Topic: Splatoon 2

http://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-new-gear-abilities-r...

"The Splatoon Twitter account has revealed some new gear abilities that will be in Splatoon 2. First up is Special Performance Up – as the name implies, this improves the performance of your special weapon. The exact improvements depend on the weapon – for example, the Tenta Missiles’ cursor gets a wider range, allowing you to hit more targets with it.

Next up is Sub Performance Up. As you might be able to guess, this improves your sub weapons, and again, the improvements depend on the weapon. For example, Splat Bombs can be thrown farther and the Ink Mine gets a larger blast radius.

Some abilities from the first game have also seen some changes. Ink Resistance Up can now be found on headgear, in addition to footwear. Quick Respawn has also been changed – if you get splatted continuously without splatting an opponent in return, your respawn time gets even shorter."

OMG strategy level is getting really insane! This is going to be the shooter of the year!

http://nintendoeverything.com/splatoon-2-tracks-assists-numbe...

"Splatoon 2 is getting some nice quality-of-life additions. The official Splatoon Twitter account revealed that the game now tracks assists, i.e. team member’s contributions to a splat. The number of splats each player does doesn’t really matter in Splatoon compared to most other shooters, but it’s still nice that the game is tracking such a teamwork-oriented stat. If you get an assist, the icon displayed on screen is a circle, instead of the usual spiked/pointy shape.

In addition to that, the game also tracks how often you used your special during a match and displays that number on the results screen at the end."

That's pretty cool!

...I do hope there's an option for more than 3 waves in Salmon Run.

I'm still hoping you can play with and against the computer as my Switch gets the most use commuting where there's no wifi.

I can't wait, playing online with the bf will be do fun

@Joytendo22 Yeah that's a really great addition! I hope they'll also include an option to create your own custom long-term leagues where you can compete with others for a full season, not just two hours.

Well, I was planning on getting this around release, but I decided not to...it'll be a while before I'll get it. Not sure when I'll actually get it, but I need to go after some other stuff (some of them not even video game related, lol)...sooooo, yeah.

Dear Lord, that was uncomfortable to watch. Clearly, Pearl is this crazy psychopath and Marina is forced to stay and never leave... is anyone else getting an abusive relationship vibe out of this?

Marina best waifu fight me.

But seriously, year of updates and two years of Splatfests with one on the 15th. Nice.

Plus an umbrella.

I don't like that new Inkling, the Octarian is cool though.

She's like an angry loli character. Very animu.

I will only use weapons that have the Baller special. It looks AMAZING

I guess I'll post this here as well. Team Cake or Team Ice Cream? http://www.strawpoll.me/13369230

The new duo look interesting. "Of the Hook"?
For some reason they are called "TentaCool" in the German version. It confused me first. Thought that was a Pokemon reference or something.

@Blur_Escalation
They give off an evil vibe to me. Marina seems cool but is obviously an Octoling and Pearl just looks plain mean. Maybe the single player will explain everything seeming as the squid sisters are involved.

That Direct was pretty underwhelming to be honest, still a day 1 purchase but there's much less new stuff than I was hoping for.

@Grumblevolcano I agree. I was very surprised that they didn't announce any new modes, and they didn't confirm whether there will be any in the future. The lack of split-screen local multiplayer was also disappointing.

Showing UI elements and re-explaining modes is a bad look. Also, that announce bit has really gotten old.

I'm disappointed that the Splatoon 1 singleplayer isn't bundled in, and I don't love the industrial park look of all the staged, but I liked a lot of what I saw here. The app is a great idea, as is the pre-launch Splatfest. I really like how Monster Hunter-y the weapons are getting, like the alt splatroller (switch axe) and brella (sword and shield). I think the umbrella DLC weapon and hamster ball super are my favorites.

@Octane @BLP_Software I'm making a prediction: from now on, all Splatfest outcomes can be predicted by whatever Marina picks.

@Nicolai Not if she picking Ice Cream. Cake seems to be the odd man out here and we all know how these splatfests go.