Splatoon 1 & 2 & 3

Oh hey, hit level 20 last night. feels good and sad at the same time. I miss seeing the experience bar moving already. Good thing it is coming back tomorrow!

update is out!

Just had a little time with each of the new weapons. The slosher is more fun than the splatling gun. That one requires you to charge it up before it will fire anything, much like the charger/sniper weapon. But then it won't charge while you're swimming in ink, so I guess you should use the ink shower as a shield, then power up the charge?

The slosher does have a good range, so it's interesting to throw ink over walls and such.

They changed the Urchin underpass map to have more openings to the middle. It's disconcerting at first.

That's all my impressions from 10 minutes of play. You guys go.

I'm jealous. Currently out of town so splatooning has to wait until the weekend.

Aside from the new modes, I'm just gonna be glad to have new gear to buy. My freshness was going stale.

I also like that Nintendo is showing a willingness to tweak content for better experiences.

BrandonCHFG wrote:

I also like that Nintendo is showing a willingness to tweak content for better experiences.

At least the Splatoon team provides patch notes. The Smash Bros. community has to figure out what changed every time they release a balance patch

I only had the 10 minutes last night, and now we'll be away all weekend, even missing the Splat Fest.

Hey, should we organize a weekly private battle or something? It should be pretty flexible, as it can accommodate from 2 to 8 players. So even if there's only two of us it's still possible to play 1v1.

I was going to say Friday nights is good, except that a lot of splatfests seem to be Friday-Saturday.

Or should we just play as we feel like it, and not fix it to a day of the week?

My best nights are Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday, although typically Friday night is MMO night.

Tuesday or Friday for me.

Tuesday would be best for me, although not for a few more weeks as that's currently Persona 4 night

I could do Tuesday, but not until after Zoso1701 and I finish recording The Magic Hour Show (usually done by 10:30pm). Maybe it would be incentive to finish earlier!

gamerparent wrote:

I could do Tuesday, but not until after Zoso1701 and I finish recording The Magic Hour Show (usually done by 10:30pm). Maybe it would be incentive to finish earlier! :)

My son has therapy until 6 PM Pacific/9 PM Eastern every night, so I won't be on until after that anyway.

From gonintendo: Splatoon - web app launched in Japan

Along with the big update today, Japan Splatoon players got an extra treat as a web app has launched. Using your Nintendo ID, you'll be able to do the following:
- Use your friends list to send messages, see who is online
- View friends current levels, gear and how many points they've earned with each weapon they've used
- View your own profile
- Check the current and upcoming map rotations
It's only available in Japan right now, unfortunately. Here's hoping we see something similar for all regions!

+1 for Tuesday working. Wednesday and weekend nights, too.

Nintendo, please give us that app!

Tuesday usually works for me, after 9ish central.

mrtomaytohead wrote:

Nintendo, please give us that app!

Well it totally works if you log in with your Nintendo Network Id, but everything's in Japanese. Like I can see a ranking of everyone on my friends list, and I think I can see Clocky is online right now playing.

Looks like it's got a responsive design, so you should be able to view it on a smart phone (much like Miiverse).

Tried Tower Control tonight.

I suck at it.

Meanwhile, holy crap they really changed Urchin Underpass around. I mean, holy crap.

I was not on. Most likely my wife was playing Mario Kart.

ccesarano wrote:

Tried Tower Control tonight.

I suck at it.

Meanwhile, holy crap they really changed Urchin Underpass around. I mean, holy crap.

Man, and tower control is my prefered ranked match type. I tend to work really well with that. Having the killer wail really helps.

Anyone else finding this splatfest to be laggy, lots of disconnects and a lot of marshmallow vs masrhmallow matches?

Haven't even played today, sadly, and probably won't.

I was actually wondering if there are too many Splatfests. It kind of makes it less of an event. At the same time, it makes it less of a disappointment if you miss out on one.

mrtomaytohead wrote:

a lot of marshmallow vs masrhmallow matches?

That was my experience this morning. I'm not really too surprised.

This Tuesday night. GWJ Splatoon night. Put it on your calendar.

Right on.

Aaaand added. 9pm Eastern is usually the start time, yeah?

I'll be there at 10:30 est. Silly podcasting.

CptDomano wrote:

Aaaand added. 9pm Eastern is usually the start time, yeah?

That's the earliest I can be on, at least. Maybe a bit closer to 9:15.

What's the plan here? Do we have to be invited into a friend party, or can we join friends who are playing? Are there rank/weapon/gear upgrades available when playing in friend parties?

I have yet to play a match during a splatfest.

Well Garion, they basically schedule them for every Tyree weeks, so you should theoretically be able to plan for August 29th if you want to play in the next one. :p

And why my phone auto corrected. 3 to Tyree I don't know.

CptDomano wrote:

Aaaand added. 9pm Eastern is usually the start time, yeah?

Welp, I may have overbooked myself because I completely forgot Tuesday was my birthday. I'll probably be on later EST--maybe like 10:00 - 10:30 EST. It is also entirely possible that I'll call it a night much earlier than that. Y'know, being 33 and all means that I'm cashing it in much, much earlier than usual.