Splatoon 2's First Splatfest To Take Place Before The Game Launches

SPLATOON 2 HYPE

I'd rather sleep, you know ...

Going to be allll over this.
The timing for the first splatfest could be better though.

Also, TEAM CAKE UNITE!

First? The early Splatfest was a big surprise! Does anybody else like Callie and Marie waaaaay better than these new comers? I'll have to get used to them...

Ice cream duh. Fight me IRL

I'm just curious: Team Cake or Team Ice Cream?
http://www.strawpoll.me/13369230

@invictus4000 Your not alone. I already miss Marie in the booth

I'm not much of a cake guy, but ice cream gives me stomach discomfort...

This'll be a tough choice.

Ice Cream is much better than cake. But I'll have to keep out of this fight and hope the correct team wins, since I'm still Switchless.

What's the demo called and how do I find it on eshop?

@Not_Soos My Stomach no longer likes ice cream so I do cake now.
@Korrin I think the demo is called "Splatoon 2"

Is the demo up yet? Can't find it in NA.

The timing is idiotic. Just do the whole weekend

Anybody know the UK times?

I'll miss the 'Stay Fresh' part that Callie and Marie used to do at the end of the news segment. The new one is a tad bit long (something about cooked and off the hook?), but I'd probably get used to it.

PS, Team Ice Cream 4 Lyfe!!!!

Who are these madmen, pitting cake and ice cream against each other? They clearly go together. If you want a real battle, should've been cake vs pie!

Marina is my new waifu

@G0dlike It's 6 pm to 10 pm here in Belgium (CEST) on saturday, so probably one hour earlier in UK

@Kalmaro Still not popping up.
@Shard1 I can't find it either

@Mad_Haus It's "Don't get cooked, stay off the hook!"

P.S. Ditto.

I don't see why they can't do the whole weekend, but hey, this is great. The more you offer it, the more people on the fence could be tempted. Join us... Join us...

Team Ice Cream for the win!

@LegendOfPokemon ditto. destroy the heathens who dare defend the chemicals of rising dough thru baking soda instead of yeast.

I just cancelled pre-order. no split-screen means this does not work for family fun. Shame my boys where looking forward to it

Nice! Thanks for that @DrkBndr

Marina is clearly an octoling so that's cool. Pearl has a really odd character design though - I think it's the fact that her eyes always look mean.

Cannot wait for this game. Team Cake FTW, even though I won't get to participate in the Splatfest. Stupid family obligations. LOL! I might be able to sneak in 1 or 2 rounds though if I tether my Switch to my iPhone's data.

@invictus4000 I'm somewhere in the middle. I don't like Pearl's design at all, but I'm a big fan of Marina. She's basically the squid (octopus?) version of Twintelle.

Pearl < Callie < Marie < Marina

@BarFooToo I must have missed that. yeah that sucks. My kids and I were watching the direct together and they are excited for the game. Now we can't play it together.

Go Team Ice Cream!

Switch owners get all the cool stuff.

I wonder if all topics will be worldwide for Splatfest from now on. If so, I'll miss all the jokes about what the next Euro Splatfest would be. Those were always my favorite.

I believe I participated, at least in part, in all but one Splatfest on the original game. This will be the first of many missed on the new one- no Switch for me.

Oh, and I choose pie.

Ugh, I love Splatoon 2 so much and I can't buy it for fifteen days. Oh, and Team Ice Cream all the way for me.

No splitscreen battles has really put me off this. The Wii U version was quite naff, but me and my friend could just about have fun with it, him on the gamepad and me on the TV. I was hoping this game would provide a proper splitscreen VS mode of some kind because the nuts and of bolts of Splatoon make it a really fun game. Such a shame, I really wanted this to be awesome :/

Team Ice Cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just sent in my Switch to be repaired a few days ago so I'll be missing it

Marina makes for a good waifu, but Pearl... ehhhhh.

Their personalities might change my perception of them though just like with Callie and Marie.

There's only one correct choice of team for this splatfest...

CAKE PLEASE!

Ah great, thought i might actually be able to try out this game for the first time, but no as it is starts at 5pm UK time, I have to pick up the wife from work, so cannot play it.

I still don't actually know the aim of the game.

Team Cake!
Team Pearl!

Disappointing that theres no mode like Battle Dojo from in the original. 2 vs 2 Turf Wars as an option would've been neat to play split screen multiplayer with...

Thank god for europe getting its own times! I'm assuming 6 PM CEST is the starting time so two hours of solid splatooning for me.

Team Cake FTW!!

understand splatfest has different theme per region, but can japanese/north america version of the game play europe splatfest? vice versa??

How could any sane person choose cake, especially when birthday cake ice cream exists. Team cake FTW!

Ice cream FTW

I hope this isn't indicative of how splatfests will be scheduled going forward. Four hours just isn't long enough to make sure everyone gets a chance to participate.

@Ralizah I'm pretty sure this is a souped up "testfire" for testing the servers, except 4 hours instead of 2 1 hour sessions. We all thought they'd have a pre-launch testfire....here it is...only it's more awesomer.

Ice Cream! Along with Marina, of course!

Well this time sucks for Australian's :')

I see a hidden squidward.

@NEStalgia Hopefully. Testfires are a bit more accessible, though, as they're more spaced out.

BTW #teamcake

@Ralizah Pretty sure it's only this demo Splatfest that lasts 4 hours. Which is understandable.
Also, Team Ice Cream or bust.

With no splitscreen multiplayer this entry will bomb. Children won't play online alone and I for sure as a parent won't buy a online multiplayer game with only online multiplayer and not splitscreen. You play these games to share the fun with your children.
But on the positive side, can save money for other games instead.
Mario Kart and ARMS are great alternatives.

I like Ice Cream Cake. My taste buds are torn.

Next upcoming multiplayer game I'm looking forward to with my daugther to play on Switch is FIFA.

I think they should have done cake vs pie. That's a more classic comparison.

@Ralizah I almost didn't recognize you with the new avatar, btw!

Yeah, but it's a good test as it's free, and Splatfests notoriously tore down the servers on Splatoon 1, so it's a good way to ensure maximum utilization all at once in that environment more than a regular testfire.

I can't decide, but I think I have to go with #teamcake as well.

@KirbyTheVampire
Yep, especially when you consider that ice cream cake is a thing.

But ice cream cake

Also does this give us sea snails for the full game?

Goatta' be ICE-CREAM!!!

And the stupid Splatfest themes continue. 🙄
I would've wished for more substantial themes this time around (or just for no Splatfests at all because they make ranked battles unavailable), but hey, at least we get a demo prior to the launch.

@Shard1 have u read the article? It clearly says demo goes live TOMORROW being 7th July

@BarFooToo Not cool, dad.

I would like to participate but I will be in Seattle for vacation. Oh well.

I really liked Splatoon 1, but I got a bit busy and when I got back to it everyone was at higher levels and had better gear, so I felt severely under-powered and stopped playing. So this would've allowed to see if I'll get back into Splatoon or not.

Cake wins simply because ice cream melts too quickly and makes a big mess...no wait, that means ice cream has more turf. Welp, I lost.

Well I'm Team Cupcake for Perfume so I guess I better represent all things cake for the splatfest.

TEAM ICE CREAM LET'S GO

team ice cream all the way! hope the aus times work out ok.

Nearly 75 comments and no one has said that Team Cake loses because the cake is a lie?

Anyway, I will be there. Digging the new interspecies Splatsune Miku act.

Demo is up in the US! I just got done messing around in the JP one. You can do a tutorial and stroll around the plaza, and even post drawings.

@Rika_Yoshitake So Pearl fans do exist

Cake or Ice Cream? In Japan is about music: Rock or Pop. Of course is Rock all the way.

I love me some ice cream so I guess I've already chosen.

Wait. Why are there people with higher levels than one and clothes in the plaza? Did I miss something??