Team Donnie Takes The Win In Splatoon 2's First Splatfest Tournament

I could have sworn Donnie had the more popular vote with all the Donnie v. Donnie matches I had. Congrats all!

Donnie is the best, but this iteration of the turtles is awful.

God the artstyle of the new TMNT will always disgust me. To think they went from the amazing 2012 TMNT series to this crap. What was Nickalodean thinking?

I was pretty happy with the victory of Team Donnie. I usually screenshot the results of votes, solo and team percentage and finally, the final score. After seeing the results I decided to order a 14 inch margarita pizza all to myself. Well done to both sides.

@RusevDay Best version is the original

@Fuz completly agree

I'll say it again: The new artstyle looks awful. Even worse then Michael Bay Turtles! I give it a chance, but it really looks terrible.

@Fuz
The turtles usually go by thier abbreviated names in the comics, it’s not new.

@BensonUii Same here. I have been a fan of most iterations of TMNT throughout the years. A few fell short such as the CGI one in 2007 and Next Mutation are probably the least enjoyable for me.

The new style is refreshing and I always enjoy it when well-known properties take risks. (Yes even Thundercats looks like a ton of fun) The 2012 TMNT series was a big risk and shift in style but still came out incredible & It will also likely hold up better than the 89 series in the long run. As much fun as it was the 89 turtles were it just is hard to watch these days.

The thing most young adults and older forget is these series are designed for kids overall. If we enjoy them, that's cool too, but they are designed to capture the imaginaton (and wallets) of children, not us old folks.

Also #Teamdonnie all the way.

Didn't take part - which is probably just for the best, as I might have hurt Don's chances if I'd actually been playing for him. Donatello all the way!

Absolutely, these look like New Adventures of He-Man 😳

Lol, I finally got on a winning team. Better late than never!

This makes up for me losing both the previous rounds! I don't hate any of the turtles, but my order's always been Leo > Mikey > Donnie > Raph. I just kept going down my list. At least I properly avenged Leo. #CongratsTeamDonnie

@masterLEON nah just think about how many had vs what heard my friends were going through

Gg guys, glad nintendo and tmnt crossed like this. Though anyone else who didn't like this sf, i don't care for your opinion! lol

Good! I wasn't able to participate for the final round, but I'm glad Donnie came out on top.

@Bunkerneath Agreed, the original's the best

@JohnVriess Yes, the 2012 TMNT was made for kids. With horrific agonizing mutations that showed every gruesome detail, the onscreen decapitation of several body parts including arms and heads, and a post-apocalyptic ending that showed that the world never got better and it only got worse. And thats just a taste of the 2012 TMNT content. So if a kids show like 2012 TMNT could have such mature content on it. Then the new TMNT has no, "Its just a kids show" excuse. Since both shows were made for kids, yet 2012 ended up an amazing tribute to the series. While this just seems like pure garbage.

For some reason, I got none of my Sea Snails for any of the Splatfests. Anyone else have this problem?

@patbacknitro18 Seriously? All that has been shown is a teaser trailer. We have no idea what the content will be like, but considering the talent working on it I hope it will be good. I like the designs so far, so I am willing to give it a shot.

And yes the 2012 series was designed for kids. Kids shows can have mature themes.

I think you just are hating on a show you haven't even given a chance yet.

@JohnVriess We have gotten the full trailer showcasing character personalities and what to expect from the show. Leo looks like the new Comedy Relief character. Donnie looks like a moron despite being the tech guy. April looks like a Mary Sue character who is far more competent at fighting than the highly trained mutated freaks of nature. And Mikey has shown no personality whatsoever. Mikey gave us no impression from the trailer, and that is not something you want to say about a version of Mikey. Raph seems like the only good character from the trailer and making him the leader is a nice twist. But despite him, the rest of the characters are serious downgrades.

@JohnVriess Also exactly, the 2012 TMNT had a ton of mature themes and some very dark moments. So the new TMNT does not get the, "It's a kid show" excuse when the 2012 TMNT got away with so much. And yes I am hating on it because it looks like a horrific downgrade from the 2012 TMNT. The artstyle is horrible, the character changes are terrible. And it has shown much more to hate about it than it has for reasons to give it a chance.

@MH4 did you actually participate — as in pick a side and battle at least once? If not (like my Salmon Run only sub account), no rewards.
Also obviously, you need to get online to receive it any time between now and before the next splatfest announcement, as rewards will get discarded by then.

@HADAA Typically, I vote for my side and only battle if I am able to. I usually get the minimum number snails. (Pretty sure anyways.)

I only voted in the first two Splatfests, and only battled in the first one. However, all three times, Marina and Pearl refused to report the Splatfest results to me. All three times, I logged in the day after it ended. I don't know what happened.

It's worth noting that after the Raph v. Leo splatfest, I logged in late at night. It said the results were being tallied. But I checked again in the morning and the results were never reported to me.

@BensonUii I'm not in love with the new art style, but I am digging it nonetheless! I have no major qualms about it. I think I said this in another thread, but I'm willing to bet it looks quite better in motion than it does in stills.

Raph won the popular vote so...

@jswhitfield8,

Is there a new, new Thundercats? Because the anime series was awesome. A true shame that it got cancelled after just 2 seasons!

Update: Yup, there's a new Thundercats planned for 2019. Upcoming Turtles and this: They both look terrible!

I don't get why they all make those "spoofs" all of a sudden. There's Teen Titans Go, Thundercats Roar, that Attack on Titan spin-off, and I believe they are going the same route with Astroboy. Everyone seems to hate it, but somewhere there has to be a audience. Otherwise they wouldn't make them.

Team Donnie for the win. It’s funny when you think you been losing more times than winning (especially my 7 losing streak), only to check your Nintendo app and find out that you won 19/37 matches (51.35%). Even funnier when it’s almost the same results as the overall Splatfest.

On a side note, I like the art style/direction of the new Ninja Turtles. It gives them more character compared to pre-2012 (movies and series) “identical” quadruplets. Not saying that as a bad thing, just a change of pace.