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Perseus from Australia Since: Nov, 2009 Relationship Status: Mu
#27276: Feb 17th 2021 at 3:59:21 PM

Dude. It will have been five years since 2's release in 2022.

Edited by Perseus on Feb 17th 2021 at 11:01:04 PM

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#27277: Feb 17th 2021 at 4:22:15 PM

I can understand people who are confused why they aren't waiting until the Switch's successor.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Shadao To be a Master Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
To be a Master
#27278: Feb 17th 2021 at 4:24:14 PM

[up] The Nintendo Switch may have longevity that would be better ungraded rather than being scrapped for a new console. After all, a portable HD console that you can play on TV.

ShinyCottonCandy Industrious Incisors from Sinnoh (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#27279: Feb 17th 2021 at 4:26:06 PM

And honestly, by 2022, I really expect something along the lines of "New Nintendo Switch" to at least be announced, so something that could take advantage of the hardware upgrade while still being a marketable brand makes real sense.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#27280: Feb 17th 2021 at 4:32:59 PM

People are fully expecting a Switch Pro sometime this year, and considering Nintendo's past history with hardware updates, sometime in the summer.

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Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
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#27281: Feb 17th 2021 at 4:50:15 PM

People have been tossing around rumors of a Switch upgrade for years and frankly I don't think it's going to happen. If anything I expect instead of an upgraded Switch the next thing we're getting is a new console entirely in a few years. A quick look on Wikipedia shows that new home consoles come out roughly every five to six years so a successor to the Switch in late 2022 or sometime in 2023 rather than a Switch upgrade seems more likely.

Edited by Chariot on Feb 17th 2021 at 7:50:56 AM

Shadao To be a Master Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#27282: Feb 17th 2021 at 5:14:35 PM

[up] But the Switch is the future. They canned the 3DS line to merge handheld market with the home console market.

MorningStar1337 Like reflections in the glass! from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#27283: Feb 17th 2021 at 5:28:12 PM

I'm expected something akin to the 3DS at worse. A New console that builds upon the previous with a new gimmick to justify the changing hardware and price tag.

AceOfScarabs I am now a shiny stone~ from Singapore Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
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#27284: Feb 17th 2021 at 5:36:28 PM

What have you two done this time?! [lol]

That crowded Japanese suburb look

Coffee machine drones! Also the return of the E-Liter, Dynamo, and 52/96 Gal, plus the new Ink Bow. That last one looks very Joerg Sprave-esque.

The Inkzooka and Killer Wail are back! Also a crab robot Special

Our new Salmonid friend

Edited by AceOfScarabs on Feb 17th 2021 at 9:38:56 PM

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#27285: Feb 17th 2021 at 5:42:07 PM

Wait is that what we were stealing so many eggs for?

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Bismuth83 Master of Unpopular Opinions from below the surface of planet Zebes Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27286: Feb 17th 2021 at 6:19:16 PM

Both excited and nervous. On one hand, it's nice that there's a new game. On the other, I hate anarcho-anythingism, I chose Order in the last Splatfest and hoped the outcome wouldn't factor too much into the sequel, and I'm a sucker for urban settings and high-tech stuff.

Hopefully the ship they were building at Sturgeon Shipyard shows up completed in the game. Or in 4 if 3 plays too heavily into the "Entropy has no downsides whatsoever and people who don't like murder are fascist prudes" type-ideologies FAR too many people are espousing these days.

Edited by Bismuth83 on Feb 17th 2021 at 6:28:35 AM

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MetaflarePrime Yubi yubi! from Bed Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
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#27287: Feb 17th 2021 at 6:32:32 PM

I doubt it'll be anything that serious

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JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27288: Feb 17th 2021 at 9:16:36 PM

Yeah, I can't imagine that it'll really be anything super heavy. I'm mainly intrigued by the fact that you apparently have some control over your starting position in matches, which adds some interesting strategy. Not to mention that with this kinda setting it looks like the stages will be more organically designed after 2 had more blocky geometry to it.

Also, did anybody else get Borderlands vibes from the intro?

Edited by JapaneseTeeth on Feb 17th 2021 at 11:17:39 AM

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Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#27289: Feb 17th 2021 at 9:27:57 PM

In the trailer when you see the inside of the train out of the window you can see a city with tall white buildings. Maybe thats the order city?

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#27290: Feb 17th 2021 at 9:39:48 PM

I'm pretty sure it's just the sunlight reflecting off the white buildings of Splatsville.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#27291: Feb 17th 2021 at 9:44:08 PM

Hmm maybe. Its supposed to be Vegas right?

Bismuth83 Master of Unpopular Opinions from below the surface of planet Zebes Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: Mu
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#27293: Feb 18th 2021 at 9:57:59 AM

[up][up] I could see it going either way. On the one hand, Vegas DOES have that Eiffel Tower replica, but on the other, who's to say that something screwy didn't happen climate-wise and there's now a giant desert in Europe?

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FGHIK from right behind you Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
#27294: Feb 18th 2021 at 10:04:32 AM

[up] In the Splatoon universe the Atlantropa Project must have happened.

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Anura from England (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#27295: Feb 18th 2021 at 1:54:58 PM

Or the whole thing is happening so far in the future they're on novopangaea.

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ultimatepheer Since: Mar, 2011
#27296: Feb 18th 2021 at 3:43:41 PM

There were a few world wars that happened in the backstory, so it being super-nuked France is entirely possible.

Assuming it's actually in france, and a Kaiju Salmonid didn't pick the Eiffel tower up to use it as a club on something in Germany or whatever.

Deadpoolrocks Since: Sep, 2010
#27297: Feb 18th 2021 at 3:52:48 PM

there was also what looked like a pyramid in the background too which between that, the effiel tower, and the desert and overall chaos thing makes me lean towards vegas.

Shadao To be a Master Since: Jan, 2013 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
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#27298: Feb 18th 2021 at 5:37:41 PM

[up][up] Now I want to see Shin Salmonid....

JapaneseTeeth Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing from Meinong's jungle Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Mu
Existence Weighed Against Nonbeing
#27299: Feb 18th 2021 at 8:27:08 PM

Great, now I'm imagining a giant Stinger emerging from the sea and doing this.

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Zanreo Sorbet from Glitch City (Ten years in the joint) Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#27300: Feb 21st 2021 at 4:04:41 PM

Excited for the new game!

So it seems like the Order vs. Chaos Splatfest might have influenced the game's look? To be honest, even as a Chaos player (because I'm definitely more "chaotic") I preferred Order's aesthetic and considered choosing that side just for that... oh well, it's gonna be fun anyway!

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