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Splatoon 2 |OT| Fresh Squids 2 Go

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Steiner

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Fantastic, lovely, and informative OP! Can't wait for everyone to jump in tomorrow. My friends all want to go out on the town to celebrate my birthday tomorrow night, and I'm seriously considering staying in all freaking night to play Splatoon 2.....
 

ChrisD

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Anyone else gonna complete the campaign before touching online?

Just me then lol

I don't know, the temptation to hop online ASAP will likely be too strong! SP may be for when I'm away from home, if I can't get myself to play it on the TV.
 

NOLA_Gaffer

Banned
Half of my brain wants the Splatoon Pro Controller.

The other half knows I already have four joycon (two pair) that already work perfectly fine.

I'm honestly leaning towards agreeing with the latter half.
 
Nintendo first party retail releases A L W A Y S go up at midnight eastern time.

Been this way since the 3DS.


Good. For some reason I was convinced ARMS was at 3 am est but it could be because my girlfriend passed out and didn't want to play alone. I generally don't do retail releases digital but this will be a game I will probably always want with me
 

OCD Guy

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I don't know, the temptation to hop online ASAP will likely be too strong! SP may be for when I'm away from home, if I can't get myself to play it on the TV.

I know what you mean.

The mode I'm really looking forward to though is Salmon Run.
 

akira28

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I've theorized for a long time that Inklings and Octolings aren't "inherently" opposed (think kind of like how in the Paper Mario series, there are a lot of Koopas and Goombas who are just passive good guys). The scrolls in Splatoon 1 showed that Inklings and Octolings used to live together in harmony, but something happened along the way that exiled Octavio to Octo Valley where he controls primitive Octarians for his own nefarious purposes. The credits for Splatoon 1 also show an image where some Octolings get along with Inklings.

So my theory with Marina is presumably she knows many Inklings view Octarians and Octolings negatively and that's why she's a lot more submissive/anxious, but Pearl maintains a gung ho attitude to keep her motivated like a big little sister. Maybe she's an idol because she wants to bridge the gap between Inklings and Octarians, kind of like a positive icon.

I guess you can read into the class/racial divide undertones in there somewhere.

Nintendo hiding some deep social commentary in their Splatoon game again...much less dark than the fall of mankind though.
 

Betty

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Nipping into the stores tomorrow evening to find the best price for a physical copy.

Been real rough having to wait since the Splatfest.
 

Dipship31

Member
Pumped to give this a go. Played a bit of the splatfests, but not enough to really try to get good or figure out much what's going on.

How's the progression system online if there is one?
 
Very colorful OT, Boss!



It was $81.99 after tax so my mind is kind of freaking out. I'm hoping I love it enough that the purchase becomes fully justified. :'D


New Squid smell is great. RIP SP1 OT, though. It almost made it to a final thread. Almost. *MetalGearSalutegif*
It's justified trust me.
 

J@hranimo

Banned
Hey all, quote this post for the Friend Code list. I think Daboss will add it to the OP later.

Please don't share the link with anyone outside of GAF or we'll have to make it private
 

ChrisD

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I know what you mean.

The mode I'm really looking forward to though is Salmon Run.

Same deal. I'm S/S+, but have some friends who are B~ Rank. So we can only really play Turf War, where we don't always end up on the same side. Trying to play Competitive Modes with them, they can't quite play ball with the S Ranks that show up. Not trying to toot a horn; one friend literally told me that he doesn't want to play Ranked with me because of the enemies it pits us against. A horde mode is THE perfect answer. Always together, a scaling difficulty, and also just the thought of a hoard mode in a game so mobility-focused sounds fun!

It's justified trust me.

As the release gets closer it is feeling more and more likely that I'll love it. But plopping down that much on a controller. Daaaang. It hurt lol.
 

ryechu

Member
Does anyone know if the gear bonuses stack.

Any gear ability that can appear as a secondary ability can stacks with no hard cap.

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The ones with the chunk symbol and quantity above can stack.
 
Working a half day tomorrow! Will be downloading this as soon as I get home from work. I didn't play the first game, but loved the Splatfest demo. The whole atmosphere of the game just oozes fun.

Feel free to add me, my FC is: SW-2967-5756-8960
 

ChrisD

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Oh man, I just remembered that I will have to play some single player mixed in with the Turf Wars, Salmon Runs and Ranked Matches, because I want my amiibo goodies!

Speaking of, folks I'm making a statement.
All the new amiibo gear >>> old amiibo gear.
Yes, even the school uniform.
 
Can't believe it's finally almost here. Excited to dive in and play with you all. Splatoon Pro controller probably won't arrive on time, but looks like I'm good to go for getting the game and the Amiibos on release date at least! See you on the battlefields all!
 

jorgejjvr

Gold Member
Questions

Can we voice chat in ranked?

Can we voice chat in league battles?

When can I access ranked?

When can I access league?
 

Zemm

Member
Did they change the scoreboard to remove deaths? Hard to see in this stream I'm watching.

Anyway have pre-ordered even with my backlog :/
 

ryechu

Member
Questions

Can we voice chat in ranked?

Can we voice chat in league battles?

When can I access ranked?

When can I access league?


As far as we know the lounge app currently only works for private battles, and very poorly at that.

I would say use discord. I don't think any among the splatGAF discord has been swayed by nintendo's showing. It's been a combination of laughing and facepalming, really.
 

WALKMAN04

Member
Questions

Can we voice chat in ranked?
Can we voice chat in league battles?
When can I access ranked?
When can I access league?

I believe you can only voice chat in private battles or with friends, so no randoms.
I am not sure, only for privates.
Once you reach level 10
Once you reach B- for that given rank mode
 
Did they change the scoreboard to remove deaths? Hard to see in this stream I'm watching.

Anyway have pre-ordered even with my backlog :/

Yeah it looks like it got moved to the Switch App.
Questions

Can we voice chat in ranked?

Can we voice chat in league battles?

When can I access ranked?

When can I access league?
I'm not sure on the two voice questions but I believe ranked is lvl 10 and league is rank B-
 

Malo

Banned
Is the pro controller essential for Splatoon? I just got my switch recently, but I don't have a pro controller yet.
 
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