Splatoon

Here's today's screenshots:

This is 'Camboulit Arms' which deal in weapons you can use in battle. Although known for being polite to the point of being long-winded, it seems they don't sell weapons to players that would put them out of balance.You'll need fight lots of battles to get experience in order to gain favor with the shopkeeper so he will sell more weapons to you.

This is "Bukichi", the horseshoe crab who runs the weapon shop 'Camboulit Arms'. He passionately loves his weapons; a genuine military fanatic. As a result of staying up late every night messing around with the small parts, he has developed extreme short-sightedness. That's why you should do things in moderation....

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I really love the designs for the shop owners in this game, they look really cool, and are interesting. I also like how these pictures are giving us more info on the characters too.

Check it out! We’ve identified this sea anemone gal as the clerk who works at the headgear shop. We hear that she’s pretty shy and mostly keeps to herself, which sort of makes you wonder why she’d even want a job in the service industry. Oh, and see that little fish dude hanging out in her hair? He apparently talks tough but never does anything on his own. Maybe these two actually have a lot in common?

I really like all of the store owner designs as I said before, hers looks really nice too. The characters in this game have some nice personality even just in their appearance.

I'm hoping the online for this works pretty well when tournament matches are held [we all know it's going to happen come on] I'll most likely get this since it's an interesting new take on the shooter genera.

^ Well, so far with my online experience on Wii U, Mario Kart 8 has worked really well online, and Smash Wii U has worked...well, somewhat well, with a bit of lag. I'd say because this game's multiplayer 4-on-4 mode can only be played online, they'll probably try to make it work better for Splatoon. Or at least I hope so since this looks so much fun. Can't wait, May can't be here soon enough. XD

Here's today's screenshot:

The equitable items - headgear, clothing, and shoes - are collectively known as 'gear'. Gear have properties that will aide you in battles. For example, these shoes have the effect known as 'Ink Effectiveness Up (Main)'. It will lower the amount of ink your main weapon uses. There are many other types of effects to be found.

Gear will have one property unlocked from the start, but you can unlock more by using the item repeatedly. Each item of gear has a chance of having a top-class skill. As they say, like dried squid, the more you chew, the tastier it gets!

Never heard that saying before. XD Sounds good, there will be a ton of gear to customize your Inklings with in the game. Should be interesting to see some of the combos people go with.

Splatoon will have a playable demo at APEX 2015! Unfortunately it's the same demo that was playable at E3, but it's a demo nonetheless.

#Splatoon is coming to #Apex2015! Stop by our lounge to get hands-on time with the demo that was featured at E3 2014! pic.twitter.com/m3jAPJkNza

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) January 27, 2015

I think this is pretty great, maybe next year's APEX will even have a Splatoon tournament!

I guess that's cool even though a new demo would have been nice.

Splatoon is getting a 10-page feature in Famitsu this week!

Oh, 10 pages article for Splatoon this week in Famitsu. pic.twitter.com/ejr21OOvr1

— Lite Agent (@lite_agent) February 3, 2015

This is great! I wonder if we'll get any new info on the other game modes...

Here's the new info from the Famitsu article...

- Team made up of lots of staff that worked on Wii U launch titles. Once they'd grasped the hardware, they wanted to create something innovative.
-Working on a local multiplayer mode in addition to online and Hero Mode
- Hero mode is predominantly a 3D platformer with heavy emphasis on human-squid transformations
- Random matching is done world wide, game tries to place you with players close to your skill level based on ratings
- Tried implementing a system whereby you could give orders to your team mates, but battles were too quick and hectic for them to be effective so they got rid of the feature
- Game won't use CPU fighters; only once 8 human players have been found will a match start
-Having multiple modes with random matching would limit the number of players per mode, so all the focus is on the 4 vs. 4 for that
- No communication with players you are matched with
- They didn't think of using Bloopers when they decided on squids (they apparently forgot they existed)
- No money can be earned in Hero Mode. Your points, as displayed at the end of the match, are turned into money and experience points.
- A lot of the music is written by Tooru Minegishi (who has worked on Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Super Mario)

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This really worries me...if it's required to have 8 players for a match and you can't have AI players, can you not play just with friends? We'd need to have 8 friends in order to play? I hope that isn't the case. This would honestly put this game lower on my excitement scale, and considering it's my most anticipated game at the moment, that's not a good thing. It's good they're adding local multiplayer though, I wonder how it will play.

Splatoon now has an offical website up & running: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/agmj/index.html

It's in Japanese thou.

^ Well it's nice-looking. I don't really care much for video game websites though, I already usually know most of what I want to about a game before the website is put up.

Famitsu will have new information on Splatoon every 2 weeks!

This is cool, and unexpected considering they already have the almost daily updates with screenshots. (that I haven't been posting, lol) So this must have a ton of content.

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Also, you'll be able to access the single-player mode through the old man in the manhole.

I guess that's nice. Though I feel like we will know everything by May now.

Here's today's screenshot since I haven't been posting them:

Investigative Report.
The Roller allows you to paint the ground as you move around, but if you shake it, you can spread ink over a wide area. So, while it's got a short range, but it can unleash a powerful attack.
Apparently, rolling around right after using the powerful shake feels really good.

The roller looks really fun to use, I can't wait to try it out. I didn't know you could shake it for a powerful attack. Interesting.