Splatoon's Hammerhead Bridge Map Opens For Business Tomorrow

Is there a better third person shooter than Splatoon?

I can't think of one.

Edit: I had an awful lot of fun, for a long time, playing gears 3 team death match split-screen online with my brother. There's just something really special about the mechanics in splatoon. I genuinely don't think there's a better third person online shooter.

@AlexOlney I know!! ☺️! I'm starting to get excited by the thought of that already. You guys should do a feature on what we/you would love to see in the next splatoon, but perhaps I'm jumping the gun a bit; still so much life left in this one, particularly with all the extra content.

There are certainly more stable online shooters that don't penalise you for connection errors you have no control over.

Awesome! I was refusing to buy this game, but I got it in an offer when I bought Super Mario Maker, and Splatoon is really good, I can't stop playing it. Much much better than I expected, and now with these new things, it's getting better and better. Just love this game.

@Plateface but they suck as games

@Plateface
If they don't penalize connection errors, there will be a lot of "intended" connection errors on high ranked matches which isn't fun

Awesome! I wonder if this'll be featured in this weekend's Splatfest?

Great stuff, that looks superb. Bridge levels usually end up being great in games

@RainbowGazelle in previous Splatfests , the newest level always made the rotation so I'm assuming this weekend will be no different.

@luke88 I had this discussion with my Xbox owning mate on Whatsapp the other week.He laughed when I said Splatoon must be one of the most fun and original shooters ever,he said the Gears of War games are the best shooters ever and if Splatoon was on Xbox it would just be a run of the mill game like Garden Warfare.I've never played either myself just like he's never played Splatoon but I'll see if I can change his mind when I'm back visiting for Xmas.

This map looks awesome! Can't wait to give it a shot tomorrow!

It doesn't seem too roller-friendly, but I'm excited to give it a spin regardless.

All right. It's time for me to put down the Mario Maker and switch back to Splatoon.

Not fair, Nintendo! I've been caught up in making my unfinished epic bowser stage. Just when I thought it was time to give Splatoon a well deserved rest - I'm reeled right back to it.

Yesterday I thought I'd take a break until the next content drop. Guess that break will end tonight.

Great news!

Yay, another stage! I haven't played this game in about a week, but I'll be sure to play and try out the new stage tonight! This should refresh my skills and get me ready for splatfest this weekend; go team science!

Nice, I'm going to try them out live on twitch xD

Bring more and more, Splatoon!

@OorWullie I used to play all the GOW games on Xbox. Splatoon and Gears are too different to be compared. However, I like better Splatoon. I play it online a lot more, but the "story mode" is a lot better in Gears, of course.

I had hundred of hours invested on those games, but it got boring after a while. Not here. The only bad thing is the connection issue.

This will be a nice welcome back after a 2 week break from Splatoon. I just hope my skills aren't to rusty that I can't adapt to the new stage, even more so the people who got better at the game.

this will not be welcome right befor splat fest! that is unless its available during splatfest in which case it might be chaos!

If I wasn't fresh outta hospital and incapable of sitting upright for more than 20 minutes (which I'd have to for proper aiming), I could get right back into Splatoon. But hey, exploring a new map in Recon is fun, as well!

SPLATOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!

@Splatburst True, but Smash can differentiate between actual connection errors and self disconnects so I fail to see why they can't implement something similar.

Stage looks interesting
Hopefully they will add in 3 maps for each rotation since there are quite a bit of maps now

I keep coming back to Splatoon because of the updates. It's a clever idea really as people are a lot less likely to trade in.

Cool cool. 😎 So much free stuff in this game!

@OorWullie I do have a lot of love for gears. I've always played it loads with my brother on his Xbox. He's never owned Nintendo consoles but when he played splatoon on my Wii u he was very impressed indeed. I couldn't actually get him to say it was more fun than gears, though ☺️. Hope your friend likes it, at the very least I hope he admits that this garden warfare comparison of his is sacrilege.

WHAT?! That's awesome! I was sure after the 12th map, there would be no additional maps. Well guess again. The supply chain never ends!

@Plateface What exactly are "connection errors you have no control over"? In my opinion, every connection error is caused on the player's side. So you have limited control over it (meaning: the internet provider you choose), but of course you can't control the fluctuation of your internet connection (that's where you should blame your internet provider).
In all these months I had exactly two disconnects in Splatoon. And I already got over 100 hours of playtime. Just to compare: A friend of mine has a really bad internet connection (o2) and he get disconnected all the time.
So I don't think the game is to blame. But what one can really complain about: The game shouldn't punish you by -8 (ranked) points when you get disconnected. That's what really bugged me those two times it happened, not the disconnect itself (just jump into the next battle).
Anyway, I didn't experience less disconnects with any other game.

@abbyhitter @Blastcorp64 Hehe yeah, Splatoon is so good that even Mario Maker can't push it out of the competition. This sentiment seems to be shared by many people. Funny anecdote: On Friday night I when I was in Splatoon I posted this: https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYQHAAABAAAtVHhnoZnF6A
I got an astonishing number of 136 Yeahs for this, usually I only get 3-5 Yeahs. So many people seem to feel that way. ^^

@Plateface I've never really experienced many problems. I've had it since launch day, played it most days, and could probably count the number of times I've experienced issues on one hand. Obviously I can see how that would suck for those who are not so lucky.

I too have had good luck with connection issues. Actually I've yet to experience lag. I have had a few battles and people have dropped out.

Anyways, the new map looks cool but looks cosmetically similar to what's already available. I'm hoping for something completely different in the future.

Amazing game...map looks crazy good...love me some Splat👀n! Thank you Nintendo.

Looks like a nice continued evolution from Walleye Warehouse to Port Mackerel to this.

Mets are off tonight, time to get back to playing after "Meet the teacher" night.

Do those bridge pics bring back memories of Enslaved to anyone?

@Plateface talk to your ISP. I had a ton of problems after the update, disconnecting all the time. Netflix and such were fine it was just Splatoon. I spoke to Sky (my ISP) and they found the issue was further down the line and sorted it in a couple of days. I've not had a single disconnect or lag since and my download speed has doubled (I assumed it was just my area!).

As for the penalties, that's to stop people quitting just before defeat to avoid the penatly. It's fairly standard practice in online games that punish you for loosing or mark your record etc. The game has no idea if you've quit because your connection flaked out or you unplugged the router, how would it? If they didn't do this ranked battles would be full of people quitting last minute.

Wii U is the winner!!

@AlexOlney @AlexOlney Sequelitis, though.

@OorWullie
I've played Gears. I've played Splatoon.

Splatoon is better.

Not to discredit Gears. In fact I love Gears Ultimate. It was my first but it's definitely a top tier game, so your friend isn't lying when he's telling you how good it is. But he IS being ignorant to the fact Splatoon is not only just as good, it's even better.

And tell him Plants vs Zombies is NOT run of the mill. In fact it's a really, really fun game in its own right. But it's nowhere NEAR as good as Splatoon. People always judge books by their covers. You won't be able to convince him without letting him play the game for himself. Or watching you play. Then he'll realize his ignorance.

Just got finished playing a bunch of Turf War on this map and it is great! Probably going to be one of my favorites in the game. With all the levels, multiple paths, etc. it's a blast.

Another new map? This is the game that keeps on giving.

How can I convince my friend that this game is better than Call of Duty Black Ops II?