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[Zalman]

This has the potential to become something truly incredible.

 

[Smashman45]

This looks so beautifully weird! The style, the characters, the locales, the music, I love it! I truly hope this becomes a staple Nintendo IP. Buying this, for sure.

 

[AlexMeloche]

Getting big Minions/Rabbids vibes from the tentacles-thingies.

 

[VanWinkle]

Fantastic to hear that it has a single player campaign. I'm not totally convinced of its quality from this initial trailer, but I'm confident it will be a high-quality campaign as we go forward.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Damn, if I'd known how much I'd be posting here, I'd have nabbed the OT for this instead of A-Train: City Simulator (which may not even come this Winter given Natsume's silence).

 

[ZombiePlatypus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXg3e_ZTZoI

I can choose 720p60fps in the JP trailer. :|

I said wow.

It looks smooth as fuck. So day 1-ing this wacky charming potential GOTY of a game.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

Did anyone catch the older Inkling/mollusk popping from the hatch, looking around dazed with a skipper's hat on? He's my new favorite. I'd buy the Amiibo version of him, although having the skin available for vanilla multiplayer would rock.

edit:

added gif

 

[Foffy]

Welp, this is all I wanted from the game.

Sold.

 

[vinnygambini]

This has the potential to be a great new IP for Nintendo; hoping it achieves the million-seller milestone.

 

[Dark Ninja]

The bad guys are Daleks that's pretty genius. I hope they fix the motion controls when i played it at E3 it wasn't so hot. The regular gamepad controls felt nice though

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Who is the composer for this?! Sounds amazing! Reminds me of Soichi Terada's stuff.

 

[Infernal Monkey]

GOTY 2015 already confirmed.

 

[kidko]

That music, that 60fps sooooooo goood

 

[Shikamaru Ninja]

Who is the composer for this?! Sounds amazing! Reminds me of Soichi Terada's stuff.

Producer: Hisashi Nogami
Director, Concept Artist: Tsubasa Sakaguchi
Co-Director: Yusuke Amano
Lead Programmer: Shintaro Sato
Lead Artist: Seita Inoue
Musician: Toru Minegishi

 

[Cuburt]

Puzzle platforming with some stealth elements.

This game has so much potential. I hope it's a massive hit.

 

[generaldane]

The music in that trailer is infectious

 

[Jims]

This game continues to amaze. The single player level design really reminds me of Super Mario Galaxy, to which I have absolutely no problem with.

I really really really hope this game is a big success next year because I want Nintendo do more experiments like this.

 

[Orniletter]

The tentacle enemy has this weird almost Invader Zim-esque look going for it.

I love it.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

Musician: Toru Minegishi

Don't know about you guys, but this has raised my opinion of Minegishi even further. He's such a great musician.

Also, quick and dirty avatars for Old Inkling:

PM to rehost if you're a time-traveler.

 

[elfinke]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXg3e_ZTZoI

I can choose 720p60fps in the JP trailer. :|

 

[Axass]

Looks bonkers, stilistically it's basically Sunset Overdrive on Wii U, actually screw that, it's Jet Set Radio on Wii U.

Will buy, I can see this becoming the next long lasting Nintendo IP that will one day be as famous as Kirby, StarFox, DK, Mario, Zelda, etc.

 

[QuixoticNeutral]

By the way, look closely. 1:26. Bloopers and Octoroks.

 

[wildfire]

I need to know who the composer is.

Yeah that song was pretty interesting. I want to know what the track was.


As for the game, I'm liking what I'm seeing. I wonder what the structure of the campaign will be.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

here's an even better gif, capturing the context. the old guy reminds me of a character you'd see on futurama

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

By the way, look closely. 1:26. Bloopers and Octoroks.

"I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT AN INK-A-LING!"

Getting some nice Chibi-Robo vibes from this game, too.

Re: Old Inkling, notice his lapel pins? That means he's a commander/captain/commodore of some kind.

 

[dkeane]

Wow, I really love the music. Really interested in this.

 

[Lijik]

Getting big Minions/Rabbids vibes from the tentacles-thingies.

The way they look in the manga panels super reminds me of eric guillons sketches of the minions

 

[OmegaSmash]

I seriously cannot get over the incredible style this game has. It honestly doesn't look like a Nintendo game, yet that's not bad in any way whatsoever.

 

[WonderzL]

This is too good. Oh my god, this game!! I'm psyched for this. The 60fps trailer is just... AH! I need this. Give it to me.

 

[Spinosaurus]

I wasn't entirely sold on E3 but this won me over.

I need this.

 

[Volotaire]

This looks absolutely fantastic. I was afraid of a tacked on single player campaign but there seems to be some serious effort put into that level design. Having already played the game, I am already sold on the gameplay.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

I seriously cannot get over the incredible style this game has. It honestly doesn't look like a Nintendo game, yet that's not bad in any way whatsoever.

Best part of the collage is that strategy guide (notice the price-tag) that might indicate the level progression for this campaign.

 

[Chaos17]

Looks like its just a bunch of missions on the multiplayer maps

Please, go to titan fall thread ecause this is not.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

"I'M SO HUNGRY I COULD EAT AN INK-A-LING!"

Getting some nice Chibi-Robo vibes from this game, too.

Re: Old Inkling, notice his lapel pins? That means he's a commander/captain/commodore of some kind.

maybe he'll be yelling commands at you like Peppy

 

[Zonic]

By the way, look closely. 1:26. Bloopers and Octoroks.

What if everyone was a descendant of Bloopers & Octoroks & the war has been going on for years & years between the two?

 

[mattmagician]

Just let me make my own character and I'll perhaps buy TWO copies. One for a friend. This game looks amazing.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

Man, this was a good trailer. I have no words.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

maybe he'll be yelling commands at you like Peppy

He'll encourage us to try a hop-and-splurt whenever enemy painters are surrounding.

What if everyone was a descendant of Bloopers & Octoroks & the war has been going on for years & years between the two?

Duh, what else? The aliens that didn't make it to the Lylat System?

 

[Scoops]

This is a good example of Nintendo taking risks. They at minimum delayed if not completely passed up on Animal Crossing, one of their most popular franchises now, for WiiU for this.

I still think we'll get an Animal Crossing U holiday '16 but still.

 

[Fiktion]

Just let me make my own character and I'll perhaps buy TWO copies. One for a friend. This game looks amazing.

Pretty sure you can.

 

[Ansatz]

It's hard to tell how involved the campaign will be. Bosses? Narrative? Unique levels? I'm not sure if it's just a bunch of squid bots hanging around in the multiplayer stages.

These are clearly levels meant to be played single player, the mp maps are basically flat arenas with some towers.

 

[Azure J]

The written language in this world deserves some respect of its own as far as design goes:

I swear this language borrows enough from every written language style and mixes them all together expertly enough where Japanese and English readers alike would swear that they would be able to read it if they only had a longer look at it.

Not to mention the comic frame to the right in the image above looks more manga-esque whereas a lot of the wall graffiti looks western-influenced.

I seriously cannot get over the incredible style this game has. It honestly doesn't look like a Nintendo game, yet that's not bad in any way whatsoever.

This game excels in it's graphic art. I saw these little slides and almost wanted Nintendo to pump out a complimentary manga or CE with these newspaper comic style things wrapping it.

I also got an extremely weird Hunter X Hunter vibe reading the made up language in these stills.

Edit: Orange Inkling is canon as fuck btw.

 

[DaBoss]

Just let me make my own character and I'll perhaps buy TWO copies. One for a friend. This game looks amazing.

Seems like you'll be able to choose skin color and gender. Maybe you can choose what color you like as well.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

These are clearly levels meant to be played single player, the mp maps are basically flat arenas with some towers.

Hopefuly there's more diversity in terrain and elevation for the arenas than what's been shown. If that's instead being given to the campaign levels, then I don't know where the team's priorities lay.

 

[efyu_lemonardo]

What if everyone was a descendant of Bloopers & Octoroks & the war has been going on for years & years between the two?

You think that's strange, I just realized something even weirder!

Those Octopus enemies aren't actually Octopus at all... they're... tentacles!

As in "Day Of The"...

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

And there'll be cnidarians as well, including those asshole men-'o'-war. Gotta have a sneak peek at all the seafood we'll be eating in half a century...

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not kidding, this game could have an environmental message

.

 

[The Bankslammer]

I really love all the thought going into the world's culture. The music (claimed to be modeled after what sort of music the characters would listen to), the language, the company logos, the comics, the propaganda... It's all super rad and stylish. Hopefully the images they flashed in the trailer are from some kind of supplementary material that appears in the game, and there's lots more of it

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or best case scenario Splatoon turns into a thriving franchise.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

All this needs is rock solid online, and it could become a defining WiiU title.


…


There is online right?

 

[gngf123]

Edit: Orange Inkling is canon as fuck btw.

Just as they should be.

 

[Kouriozan]

All this needs is rock solid online, and it could become a defining WiiU title.


…


There is online right?

Would be hard for a 8 players game to not have online.