Live: Splatoon Global Testfire - Round 2 With Nintendo UK

Battle resumes...

by Thomas Whitehead Sat 9th May 2015

Plenty of Wii U owners have already enjoyed a first round of online Splatoon, and now the second demo window comes at a convenient time for those in Europe. This is the second one hour session, and we're live streaming the Nintendo UK broadcast while live blogging our experiences. Join us!

Live Blog (Archive)
Chat

13:02

ThomasBW84 said:

Thanks for the company everyone. I'll be here again for the final session later!

13:02

Servers are closed, that's the lot. We'll see you for more Splatoon later!

12:49

Last 10 minutes in Splatoon Global Testfire round 2, are you in?

12:45

ThomasBW84 said:

The other team all had the sniper weapon; it didn't end well for them...

12:41

20 minutes left, get some Splatoon matches while you can!

12:36

ThomasBW84 said:

I think too many forget that the priority is coverage, not just kills.

12:32

The stream is cancelled, but we've got live chat and a live blog going anyway!

12:28

Nearly half way in, the Splatoon Global Testfire is going well so far

12:24

ThomasBW84 said:

Ah well, who's actually watching the stream anyway! I'm too busy playing personally.

12:19

Our live chat is discussing the merits of Rollers again. They CAN be countered!

12:15

Nintendo UK's stream has now kicked off, too

12:11

Great online Splatoon performance again so far, Ninty's servers seem to be holding up

12:10

ThomasBW84 said:

Second time's the charm for a win!

12:06

Nice smooth first round for us, good stuff!

11:59

ThomasBW84 said:

I'm in, BOOM

11:59

Servers are open, let's do this!

11:55

ThomasBW84 said:

How many of you are dipping in for your second round, then?

11:55

5 minutes now, Nintendo UK stream should start soon, hype is building.

11:52

Many lunches being delayed for Splatoon, it seems. Priorities are everything.

11:51

ThomasBW84 said:

There'll be two stages, one quite spacious and the other cramped, so it mixes things up nicely.

11:49

ThomasBW84 said:

I'm delaying lunch for this, it's that important.

11:49

10 minutes to go until we have another hour of the Splatoon Global Testfire, join us!

11:47

ThomasBW84 said:

You kick off with a tutorial, so it'll show everyone how to play

11:47

Untitled Live Blog Image

These are the weapons you can choose from.

11:45

ThomasBW84 said:

To those that didn't play in session one, it went well. Lots of connection issues for the first 10 mins, then it seems to be solid.

11:44

15 minutes until more Splatoon action. Join us for a live stream, blog and chat!

11:41

ThomasBW84 said:

Looking forward to giving it another whirl!

day said:

yup, that's all "o"s (15) and one "h"

day said:

@tsukipon ok, nnid: oooooooooooooooh

audreypots said:

me, my daughter and my niece was really surprised how we love this game! everything went smooth, we only had a disconnect once.

LegoNintendo12 said:

Really liking the game. I can't wait till we can make our characters faster though

River3636 said:

Darn I just woke up

yokokazuo said:

I slept through my alarm...

bye (^-^) /

anywho, chyeah. I'll see you on another stream take care!

true

[From what I was told from a friend who taught in the south for two years, all they're taught is grammar and nothing regarding actual writing structure]

But yeah, Hai, I will see you later hopefull yon May 29 , or the later stream lol

Actually, on a serious note, grammar education has dropped. My sister doesn't know what a pronoun or adverb is, but she knows how to use it....generally

Okay. I think I should get some rest. Twas a pleasure meeting you, though! Take care

something that's not taught enough or is taught too much

xD what is grammar?

it hasn't changed yet. That's cool—i mean, it's a bitesized image, but you draw well (while you may read better, your use of "goodly" clearly shows you need help in grammar )

If my icon didn't change to an inkling yet, cuz it hasn't for me, I drew my avatar. If it did change lol, then well I draw goodly, don't you worry ^_~

Very cool — go artistic people

I'm studying Graphic Design

What did/are you study at uni, if you don't mind me asking?

hahah pics or it doesn't exist

I;m a nice adult now XD

hey, that was stupid and immature me.

hahah don't hate on us slow readers ;-;

I felt really bad cuz as a kid, I used to make fun of them for not being able to read

yeah, then they found out I could read better than all the other kids, and I was finally put in normal classes after just a week xD

Fandabidozi said:

Cats and Pop people, nn

@DreamOn Dream on! (it had to be said)

Alrighty, see you cats on a future turf war. Nighty night!

shani said:

Night persons ftw.

Fandabidozi said:

Really, argh, I must have missed one, Perth has diff Timezone to rest of Aus

@tsukipon wth... just because you're hispanic they thought you didn't speak English? =.= I was just the tokenAsian in the music building and got Asian jokes [facetiously].that sucks

@Fanda The next round of testing is the last one.

xD

Fandabidozi said:

And guns?

Fandabidozi said:

With paint?

I'm at a university

@DreamOn I'm debating napping but I gotta a huge design project to do for my class -_-

@tsukipon ...at a university or secondary school?

Fandabidozi said:

Yikes what country are you in?

Being a POC in a majority white school can be pretty traumizing. As a hispanic, people asusmed I didnt speak english and even put me in special ed upon transfer once

Fandabidozi said:

Imma skip the night one and play tomorrow

I'll sleep 6 hours and wake up for last demo is the plan

Fandabidozi said:

thats 2 with insomnia, me and 1 other with anxiety, eye condition

Um. I was an Asian who attended a 90% white university. Iono if that's an ailment but there sure are post-symptoms

I actually don't mind it. I have always been a night person. I have a eye condition and the sunlight hurts. this summer gonna be a B

Fandabidozi said:

Anyone else got ailments they would like to share

@tsukipon hahha fair enough. Sorry bout the insomnia

shani said:

@tsukipon: I feel with you, got insomnia too most of the time

and by tweet, I mean message

East coast lol, my first tweet before said east coast. I screamed west coast cuz the lobby seems to be a lot of you guys

I got laid off recently so all nighters are a go even tho I'm getting too old for that

@tsukipon you're west coast but it's 8a? I lost ya... :/

Staying up all night is easy for me because insommnia, which is why I take online classes

WEST COAST!

@DreamOn you stayed up until now? ...I'm getting too old for this and I'm not even that old... #TeacherLife

Fandabidozi said:

8.33pm here

I'm east coast, It's 8 am here butI was up all night from the first play

I'm in west coast and haven't gone to bed yet!!

Fandabidozi said:

Lol yeah I'm in Australia

UK time

BlatantlyHeroic said:

I'm from NA. I woke up at around 4:00.

shani said:

@ohhaime: Oh ok, I missed the stream. It's a pity though, I vaguely remember from earlier news that the walls would count. Would've liked that more since it adds another dimension.

both, europe and semi early

I guess that answers my question

damn lol

Fandabidozi said:

Nn all bedtime for me

So are most of you from Europe, or are you sad souls like me who woke up early to play this?

Anyway see you peeps later.

@day wait what's your NNID?

day said:

Lol you guys are a kick

@day good night ^_~

Wall racists! Well phooey

Fandabidozi said:

Nn

@day haha hear hear. Take care

As a roller, I coudlnt care less about walls. they don't want my ink

day said:

LMAO. Okay I need to go back to sleep. A 34 year old texting with excitement is a thing of wonder

Fandabidozi said:

Now that's racist against walls too

Walls don't count for coverage.They said so on the steam last night.

@day I eat thugs

It's a crappy game but better than staring at Mii's do weird hip and hand gestures

day said:

things

Fandabidozi said:

Frantic thugs!

day said:

@haiassai keep giving it a try, you might find it helps maintain the frantic pace of thug s

xD

BlatantlyHeroic said:

There's a loading time? I was too busy playing a game.

you unluck squid jump dlc

@tsukipon I guess I was too busy reading the comments here during the loading time

shani said:

@ohhaime: What?! Of course Walls count! Or not? At least that's what I heard of...

I think it's to make you forget about the loading time

Fandabidozi said:

I think the amiibo games look good

day said:

wonder if you unlock anything when playing it enough

BlatantlyHeroic said:

I loved it.

@day I... didn't really care for it. I felt it was a nostalgic add-on to pass the time more than anything else

day said:

@dreamon lmao

I'll be pro at that squid jump by end of next demo :]

day said:

@tsukipo. OMGSH lol

YO I managed to pass the first level before the game loaded in

Fandabidozi said:

Multiplayer squid jump ftw

@Jazzer94 ah—I'll try that next time

day said:

Squid jump game anyone?

@Fandabidozi more like speciest. ya kno

@day I have a dog cat, a blod cat, a ninja cat, a princess cat, an evil cat, and a skin lesion cat cuz he has to be attached to another living being lol

@Haiassai I triple tap Come Here seemed to make a difference

Fandabidozi said:

It's the circle

@tsukipon you didn't miss on too much. again, with strangers, i *personally* felt that the shooters aren't great unless you work with a team. that's just me tho

day said:

I'm finding it really keeps up the game pace during the wait times

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Nope, just part of the natural cycle.

Fandabidozi said:

That's racist against rabbits

day said:

Hey who's having fun with that squid jump game

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Yeah, my cat will even hang out with my other dogs and hunt for rabbits with them. XD

day said:

I have a tender lap cat and a graceful statuesque one

The commands made me jump when they came out of my game pad. Not used to that!

I feel bad cuz I havent used anything but th roller.

@Jazzer94 really? I feel like the people I played with were too into their own game. Granted, that's why our team lost a lot of times

Fandabidozi said:

I tried charger and failed miserably

I used the charger this whole last hour.

any used charger a lot?

day said:

Lol I've got one of those types; adorable as all get out, ain't it lol

and fight each other.

Fandabidozi said:

Dogs are so '90's dawg

They just lay in boxes all day

Occasionally people would respond to the Come Here command instead of trying to kill people but yeah game too hectic most times

BlatantlyHeroic said:

@day Oh no, my cats cool because he acts like a dog.

my cats know better than to do stuff like that.

Fandabidozi said:

kick, punch, it's all in the mind

day said:

@haiAssai hahha

@ohhaime wompwomp

day said:

@blatantlyheroic seems like you have 't reached an agreement with your cat if that's the case lol

Maybe in the full game?

"I'm really feelin it!"

Nice!

@Haiassi Come-on!

I'd rather have taunts

Grenades can help cover walls if you aren;t in a rush

Oh, btw... those d-pad commands do NOTHING. =.=

@Fandabidozi you just gotta believe...

I love this one team I was on. This guy covered the wall for me, a roller, so I could swim up and SWEEP TEAMS

Fandabidozi said:

Yeah walls ain't happening if your a roller

day said:

@dreamon yeah I found that too

Walls don't count for coverage though.

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Cats think they can do whatever they want. They go up on counter tops. It's disgusting. XD

shani said:

@Jazzer94 and @tsukipon: Well then you two already understood how to play this game. I just played one match and barely got out of the main fighting zone. :/

Rollers tend not to cover vertical areas so if you don't have roller on team don't forget walls

@tsukipon hahaha

day said:

Cats take refinement to appease

xD my six cats want you to say it to their adorable faces

Fandabidozi said:

Cats are the animal kingdoms most evolved hunters

I think its because I focused on coverage I kept placing high

day said:

Hey on salt spray, enemy territory is just low enough you can lob grenades up over the edges

@shani it really wasn't hahah

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Eww, cats, no. They claw for no reason and they're weak and pathetic. XDXDXD

Fandabidozi said:

Cats +1

lol

shani said:

@Haiassai: Ok well that sounds not so clever.

@jazzer94 I forgive you of your false opinions

day said:

Cats

BlatantlyHeroic said:

@Shani It actually is if you want to keep from dying. XD

That's me too Jazzer. Just quietly rolling, esecially in the top part of the rig map

Blus best color

liljmoore said:

moo?

day said:

Nonono orange

Fandabidozi said:

Cats or dogs?

...team orange...?

day said:

Woot

we have ourselves a champion color.

shani said:

@BlatantlyHeroic Yeah I wondered the same but I think it's ok since 'damage' is not that important...

Dude there were points when everyone would keep righting and I'd just be rolling minding my own business.

liljmoore said:

Blue FTW

@shani it's hard to describe with the limited characters here, but it was... really bad... they were so far from any enemy ink or blank territory

day said:

Blue FTW

BLUE ALL THE WAY lol

Fandabidozi said:

Pink I think

yeaaaah team battles with friends is gonna really make it more fun

shani said:

@Haiassai: There's nothing wrong with rollers running away from the fight, after all, it's all about the coverage! So coveringan area where no one fights is actually really smart.

What's your favorite color ink? Mines Purple

RikuKH said:

charger = paint long, open areas, splatter = swim -> paint -> swim -> paint

Accepted both

day said:

@haiassai yyyyeeeaaahhh

Just added Jazzer too. I have to run to a different room to use my WiiU lol

Fandabidozi said:

Teams will be awesome, plus I want to record and edit like on MK

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Also, what's up with the splatter shot doing so little damage to enemies compared to the other weapons? It already has terrible range, why nerf it even more? XD

Rather... teams with friends...

I am REALLY looking forward to August when you can play teams

Fandabidozi said:

I didn't feel like I was painting anything without a roller

@jazzer just added

Kind of wish I caught the first session but 4am Saturday was too hard for me

day said:

Anybody else notice that box tops are just as important as empty ground?

BlatantlyHeroic said:

@Shani Not when they're right at the edge of your spawn and camp there using tornadoes and the like to keep it covered.

I love the roller, but I can'twait to see the new arsenal

The roller wasn't fun so I went back to splatter Jr

@tsukipon haha indeed. We'll see how it all fares

liljmoore said:

Rollers are easy to counter if you got distance and right weapon on hand

Fandabidozi said:

8.18 in Aus 😎

Oh shucks. Mothers are important though! At least you got to play now

shani said:

@BlatantlyHeroic: As someone mentioned earlier, it is already balanced. You can counter rollers with a Splattershot or from above, where they can't harm you.

day said:

Except here in Alaska it was 3am lol still we be hardcore gamers

@tsukipon yeah... but I may be busy getting the house ready for mother's day since I'm attending a friend's college grad

Fandabidozi said:

There's so many buttons I'm pressing em all and walk off the edge lol

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Actually... my major problem is I kept getting stuck on a team WITHOUT rollers, and the opposing team always had 3-4. Like, what the heck? XD

@Riku, it sort of does...but barely, even if you aim it at the ground

I am adding you Jazzer.

day said:

@haiSsai yeah yeah lol

There's another time at 12pm west coast

Had to switch to roller as my matches had none so it was hard to take back area

RikuKH said:

roller's special don't actually paint the ground, right?

Fandabidozi said:

Ok I really want to tornado now thanks

Anyway my NNID: is Justinius94

day said:

I'm still so "charged up" I can't get back to sleep lol

@day haha same! West coast sleepless

BlatantlyHeroic said:

You press down on the R stick as soon as you fill up your special gauge to do the tornado thing.

I hate to say, but I put the roller super right on the ramp leading to the enemy spawn, got 3 kills

day said:

4am and that was sick

Fandabidozi said:

Roller is like having a healer in WoW lol

one of my games I ended up as the only player on my team after about 30 seconds.

Roller special is super good me and a teamate fired off facing each other killed all the other team in on shot.

Don't joke, MK8 200cc MC scared the beejeebus out of me

No roller on team and team can suffer!

@tsukipon haha got it

Fandabidozi said:

Pooh nice

I went to add you lol just came back from my WiiU. You've been accepted

RikuKH said:

the gameplay in this game is actually so fast paced, that I was moving the gamead so much it felt like I was playing MK8 200cc with motion controls on

@Fandabidozi calling Poseidon

Fandabidozi said:

How do you summon tornados?

@Fandabidozi I had one issue of lag near the end of the session

Fandabidozi said:

I've had no dc's or lag yet

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Also, I don't think rollers would be as OP if they weren't the only ones with their special weapon. 2-4 players being able to summon tornadoes and destroy your spawn sucks. XD

@tsukipon added

Limited time to play means games will always fill up right away.

Charger is sweet for quick coverage

Fandabidozi said:

Yeah it's a stress test but they maximum amount of people online

Fandabidozi said:

I'm really looking forward to Star Fox now

liljmoore said:

Do any of you guys (and girls) feel like this really should have been a 2 day open beta instead of this 3 hour no sleep stuff that going on now?

When the game releases I'll be happy to play with you guys.

BlatantlyHeroic said:

@Jazzer94 The charger is pretty useful for catching people off guard around corners though.

that would be cute/cool, someone should draw it.

kind of like a spy in TF2

@ohhaime that would be amazing...

@BlantantlyHeroic I was doing that loads

I wanna be an ink ninja.

Fandabidozi said:

the worst thing that happened so far was being chatted up on Animal Crossing brrrr

my NNID is my my name too, tsukipon, Hal

BlatantlyHeroic said:

I remember trying to snipe an enemy charger user, and we were both firing at each other, never hitting one or the other because of the terrible range.

RikuKH said:

there's a version of the charger/sniper with a scope

The paint brush will be my favourite though I think.

I rather be muted and have people direct me anyway, if there was VC

Fandabidozi said:

Yup I agree

It'll be fun playing with familiars

Scope on the sniper would be welcome

Well Fandabidozi, generally the Nintendo community is nice, so I dont think there'd be much abuse on VC, but I wouldn't take a chance anyway

If anyone wants to add me as a Nintendo friend, my ID is the same as my name here: Haiassai

Fandabidozi said:

Yeah charger powered up will be awesome

A longer ranger charger will really great

lol

har.

lol

Fandabidozi said:

Hang on VC is Virtual Cuddles right?

BlatantlyHeroic said:

I can't wait to get the better variation of the charger. The range is really iffy on the stock one.

@RikuKH while true, you could direct them. Granted, if they don't listen, that's another issue

Suggestions =/= Abuse

grenades are really good against rollers

In my games, people were too focused on killing each other than ground cover so I was the top of my losing team

@Fandabidozi You're assuming we'd abuse them

RikuKH said:

even if you had voice chat with bad players, they wouldn't be able to perform much better..

Fandabidozi said:

But incompetent teammates don't deserve to get abuse either

@BlatantlyHeroic Omg. I saw a roller just running away from the fight. Really?? Your job is to be the front line!

Yes you can turn VC off on PS3

YES OMG THE SHIELD I WAS LIKE WHY ISNT THE GUY DYING LOL

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Yeah, VC would be helpful when you have incompetent team mates like I did for a lot of the matches I played. They didn't seem to grasp the concept of controlling the main patch.

I found shield countered rollers super well

liljmoore said:

You can

RikuKH said:

really??

Fandabidozi said:

I don't think u can turn VC off on PS3?

I have to get the hang of throwing the nades cuz I get some strange placements when I do it fast

You do know games with VC have mute functions @Fandabidozi

Fandabidozi said:

I'm glad it's tiered, I can stay happily at the bottomtier

I think a lot of people don't realize that you can't be hurt while on the spawn point.

RikuKH said:

use granades with the rollers if you're being spawn killed

Grumblevolcano said:

there needs to be at least 1 with splattershot or jr

@BlatantlyHeroic I have a feeling it'll be more balanced with friends. Again. VC with allies would help

BlatantlyHeroic said:

It'd help if the Roller and the Charger weren't the only one hit kill ones.

@BlatantlyHeroic, they might when the game comes out, also there are supposed to be more weapons

Most of them when I started out on MH3U quite a few randoms were rude but I didn't care lol.

Yeah, 4 rollers screwed us over cuz we could barely leave the spawn with 2 chargers

BlatantlyHeroic said:

I'm tired of rollers to be honest. I'm furious that the game doesn't make sure a team is balanced correctly.

liljmoore said:

Vc on games like Cod,BF, TLOU, Halo, GOW, KZ, etc is terrible

Fandabidozi said:

I'm a person and I don't like abuse, call me weird

Grumblevolcano said:

4 rollers is actually counter productive (at least what I've seen)

Pahvi said:

Liked the 20 min I played the gamer better than I expected, but still not a day-1 purchase.

acutally the MH3U community is really nice.

With strangers, Rollers are so broken

BlatantlyHeroic said:

As a sniper I could deal with two rollers okay, but three and my whole team was getting cheated out.

RikuKH said:

my team won multiple times with 4 rollers

Fandabidozi said:

Rollers FTW

i love the game and now i was able to get hands on even more.

VC on MH3U was mostly pleasent

liljmoore said:

Because people like that stuff Fandabidozi

Try having 4 rollers on a team

BlatantlyHeroic said:

Having three rollers on the same team just screws everyone over.

Pizza for lunch AND dinner

Fandabidozi said:

All I ever hear on VC is abuse, how is that helpful

really cant work with the roller lol

Grumblevolcano said:

Now the big decision, Pizza for lunch or dinner

BlatantlyHeroic said:

There needs to be something to autobalance teams.

Rhydas said:

Kay so... I suck at everything but the roller.

RikuKH said:

all you really need is good players, that's the only thing required for the team to support each other more

I only use VC with friends really so don't have unpleasant situations

I also think that after the game drops and people get better, they won't need VC.

Fandabidozi said:

I'm enjoying Roller - everything else is a mystery atm

I agree Hal, I'm hoping my friends will get this so there can be better teamwork

I'm sorry to hear @tsukipon. I've accepted that there won't be VC built into this game. HOWEVER I will look forward to Skypechatting friends so that discussions will be friendlier

I always lower my voice ha

Grumblevolcano said:

@AyeHaley Which shooters/consoles? (I'm just interested that's all)

Fandabidozi said:

I hate chat in fps

I wish I could say the same and I'm with Ohhaime. Also, being a girl, all I do is get harassed in games like COD sooo.

Well, let's just say that I'll enjoy having people to skype chat with

But instead people would rush over without being cautious of the enemy

RikuKH said:

controls actually are compared to the rest 2-stick shooters, I'll definitely get this

maybe in COD

that is such a cliche and not true

liljmoore said:

VC is not needed for this game. It would be a plus

Fandabidozi said:

Caution! Don't play after drinking a glass of wine 😕

I have Social Anxiety Disorder so I love that there is no voice chat

RikuKH said:

the rest of the console shoorts DO have slow controls - that's why I can't play them, and I was actually not going to buy this game, but now that I know how fast and fluid the -

Ive had more positive experiences with voice chat in shooters than negative

just a bunch of people telling each other to suck somethin

There were points where I wanted people to come to me but be careful

roller is simple: cover the ground. but snipe? K/D doesn't matter in this game. I need to have a goal and where to bottleneck people

idk, it's not like shooter games have been known to have cooperative chat.

there was no real strategy when you play with new strangers all the time

liljmoore said:

When the next session so I can get a nap in

I need that feedback...nintendo and their backwards decision making

Also delegating what people should do is crucial

OorWullie said:

Great fun,really enjoyed that,apart from the 10 minutes I wasn't able to connect.

knowing where the enemy is helps if you aren't a roller

Yeah this would be better with voice chat

I think this is the only console Shooter I've had to turn down the sensitivity from max.

shani said:

Just played the tutorial and one match, but it was fun! Can't wait for the next time.

definitely

I think it'll be more fun when I can skype chat with people

cant wait to practice at my own leisure

Lyszea said:

that was fun!

RikuKH said:

the point is: aim with gyro, turn with R-stick

finally managed to play one round!

Grumblevolcano said:

7 hours until the next one!

Won my last game

Polyaness said:

i like staying by their base and just continuously throw grenades near their spawn lol

Lyszea said:

i can't wait for the next testfire

And the speed of the Gyro seems disconnected from the stick which throws me off with high sensitivity.

HeroLink98 said:

i think charger is good if your skilled using it. i tried it, but im not really good with long range weopons anyway. roller is more my style, and splattershot.

jumping into the abyss below

I was always on the move

Marioluigi7654 said:

Yup, it's over. I was kicked out of my last game =(

Polyaness said:

lol

I hate campers.

RikuKH said:

camping...... yeah

luckily its just a button press away but it takes some time getting used to

It's finished

Polyaness said:

What was all of your best scores? I got 18/0 on that last game lol Camping FTW

Lyszea said:

i can't get in anymore =(

yeah I had to get used to that. and I had to calibrate more than I had anticipated

love the art style, paint effects and character design

I just hate that when you use Gyro controls you can't use the stick for up/down any more.

Its even more fun than I thought it would be

This test thing made me so hyped can't wait for this game to come out!!

rjejr said:

Wow, younger son is a natural, might be better than me. 66 - 10.

After having spent this whole round as a sniper I have to say it's not as bad as it seems at first.Roller is just easier.

Just got in phew

HeroLink98 said:

ill come back for more tonight aswell.

Last game

can't wait to play a few more times tonight

FireEmblem said:

One last time!

Marioluigi7654 said:

One more time!!!

HeroLink98 said:

this game is really fun

awesome I forgot about the gamepad mini games haha

it feels a bit empty

rjejr said:

My son just beat 1st level in the squid jump game, vrry excited.

yeah I still want friends only voice chat..I kinda miss not being able to give and receive orders

Finntendo said:

One more time!

Nintendo should do more new stuff like this screw mario and co

gspro15198 said:

I wonder if Nintendo will bring voice chat as a paid for addon. that way it'll prevent children using it.

overall: damn fun game. like..I want it asap

Probably my second to last starting

@ohhaime noted!

grenades are awesome (not IRL of course)

Pro tip:When encountering a roller as a sniper throw a grenade at your feet

can't wait to play single player first..to get used to all the guns and stuff. such a shame the tutorial only had the normal gun

yeah rollers are definitely needed in each team

rjejr said:

2 roller teams seem to always do well

Finntendo said:

here 22-23 (GMT +2)

EU time I mean

um 21:00-22:00 or something

Finntendo said:

08-09 UK time

I don't like the amount of calibrating needed

gspro15198 said:

when is the next global testfire?

>_> I fell of the map a few times haha

same here. but 5wins and 3 losses

I've been consistently first or second on my team every victory

glad I won some matches. means I'm not the worst at this game

the controls do need some work i think.

I love using the roller so satisfying

Marioluigi7654 said:

Very satisfying to take out a roller with a splattershot while you're face-to-face

how does someone get 0p

I do love the game though. so much fun!

probably yeah

RikuKH said:

you just need to get used to them

RikuKH said:

so precise and fast

not with my hands

RikuKH said:

the controls are absolutely perfect

and the controls could be better..I tried motion and non-motion controls and both still feel a bit off

Finntendo said:

because when I look at it, I just run off the bridge or something

yeah I dont like looking down

Finntendo said:

I am annoyed that map is in gamepad

@rjejr haha it aint halo

rjejr said:

Man jumping gets you killed so often.

Damn so jealous of you

Marioluigi7654 said:

Whole team of snipers, huh. Wow =p

FireEmblem said:

so awesome

I'll try to restart my console.

Greece. Never had an issues with online until the 2nd testfire event started.

Sir_Deadly said:

twas fun, see u guys later!

RikuKH said:

Chargers also let you mover around really fast once you get the timing down to shoot a line a ink the swim.

RikuKH said:

oh, and we lost.........

shani said:

@teoulas: Just tried it out on my Wii U and I can access the eshop (Germany). Which country do you play in?

RikuKH said:

7/0 - other got max 2 kills

Marioluigi7654 said:

Well my team just won 84.9 to 7.8. Dunno what happened there!

rjejr said:

outside level is so much better but it should be 4 minutes

Yes, nothing works. No e-shop, not even the browser

I wonder whether it's the huge load or my Wii U died :\

shani said:

Oh ok. So you saying the Nintendo servers are down alltogether?

When signing in to Nintendo network

@shani, I tried, no I can't even start the demo. It says network services unavailable

rjejr said:

I was always 1dt on my team w/ Jr last night but my team lost every time.

shani said:

@teoulas: Try restarting the console

I love the Splattershot (non-Jr)

I find I enjoy the jr the most but have to work so much harder too win with it.

Is it me or anyone else can't connect to anything on their Wii Us?

RikuKH said:

and yup, like I said, camping with the chargers is useless..

RikuKH said:

the other team must hate this game now.... hopefully not...

Marioluigi7654 said:

Yeah chargers are mega tough to use. Tried it once... failed miserably

RikuKH said:

76% - 13% win.........

A bust right at the cross hair as soon as the shots released

Sir_Deadly said:

i must say, Roller are a little overpowered and sniper class isnt that great

Marioluigi7654 said:

Doing fairly well with the Jr., haha

But I just relized it has a hitscan shot

Yeah, true

Iv'e been thying to get kills with the paint

Marioluigi7654 said:

Ahh, yes, I think the key to taking on rollers really is to get on top of something and shoot. They can't get you up there

Why?

I just figured out why the Charger is the best

I just do coverage

Just spraying paint all over!

I feel like snipers are only good if you can communicate where bottlenecks should be made

ThomasBW84 said:

Yeah, both matter, but too many obsess over kills

Alot of snipers focus too much on killing

RikuKH said:

but coverage = boring.... I'm doing both, though

OorWullie said:

Wait back in now after 10 minutes.

OorWullie said:

Well that was fun while it lasted,cant get in at all now.Just getting error code 106-0502.

Finntendo said:

oh, someone was camping near our spwaningspot

Fun weapons aren't balanced though

It's really fun.

I love this game.

gspro15198 said:

to those playing. what is the game like?

Nik-Davies said:

Eurgh. Just getting errors now.

liljmoore said:

I wonder where are the complaints about VC at?

gspro15198 said:

I just missed the live stream I hope they put it up online so I can watch it later.

rjejr said:

2 rollers and lost again 70 to 20. Skill 》 rollers

wow... pink team base rushed us

Nik-Davies said:

The charged shot is not for me

Finntendo said:

the minigame is bit addictive when waiting

I didn't think it was. These peopple were on my team too -_-

RikuKH said:

camping with the charger is not efficient at all..

shani said:

@ThomasBW84: Which stream are oyou talking about all the time? There is no working stream!

rjejr said:

man I wish I knew to Gamepad jump lsst night

@Marioluigi7654 I know right?

Every sniper I have seen was just shooting people and camping in certain areas

Marioluigi7654 said:

Also, people always forget about that north-west big area on the rig map, lol

true, which is why I have not wanted to try the charger. If it's anything like a sniper, you don't have time to wait for kills. IDK about it's ground coverage.

once you learn the key points of the maps the charger becomes viable.

Marioluigi7654 said:

Actually, the Splattershot jr feels more comfortable than the regular one for some reason

rjejr said:

Im too busy in the peanut gallery for the stream

ugh. i feel like with the long range shot, you need better comm

plus every one thinks they are the best so every one is using them.

Getting kills barely matters its all about the coverage

they just seem OP if you thing of the game as a regular shooter.

It's about balance.

Idk I was on a team with four rollers and we lost to splattershots and chargers

RikuKH said:

I've been splattering a lot of rollers though

No Rollers are op mate just playing for 30 mins makes it obvious

The Roller is OP for ground cover, as well.

RikuKH said:

nope, they're the best for both..

and the best thing for ground cover is the charger

Rollers are only op when it come to getting kills. But you need to remember that the game that the game is won on ground cover.

liljmoore said:

the charger is a nice weapon. got to get used to it

rjejr said:

Older son playing now, think he needs to stick to chess.

But has anyone tried the sniper thing?

It's good to see people trying to counter another weapon than just complaining about it and don't feel bad. It shoudln't matter what weapon you use. Only if you're comfortable with

Marioluigi7654 said:

I feel bad for using the roller lol. I'm so bad with the splattershot, though

Sir_Deadly said:

Riku is right though, rollers are only deadly from behind

Like it will miss you and smack right behind you

Actually with the roller, if you move forward too, you can have it hit behind you and you'll be safe.

Sir_Deadly said:

awww poor stream

RikuKH said:

splatter shot against roller: swim back -> shoot

RIP stream

And I'm going back to roller

Finntendo said:

The pefectionist in me is screamng to use roller

my sister did much better without the gyro and managaed to win at top of her team. I'mma try it next

liljmoore said:

I really don't want to stop playing

Marioluigi7654 said:

Tried no gyro. It's much worse lol

...rollers really are broken...

Nik-Davies said:

I'm finding the motion controls really difficult

lol at the stream

rjejr said:

Funny timing jazzer.

RikuKH said:

I kept getting killed by roller campers

rjejr said:

Oooh 3 rollers and yhe team self destructed, still need to know how to play.

Finntendo said:

waitin for playeers

If a team has 2 or more rollers they've won lol

Grumblevolcano said:

Rollers are too OP so I'm changing weapons

rjejr said:

Rollers are also almost never high score on a team so thry are TEAM OP but individually not good.

Marioluigi7654 said:

Finally won one tho!

Yeah, the Roller is easily countered with the splattershot

RikuKH said:

splatter shot* or whatever it's called

Marioluigi7654 said:

Ahh, splattershots are tough to use kinda =P

RikuKH said:

use splatter to counter it

THE STREAM IS WORKING

Rollers are absolutely ridiculous

liljmoore said:

I find that the rollers are easy to counter

Finntendo said:

I think the text on that non-working twitch should be "please understand"

Lyszea said:

i love this game

shani said:

Where can I watch the demo? Can't play it myself right now and the Twitch Stream doesn't work apparently.

rjejr said:

Rollers are WAY OP but oh so satisfying to kill

Marioluigi7654 said:

Well lost again, hah. Been taking out some rollers with the splatershot tho

haven't used the splattershot, might this this. Played all day yesterday with the roller.

We had two rollers other team none won 60% to 10% lol

liljmoore said:

this is so much fun

rjejr said:

Didnt realize splattershot was a shotgun thought it was dniper

Idk I use the roller a lot and still get wrecked if I happen to miss.

Roller so op

Team won, but I sucked the most. yay

stream not working still?

@Riku, if you mean resetting the camera, press Y in the postion you are comfortable in

rjejr said:

Watching my 10 yr old play this morning.

Marioluigi7654 said:

First game, lost!!

Won my first game

Saltspray RIg!

Finntendo said:

we so won

Joining another lobby.

wow... these controls will take getting used to

Anthonycsimpson said:

alright im in!

RikuKH said:

how do a calibrate the controls?

ok thanks

Try pushing the minus button (works in most games) to switch to gamepad

Starting first match

Finntendo said:

Yes...7 Japanese and me

I'm in!

Oh, I don't know, sorry...

does it work without tv... what i meant

Finntendo said:

connecting...eek!

@Mark - you can turn off the motion controls on the gamepad

Lyszea said:

i'm pivking colors

If it runs like this for the full game release, I'll play it too much

Nik-Davies said:

YAY. Lt's do this

does it work gamepad only?

Hoping it runs well

Rogue5 said:

It's on

Marioluigi7654 said:

in!!!

It's open!

Grumblevolcano said:

It's connecting!

Finntendo said:

My mii is Sande K (or that's you youll see, it's Kumiangsu normally)

SanderEvers said:

Looking at the opening screen of the demo right now. My body is ready

StitchScout said:

yea I could play last time. and I can't play the next game

You're on Tom lol

Folkloner said:

Folkloner

Finntendo said:

My body is ready (and my food is burning on stove)

I'm just Tom.

o rly?

Marioluigi7654 said:

Just Eric O_o

Mii name = Sami

Nik-Davies said:

I'm Nikasaurus.

ThomasBW84 said:

I'm ThomasW

Marioluigi7654 said:

I like gyro. 2 mins!!

The motion controls? I heard a lot of people complaining but I wasnt effected by it

What is everybody's Mii name? I'm hoping to get into a lobby with at least one of you guys.

Nik-Davies said:

I am a massive lightweight. I was at party last night as well.

Folkloner said:

Time to get splatted!

I'm going to be using gyro once again, because I love how responsive it is

GYro

I stayed up all night from my first round (11pm to 7am EST)

Lyszea said:

its my first time too

Grumblevolcano said:

Both

Nik, you lightweight. ;D

I woke up at 4a to play this for the first time

Anthonycsimpson said:

I missed the 4am game, cuz i fell asleep only to wake up 5 minutes after 5 ;_;

HeroLink98 said:

first time trying it out! pretty excited ;D.

Are you guys using twin stick or gyro?

Nik-Davies said:

This is my first time. I'm excited for the game, but waiting up until 4am? I just couldn't.

Marioluigi7654 said:

yup, my 2nd round.

I already played at EGX last year, so knew I liked it, but more at 4am was too hard to reist.

2nd time for me.

Grumblevolcano said:

Was well worth waking up at 3:30am!

@ThomasBW84 I am! The hype cannot be contained.

Nik-Davies said:

I've had lunch. Once it's done, I've only got 15 minutes to get ready for work.

5 minutes, here we go!

Hi Anthony!

I was playing earlier at 4am

Anthonycsimpson said:

Hi everyone!

I keep pressing ZL and ZR to see if it's up early.

StitchScout said:

6:53am here folks

First time playing in months lets see if I remember

Marioluigi7654 said:

Well I don't eat lunch at 6 AM =p

Who needs lunch, eh?

I'm surprised we can't play on Urchin Underpass. That was the E3 stage, the one with loads of promotion

Yeah, same here.

Lyszea said:

thomas i'm delaying lunch too lol

10 minutes

Polyaness said:

But it's boring when everyone uses them.

Finntendo said:

I started with Splattersho and then changed to Roller. I think people whine too much about the Roller, you just need to learn to play against them

Polyaness said:

SPLATTERSHOT JR. FTW

I'm going for the Splattershot once again.

Finntendo said:

Ohoh,, maybe I can avoid work (it's soon 2pm) and play another hour. For the evening I am here for sure.

I was awake at 5, went back to sleep, woke up about an hour ago. Ready to give it another go!

ThomasBW84 said:

Inkling, you machine!

@ThomasBW84 We meet again

I can't wait to play it again.

Hello everybody!

RainbowGazelle said:

Yay!

Lyszea said:

I can't wait!! =D