Splatoon

Why would they close access to the store? It's just online multiplayer gaming that will be closed off, I can't imagine anything else

It makes me sad to know we're entering the final stages of Splatoon 2's update cycle. After July it's only going to be the most dedicated Splat fans who will keep playing.

Edited by Midna on Sep 14th 2018 at 5:29:46 AM

How small is the team? Kinda weird that they would stop after two years, something like Splatoon 2 should be the centerpiece of the new online service and paying the cost.

I imagine the team is going to put Splatoon on hold while they shift their attention over to Animal Crossing for the Switch.

Nah they straight up said theyre finished next year, not on hold

Edited by MetaflarePrime on Sep 14th 2018 at 6:03:47 AM

They want to start on Splatoon 3 I guess.

Hopefully Splatoon 3 will have actual servers.

I don't want it to be over. We got a full year's more of support than we did with Splatoon 1, but even so. :(

Splatoon 2 is over a year old, and they'll continue support into two. Honestly, that's enough. That's how much support Splatoon 1 had. And the team has to move on to do other stuff.

Splatoon 2 has done its job and became the highest selling Switch game. Unlike Overwatch or League, Splatoon has a short life-cycle but its most dedicated fans will still work to be the very best, like no one ever was.

Nintendo also puts out a ton of games, and they need to focus making new ones to maintain Switch sales. And their current focus is on Smash.

SPLATOON 2 ARTBOOK REVEALS PEARL'S FOREHEAD WAS ORIGINALLY BIGGER, AND MARINA DIDN'T ALWAYS HIDE HER EARS BEHIND HEADPHONES

I guess as long as fans continue to support the game, it's not truly dead.

I'm on the fence. On one hand, I realize that it's unrealistic for them to continue putting out (free) regular content updates for so long and we've definitely gotten more than most games would.

On the other hand, I imagine it couldn't be that hard for them to, like, create a buffer of Splatfests or something that would allow them to at least continue having them even after the other new content stops being released.

Also, when they say last stage, do they mean the last stage totally, or just the last new stage? Because I could've sworn that one of the datamines showed that Alfonsino was going to be brought back.

I'm just wondering what happened to starfish mainstage.

did they bring that back yet, been a while since i played

The next Splatfest is Retro vs. Modern.

AMRS has stopped doing regular content updates within months but from time to time, they still do the party crashes. So maybe instead of a huge Splatfest, maybe they can just scale down.

Personally, I would like it if, once they are done with what they want to do with Animal Crossing, come back to Splatoon 2 with additional singleplayer content, more stages, weapons/kits, gear, and Splatfests, and then, when it gets close to the Switch successor, finally wrap up the second round of Splatoon 2 updates again, while beginning work on Splatoon 3.

But it's highly likely they will either work on something new, Splatoon 3, or content updates for Animal Crossing will keep them busy until the Switch successor.

What I hope for Splatoon 3 is both dedicated Nintendo servers for Ladder-equiv (basically Ranked, Ladder Turf War, and Splatfest) and (free) P2P for local (ad-hoc) multiplayer, casual Turf War and private matches, then track the mileage/ink acreage scores for f2p and Ladder separately.

Not sure if Pearl's grandma is more speciesist than Craig Cuttlefish

Edited by AceOfScarabs on Sep 15th 2018 at 6:46:51 PM

From what I can tell from Google translate, the new soda bomb seen in the 4.0 trailer is a sub that accumulates power by shaking it or moving around with it, and will be apart of a Slosher set coming in October.

Aaaaaand there it is

This is another Splatfest where the choice was hard because I care so little about it. I don't have much interest in fashion. But I went with Team Modern for this one.

Version 4 sneaks in a new Squidd VS Salmonn soundtrack

Edited by AceOfScarabs on Sep 15th 2018 at 8:08:11 PM

Guess who finally hit X rank in Splat Zones?

Yeah, I'm probably not gonna last long.

It's not gonna be easy.

Apparently there is still a core playerbase in Splatoon 1. The old Booyah Base crew's still in business, but now they're all terrifyingly good.

Maybe they stayed there because they prefer the vintage Specials to these new weaksauce ones.

Final new stage for this Splatoon: Mudskipper Tower launches at the beginning of October.

i herd u lik mudkip