Team Solo Is Splatoon 3's Holiday Splatfest Champion

Man I wish friends and family fell under the same category. But since I don’t have friends, I guess I’m doing family lol

Gonna be solo this year. Yay work.

The family that ink together, splat together!

#TeamHaveToWorkOnChristmasBecauseTheExpectationToBuyAllYourLovedOnesGiftsHasSeverlyTakenItsTollOnMyBankAccount

The power of family!

Definitely solo for me. I'm not really a holiday person anymore. Any holiday, not just Christmas. I find them to be just another day to get through now.

It's especially frustrating during Christmas, though, as people tend to call me a Scrooge or a Grinch whenever I make my sentiments clear. But unlike those characters, I don't want to prevent anyone from enjoying the holiday if they so choose. I simply want to be left out.

I'd prefer to spend holidays curled up in bed with a good book (usually a manga), a movie, or a game controller in my hands. Especially Christmas, since I would rather not have to deal with all the trimmings and trappings of the holiday.

Plus, being on the autistic spectrum, I find interacting with people to be quite tiring after a while. The last time I attended a large family gathering, it tired me out so much that I started to fall asleep on my aunt's couch.

So yeah, Team Solo for me. If I was any more solo, I'd be the captain of the Millennium Falcon.

@Ryu_Niiyama sounds like you’re working for the wrong people.

Now that I got out of retail management and into IT, I can actually go with friends or family. Pretty much everyone has to work i mean money is money, but if you truly hate it find something else. There are usually good people at every company, but you only get one life. It sounds cliche but I didn't grow up dreaming to be a store manager of a cell phone store. Anyways have a great day.

@Zadaris

@Sourcecode ? That was a presumptuous comment. Not sure why you felt that was appropriate to say that to me.

So.... Team Family / Frye not winning another one then eh?

Team ‘whatever big man is’ for me!

@Ryu_Niiyama You were sarcastically being cheerful about having to go to work over Christmas, which makes it seem like you really feel the opposite way. Their opinion seems fair based on that and how little other info you gave.

Why haven't I got the festive look yet on my splat3? Or does that come in January?

@LXP8 No, the conclusion of suitability of my job can not be determined based upon a sentence expressing mild annoyance that I have to work one holiday without knowing what I do or any other factors about my job. It’s also presumptuous to assume that a random person can make any suggestion of such suitability without it being arrogant and in poor taste. “Let them eat cake” as it were. But thank you for adding your 2 cents. Bless your heart.

Team "As Long As Shiver Loses One For A Change, Not That I Dislike Her, But The Record Is Ridiculous, Justice For Frye And Big Man, Great Characters Who Need To Get Their Due Too, I Know This Is A Long-Winded Team Name, But The Wins Need To Be Spread Out, Okay, I'll Stop Artificially Extending This Team Name Starting Now, Still Love You Shiver, Okay, Now I'll Stop."

@Ryu_Niiyama To me, they weren't concluding anything with their comment. They said "Sounds like", so they'd been given the impression that you're working for the wrong people, which is just their opinion and to imply it's inappropriate seems a bit over the top. No problem at all! I hope you enjoy your Christmas as best you can.

Family obviously.

Pretty much by myself every year as I don't celebrate Christmas or any of the other holidays..

I'm team Solo, but not by choice T_T

I'm calling another Shiver win because those choosing that option will likely be playing it with their friends.

I'm feeling like a star, you can't stop my shine
I'm lovin' cloud nine, my head's in the sky
I'm solo
I'm ridin' solo
I'm ridin' solo
I'm ridin solo, solo

Yeah team solo for me.

Not having a unique arena for splatfest killed my interest in them for this game.
Also, the insanely unfair special weapons didn’t help.
Salmon Run is the only thing I enjoy, and the way you get scales is horribly broken and unfair too. I’ve played probably 150 hours of salmon run alone and don’t have nearly all of the gear available.

I spend every holiday with my parents, but my friend who also plays Splatoon is going Friends and said she won't bother playing if we're not on the same team. So I've gone through the mental gymnastics (honest though they may be) that I actually like my parents, in fact many of my friends including Splatoon friend have made plans to visit my parents without me because they're genuinely likable, so I guess I spend my holidays with friends, but just the two that I'm related to.

anyone notices how white ink for solo.... I love me some white ink by myself.

Woah, poll results seem to put Family very far ahead! Which isn’t always a good thing, but at least if we lose it’s unlikely to be a sweep!

@SpinEnDash scores a perfect 10/10 for his performance!

makes a lot of sense. the alone ones have more time to play splatoon and thats why they are better

Chose team solo this time round and seems it was the right decision. Although I had a torrid time with the game, played 32 matches and lost 24 of them to which my enjoyment of the game started waning. Looking at my stats on the App I was top 29/32 times for points yet had the lowest kills/splats most games which is probably why I'm losing interest as for me Splatoon is about splatting the most area as thats what makes it unique from other shooters but for everyone else it's like their builds are specifically for splatting other players instead of areas especially in splatoon 3, seems like theres way more focus on splatting other players than the previous games. I find 80% of my splatoon time is now on salmon run because of this.

This Splatfest was a horrible experience for me. So many multiplier matches and I lost nearly every single one, often lost by bull like last minute trizooka spam to kill my team and whatnot.

I honestly feel like I'm starting to enjoy Splatoon less and less, partially because of the imbalance.

My goodness. Do THAT many people spend the holidays alone? Or did people misread the question as, "Who would you rather spend the holidays with?" I almost went with Team Solo myself based on what I would prefer, but went with Team Family in the end, because I do spend it with family.

@UltimateOtaku91 @Yosher Honestly, I'm beginning to feel the same way. Playing the game during these Splatfests feels more like a chore than anything fun these days. I only get up to Ruler rank before throwing in the towel. And I also tend to lose more matches than I win.

For me, a big part of the frustration comes down to random matching (especially when you're matched with people who don't have the same weapons or gear as you, which negatively affects your Clout score, or when you're matched against your own team, which doesn't contribute to your Clout score at all), the lack of loadouts, and most importantly, not being able to form parties and coordinate with your team before or during matches. I know Nintendo prefers to keep things family-friendly, but when it comes to online matches, they really need to enable communication with random people online, not just with friends.

I really hope Nintendo calls it a day on these Splatfests soon, at least for Splatoon 3. There are so many other games I could be playing on the weekend. And it doesn't help that they always schedule these things on a weekend where I work for half of it.

I really enjoyed this Splatfest, especially the amount of effort that had been put into the Xmas theme. It's just a shame FrostyFest didn't happen last month. Still, I was on Team Solo, so I'm very pleased about that.

I agree with what others are saying here about the uneven matchmaking hurting the game. It always sucks being held back by an inexperienced team and seemingly being the only one doing all the 'work'. Ah, well... I still enjoy the game overall.

@raygboyd333 I see what you did there!

Is it me or are turf wars during splatfest really hard to win? Like I play so many turf wars during splatfest and my team just keeps losing. I don’t know if my team is just bad at the game (me included) or the opposite team are really OP.

This was the most fun I’ve ever had in this game! Everything was just beautiful and well done. I was on team family.

With these results, in America, counting the World Premiere Splatfest, Shiver has won 8 times, Big Man has now won 4, and Frye has only won 1.

Congrats team Big Man! I’ll celebrate your win by chillin’ with my fam’.

Can anyone help me figure something out.

Between me and my wife, we have around 80 unique matches from this Splatfest on team Solo. Every single one of them was vs. team Family. We didn't see team Friends even once.

This is ... way outside any reasonable freak probability and the teams weren't even that one sided.

Anyone have any insight into what happened?

@IceDomino

I mean, you shouldn't fall for the troll or feel you need to justify anything, but while I'm here, a bit of insight and validation.

The key thing English audiences miss about Nintendo is always how little they care about the West and Western culture. if NOA is making the call, it MIGHT reflect western sensibilities. If Nintendo is making the call, places outside Japan might as well not exist. And it's Nintendo who makes Splatfests now that they are global.

In Japan, Christmas is not the same family focused holiday it is in the West. It's a long and complex story, but for a time it was actually more focused on romance then anything ... so a person living away from their family was discouraged from coming "home for the holidays". Not only would that mean admitting you don't have a partner to spend the holiday with, but you are cutting into your parents' alone time.

So all 3 choices make a lot of sense, and choosing to spend the holidays alone is actually a pretty respectable decision for some people in Japan. You're making a personal sacrifice to keep up appearances and bow down to the crippling social pressure that defines life in Japan! Good for you!

@IceDomino

Not really. No Judgement, but if you see 200 words or what the average human being can read in 60 seconds as prohibitively long, I'm probably not the best person to be reading ;(

I don't really do ... condense.

@HeadPirate Excuse the abrupt intrusion, but it was because of a comment you made on a SteamWorld Build article (probably the review) that I decided to get SteamWorld Quest...

So I'd like to ask - do you have Slay the Spire? if you do, can you break down the in-combat differences between SteamWorld Quest and Slay the Spire?

@Lightsiyd

Always happy to help if I can!

I would say there are two key differences.

First, SWQ is built around building a resource by playing cards, then using that resource to play better cards. Combined with the combos, it creates a system that rewards tactical decisions made in the moment. You optimize playing the cards in your hand in the correct order, alternating between a "build" and a "attack" phase based on your health and what the enemy is doing.

STS instead gives you energy to spend each turn, and cards cost a given amount of energy. This plays out much more closely to a traditional CCG where deck building is perhaps more important then how you play your cards in any given round. Most rounds you need to attack, defend, and build advantages all at once with extremely limited resources, so you need the cards to support that.

Second, STS is a Rougelite. Combat is much less forgiving. Enemies hit for much harder and there is almost no healing. After each combat you pick upgrades, powers, or new cards, and these choses will define each "run". So where SWQ feels almost like an traditional turn based RPG, with healing, resurrection, and mitigation items that has replaced menu attacks and mana with cards, STS is a fast passed card game first and foremost.

STS also sees you having to restart over and over to progress, rather then a linear story and power progression.

I hope that helps!

@HeadPirate Many thanks. Which did you enjoy more and why? Also, the permanent upgrades in Slay the Spire, would you say there are few or many?

@Lightsiyd

I mean ... it's hard to say which I enjoyed more. They scratch very different itches. I definitely played more STS then I did Quest, but I also play a lot more Rougelite then I play hybrid RPGs. If I had to pick one, that would be it, but more because of my tastes in genre then because I could make arguments that it's objectively better for some reason.

Unless I'm mistaken, the only upgrades in STS are unlocks. You unlock new cards or powers that can show up in the run, as well as additional classes. There are enough to keep you going, although it is a bit light by todays standards. There is a HUGE modding community though, so that more then makes up for it if you're okay with playing unofficial additional content.

@HeadPirate Thanks, the help is very much appreciated.