Splatoon was a pretty unique release when it first appeared on Wii U; it had all the hallmarks of a competitive online shooter but with one key difference – victory was about which team could colour most of the map, not how many people you 'splatted' out of the game.
Outside of an excellent sequel, we've not seen this concept exploited by many other games – until now, that is. Pooplers takes the notion of colouring in the map to win but adds an unexpected twist – the protagonists are babies and the coloured trails they leave in their wake are made from... well, poop.
Up to four players can compete in this game of poop-related domination, with power-ups helping them cover more of the arena. To mix things up a little, a dutiful mother patrols the map and will place your baby in its cot if she catches up with you – which gives you less time to colour in the map and claim victory.
The game offers a free-for-all mode as well as team-based games and will set you back $8.99 when it launches on March 20th. Will you be picking this over Animal Crossing: New Horizons? Let us know with a comment.
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Do these shovelware companies pay you to promote their obviously garbage games?
"The game will set you back $8.99 when it launches on March 20th. Will you be picking this over Animal Crossing: New Horizons?"
Eeeew.... 😣
Disgusting yet hilarious. 😅
The first Splat Fest theme will be Huggies vs. Pampers.
I seriously worry the eShop is becoming the new Steam. I used to look forward to scrolling through the latest games and deals every thursday, now I partially dread it or give up half way through after having to wade through all the stuff pooped out (LOL ironically relevant) by some people. Honestly, are these games created by software sweatshops or something?
Frankly, I’m reaching the point I’d welcome quality control gatekeeping.
Looks incredibly sh*tty. Those mothers are horrible. They shouldn’t put those babies in their cors. They should go to the hospital if they sh*t, blue, green, red or yellew...
Available only on the Nintendo steamShop!
@FX102A eShop/WiiWare have always been almost full of shovelware. Nothing new here.
Quit your moaning all, so what if its on the eshop, more options the better for people, no matter the quality, as i bet there be a few who enjoy this.
About time we get a good GOTY contender
well the game knows how to stick out thats for sure
This is a game that is in seriously bad taste. Yeah, I love toilet humor, but it still takes some brain cells to have Ren and Stimpy or Beavis and Butt-Head, and this comes off more like a rip-off and unappealing.
Even hocking loogies on people in Beavis and Butt-Head: Virtual Stupidity had a point. The Great Mighty Poo from Conker had a point.
This is just...lame.
Day 0 purchase!
@sikthvash
Day 2 purchase
why on earth are you even giving this the time of day? A game like Hell Is Other Demons got f*ck all from you and yet you promote this?
Jesus, this thing needs to die.
I liked the concept, but then I watched the video - art design is choppy and uninspired. :/
What was the name of that mediocre racer that als had you paint the floors?
Oh hell yeah, this looks exactly like the kind of game i would hate purely based on it thinking that pooping is hilarious.
It doesn't look completely uninteresting though, i'd like to give it a try. Kind of unfortunate that the trailer didn't convey what the goal of the game actually is.
Will there be an option to toggle trail colour to different shades of green and brown?
5-7 year old demographic with mommy's credit card, rejoice!
It would definitely make more sense if the babies were just trying to make a mess with paint or something. I know, willing suspension of disbelief and all that but poop just doesn't work like that.
@sikthvash Day -1 Purchase.
Like, geez, why would someone think of this?
I'm starting to think some people just shouldn't be allowed to make video games.
This genuinely looks more interesting to me than Animal Crossing.
Umm no. This sounds gross.
Interesting idea. Slow moving babies doesn't look fun to me. I get too much uncanny-valley vibe from the babies, too.
Looks like the interior of my quarantined cruise ship.
@sketchturner Sorry. Say that again
Feels bad man
Hmmm... tough question. Would I rather play a beloved game where I will more than likely spend 100s, possibly 1000s of hours developing my own space... interacting with not only cute animal friends but also online human friends OR would I rather play a game about $h1t (poop)? NL... do you enjoy insulting us?
It's like the pogo paint from Crash bash but a 1000× more stupid.
It looks alright but I feel like something like this needs online multiplayer.
admittedly it's interesting as a piece of news. But as a game....it looks like it's geared towards very young gamers. The pacing is looks very slow.
I'm glad that my son didn't leave giant trails of poop everywhere he crawled when he was a baby. If I was that mother I'd be especially worried about the baby leaving a red trail. Also, the diapers those babies are wearing seem incredibly ineffective.
This has to be paid advertising.
Why would anyone cover this?!?!
Damien’s parents must be wondering why their son is writing this instead of that movie script he told them he was working on and that’s why they should pay for his college....
Oh man, what garbage!!
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