Topic: Splatoon - OT

I hope we get a demo.

I'm still not really sold on the game, but I hope it ends up being a lot of fun.

Have the extra equipment you get for each Splatoon amiibo been confirmed yet? I'm thinking of just getting one of them depending on what outfits I want since the game is already going to be $70 CAD without them.

I am watch ProJared interview with Nintendo about Splatoon and he asked about voice chat. They said there is no voice chat, which we already know, but he brought up a great point. Since the Gamepad is the main controller you have to play with, it will show where your ink needs to go, and when your friends are getting attacked it shows you and allows you to get over to them quickly to help out. it doesn't sound like voice chat is really needed. What do you all think?

Yea a top down view will help in a way to communicate. Maybe the dpad will be used to use pre typed statements or to send alerts

Not a fan of the Match making options or the fact that custom games are coming in august. Still that's a lot of free post launch content and Tower Control looks awesome.

Nintendo has really gotten the Hang of great post launch content in their bigger titles.

With the collectables, arcade games and all the other extra stuff, there's more content than I expected. I'm looking forward to the boss battles as well. That clam-thing looked awesome.

My hype has reached the maximum level! Also, I pre-ordered at Gamestop, so it looks like I'll be getting the horrifying-I mean, Inkling costumes in Smash Bros.

Not entirely convinced with the whole post launch content to be honest, obviously its free so its great but i'm not sure its gonna help the game when it comes to reviews. That might put people off but whatever. DEMO HYPE

I wasn't happy to see that those features will not arrive until August.....we're still waiting for the additional promised content for Smash Bros. (tournaments, Miiverse level)!

I'll be downloading the demo when I get home. I can't wait to try it, and I hope it backs up the hype.

More than a demo is a stress test, what is a good thing for the game when get released.

The post launch updates kind of give me the feeling of on disc DLC (although thankfully not paid), it kinda feels like they add in features that need to be there but they didn't have time for as opposed to making a complete game even better. Especially with the multiplayer modes, having only 2 to choose from at launch (1 of which has to be unlocked by ranking up, no less) feels pretty lacking and makes the game feel incomplete. This is not a good sign, it implies they're rushing it.

Well, we didn't really learn too much new information, but the free post-launch content seems pretty solid!

My friend isn't really excited for this so I'll try to get him to try out the test fire to see if he will like it or not.

Probably to make sure people keep playing online, because that's the main thing in Splatoon, as it seems.

So the demo works in that we're only going to be able to play for an hour at a specific time tomorrow? Overall, the direct didn't change my mind on the game. I'll wait and see how people receive it before I decide if I buy the game

Splatoon Global Testfire available now.

Just WOW Very impressed!

agreed @blast. Ink me impressed.

I was going too say it seemed that all of the post launch content was stuff that didn't make it into the base game. I'm also not a fan of rotating two maps.