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I'll post these in this thread too, just incase they are helpful for anyone.



COUNTDOWNS

Since the times are simultaneous worldwide. I used the UTC times and made some GMT countdowns clocks over at secondapps.

UTC Times

UTC - Friday   24th March 2017    19:00:00 ~ 19:59:00
UTC - Saturday 25th March 2017    03:00:00 ~ 03:59:00
UTC - Saturday 25th March 2017    11:00:00 ~ 11:59:00
UTC - Saturday 25th March 2017    19:00:00 ~ 19:59:00
UTC - Sunday   26th March 2017    03:00:00 ~ 03:59:00
UTC - Sunday   26th March 2017    11:00:00 ~ 11:59:00

1st - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

2nd - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

3rd - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

4th - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

5th - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

6th - "Splatoon 2" Global Testfire time period Countdown

 

[bibs]

Hey guys does anyone know if we can change the motion control aiming to using the right stick for aiming? I am horrible at using motion controls for aiming and so if it's the only option, I will probably struggle to enjoy it.

 

[lastrealgameralive]

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[random25]

Now that I have finished Breath of the Wild, it's time to play some Splatoon 2! See you guys online.

 

[KingSnake]

I'm a kid now.

Can't wait for the first testfire in 10 hours. I missed Splatoon since they stopped the Splatfests.

 

[Lord Ghirahim]

My pro-con just got here, I'm now officially ready.

 

[Milly Osworth]

Any chance the game will run in 1080p docked now?

 

[Toadsili T]

Fresh from the SplatoonJP Twitter press! Looks like the right stick (used for the camera) now has its own sensitivity slider option from the gyro sensitivity. This will be a boon to quite a few players I know, for sure!

All other options look the same as Splatoon 1; Normal or inverted axis in X and Y (Y Axis only possible with gyro disabled), and enable/disable gyro controls. Not sure what the other option fields are for since my Kanji knowledge is terrible...

EDIT: But looks like the next field looks something like "Colour Display Support", or something to that effect. Likely to have colour lock option in there.

EDIT 2: Finally found it in my dictionary; Second field is "Colour Sense Support". Definitely going to have colour lock in there as an option; could possibly have other options as well.

 

[KingSnake]

I'm really curious how the WiFi connection will hold for this, especially with so many people having trouble with that.

 

[Lucifon]

Fresh from the SplatoonJP Twitter press! Looks like the right stick (used for the camera) now has its own sensitivity slider option from the gyro sensitivity. This will be a boon to quite a few players I know, for sure!

All other options look the same as Splatoon 1; Normal or inverted axis in X and Y (Y Axis only possible with gyro disabled), and enable/disable gyro controls. Not sure what the other option fields are for since my Kanji knowledge is terrible...

EDIT: But looks like the next field looks something like "Colour Display Support", or something to that effect. Likely to have colour lock option in there.

Ohhhh myyy godddddddd. Hype intensifies!!!!! I've been commenting about this since the game got announced. It was the ONE thing I hated about the first game. This is absolutely huge for me.

Edit - Are we sure that's what it is? Only one of those sensitivity fields has a right stick image on it...?

I'm really curious how the WiFi connection will hold for this, especially with so many people having trouble with that.

I'm interested in this too. The Switch's WiFi is absolutely terrible currently. I get lag in bomberman on a 250meg down 30 up connection (Switch only gets 50ish down max) which I can't tell if it's the other person or me. But even when I host a lobby I get lag...

 

[AGoodODST]

Can't wait.

A bit concerned about connection issues with the Switch and my wifi but we will see.

 

[foxuzamaki]

I won't be participating this time as I don't have a Switch as of yet, but I will be watching the gameplay from numerous streamers over the weekend as this happens. Should be good fun all around.

Also thanks to Cheesemeister for the global timetable. I did my best to hunt around for timetable info before the OT went up, but this is much better. I'd request the OP to add it into first post if and when possible.

Finally, to all you people saying the Roller is OP, well... SplatGAF never forgets.

(It was the Dynamo that was OP in the end, not the regular roller)

Never forget.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Any chance the game will run in 1080p docked now?

even if its 720 or more tomorrow, we really wont know until the full version is out and about(unless nintendo put the whole game in the demo, which they have done before and people have managed to get into with other games) because its only a small part of the game and so has limited memory, which means things might be downgraded out of necessity.

 

[Toadsili T]

Never forget.

I went ahead of myself and saved people trouble by already making a (semi)joke prediction for this testfire.

For real though, if you get matched up against a veteran charger during this testfire, some squids are gonna get blown out something fierce. The roller speed buff might catch a lot of people offguard though.

Gonna be a fun few days to watch.

 

[foxuzamaki]

Ohhhh myyy godddddddd. Hype intensifies!!!!! I've been commenting about this since the game got announced. It was the ONE thing I hated about the first game. This is absolutely huge for me.



I'm interested in this too. The Switch's WiFi is absolutely terrible currently. I get lag in bomberman on a 250meg down 30 up connection (Switch only gets 50ish down max) which I can't tell if it's the other person or me. But even when I host a lobby I get lag...

It is revealed that bomberman has crappy servers and its not on your end

 

[foxuzamaki]

I went ahead of myself and saved people trouble by already making a (semi)joke prediction for this testfire.



For real though, if you get matched up against a veteran charger during this testfire, some squids are gonna get blown out something fierce. The roller speed buff might catch a lot of people offguard though.

Gonna be a fun few days to watch.

haha, I know, i was just adding onto that, I remember these 2 images in circulation back in the day

 

[Lucifon]

It is revealed that bomberman has crappy servers and its not on your end

Interesting, those must be some terribad servers to not be able to smoothly host a bomberman game between 2 people (with 2 on each console).

Can't wait for tonight after hearing that X/Y axis news. Going to be awesome playing Splatoon with the Pro controller.

 

[EDarkness]

I'm playing this mainly for the controls. If the split joy-con gyro aiming is good, then I'll be there day one. If not, then I'm gonna skip it like I did with the first game. Should be fun in any case.

 

[friskykillface]

Keep
Rollin
Rollin
Rollin

Bomberman online has been decent the past week, not much lag with 4 people but I expect servers to be hammered all weekend
Hype

 

[EDarkness]

Fresh from the SplatoonJP Twitter press! Looks like the right stick (used for the camera) now has its own sensitivity slider option from the gyro sensitivity. This will be a boon to quite a few players I know, for sure!

I hate to ask, but what does this mean? Does it mean we can lower the sensitivity of the right joy-con analog stick so that gyro works better?

 

[Zemm]

I'm really curious how the WiFi connection will hold for this, especially with so many people having trouble with that.

yeah I can't even play on wifi unless I move rooms, I'll have to play on the TV where it's connected via ethernet.

I also wonder how the connection quality will be with other players playing on shitty wifi or even hotspots :/ Having no regional matchmaking and even worse connections this time around could really be a dealbreaker for me, going to have to see it for myself.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Woo can't play any of the times. Great job.

 

[Lucifon]

Fresh from the SplatoonJP Twitter press! Looks like the right stick (used for the camera) now has its own sensitivity slider option from the gyro sensitivity. This will be a boon to quite a few players I know, for sure!

All other options look the same as Splatoon 1; Normal or inverted axis in X and Y (Y Axis only possible with gyro disabled), and enable/disable gyro controls. Not sure what the other option fields are for since my Kanji knowledge is terrible...

EDIT: But looks like the next field looks something like "Colour Display Support", or something to that effect. Likely to have colour lock option in there.

EDIT 2: Finally found it in my dictionary; Second field is "Colour Sense Support". Definitely going to have colour lock in there as an option; could possibly have other options as well.

I have a bad feeling this isn't what we think it is -_-

It translates to something like "It seems to be possible to set the sensitivity of the gyro sensor and the stick separately".

If they still haven't fixed this then that's a complete joke. It was the one aspect I hated about the first and felt like it showed their inexperience with shooters. Can anyone translate the greyed out Right Stick field?

 

[SinCityAssassin]

I have a bad feeling this isn't what we think it is -_-

It translates to something like "It seems to be possible to set the sensitivity of the gyro sensor and the stick separately".

You realize that some of the official twitters and social sites for splatoon operate under the guise of scientists right? That seems like it's just the roleplay. "Hmm, this seems to do THIS, further study is required!" etc.

 

[Martin5000]

I'm so hyped for the testfire!
I had so much fun with the testfire on Wii U and it made me buy the first one when it released!

 

[ryechu]

ah okay, thanks! and thanks to Penguin even if I didn't get it, haha

Your team's score is based on the amount of ink that can be seen in birds eye views. So technically ramps are worth less and walls are worth none. Also the area under bridges is probably worth zero as well.

 

[Sendou]

I have a bad feeling this isn't what we think it is -_-

It translates to something like "It seems to be possible to set the sensitivity of the gyro sensor and the stick separately".

If they still haven't fixed this then that's a complete joke. It was the one aspect I hated about the first and felt like it showed their inexperience with shooters. Can anyone translate the greyed out Right Stick field?

https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/845183421966004224

 

[Robin64]

 

[Jamie OD]

Going to be so good playing Splatoon again.

 

[Octavianus]

You're a squid now

I still remember waking up in the middle of the night for Splatoon testfire on the Wii U. Good times.

 

[Eldainorn]

I'm a squid now.

Can't wait for the first testfire in 10 hours. I missed Splatoon since they stopped the Splatfests.

Let me fix that for you.

 

[Bluth54]

Woo can't play any of the times. Great job.

Yeah I can only play during the last one due to my job. It's really stupid that Nintendo doesn't make the Testfire last all weekend.

 

[Jonneh3003]

Woo can't play any of the times. Great job.

Sucks for you but it's hardly their fault.

 

[Robin64]

Yeah I can only play during the last one due to my job. It's really stupid that Nintendo doesn't make the Testfire last all weekend.

Well it's a stress test, so they need as many people on at the same time as possible, rather then spread out over a weekend.

(Another open weekend later would be nice though)

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Well it's a stress test, so they need as many people on at the same time as possible, rather then spread out over a weekend.

(Another open weekend later would be nice though)

An open weekend test later on would be a good barometer for Splatfests.

 

[Ginger Hail]

Can't wait to fuck up my sleep schedule for this. I loved the first game and I'm eager to try this one out.

 

[FirLocke]

Biggest reason I want a Switch is for Splatoon 2. I'll get one someday..

 

[DecoyOctopus]

Never forget.

Never forget.

 

[whyreggielie]

Will I be able to login on my Japanese account to play during Japanese times and vice versa for NA and theoretically EU?

 

[Robin64]

Will I be able to login on my Japanese account to play during Japanese times and vice versa for NA and theoretically EU?

The times are the same worldwide.

 

[Ushojax]

Will I be able to login on my Japanese account to play during Japanese times and vice versa for NA and theoretically EU?

The test is happening at the same time worldwide, hence 'global testfire'.

 

[whyreggielie]

The times are the same worldwide.

Oh thanks lol. Didn't account for that when looking at the times for each of them.

 

[jon bones]

i'll be on tonight at 11 and tomorrow i'll make a nice up of coffee and play in bed with my wife and dog

and it will be amazing

 

[correojon]

Fuck, I´m at the verge of getting a Switch right now so I can play the test fires. Splatoon was my most played WiiU game, ended up playing it almost every single day since launch.

 

[Robin64]

Fuck, I´m at the verge of getting a Switch right now so I can play the test fires. Splatoon was my most played WiiU game, ended up playing it almost every single day since launch.

If you decide to try and get one today, good luck. They're super scarce right now.

 

[KingSnake]

Let me fix that for you.

Nope. I will be a squid later.

 

[Kyonashi]

Anyone got the filesize to hand?

 

[Charamiwa]

Are those two stages new? As in, not in Splatoon 1?

 

[Lucifon]

You realize that some of the official twitters and social sites for splatoon operate under the guise of scientists right? That seems like it's just the roleplay. "Hmm, this seems to do THIS, further study is required!" etc.

I do, I meant more what it appeared to be suggesting

https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/845183421966004224

So it isn't sensitivity? It's inverted on or off. Right stick sensitivity is one slider.

 

[SalvaPot]

If everything goes well I should be able to use this meme again: