After the monumental success of the Splatoon franchise, many folks were quite rightly expecting some copycats to appear. Given the high accessibility of the games and their family-friendly nature, some – this writer included – even encouraged more of the same from other developers. But we’re not sure any of us were expecting this monstrosity. Pooplers is absolutely awful; an incomprehensible mess of a game that we can’t imagine will appeal to anyone other than youngsters who think flatulence is the funniest thing in the world.
You can play either via online multiplayer, or against AI bots. Either way, the aim of the game is the same – whichever baby covers the most ground with poop before the end of the match wins. It’s fairly straightforward, and there’s no deviation from this objective at all. You crawl around the environment at an incredible slow pace with the analogue stick, and expel your fluorescent waste by holding down A (or Y if using a single Joy-Con), effectively creating a trail of poop in your wake.
Random power ups appear throughout the course of matches, which grant you perks such as speed boosts and an explosive bomb of… y’know, gas. But there are also adults patrolling the area, and if you get too close to them, they’ll pick you up and chuck you back in your cot, costing you plenty of time while the other babies fart their way to victory. That’s really about it – the amount of poop you manage to lay on the ground is designated via percentages dotted around the corners of the screen, so you can easily see how you’re doing in comparison to everyone else. Of course, you can also crawl over your competitor’s poop and cover it with your own poop (and we can’t quite believe we’re writing these words).
Graphically, the game is very barebones, and looks like a game from the early 2000s. Nevertheless, it’s colourful enough, and runs just as well as you’d hope (although we did notice some instances of babies getting stuck in the environment). On the flip side, the sound design is quite simply an assault on your ears. There’s a constant – and we mean constant – flurry of fart noises throughout the duration of the matches. Let’s put it this way, Pooplers isn’t really a game you’d want to play in public.
We’re sure there are people out there that would get some enjoyment out of this game, but quite frankly, we’re struggling to believe that might be true. Its gameplay is sluggish, the graphics are poor, and the general premise is just baffling. It may be cheap, but we’d much sooner encourage everyone to save their pennies and go for the real deal instead. This game is a load of poop.
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Streamers are gonna have a ball with this game.
Still my personal GOTY.
It's rated Mature because one of the babies poops red.
not Popplers
"Tch, dernit." /scruffythejanitor
Baffling? More like hilarious. I'm down for this **** show 😉
Why even bother reviewing a game like this? Guess someone has to do it... Poor Ollie.
"... go for the real deal instead"
You mean REAL baby poop? 😲
I expected a florescent trail of brown streaks, in various shades.
Should dock it another point for lack of realism there.
😜
And ironically, the game is M-rated because of blood.
Rated M despite the age demographic of 6 year olds
@RupeeClock One of the babies seems to have blood in its stool.
Thanks for the mini review.
Not gonna lie, that first con has got me wanting this one pretty bad.
I could... vaguely see kids getting a (brown) blast out of this for stupid immature laughs, but— wait no they probably won’t, because it’s rated M! (MORONS)
Maybe it would make a better drinking game, but, in the end, it’s kind of just embarrassing for the entire human race.
In closing:
F-k this s-t
Note to whatever schmuck allowed this... thing... to go through: When we said we wanted more M-rated games, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE MEANT!
If babies pooped this much and all over the place, I would not have a baby.
This review is a load of sh*t!
@PBandSmelly Ain't that the truth. besides, all the six-years-olds who would be playing M-rated games on Switch are either enraptured by Fortnite BR, bnusy with one of Nintendo's first-party titles, or fruitlessly hoping for a Call of Duty port.
I must admit, I do enjoy a good poop! That's right I just took it to a weird place.
So the baby poop Splatoon game sucks?
You guys knew it was going to be bad, yet you still previewed it a couple of days earlier. Why???
@mist
This game literally looks like it copies the baby model from the Who's your Daddy?! remake. Look here https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/whos-your-daddy-remake-arrives-december-2020
Watched the trailer for this the other day. My kids thought it was the most hilarious thing ever 😂
I would make a joke about this but I'm too pooped to do it.
@MasterJay Wow, No wonder! The work of a lazy developers doo-doing!
Anyone who is planning on making a game, especially if it's about pooping. Don't expect to just make a lazy game and plop it on here! No one likes a soft-served effort in the middle of the store. In hindsight, upon game making, it'll take too much effort, you'll feel like straining and it may be a bit painful after it's done, but if you take your time, relax and make sure you and that game you're making gets the proper needs, you'll get it out nice and easy.
Trust me, that feeling will be REAL good in the end.
I think I’ll just go take a sh**e right now and get infinitely more enjoyment out of it 🤷♂️
So with this being on the Switch, you could actually have a sh**e while playing this sh**e...
Anyone remember the Nintendo Seal of Quality?
@Thaliard You mean the same “seal of quality” used on the piles of garbage NES games?
...what a load of crap.
Whoever approves this game on release should have their own Switch cleared of all data and have this game added as the only one.
So how much is this waste of space?
@KitsuneNight ‘... what a load of crap.’ simple, but absolutely perfect. You win.
This game (and many others) shouldnt even be on the eshop.
@FX102A
9 bucks.
8,99 too much.
I don't think the game looks really terrible.
Just now i saw the gameplay video, it was running on 60fps. Not bad for an indie game like that, just need some improvement in sounds and ideas.
The start menu music was reminded me for The Sims 1 musics. Not bad but needs more variation.
Yeah, the red poop color was somehow disturbing for some peoples due to looked like a blood. 😕
The poop sound more like a sound created from the lip rather than fart sound. Kinda sound a bit funny and absurd for me. 🤭
After all, it's a game about baby so don't expect they can crawl very fast.
Quality content we need for the Nintendo Switch! Bahaha!
@AmplifyMJ
Honestly I'm surprised nobody else made that crack before me.
@Anti-Matter
I think the issue is mostly that its a Splatoon clone with Technicolored instead of paint.
The concept is ..noxious at best.
Or just plain insulting and stomach churning.
@LzWinky Lol, that's fair. Even still, I feel like the worst games back then had a level of competence that the worst games nowadays can't even touch. Maybe the barrier of entry into game development has gotten too low and games have simultaneously gotten more complex?
The Nintendo Life score is a lot higher than I expected. I would have given this crappy game (no pun intended) a -2...
Squandering this idea is a crime.
So for the score you gave it the number 2. Well played, NL.
who wants to share the secret code for posting videos and images in these comments??
Similarly, it's rated MA15+ in Australia for "Strong crude humour" presumably because the IARC algorithm has been programmed not to respond well to poo. Had the game been peer-reviewed, it would likely have received a PG or at most M.
@PanurgeJr : Bless your eagle eye.
My cousin Cornelius had a hand in this.
NINE WHOLE DOLLARS??
THIS IS SCANDALOUS!
AN OUTRAGE!
A DISGRACE TO VIDEO GAMES AS AN ART FORM!
Ahh Modern game tastes and design, where IQ meets shoe size.
I want this game
Nintendo Life: "Don't buy this game about babies pooping everywhere. Save up your pennies for the real deal instead!"
History Teacher: "And with one review of a shovelware game, Nintendo Life set off a baby boom, a generation often referred to as the Pooplers."
@Doofenshmirtz Doof, be nice! Just because Agent P's hung up his hat doesn't give you carte blanche to be a jerk, alright?
@Anti-Matter I admire ypur positivity, but we're gonna have to disagree here. This is literal crap that never should've been allowed on the storefront. Good God, the eShop is becoming Steam 2.0 at this rate...
That's a cheeky score right there.
This Game is very brave on fighting the all mighty Animal Crossing
How can people shrug and accept this while whined and made tantrums about the Wii Shovelware (which never stoop so low like this) is beyond me
Cons:
"It's a game about defecating on the ground"
Seems like this was given to the wrong person to review
@Alpha-2002
Different peoples different opinion.
My opinion said that game wasn't really bad, just need more improvements.
The idea was absurb but hilarious for certain peoples.
I will watch again the gameplay from Youtube regardless of your opinion.
I'm mostly confused by how those babies are leaving behind massive trails of fecal matter even though they're WEARING CLOTHES. I sure am glad that doesn't happen with my kid.
Lets be honest guys.. this game can't really reviewed by an adult. We need a baby opinion. Let a 2 year old trying to play this game. I bet the baby will have more fun than you. Lets wait for an updated review coming from a baby
@KitsuneNight Seriously? $9?!?! Okay an addition to the culprit’s penance; he/she has to swallow their Switch.
Are there really that many streamers and joke gamer hitters out there they expect to buy this travesty?
@FX102A
9 bux. Sad isn't it ?
one word:
SHOVELWARE!
The very fact that a game like this exists just deepens my vehement disdain for humanity.
@Captain_Toad That comment was friggin hilarious. Thank you.
@Dpullam Just doing my duty.
A 2 seems generous
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