Update:
Nintendo of Europe has published a tweet confirming the roll-out of this weapon to the region:
Original Article:
Splatoon was perceivably slightly light on content at launch, but Nintendo's strategy for steadily rolling out additions continues at some pace. This week has already brought us Ranked Battles, the Port Mackerel map and the N-Zap '85 weapon, but we have another weapon to grace the game that's coming very soon.
This time around it's the Inkbrush, which is a twist on the standard roller; it also featured in a fair amount of pre-launch marketing, too. The official Japanese Twitter account has confirmed that it's arriving at 11am Japanese time on 6th June. That's the exact same time as the previous content update - so there's a pattern - meaning that we can reasonably expect it in North America today at 7pm Pacific / 10pm Eastern, while it's the early hours of 6th June (3am UK / 4am CET) in Europe.
Are you excited about giving this weapon a try?
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I can't wait to try it out.
Here's hoping they announce a map will come with it.
Give it to me. I am using a roller in turf...
This is really annoying, they should change the release time, 3am is essentially the single worst hour you could ask for...
Now my enemies will truly become my canvas.
I think I'm going to paint the town red, pink, blue, green, yellow. Can't wait.
Bubbler or bust.
Looks cool, but probably not for me. I prefer to shoot my enemies/turf in the face
@EverythingAmiibo You don't have to play it as soon as it comes out just get to it when you can It's not going anywhere
Apparently the sprinkler and inkstrike are its sub weapon & special weapon.
@EverythingAmiibo It's a worldwide release, it's going to be inconvenient for someone.
The release happens around midday in Japan, which is their biggest audience, and it also happens in the evening for America, so that's probably why they chose then to update.
I don't know how it would work, but this one would be cool with motion plus instead of the pad
@majinx07 Nice - one of my favourinte sup & supers.
Awesome! Honestly, Splatoon is the best Wii U game I've played since Mario Kart 8! It didn't fail to disappoint me, unlike smash Which was still a good game of course, but in my opinion didn't reach the heights of its predecessors.
Gonna be my favorite weapon right here.
I'm shocked that it's been a week since launch and Nintendo haven't announced any official sales yet. With Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros they were quick to announce both pre orders and weekend sales.
So how do we get it - amiibo, level 21, single player?
I'm level 14 and I still don't see anywhere in the store to buy 1 of those OP sprayers. (Even my kid, not reading any comments anywhere, calls it OP.)
Anybody know how or where I can get one of those so you can all hate me too? (I'm ok w/ a link if it's complicated.)
@EverythingAmiibo Sure they can change it to never lol. It's all about home land really and the west coast for NA that seems to matter the most.
I get an internet connection lost message on every match for the last few days and I have fibre optic broadband. Please acknowledge and look into this nintendo life as I am livid I cant play one of my fave games
I'm not going to lie. I'm pretty jealous that my internet isn't fast enough to run this game. I'd love to be splatting it out online after work. Maybe someday.
@Jenraux @Spoony_Tech It's not that hard, take it to 8am JPN 3pm NA and 11pm UK. No one gets hurt xD
@EverythingAmiibo Depends if the Splatoon dev team are in at work at 8AM.
Either way, it would be midnight in Central Europe at that time, someone in the world gets screwed over no matter what you do.
So perfect!!!
@Jenraux Midnight is better than 4 AM!!! They could screw us over MUCH less at the cost of a little pride
I can't get enough of the game as it is and it's great knowing it's only going to get bigger and better.I expect we'll receive a new map at the beginning of next week and hopefully we'll have all 4 of those shown by the time E3 comes round with another new mode unlocked after the show.Going to play some Turf Wars right now.
Thanks to @reigh06 who apparently deleted his reply, guess he didn't want anybody else to know how to get those weapons.
@EverythingAmiibo Nintendo tries delivering to its biggest audience, aka Japan. The other times depend on the differences betweens Japan's time zones.
@Ayronom It made no. 2 in the UK, I bet it wont come near that in the US but yeah, it's Japan first for this one
Now I can get run over by rollers AND this.
Yes ive wanted weapon ages!
@Dpullam Have you bought the game yet? How fast is your internet? My reason for asking is that I've been enjoying Splatoon online and that's on a 1mb line over wifi. I've had less than a handful of disconections since launch day. Far less issues than what I saw other forum members report.
I want to see how it compares to the roller, my weapon of choice. I will most likely try it tomorrow if readily available. If not then @rjejr will have to share the secret
It doesn't seem to be as good as the regular roller since it's not as wide. It's not going to cover as much space. It looks like it will be the same width of ink as the ink trail in kraken form.
We have been wondering what happened to the brush. Now we know, and now we'll finally get to use it.
This is the weapon I've been waiting to try out and use. Looks like it'll be useful in regular battles, but hopefully in ranged battles as well.
I didn't even realise that this wasn't on the game yet, I still have plenty of weapons to unlock. It looks like a fun weapon, it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the roller.
I don't get how this content is "released". It just seems like they unlock it since no update is required to actually receive the new weapons. If this is the case then Nintendo is purposely withholding content for some reason. Kind of odd, really if this is the case.
@rjejr Hahah, nah, i just wasn't sure if people wanted to find that information out for themselves or not; some people like the occassional surprise ya know?
@reigh06 - OK got it. And yes I know all about spoilers. I've stopped using guides since the BIG SCENE* in FF7 got ruined for me while I was looking up out how to beat an earlier boss.
*I still won't type it 18 years later though everybody on the planet knows what it is.
I was actually concerned that the weapons may change in the shop like the clothes do, and since I only buy splattershot variants, not rollers or charged weapons - I test them all but won't buy anything I can't just hold the button down - that maybe the shop decided I didnt want any of those aerosprayers and took them away. I am the point where I was considering making a new NNID and starting the game over just to see if I purchased different weapons what would happen. Now I'll just play single player some more, so thanks again.
Awww snap! And I don't even play rollers!
@Zach777 Yeah they're rolling out content gradually. I think this is to keep the game fresh and interesting for as long as possible. Seems like a good idea to keep as many players online as they can.
I would guess if everything was there on day 1 many players would have burned through every bit of content by now and be starting to drop away.
More stuff = good news!!
I'm warming to the game now......I was bitter I couldn't finish a match as my internet is terrible and that the local multiplayer sucked. I stayed up before my day off work and played it from 1am-4am to FINALLY get a taste!! Great experience online and now I have a fresh perspective I love the game. Shame I'll only get 2-5 hours a week in =(
Sweet! I'm liking this drip feed content approach. Helps to keep the game "fresh".
@rjejr No problem, I just feel sorry for your future victims; but i guess they know what they've signed up for when the jump into a lobby.
Guess I'll be getting an ink brush when I get off work 😝 so addicted to Splatoon!!!!!!!
Aww heck yes! Though i was expecting the Bowser Jr paintbrush...
@rjejr Unless you've been living under a rock, the "big scene" from FF7 is pretty much common knowledge in the gaming world. It's up there with "Luke I'm your Father" and "Rosebud" in movies.
@reigh06 - "I just feel sorry for your future victims"
Considering how badly I've been beat upon in ranked battles, i think more of this as simply self defense, not gaining an advantage on anyone. I won't use it in turf war. Well unless I have to.
@whodatninja - "FF7 is pretty much common knowledge"
My kids are 10 and 12 and I'm not sure they know yet. I'm not letting them play it until there's a 4k remake on PS5.
@sinalefa I'm fairly certain they're just talking about the Aerospray RG. It's really not much of a secret, I see a lot of high level players using it, and they usually get a lot of points and kills in turf wars while using it. I still prefer rollers, personally.
Can't wait to try the inkbrush!
I'm not sure how effective it will be, but looks like a ton of fun to use XD
Apparently, the paintbrush is named "Pablo". Translation of the tweet vis Google Translate:
"June 6 11:00 tomorrow, new weapon "Pablo" is added. Weapon shaped like a brush, power is fast weak proceeds coating speed. And sneak your opponent's blind spot, it will Abiseyo the ink in the barrage. Sub "sprinkler", Special's "Tornado"."
It's all about dat sub and special! There are worse combos than sprinkler and inkstrike, so this may be worth a shot.
I love the rollers, so I'm definitely gonna try it out. It looks like it doesn't cover as wide an area but it does look Alot faster than the rollers.
So does this now make the plaza Pallet town? O.o
I hope it trades off the breadth with ink efficiency. Running dry kinda sneaks up on you with rollers.
@twistedbee Love your profile picture!
Well, tomorrow will be remembered as brush-day.
@majinx07 why oh why can't you mix and match special/main/subweapons?
@NinjaWaddleDee it would have if they included something like the story in the last one but that chance got ruined because of youtube.
Nice.
Can't wait!!!^^
@Yorumi The original splat jr is better than the aerospray imo if you can get the system of firing and swimming quickly down pat. I score roughly 100-200 more with it a game but maybe everyone has different styles
This thing looks fun to use! Might stop me using the Aerospray for a while
@EverythingAmiibo I don't understand your complaint. You can download it whenever you want, it just releases at that time. If you REALLY want it as soon as it releases even though you're probably not going to use it yet I guess that's a legit problem for you, but I'm lucky enough not to have it.
@ghostjoshu Aerospray is pretty legit though. My bro got 1775 one game, and would have gotten more if he'd noticed the Inkstrike in the last seconds. I've been using the Hero Shot(just a Splattershot) to good effect in ranked though.
@wisdomsprince They want to balance everything so you cant have the best main/sub/special
since its faster than the traditional roller i wonder if its amore useful for an early rush.
@Yorumi aerpsprays have nothing on my .52 gal.
I always throw up my splash wall and fire away. I frequently get highest kills and points
Highest I've gotten is in the 1300's. Though I've yet to see the enemy get that high with the aerpsprays. Especially not when I'm playing against them.
I could probably site higher if I focused on covering ground but I usually focus on defending a large area for the team so my scores are usually lower .
@Yorumi I've never seen it charging that fast in any of my games, our causing that much havoc. I'll agree that it does more damage per second than like, everything else, but those scores absurdly high.
Though it could be that I'm killing them so much that they can't use their special as often. I find that aerospray users are the easiest to kill since they like to stay in one spot and fire at me... While in behind my splash wall.
Personally, ink rollers annoy me more. If I'm not careful they'll attack me before I deploy my splash wall and then I'm dead.
@Yorumi okay, just tested the weapon out in that testing area you get.
I think your numbers are off, it doesn't charge in 15 seconds, I managed to do it in like, 12. I was able to take out all of the targets after you climb up the ramp (including the purple guys) in one full tank. That's nuts.
This aerospray is scary, I'm so glad the people I've met who use it are bad, this weapon is so ridiculous.
@Yorumi Just did a real game with it, this gun is waaaaaay too good.
I have an ability that shouted me where people are if I'm on my spawn point.I just return to spawn and inkstrike. I feel like such a jerk
@outburst it comes with the sprinkler and the inkstrike. no bubbler.
@Yorumi I'll just do my part by owning them as usual
@Fee I'm a Youtuber, so yeah, I have a valid reason to want game-play of it asap.
@whodatninja
I'm 32, owned most consoles, and have played and beaten probably around 1000 games and I don't know about this "big scene" Lol. I'm probably in the minority of course, but Final Fantasy is one of the few series I've never got around to playing and I can't bring myself to play a PSX era game that I have no nostalgia for. And I haven't heard anything about any big scene until just now. But I guess I don't want it spoiled in case they ever remake it and I actually play it.
@AlmightyDerek Well I envy you then, it's one of the most famous moments in gaming and I was most definitely spoiled by various articles and top 10s... But you should play FF7, remake or no. It's one of the best games of all time.
@Fee wow 1775 is awesome score.
My best is 1655 in regular and 3500 in ranked.
@GTWarrior77 Actually, mine is 1mb too. I tried playing the Splatoon Testfire and every match would disconnect after 30 seconds or less regardless of if it was wired or wireless. And I would say it was the fact that the testfire was practically a beta, but the same thing happens in Mario Kart 8. Can't play hardly any Nintendo published games online besides Kid Icarus Uprising and Steel Diver Sub Wars. Yet, games like Splinter Cell Blacklist work just fine, and I have never had internet problems on my Xbox 360 ever.
@Kalmaro it has bad range tho and poor accuracy. I like N-zap '85 alot it has good range, good fire rate, good accuracy and ok damage.
Aerospray has bad range, exelent fire rate, bad accuracy and ok damage.
@Dpullam thats wierd i have same issue exept my nintendo devices and games work perfectly but xbox wount work at all.
@Miko08 that it does, but if they are near your splash wall and you just threw it, then it's almost a guaranteed kill since it knocks out players in 3 hits, which isn't hard to do if they are trying to run or just standing there like most the aerospray players I see.
They love just standing there and shooting at my wall for a few moments, which I'd all the time I need. The rest is just practice using the weapon. I was struggling just to get out of C rank with various weapons until I rediscovered my .52 gal and it's splash wall.
My wife's doing a nightshift tonight and I'm planning to have a game night til 4 a.m ish so I'll hopefully be claiming turf with the Inkbrush set just after 3
@EverythingAmiibo It's always 3am somewhere.
@Yorumi That is a possibility. The problem for me is that I don't have any clue what the problem is. I've tried everything except buying a new router, but I can't see how that would help if I am running a wired connection. It is just frustrating to not have the ability to play hardly any Wii U games developed by Nintendo online. Which instantly rules out me buying Splatoon.
This is exactly what I wanted!!! I was using guns instead of rollers but now I shall main this instead. if it doesn't work out I'll go back to one of my guns...
I got most of the weapons 1 though 10 bought sadly coz i didnt know there was a preview mode then XD.
After testing this out for a fair 5 min or more i instantly bought it, I fell in love with it!
@EverythingAmiibo That explains a lot. Please stop complaining about stuff that affects no one else as if it's a slap in the face. They don't need to release it at a time convenient for you, and we don't need your complaining about mess that affects .001% of the readers here.(and barely affects them at that) Sucks to be you bro, that's about all anyone can tell you. Are we supposed to even sympathize? Do you have data suggesting you'll get 50% less views if you upload 4/5 hours later? Look, I'll just be honest I don't friggin' care I'm just annoyed you posted that here. You're not that important.
"Ok guys we'll release our DLC as an automatic spotpass update."
"What time will we release it?"
"Oh, the usual time"
"But what about the Youtubers in Europe! They'll have to get up at 3:00 A:M if they want to release their videos first!"
"Oh darn you're right better move the time forward a few hours. Don't want to inconvenience them, that'd be awful."
@Fee Hahahaha! I litteraly audibly laughed, oh dear. I have proof that you are 100% butthurt xD thanks for a nice we chuckle to wake up to
I'm so glad that everyone jumped onto using that stupid brush so enthusiastically, right after it became available. Going up against a team of four all wielding it made for some really easy wins, since the Krak-On Splat Roller is infinitely superior.
The paint brush is fun once I figured out that it is complete opposite of the roller. First game I got slaughtered......2nd game I did very well once I started tapping the ZR button like I was playing an old school wrestling button masher
@Fee The weapon (and map) updates aren't downloads. They are available in game and unlocks from the server.
@EverythingAmiibo You were supposed to laugh. It was funny.
@jariw: OK.
@whodatninja - "Unless you've been living under a rock, the "big scene" from FF7 is pretty much common knowledge in the gaming world."
Looks like it's a good thing I held out on FF7 for my kids, and they still don't know.
http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2015/06/e3_2015_are_we_dreaming_final_fantasy_vii_remake_is_coming_to_ps4
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