The Nintendo Switch

splatoon has done the impossible - made me enjoy a multiplayer shooter

my friend code is sw-3945-2059-5597 if anyone wants a deeply mediocre teammate

man i adore splatoon 2. didn't get to play the first one, i can't stop thinking about this one and best thing is i can play a round or two at my desk at work.
actually find myself almost holding my breath in the final 30 seconds or so, that shit is intense! but tons of fun and minus all the stupid military bullshit of most shooters.

my friend code for anyone who wants it (useful for salmon run) = SW-2875-5463-5306

goddamn splatoon just keeps getting better - the interplay between all the systems of movement and shooting make it way deeper and more strategic than it initially appears, but no matter what your skill level is, it never feels anything other than welcoming and fun.

i think i've racked up more multiplayer hours in this than every other multiplayer game i've ever played combined

(i voted mayo in the mayo vs ketchup competition btw, come at me bros)

im also team mayo

yesssss

mayo

splatoon mayo cru UNITE

i hate to bust in on your party like this, but...

i brought some more mayoooo

I went mayo cos I assumed ketchup would be more popular, making matchmaking possibly quicker during the splatfest with a larger pool of opponents. Now I'm not sure I'll be able to test this out!

guys i'm crying, this is moving af

i hope they use white and red ink for the splatfest

Jealous of you all able to play Splatoon ;_; it's okay though I'm grinding the heck out of Arms ranked.

what's stopping u?

it reliably makes me nauseous

that was my exp. with Splatoon 1 and the demo splatfest was the same, way too much motion-controlled swerving. Not sure if turning the sensitivity way down would help but I'm not gonna take a $60 flyer to find out.

oh noes, that sucks! fwiw i've turned the motion control off and play it as a standard third-person shooter, but yeah i dunno if i'd be willing to take the risk if the first one made me ill

i'm having trouble getting used to the motion controls but seems like if you master them it's a significant aim advantage over twin-stick so i'm not gonna give up on them

also TEAM MAYO.
also MOTION CONTROLS.

high fives all round.

delurking for the first time in a while to say, for someone dead awful fast-twitch gaming, Splatoon 2 is just incredibly fun. Would never have expected. It actually has me caring enough to try to get better at it! I want to play those B-rank league matches.

also, jumping on that mayo train.

don't know what this is about but fuck mayonnaise and fuck this party

unchill imo

you are a group of people who deserve nothing

still so bad at aiming but i can occasionally go on a rampage with the bucket

paint roller / dualies are my favourites so far

one of the joys of turf war mode is that even if you're terrible at aiming (as i often am) you can still play a vital role by shying away from combat and concentrating on reclaiming turf - one of my favourite things to do is sneakily make it to the other side of the map and start painting around their main respawn point. you can really rack up points doing that too

also i finally got to play splatoon multiplayer with a buddy in the same room - me on the tv and him handheld - and it was a total blast

I was planning on getting Splatoon so I could play it with my son but I've just read that there's no split screen multiplayer. What the hell?

DISGUSTING SPAWN CAMPER ABOVE!!!!!!!!

actually i have no issue with spawn camping in splatoon - if 4 people have played so badly as to let you do that, they deserve it. its all about the territory and stopping your enemies ability to move.

tbf i'm usually only there for long enough to paint over their colour, then i'm outta there before i get shot

i will confess to enjoying perhaps too much the perk which makes your squid form invisible when it's submerged in ink - popping up seemingly out of nowhere and hosing down enemies is a lot of fun

invisible squid plus roller is a popular combo in my games so far, people like to pop out and one shot you

One of the many reasons I'm loving the Octobrush right now is getting to use autobombs to counter people sharking like that

yeah, it's awesome that for every tactic there's an effective counterattack

yeah i'm still like level 8 so i don't have some of the good weapon sets yet. i just got the giant minigun thing which i have not yet seen anyone attempt to use.

also how do i do the dodge roll with the duallies that i see other people using? if it was explained somewhere, i missed it.

press 'b' to do the dualie roll i think

specifically while firing

SW-2403-1598-8404

fuk team mayo, team ketchup 4 lyfe

despite this borderline hate speech i will add u

it pleases me that not even nintendo can fix the Sniper Problem in team shooters

i've played with motion controls for like 6 hours of turf war now and they still havent clicked for me, i guess its just different enough from other shooter controls that i dont have a gamer's lifetime of brain pathways built up for it. i feel like if it ever clicks i'm going to suddenly be 10x better at the game though.

how do I find one of these

I do recognize this is possibly the least useful venue to pose that question

i got mine via gamestop preorder, had to get a bundle with zelda and crap

online preorder i should say. this was about a month ago, i just happened to look at the site on a day when they had put more up. i think there's tracker pages out there for the major retailers

i just checked and the zelda bundles are available on gamestop now. i just bought one.

blarrrgh

i've kinda been hunting one for a few weeks tho so this is just good timing

among my people "blarrrgh" means "thank you greatly for this edification - your advice and narratives are important, but I cannot with all confidence follow the same avenues"

here, try this: http://www.istocknow.com/live/#device.0=switch&nostock=on&newstock=on&brands=7%2C18%2C3%2C27%2C24%2C26%2C20%2C22%2C11%2C23%2C2%2C16&lowzoom=0&position=35.032415%2C%20-85.15112729999998&zoom=10

the uk equivalent was how i found mine

btw i've never been happier to have been wrong than i was about the commercial prospects of the switch itt pre-launch, it's great to see nintendo doing so well (not v well at keeping up with demand, admittedly) - nearly five million shifted since launch!

i knew it was gonna be a success the moment i saw one in person, it's hard to understand just how small it is & how good it looks despite that, until you see it in action

yes its an absolutely pleasure to use and i can see why there's such a huge desire for ports of eveeeerything