@gcunit So legitimate question. Do you play Overwatch, Rocket League, DOTA2, anything with a multiplayer focus?
When they eventually get sequels (which is unlikely as they dont need to move to new hardware but go with it for a moment) how much do you think they could change in terms of gameplay?
The answer is not a lot as that is what these multiplayer focused games live and die on. A hypothetical Overwatch 2 wouldnt stray far because that would be a hige risk and if you change too much there is the potential alienation which in a community focused game that lives when it has users, you dont want that.
Its not like a single player game where there is no community and you can do whatever in a sequel. Its not a curse of Splatoon, its a curse of the genre. Its why most of them are endless DLC Trains.
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I've got both, but you can bet the most I'll ever spend on Splatoon 2 is during Splatfests.
ARMS for me is a more solo-focused experience, so that's probably going to get more play generally.
@BLP_Software I don't generally get involved in online multiplayer focused games. I bought Splatoon 1 because it was well priced and unique. I bought Rocket League only recently because it was on sale (and unique), but I've only had one play session. I don't have the freedom to get deeply into online multiplayer communities.
Mario Kart 8 and ARMS are different to me as they hold just as much value, probably more, to me in their offline modes.
@meleebrawler Not really. There's a degree of skill and strategy in both. I wouldn't say I've played enough of either genre to say that one has, on average, more depth than the other, but it just seems to me like Splatoon 2 has more depth than ARMS. That's just my opinion, and I could be totally wrong because I don't own the game, and only played it during the Testpunch.
@KirbyTheVampire Well, for one thing, ARMS lets you change your loadout in between matches while Splatoon doesn't .
At face value ARMS's depth seems light compared to other fighter's due to a relative lack of moves... until you consider each set of arms act as them, and they can be customized once unlocked. There's also the matter of stages influencing battles to a greater degree than most, second only to Smash in that regard.
I'm kind of dissappointed that people here aren't believing what I leaked. I was quite excited by the opportunity to be the one to leak the big news. On the other hand, the fact that people aren't believing it makes me feel more special for the fact that I know about it.
For those who don't believe me, I suspect that some of you just see the title or the first few sentences of the post, and just imagine Link holding a badminton racket, which I doubt Nintendo would have approved of. But my friend told me that there are no rackets. Link uses his sword as one, as the idea is comes from certain boss battles in which Link would reflect the boss's projectile with his sword. This is already a recurring thing in Legend of Zelda, for those that haven't played them.
Nintendo-related leaks of this scale don't really happen. They are extraordinary secretive,
You know that it takes actual people to make video games, right? My friend is one of those people. They spend time at work, but then they get to leave work and do their own thing; just like you & me. Although Nintendo doesn't want the general public to know about upcoming games until they officially announce them, the people making the games need to know what they're making. The developers are expected to not tell any outsiders about the game, but sometimes people such as my friend here decide it's alright just to tell one person. I guess he figured that nothing will happen if he just told me, but I just couldn't resist the opportunity to leak it out. I don't think anything bad will happen to him though, as they'll never know who it was that leaked it out.
I'm curious to know more about the game myself. I'm going to see my friend tonight again, before he flies home tomorrow. Hopefully he'll be willing to tell me more. But fortunately I'm rather skilled in this.
I'm actually quite excited about Hyrule Breakneck Badminton. It sounds fun.
I don't understand all the skepticism toward this leak. Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo's most successful franchises, so it makes sense that they would want to milk money from it the way they've been doing with Mario for a long time. While I'm surprised that they didn't do it long ago, it's now a good time for it (business-wise) since Zelda is popular again with BotW. Back when Mario was nothing but a platform game, I'm sure that Mario Kart and sports games would appear just as weird.
Also, it sound like they're simply expanding on an idea that's already been done in the Zelda series. For those of you who never finished Ocarina of Time, check out this video, and skip 2 minutes in. You can see that the battle actually kind-of resembles a game of badminton, or some kind of net sport.
Nintendo already has a Mario tennis franchise which would scratch that itch should they wish to include Zelda characters into future instalments.
But they don't have a Mario Tennis installment for every console. I guess they're just trying something else for a change to make it new, as they're not limited to Mario power-ups & other Mario tropes. And anyway, under that logic why would Arms come out when they already have Punch-Out?
While Nintendo has traditionally liked to use Mario for light-hearted multiplayer games like the sports stuff, maybe they're trying to end that with the Switch, and experiment with spin-offs of other franchises. In fact, the Wii U already had many non-Mario spin-offs, so this would just be a continuation of that trend. Also, given how popular Breath of the Wild is on Switch, Link might as well be the new Mario.
" You know that it takes actual people to make video games, right?"
Sorry but that's where your story falls apart. Humans do not make Nintendo games. Pikmin and Toads do under the watchful eye of Master Miyamoto-san,the creative deity.
The developers are expected to not tell any outsiders about the game, but sometimes people such as my friend here decide it's alright just to tell one person. I guess he figured that nothing will happen if he just told me, but I just couldn't resist the opportunity to leak it out.
If this really happened (which it didn't) you'd be a really terrible friend.
@shaneoh This is my only account actually. I used to just read these forums without an account. But I just signed up because I felt like joining in for real, and this was the first thing I saw I felt like replying to.
But what do you mean "agree"? You mean with Triforce power? I guess what he posted might possibly be fake, overall I think I believe it. There's nothing really wrong with his story as he put it, and based on my analysis (which you can reread in my last post) I can see why Nintendo is making such a game.
@OorWullie
And that they both signed up solely to discuss this [strike]bull[/strike] "rumour."
Edit: Ha, he/she/it changed it? Caught out, well done.
@Archer-bro
Look we can get the mods to check both your IP addresses. Save some time and admit that you and @Triforce_power are the same person. I also didn't see anything resembling an analysis from your only post, just conjecture based on a single boss battle. As for what is wrong with your other accounts posts, there is no evidence.
@OorWullie Yeah it was somehow set to Canada by accident, but I'm actually from Singapore. I have been to Canada and it's a nice place.
@shaneoh My analysis was about why I think it makes sense that Nintendo would be doing this from a business perspective, and also about recent trends of Nintendo games. I admit that I didn't expect to hear about this game, but when I think about it it makes sense.
But based on the information that Triforce_power gave, I can easily imagine the story he/she told happening in which his/her friend who's developing the game spilled the secret.
@-Green- Yeah that's highly likely too. I based my claim based on people on YouTube and Twitter who said they're skipping ARMS for Splatoon. Very few people ever talked about getting both or not getting Splatoon in favor of ARMS. Personally, I felt bad that it didn't get the love it deserved.
My analysis was about why I think it makes sense that Nintendo would be doing this from a business perspective, and also about recent trends of Nintendo games. I admit that I didn't expect to hear about this game, but when I think about it it makes sense.
"Hurr durr, Zuldur is poopulur, Neentindough shod maek grande dollaridoos ov eet whale eets hut," is not an analysis.
But based on the information that Triforce_power gave, I can easily imagine the story he/she told happening in which his/her friend who's developing the game spilled the secret.
Well if you "believe" that then you should know that I'm actually an Australian Prince. My billionaire uncle died leaving his money and assets to me, problem is that I need US$1000 to get the lawyer to release it all to me. If you're willing to pony up the money, I'm willing to give you US$1 billion in compensation. Think it over.
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