Splatoon 2

earthwormjack

ShaneU wrote: »

Very fun good game but as others have mentioned I'm have connection issues too.

What do I need for voice chat?

Nintendo to completely redo the current voice chat into something far far less stupid!

FutureGuy

The Splatfest can be anything it wants to be, but whatever Marina wants, Marina gets.

Pearl can be all for world peace and Marina could be for tourturing kittens and I'd be on team Marina.

Generic Dreadhead

Game became more or less unplayable cause of the Switchs WiFi connectivity. Horses**t

Generic Dreadhead

Also, really disapointed in the lack of Local Mulitplayer on 1 system via split screen. For a system marketed as for playing with friends, and to come with 2 controllers, it's a huge oversight. We even brought the Pro Controller. So if the game had split screen, even if the Joy-Cons were not sufficient, we'd have 2 "proper" controllers

blockfighter

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

Also, really disapointed in the lack of Local Mulitplayer on 1 system via split screen. For a system marketed as for playing with friends, and to come with 2 controllers, it's a huge oversight. We even brought the Pro Controller. So if the game had split screen, even if the Joy-Cons were not sufficient, we'd have 2 "proper" controllers

Totally agree. Having a few friends over soon for some multi player gaming. Will probably show them Splatoon 2 just so they see what it's like but that's it. Seems like a waste.

super_furry

So what's the verdict? Never played the first one but had a good bit of fun with the test Splat. Is there enough content here to warrant the full price?

earthwormjack

super_furry wrote: »

So what's the verdict? Never played the first one but had a good bit of fun with the test Splat. Is there enough content here to warrant the full price?

It's a great game and if you're playing online it's easily worth the asking price, not so much if you are single player only.

Just be aware there are some absolutely backwards design decisions in regards to multiplayer that may piss you off.

blockfighter

super_furry wrote: »

So what's the verdict? Never played the first one but had a good bit of fun with the test Splat. Is there enough content here to warrant the full price?

Great game you can dip in and out of. Multiplayer is great fun. Salmon run is cool too when it's available.
Having not played the original, it's easy to pick up and get hang of relatively quickly.

Ace Attorney

Special 3rd stage to be thrown in with the regular stages for the splatfest: Twilight Zone



http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/07/twilight_zone_stage_to_give_splatoon_2_a_new_twist_during_upcoming_splatfest

Mr E

Got it for about €44.90 on the South African shop last night. Big saving over the other digital versions or boxed versions.

Ace Attorney

Mr E wrote: »

Got it for about €44.90 on the South African shop last night. Big saving over the other digital versions or boxed versions.

do you need a 4th account for this btw? i.e america, EU, Jap and now SA? wouldnt mind checkin out for a cheap cave story +

earthwormjack

Ace Attorney wrote: »

do you need a 4th account for this btw? i.e america, EU, Jap and now SA? wouldnt mind checkin out for a cheap cave story +

Nope, South Africa is treated as a PAL region so just change your country to South Africa on myNintendo, buy the game and download then change region back to Ireland again on myNintendo.

Banjo

What about balances in Euro / Rand when you switch back and forth?

earthwormjack

I pay the exact amount by card in PAL regions so there is no balance left over.

CiDeRmAn

Ace Attorney wrote: »

do you need a 4th account for this btw? i.e america, EU, Jap and now SA? wouldnt mind checkin out for a cheap cave story +

My young fella is playing Cave Story + these days and loving it, I default to him as the superior gamer in our house these days

Ace Attorney

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

My young fella is playing Cave Story + these days and loving it, I default to him as the superior gamer in our house these days

Have never played cave story before, really wanted the 3ds physical version but couldn't get one at a decent price. Hopefully ill enjoy it as much as cidona lad.

alwayswright

Really enjoying the game so far, it's incredibly addictive. Off The Hook however is incredibly annoying.. Do we really need such a long cutscene to inform us of the current stages?

Please tell me there's a way to turn it off!

CiDeRmAn

I have the physical of the 3DS as well, it's a nice thing to own tbh.

Generic Dreadhead

Can someone explain like I'm an idiot how to actually respawn ANYWHERE that isn't the respawn point.... I just don't get it.

I press X when I die, I press one of the directions a guy who is alive is and I press A..... and 90% of the time... nada

pasta-solo

Generic Dreadhead wrote: »

Can someone explain like I'm an idiot how to actually respawn ANYWHERE that isn't the respawn point.... I just don't get it.

I press X when I die, I press one of the directions a guy who is alive is and I press A..... and 90% of the time... nada

You can't actually respawn anywhere but the spawn point, but after you've spawned, you can open the map and select a teammate to jump to their position on the map. So you're doing it right, you just have to wait til you spawn before you can jump to a teammate.

Generic Dreadhead

Oh FFS. So all I was doing was trying a bit early. FML :rolleyes:

Nollog

Do any of yous play salmon run and would like to form a crew?

Tired of being f'd by random team mates.

Generic Dreadhead

I am using the Carbon Paint Roller (with sprint speed up), I'm torn between making a beeline to the middle to give my fellow squids a "path" so to speak, or painting the spawn.... cause No-One seems to Paint the F**king spawn :mad:

Also, I got a Ethernet to USB adaptor and hooked the Switch up to that to my 3 way TP-Link, so it's working 7x better now (speed wise) and no disconnects

Also, thank you, I have the re-spawn jump to teammates working now..

CastorTroy

How does the single player measure up to the first game? Haven't bought 2 yet.

super_furry

Payday tomorrow so I'm going to pick it up. I'm guessing Argos is the cheapest place to buy it in store?

Nollog

CastorTroy wrote: »

How does the single player measure up to the first game? Haven't bought 2 yet.

Good levels, lame final boss. It's about 20% as good as the original I'd say.

safetyboy

Its a nightmare buy the switch version..

Sarn

FYI, you can scrub your Splatfest Tshirt of abilities for only 2k rather than the usual 25k coins from now until the splatfest is over. Good way to build up a stock of ability chunks.

The small thing that annoys me about this game is the number of AFKers or disconnects that happen during a match. For one match there was someone standing there twirling on the spawn point. Difficult to compete when you're down a team mate. A disadvantage bonus to the 3 player team would be good, or not losing the bonus off your weapons would be nice.

sligeach

This weekends Splatfest will have people spraying the corresponding condiment colour. It's ketchup vs. mayonnaise.

Banjo

Could be awkward for couples who crew together.
"Look, he's fully exposed - Hey handsome, spray your mayonnaise all over the wall so I can roll in it and then splat that ketchup lover with my squelchie!"
"OK but then promise we can go home and play splatoon. This leather is too tight and you know these parties creep me out."

earthwormjack

Thought the splatfest was starting this morning for some reason. Looking forward to a team Mayo victory over the weekend.

this gif has freaked me out for years

Sarn

Urgh, salmon run is bad this evening. Lots of wipes.

Nollog

Sarn wrote: »

Urgh, salmon run is bad this evening. Lots of wipes.

You'd think not with the amazing weapons we get today.

Sarn

Thankfully it picked up towards the end. The difference a coordinated team makes is amazing (also getting lucky with the bosses that spawn helps!).

TrustedApple

I don't know if it's me or what it is.

But splatoon 2 I find extremely boring ?. I never played the 1st one

Started it this morning for the 1st time And played for about 2 hours and went meh is this what the hype was all about ?. Its very slow and boring .

So going to trade it into CEX for 45 euros basically what I paid for it just very disappointed with it. As I was like I rather be playing pokemon on the 3DS.

earthwormjack

Managed 4 games total so far during the splatfest thanks to Nintendo's sh*theap online service. Nothing but connection errors. Good stuff.

Sarn

Only two disconnects here and I played for a few hours.

I wish they'd show how much ink your teammates got during the matches. At least that way I wouldn't feel so bad if we only had three on the team.

fixXxer

Does anyone know what the Callie and Marie amiibos do?

Finding this game a lot of fun to be honest. The salmon run especially. Just wish the shout command shortcut was a little more extensive

Sarn

Mayo 2 - 1 Ketchup.

In order to reunite all factions I think I need a hot dog or burger with lots of mayo, ketchup and mustard. Condiments unite!

TheChrisD

Not sure two criteria of victory is a good judge of an overall winner, especially when you can have such lopsided team popularity, and the problems with connectivity and finding matches against the other team.
If they still want to have three points on offer, make the third point be a comparison of those Top 100 power lists.

Ace Attorney

Summer gear coming to splatoon this weekend in japan, maybe on to Europe/US

Items like these will pop up in the game from 11th to 16th August, so they shouldn't be far away.
As mentioned above this sort of promotion is normally global, so we'll keep an eye out for confirmation it's coming to the West.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/splatoon_2_is_getting_a_special_range_of_summer_outfits_starting_this_weekend

Ace Attorney

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/895931821023744000


Splatbrella coming tomorrow.

Ive been waiting for it to be released


http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/the_splat_brella_will_stop_raindrops_falling_on_your_head_in_splatoon_2_this_weekend

Nollog

fixxxer wrote: »

Does anyone know what the Callie and Marie amiibos do?

Before I finished the single player they left me a note saying they were away.
Haven't really scanned them since beating the game. Or I don't remember.

fixXxer

Ace Attorney wrote: »

https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/895931821023744000


Splatbrella coming tomorrow.

Ive been waiting for it to be released


http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2017/08/the_splat_brella_will_stop_raindrops_falling_on_your_head_in_splatoon_2_this_weekend

I prefer the Krac-On Roller to be honest

Ace Attorney

fixxxer wrote: »

I prefer the Krac-On Roller to be honest

The brella looked cool but findin it difficult to get kills, gonna go back to me charger

Nickolakis

Should we create a FB group or something for all of us who play Splatoon 2 in Ireland so we can plan events, group games, and other stuff? What do you all think? It should be fun if we all met somewhere and have 8 player matches.

madmoe

Nickolakis wrote: »

Should we create a FB group or something for all of us who play Splatoon 2 in Ireland so we can plan events, group games, and other stuff? What do you all think? It should be fun if we all met somewhere and have 8 player matches.

This is what we were trying to do on Meetup but feck all people came :-(

https://www.meetup.com/Nintendo-Switch-Dublin-Meetup/events/242031772/

I'd be willing to give it another go!

Mark

Nickolakis

madmoe wrote: »

This is what we were trying to do on Meetup but feck all people came :-(



I'd be willing to give it another go!

Mark

Cool cool, I RSVPed for the event. I still think that it would be good to have a FB group for us Switch users and especially for Splatoon. I want to play some League Battles now but I don't have a group so it would be great to have a place to chat and plan online games.

Ace Attorney

Splatfest 1st- 2nd sept

earthwormjack

Flight for me. Invisibility is almost always used for nefarious purposes. It's for perverts and thieves!