Video: Splatoon 3's Inkopolis Side-By-Side Graphics Comparison (Switch & Wii U)

Is splatoon one single player mode included in this. I don’t understand the purpose of this?

Looks great! May buy the DLC soon.

@sixrings I think it is simply just a cosmetic thing to give you somewhere else to shop/walk around.

@sixrings

It's essentially a cosmetic change to the main lobby, with no functional changes. It might amuse those who played the first Splatoon, or indeed anyone who has ever paid for a digital hat. Cosmetic DLC is quite a business these days, even when it serves no mechanical purpose to a game that features it.

Perhaps a more optimistic way to look at it is that for anyone who wants to play the more substantial Story Mode expansion (Side Order) next year, can buy it now and have something to show for it! Otherwise there's no disadvantage to waiting until next year to pay for it, assuming you do want the second half.

Isn't this just pointless skin?

Did the mini games come back?

The quality of HDMI is amazing, it looks the same!

@Fizza Indeed, thats a decent angle on the price. I actually followed an affliate link from another post about this and got it for around the same cost as the Octo Expansion for the previous game, so for me the plaza felt essentially free!

Knowning what some people pay for a simple character skin in Fortnite, this is okay. You pay for the DLC and you get this and the story expansion next year.

It looks the same

I'm rather disappointed with this bit of DLC; I guess the real draw is the upcoming wave of single player content, but for bringing back Inkopolis, where the series began, it's all so... hollow.

Can't even put into words what it is I would have wanted instead, because it's such a non-issue, you know? The game has been out over six months now, and we have so very little to show for it. Since I haven't played in months, have we gotten any new stages yet since Flounder Heights was added?

I really dislike being so disappointed in a game that I was genuinely hyped for. Yucky feeling.

Some of the most bizarre dlc I've ever seen. I'm not sure what nintendo was thinking here.

This should have been included in the NSO Expansion Pack. No way is it worth the money when the Splatoon 2 story mode is on the NSOEP!

@hippoeater
They were thinking money $$$!! If u think about it only 13M Wii U’s were sold so this trip to Inkopolis will be new content for many. It is an odd DLC from them, they are usually pretty good with added value in their add on content. I’m sure Side Order will be worth the wait, and hopefully they can add more to the Inkopolis cosmetic makeover. Right now this expansion appears as a money grab

@Browny it's not that serious 🤡 start the game tomorrow after the new season has begun and guess what, you'll find out about all those changes.

its such a bizarre yet welcoming addition for both nostalgia, and preserving such an iconic location that not many people got to experience

for me this being paid isnt that big a deal to me when 2's dlc was priced similar and only had the new story, so i dont think this inkopolis skin inflated that price that much

So what I hear is Nintendo fans are ok with this because they believe the second part of the expansion will be worth it. Nintendo fans have lots of faith and justify Nintendos sales tactics meanwhile they throw stones at other companies practices. Absolutely crazy prepaying for dlc and having no idea what you’re getting.

@sixrings they knocked octo expansion out of the park so unless they suddenly drop the ball their 2nd expansion attempt ill hold out hope they know what their doing lol

I think it's a neat little piece of DLC, and I do wonder if this will tie into something doen the line since Splatoon 2's plaza seems to tie into the new story as well.

I guess we'll see.

I absolutely LOVED Splatoon 1, and I really liked Splatoon 2, but I can't get into Splatoon 3 for some reason? And this comparison doesn't make me want to spend money on the expansion. It makes me want to plug in my Wii U again.

@boxyguy maybe they did. There’s still zero reason to take a chance when these things are digital.

@Fizza you really prefer how spread out and how much dead space down alleys there are? i bought the expansion for side order but inkopolis is great everrything is there, if your walking instead of taking the fast port its so much faster to run from store to store... and i do realize that not many are gonna run to each store but sometimes ya just wanna change things up...

@sixrings them doing a great job in the last dlc IS the one reason to someone takes a chance on the next, but im speaking as someone who's already a core fan. completely fair to hold off and wait on reviews if youre not that invested to begin with

I just a little throwback thing. It would have been nice as a free bonus with NSO or with the new season, but it is what it is. Even though some work was done to it (rebaking the shadows, new trees, more posters and graffiti, remodeled shops and new shopkeeps, adding the rail station, etc.) the bulk of the DLC price is still the Side Order episode, I feel. And for those who never saw the Plaza, it’s a curio, for sure.

@sixrings Honestly no one should prepay for digital anything blindly. New IP’s, especially. (I’m also looking at you, Star Citizen) But here we’re already on the 3rd mainline game with one DLC campaign to base the new DLC’s expectations on. Since it’s already been announced that the story will revolve around Pearl and Marina’s current tour, and presumably their past (as far as I can gather from the trailer). We should probably expect the same format of stage progression set by all 3 Splatoon story modes and Octo Expansion as well. So we already have a good idea what to expect in the new DLC…more canon Splatoon lore and challenging stages. And that’s enough for me. (I also kinda needed the ability chunks for builds and game currency, but that’s besides the point). It’s not even about being a Nintendo fan, but just as fans of an IP in general. Look at all the Marvel, LotR, Harry Potter, SquareEnix, FromSoftware fans out there preordering and buying up every official thing from their fandoms. We’re just spending the money ahead of time because we know we’re getting more content, and we would have bought it anyway. For everyone else, absolutely wait for reviews and such. No one’s being forced to preorder or for FOMO. Also if this DLC was advertised as a spinoff or non-canon side story, then they can keep that because it’s unnecessary or at least wait for a sale. Alternatively, one could wait to watch someone’s playthrough or read a walkthrough or strategy guide before playing, I mean go ahead if you’re ‘that’ type of person, I’d rather play it myself.

Yep... it looks better.

I'm at work, so I have to wait to go back to Inkopolis. Can someone tell me if the game lets you start in Inkopolis on boot when you close the game in Inkopolis?

I bought it at the announcement. I'm cool with this skinning and love the nostalgia, but I wish it had some functionality (like adding the old arcade games). I was going to buy it for the single player update later anyway, so this isn't a huge deal to me, just a small bonus. Now if the new campaign is trash, I'll think I overpaid, but I can't imagine it being that bad.

@Browny the game has been out for 6 months and we have nothing to show for it. Can you elaborate because it’s a very see you next Tuesday way of describing a video game. You have the game to show for it.

@Immovablegamer6669
Put another way: for being a game with a heavy multiplayer focus, Nintendo has been glacially slow at updating the content in the game.

Examples: Splatoon 1 started with 5 stages, and six months after launch had 13 stages in rotation. Splatoon 2 started with 8 stages, and six months after launch had 15 stages.

Splatoon 3 started with 12 stages, and only now, six months later reached 16 stages.

That's 8 new stages in the first game, 7 new stages in the second game, and only 4 new stages in this game.

Again: for a game that is supposed to keep people playing, that's an anemic amount of content for six months of time. Even if you have someone who is only playing the game a few hours a week, a couple months in they'd have likely burned out of all the content it had to offer.

And one more for good measure: in six months, Splatoon had 7 splatfests. Splatoon 2 had 6 splatfests. Splatoon 3 had 5 splatfests. Just a trend of less content with each release, and as someone who genuinely enjoys the series, and has since its inception, it's a massive bummer.

So when I said "nothing to show for it", while hyperbolic, I hope now you understand where I was coming from.

I am not happy that Callie and Marie do not wave at you.

This is so pointless. It's maddening people get excited over this.

If I'm paying for something, I want actual substance. But the way this is folded into Nintendo's little pyramid DLC scheme means you cannot avoid it if you only want the second wave. Yuck.

@BoyfriendOfDeath Probably wasn't shown but they might still do it.