Topic: Splatoon 2

@Ninchiku thank you very much for that. I appreciate your help.

Whats the party system like, is there an invite option and is it easy to add friends to your team?

Yes its easy, when you enter the lobby you choose "play with friends" and you'll see who is on and you can join them, you just have to wait for their game to end to enter the next one

If you decide to get the game hit me up maybe we can play together

Edit : Theres also an option to play with a whole team of yours but i never had the oportunity to use it

@ChaosBadger777 I'm assuming ₤80 is for the game+DLC. You can buy the Octo expansion DLC at any time - it's just a single player campaign. While it's very good, it is more difficult. It's meant to be played after you beat the main game's single player campaign. So, if you finish and like the single player campaign, Octo expansion is an easy recommendation. Otherwise, no need to buy the DLC.

@WoomyNNYes £80 is for two copies (for me and the mrs) of the base game - its still £40 each. I doubt I will pick up the expansion as it looks to be just single player which doesn't interest me.

We are looking for a fun shooter that we can team up together and take it online. Pickings are pretty slim on Switch for shooters unfortunately.

@ChaosBadger777 I’ve had trouble playing with two devices simultaneously on the same internet connection - have you checked this is possible with other games?

If you’re set on playing together, I think I should also mention you’ll be limited to League mode and Private Battles. League Mode actually covers the same modes as Ranked Mode, so it’s not actually much of a restriction, but instead you’ll be given a temporary rank based on your performance as a pair in the particular ‘session’ in which you play. Ranked Mode is fundamentally a single player mode which keeps track of your rank over multiple sessions.

I’d be interested to hear from people other who’ve played to game on a Lite. For a competitive online shooter, it’s obviously ideal to have as much screen estate as possible, and it’s also a game that generally works best with gyro aiming which would mean waving the console itself around. However, if you’re used to standard stick controls and are already accustomed to playing on the Lite’s smaller screen, then hopefully you should be fine.

It’s one of my very favourite games on the system so I’d recommend it to anyone, but these are things worth keeping in mind.

@Maxz thank you for this, might give it a miss if we would be limited to those few game modes.

We have been playing Diablo 3 (although that seems to be more local than online now because there's never anyone else running greater rifts) and Animal Crossing. We haven't really come across any connection issues in those games, although Smash was pretty much unplayable online using one Lite so might depend on the game.

Bit the bullet and picked it up, the Mrs isn't sure about it but im loving it so far.
The controls are a bit different and I had to switch off gyro (it was making me nauseous) but im having fun - you notice the lack of voice chat in the lobbies though

Anyone want to team up with a noob and help me learn feel free to drop me a message or FR

@ChaosBadger777 I didn't like motion control aiming at first, and I think that's the normal reaction for many, many people, but it's so advantageous for aiming, it is THEE way the way to play. At first, you're not used to the camera moving so easily with motion, but you'll get used to it fairly quickly. People that fight it end up regretting not getting used to it earlier. It just takes an hour or two. I'll respect whatever conclusion you come to, but that's the advice you'll find across the board, even from Alex Olney<33.

@WoomyNNYes I've got the lite and find it quite disorientating moving the screen to aim as opposedto just a controller, I will give it another go as the stick controls are quite sloppy compared to other shooters and I can see there is a definite advantage between those using it and those not.

@ChaosBadger777 Understandable. Got ya. Forgot you're on the Lite. If I play handheld, I still use motion control, but you're right, playing handheld vs TV has it's differences. I sometimes play the single player handheld.

@Northwind If you can get into the habit of using the stick for all large movements and just using gyro for the finer aiming then it works well even in handheld mode. It's orth playing around with the sensitivity settings a bit till they feel the most comfortable too. I have them set a little higher for handheld than I do for docked.

@Northwind The game tries to match you up against players of similar level so you'll most likely end up in a lobby full of other relatively new players. I wouldn't worry too much about it, regular battles (turf war) is all just a bit of fun with no rating or anything anyway. Just give it a go, try your best and hope your connection holds up.

@Northwind The game's a few years old but it's a major first party release that's still one of the best online multiplayer games on the system so there should still be quite a few new players on a regular basis as long as the Switch itself continues to sell really well. You get to play against all the children that got the game for Christmas.

@Northwind I've only recently started playing mysels and it seems to use SBMM for the most part. You could also try playing the horde mode which is co-op and gives you chance to try out the weapons in a more competitive arena than the single player campaign allows.
Feel free to drop me a friend request, I will happily jump into a lobby with you whenever I'm online.

@Northwind Splatoon 2 does a decent job of telling you if your connection is too weak/inconsistent to play. So, it will work, or it won't. Or the game will tell you. There won't be much mystery. Online play is not data heavy. All the heave stuff (the actual game) is on the console, and the internet just shares movement data, which is easy lifting compared to streaming HD video or surfing nintendolife.

@Northwind Sometimes you will get put together with really high levels (idk why) that happened to me when I was a low level.

Splatfeast is today
Team Mushroom or Team Star

@EngineerMario Star for me. I think it'll be a pretty one-sided one as far as popularity goes so I'm not expecting to get matched up against many Mushroom teams. 11-1 in favour of Star on my friend list.

@BenAV
What do you get if you win the splatfest

@EngineerMario Everyone who participates gets rewarded (exact number depends on the title you reach) with super sea snails and the winning team just gets a few more than the losing team so it doesn't matter too much.