Remember when The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild would occasionally hand out free items and food if you read the survival tips on the Switch news feed? Well, Splatoon 2 will be running a similar promotion very soon.
According to the Nintendo Versus Twitter account, as of “late next week”, the Splatoon channel will be posting articles about gear abilities. If you view these articles on your Switch, you’ll receive free drink tickets which can then be redeemed in-game.
Like free loot? Check out the Gear Ability tips articles starting late next week via the #Splatoon2 #NintendoSwitch News Channel! View the article on your Nintendo Switch, and you’ll receive some Drink Tickets in-game!
Are you eager to get your hand on a free digital drink? Are you still playing Splatoon 2 regularly? Tell us in the comments.
[source twitter.com]
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I did not know they did this. I do not have the game but this is a cool idea.
Game companies need to do more of this instead of trying to charge money for everything.
Was hoping Reggie was buying everyone a real beer as a kind of goodbye gift.
This kind of event fits Splatoon a lot better. Not only were the items for Zelda pretty useless for players further in the game, but Zelda just isn't the type of game where obtaining extra items from News posts feels fair. Splatoon is more grind based and these items (unlike Zelda) don't make the game easier or help you win.
I had a good little while where I obsessively played Salmon Run, so I'm flush with drink tickets.
EXCEPT for the new Main Power Up ability. If that particular drink ticket part of the promotion, then I'll definitely be blowing the dust of my dualies and grinding some ability chuncks next week.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing. And remember:
Don't get cooked... Stay Off The Hook!
I already have more drink tickets than I'll ever use but this should be pretty handy for my housemate, I'll have to remember to let her know.
Hey NL, please mention this again when they go live with it. I don’t want to miss it.
My ONLY complaint about Splatoon 2 is the the ability system. The ability chunks, clothing's brand forcing you to choose certain gear simply to get the ability you need is really bothersome. If you want to test every ability to its full potential, nous need to grind for hours and hope you get lucky with the drink tickets...
I wished players could simply choose the abilities and the gears they want. I am sure this would help new players to better understand each unique ability and make the game a bit more tactical for casual players.
#Mytwocents
Just bought the game last week, I owned the original in Wii u and loved it but this kept being pushed to the back of the must buy list for games I hadn’t played. I haven’t come across drinks tickets yet though? What do they do and where do you get them?
@CairiB Drink tickets give you the chance to farm ability chunks for your gear. They also let you "level up" the gear faster for faster chunk farming.
They can be obtained via the single-player modes or Salmon Run mode (my favorite!).
Also, each piece of gear can have 1 to 3 slots. You can use Super Snails (earned from Splatfests or just leveling up) to expand the slots on gear that doesn't have 3 slots already.
Note that brand of gear denotes the chance for that particular ability more than any other ability. (e.g., The Annaki brand has a better chance of netting you a Main Power Up ability on its own. The Main Power Up drink enhances this even more.) Do a web search for "splatoon 2 brands" if you want to min/max and plan ahead.
@Dromosus I think Reggie would like to retire with money in his pocket
@Iacobus Thanks for the brand information! I thought some of my gear seemed to pick up certain abilities over others.. but didn't know it was brand related.
I only started playing mid-last year but absolutely love it. Finally starting to average 10 splats per match (turf wars). Little tips like this can really help.
This is a good first step. Now we're really gonna be cooking with gas when they announce that they'll stop doing Exclusive Gear carp.
@DanteSolablood You're welcome!
Oh, one more tip: If you're going for "pure" gear (where the gear's main ability matches the 3 sub abilities), try to attempt to have the first 2 sub abilities match and if you have enough chunks, install the 3rd by talking to Much. You need 30 chunks for the last slot.
(To install the same ability on a piece of gear costs more each time: 10 chunks > 20 chunks > 30 chunks. You'd save 30 chunks if you're willing to take chances and grind out the first two slots.)
I’d go through 40 games with 2 tickets and only get like 4 ability chunks of what I was grinding for. Feels like I’d have the same outcome without the tickets.
Played Splatoon 2 since the beginning - and I've never bought a drink - lol. my 99 star has rolled over to 5 star again. Was hoping for 100 star plus. Funny, played this whole time and never bought a drink.
Have been seeing lots of "No exclusive gear" - "gear for all" signs in the lobby this past weekend.
@PortablexombieV2 Umm... they're free but ok
@CairiB They function like gear abilities, you use them and you have that gear ability for a certain amount of games
@cb3 YAS #GearForAll
@FizzyChalice Ummm...that is why I am happy about it. Read my first post again.
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