. Got some other stuff to do. But ya this is such a geat game

@JaxonH Yeah, I had like 30mbit connections on Tmo it was amazing for gaming...now this. AT&T already had this problem, now Tmo. Sprint used to work (when it worked at all for even browsing) not sure if they still do. Not sure about verizon. It's probably different depending on what part of the tower you're on, but basically they're double-natting, probably to double the available IP range. "carrier grade nat" and gaming tend not to go together. I might try a verizon hotspot at like $400/mo. If it works it's the ONLY way to get gaming working mobile for me. Otherwise, Splatoon's single player campaign may be my extent of splatoon 2. AMAZING that I never had trouble until the day Spltoon 2 starts. Ugh! And if there's only one carrier it works on, odds are it's only a matter of time until that stops too. Far as their concerned, mobile is for browsing, email, and video. They're not INTENTIONALLY blocking gaming specifically but they also generally don't care if they do.

@NEStalgia

Did some research, found this post about the whole NAT D restricting play- there were others with NAT D who were playing online, so apparently it could be the phone settings.

I fixed my problem. I went to my phone store. They changed my internet settings in my phone. They changed my apn settings from smart(something)-t-mobile to internet. Apparently smart internet blocked it. Now it works great. Hope this fixes your problem. Otherwise ask it in your phone store.

Anyone else feeling my Splatoon 2 pain? I hate all of the controller options. The gamepad was and is how Splatoon should be played. My arms and hands physically hurt to play this game. And I miss the constant map on feature. It is still quite early, but I am gravely distressed for a game that I adore ( my license plate says "INKING"!) I can't say I was able to enjoy the Splatfest...the controls are awful. And I loved motion control on the original. What's a sad Inkling to do? Please Nintendo...patch in the gamepad??!!

Was so much fun!!

Had a great time in the splat fest. Quick question though, did Nintendo do away with the between round mini games? I understand there is not a second screen, but it could be off to the side of the lobby, or make the lobby info smaller. I enjoyed those games, they made the wait times between rounds much less noticeable.

@JaxonH Nat D should mean you can join other people's games, but they can't join yours. ARMS, Kart never entered, Splatoon would every 10th try or so find me a full team....and then fail out before finding opponents. (Fun fact, if you disconnect a few times the game warns you it will ban you from online.... that is NOT cool...) Low player populations probably make that situation worse. At the moment actually have 4 t-mo devices (long story). My phone, a hotspot and 2 business oriented hard routers. The hotspot is not working now (I've been using it every single day since June.) The one router isn't working now (It's worked for 2 years...occasionally I would get the nat issue, reboot it, and it would be fine, now every single time these both get the bad D nat.)

The OTHER router is working. I'm guessing it hasn't been rebooted or requested a new IP since they changed whatever they changed. It's still type B (I played 2.5 hours of splatfest standing the entire time, using handheld mode just to get some splatfest in.) The freaky one was I threw my phone in hotspot. THAT worked in B! Can't use that regularly though. So I'm not sure what the deal is. Seems like maybe certain devices are flagged to get the .58..* IP range, and that seems like the bad one. The two bad devices, no matter how many reboots I stay in the .58..* range, and it's a D nat. My phones in the .54..* range and the working router is in .56..* and is working. So it seems to be the 58 range.....not sure why those two devices are locked to that IP ragnge. I'm not sure the APN will solve it (epic.tmobile was phased out AGES ago, and "internet" I don't believe is tied to 4G, that's an old one from the CDMA system I thought.) fast.tmobile.com has been in use since the 4G rollout post-HSPA+.

But this is the problem with mobile. Even on the same tower, in the same room I had 4 devices, two which can't play games no matter how many reboots and new IPs it gets, and 2 that can, one of which is identical hardware to one that won't work. Mobile gaming more ore less still can't be a thing, unfortunately I really can't see myself wanting to play with VZW too much given the T-Mo is better service here in every other aspect EXCEPT games.... ($100 for 10GB....riiiight....Even if I get an unlimited phone/hotspot plan, it's only 10GB and I imagine needing more than that overall.) ....but it's a mess where not all carriers work, and sometimes identical devices on the same tower don't behave the same based on the roll of the dice for your sim. (and if it works today they might change it tomorrow.) What a mess.

I'm pretty disappointed. I was super hyped for splatoon on the go. Considering cancelling my preorder now. I guess I can still play the campaign......but...dunno, might just get Fate Extella instead since it's a game I can properly play right now. (And I was a super splatoon addict the first time around.) Feels lame to say I'll get a b-grade anime game instead of splatoon...but I can't actually play splatoon as I intended for quite some time with this revelation. And the whole thing happened since last night...I was happily playing ARMS last night with no problem at all.

@NEStalgia That really sucks. I hope you can find a solution soon =(

Had a great time playing the Splatfest. Already got Splatoon 2 pre ordered a month ago and ready to collect on release. Well done to Team Ice Cream for winning. There were very tough battles along the way but hey, it went well. See you all in the game.

@NEStalgia
Ya Idk, my contract Verizon with Galaxy S7 is $60/mo (+ $20 per line) and that's unlimited everything. Mobile hotspot on 4G is 10gb per month, but you still get mobile hotspot after that, it just has the potential to be slowed to 3G if traffic is congested. Or something to that effect. But your hotspot doesn't go away. 10gb is alot for hotspot though. That's 80 hrs of online Splatoon 2 per month. I'll never even come close to playing that much online while away from home.

@NEStalgia Is it just the Switch that's having NAT problems? One thing I've noticed since the latest system update is that the Switch seems to randomly choose between a few channel numbers when you switch it on (connection test shows the channel number) which changes when you restart or switch off the Switch. From contact with Nintendo support a few months ago, I found out the connection quality will be at its best provided the channel number is not 1, 6 or 11.

I had a great time, despite 3 Switches in my house causing one of us to be kicked from a room every few games. Just not enough internet to go round from our wifi I guess. Shouldn't be too bad when the game launches though since our schedules normally vary and I'll definitely finish the single player before tackling anymore multiplayer cept the salmon firefight mode, don't wanna miss out on that.

@JaxonH ill have to evaluate when the note 8 comes out. But i don't do financing, and honestly tmo is FANTASTIC for everything but gaming . Might be best just to give up online games portably. Or even at home. Arms and splatoon were the only ones i did anyway. When the rpgs land online is dead for months to me.

But I'm REALLY going to miss splatoon

@stevenw45 #teamcake for 2 hours standing with handheld mode. THANKS, T-Mobile!

@stevenw45 Ice Cream won. Funny considering my friend told me it is National Ice Cream day in america today

@stevenw45 Ah, I only had the unupdated thread open as far as

"does anyone know when Nintendo will post the results of the Splatoon 2 splatfest?
also, does anyone know what all of the different ranks are in the splatfest? i only made it to cake champion and i would like to know if there is a higher rank than that."

So I didn't see your other comment. I didn't play, only saw the results on twitter.

So playing on the screen directly is exactly as good as i thought it'd be.

I look like a mad man struggling to use an invisible hoolah hoop.

This was the first time a got to use a pro controller for splatoon2. I don’t use motion controls but was super impressed with how high quality the sticks felt. As expected the game is silky smooth and plays great. Can’t wait for Friday

@retribution Do you think the pro controller was worth the investment? Because I would like to get one too. It isn't matte is it?

@Dpullam

Pardon me, but I saw your question, and I'll try to answer it best I can.

Is the Pro Controller worth it? I would say so. I can honestly tell you that it's probably one of the best controllers I've ever used. It has large face buttons and shoulder buttons (if the small size of the joy cons are an issue for you), but more importantly, a real Nintendo D-pad for when we inevitably get virtual console on the system. I played plenty of the Splatoon demo, and it felt natural and the motion controls were great on it. And man, does this thing have incredible battery life. You could easily go a week or two or three on a single charge (40 hours of play if I recall correctly). For comparison, I believe PS4's Duelshock 4 goes about seven hours on a single charge.

I've only found that the main drawback is the price at $70. While that is $10 more than your average controller, you gotta remember that there's a lot of tech going on in there. The impressive battery life, motion controls, NFC reader, etc. It's really up to you if it is worth it or not. If you don't mind switching out your joy cons to put them in the grip, that works perfectly fine as well. And if the price is really a problem, there will inevitably be deals from stores over time, so just look out for the sales.

Finally, it is more of a matte finish (with a gloss finish only at the very top of the controller) and kind of reminds me of the transparent Game Boy Color in the late 90s, just a little more semi-transparent if that makes sense.

Hope that helps.

@MoonKnight7 That was actually very helpful! I didn't know the Dualshock 4 only lasted about 7 or so hours, and with that comparison along with all the other features the controller has, it seems like a good purchase. Especially since I only have two Joycons. Thank you for the insight!

@Dpullam personally i think the pro controller is an absolute
must have. the sticks have about twice the movement in them compared to the joy cons, i feel like thats an advantage in multiplayer as it just feels more accurate. but even in games like breath of the wild the pro controller feels heaps better. i couldn't recommend it enough.

@retribution I didn't know that they did that! That seals the deal for me then. I will get one when I get a chance, especially for the Virtual Console.

Team Cake