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[TheGreatMightyPoo]

The other thing to remember, I guess, is that even if the raw numbers aren't that huge, there's always the amiibo, 3DS themes, badges (sorry, NA/EU/Other), DLC and so on that can help make money if they can get a lot of buyers to grab the other stuff, too.

Amiibos: The Gateway Drug

(well said)

 

[Poimandres]

No review scores? Mine arrived this morning, Bloodborne got a 10.

Beautiful. Do you know the other review scores?

It won't sell Mario Kart numbers but it will catch on and do well no matter how long it takes it to.

People screaming "bomba" as if it will sell like The Wonderful 101 or whatever are in for a surprise/rude awakening.

I could see this taking off enough from word of mouth on Miiverse.

I wouldn't bank on the game selling well. I think it will easily outdo something super bomby like Wonderful 101, but I'm anticipating reviews in the 80's and pretty average sales all round.

I generally think it's a good idea to set expectations low and be pleasantly surprised if something exceeds those expectations. It's better that than being let down.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Beautiful. Do you know the other review scores?



I wouldn't bank on the game selling well. I think it will easily outdo something super bomby like Wonderful 101, but I'm anticipating reviews in the 80's and pretty average sales all round.

I generally think it's a good idea to set expectations low and be pleasantly surprised if something exceeds those expectations. It's better that than being let down.

I guess but I expect a lot of 9s for this game(some 8s).

I think it's going to turn out THAT good.

I know I'm doing it wrong

 

[MutFox]

Wonder how they'll do the marketing for Splatoon...
Hope the marketing is not something too family friendly,
and seems like a game for pre-schoolers.

 

[Poimandres]

I guess but I expect a lot of 9s for this game(some 8s).

I think it's going to turn out THAT good.

I know I'm doing it wrong

Honestly your expectations are not outlandish at all! I'm just a pessimist. hehe.

 

[StreetsAhead]

Wonder how they'll do the marketing for Splatoon...
Hope the marketing is not something too family friendly,
and seems like a game for pre-schoolers.

You'll get your average diverse group of teenagers having their lives invaded by ink and then turning into squids/Inklings while battling in a generic big city/suburban environment and you'll love it!

<3 NoA marketing

 

[Road of Ease]

The cover's OK I guess, but it could be so much better...

LMAO, I love it

 

[Vena]

No review scores? Mine arrived this morning, Bloodborne got a 10.

So does that make BB and Bayo2 the only current gen 10s from EDGE?

Spoiler

And soon Splatoon, and then XCX. Obviously.

 

[Palculator]

I actually like that cover. I can see the butt cheeks, but it's still a cool cover. Though I agree other Splatoon art would be amazing enough on its own as a cover.

 

[Crossing Eden]

The squids aren't an iconic character. So it would've been a much better idea to make an artwork featuring the cast of characters instead of trying to be minimalistic.

 

[cacildo]

What's so special about Splatoon?
Have a Wii U and love FPS games.

Seen video's but not sure what the hype is about.
Seems like something I'd get bored of after a week,
not something I'd be playing for years, like CS:GO.

Is there a video out there that shows something special?

yes but not for you

everybody will play and have fun and you will be left out

 

[B.O.O.M]

Cleaned it up for cell phone background if anyone wants it:


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[Toxi]

And NO risk of being insulted or molested via voice chat.

We're now pretending the lack of a voice chat option is a pro?

 

[Icyflamez96]

well at least it's better than the game cover art

Yeah I actually like looking at that more than I do the actual box art.

 

[Jpop]

We're now pretending the lack of a voice chat option is a pro?

He was being sarcastic, post is practically dipped in it.

 

[Skeptor]

Beautiful. Do you know the other review scores?.

Battlefield hardline - 7
Bloodborne - 10
Hotline miami 2: wrong number - 5
Ori and the blind forest - 7
Kirby and the rainbow paintbrush - 8
Axiom verge - 8
Titan souls - 5

 

[Neiteio]

What's so special about Splatoon?
Have a Wii U and love FPS games.

Seen video's but not sure what the hype is about.
Seems like something I'd get bored of after a week,
not something I'd be playing for years, like CS:GO.

Is there a video out there that shows something special?

Nintendo game feel. It's made by EAD.

A big part of the game is the ability to turn into a squid and travel swiftly through your own ink. This leads to all kinds of neat traversal, like spraying ink on a wall and swimming up the wall to a sniper perch (maybe even sneaking up on a sniper), or leaping out of the ink in squid form and phasing through a fence, or hiding in your ink while enemies walk by. Your ink slows enemies down; their ink slows you down. Hiding in your ink also refills your ink.

You can stick with your team and pave a path in which they can swim, or you can hang back at base and lay down lots of ink to control more territory. Lots of strategy, and that's before you get to melee weapons like the paintroller and brush, sub-weapons like the sprinklers and showers, and then the power weapons like the AoE cyclone, etc. And while you can play the game with just the analog sticks, you can supplement them with slight tilts of the controller for super-precise gyro aiming, which is said to work really well.

The game just looks amazing. The polish, the presentation, the pacing of the fights. Really excited to try it, since everyone who plays it seems to love it.

 

[Bloodrage]

Bloodborne - 10

 

[Zombegoast]

The revival of street fighter? Did I miss its death?

It can never die. Even if there blown it always comes back.

 

[aly]

Battlefield hardline - 7
Bloodborne - 10
Hotline miami 2: wrong number - 5
Ori and the blind forest - 7
Kirby and the rainbow paintbrush - 8
Axiom verge - 8
Titan souls - 5

Dat Bloodborne. Wonder what they did'nt like about Hotline Miami 2.

 

[EVO]

I was hyped for Splatoon until I played it at PAX. Not a fan of the controls at all.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I was exaggerating that it's the "best" cover I have ever seen but now that I assess it, it's a great image of the game, eyes peering out of paint ready to sabotage the unsuspecting foe.

 

[cacildo]

Dat Bloodborne. Wonder what they did'nt like about Hotline Miami 2.

it wasnt bloodborne

 

[Poimandres]

Battlefield hardline - 7
Bloodborne - 10
Hotline miami 2: wrong number - 5
Ori and the blind forest - 7
Kirby and the rainbow paintbrush - 8
Axiom verge - 8
Titan souls - 5

Woah, strange scores! Higher than most for Kirby, and pretty low for Ori and especially Hotline 2.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

I was hyped for Splatoon until I played it at PAX. Not a fan of the controls at all.

What control scheme did you use???

 

[OmegaSmash]

I hope it's a blowout for all the maps and modes.

 

[EVO]

What control scheme did you use???

Not sure, but I remember controlling the camera by tilting the gamepad.

 

[Hibiki Kurosawa]

That's an unfortunate cover, but I sure hope Splatoon is a success. I feel like Nintendo has potentially struck gold with it, it just needs to sell well.

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

Not sure, but I remember controlling the camera by tilting the gamepad.

That's one way to play(maybe they forced that at the event) but you can play it without tilt controls and as a standard dual analog shooter.

 

[XxRampage07xX]

Battlefield hardline - 7
Bloodborne - 10
Hotline miami 2: wrong number - 5
Ori and the blind forest - 7
Kirby and the rainbow paintbrush - 8
Axiom verge - 8
Titan souls - 5

Wut?

 

[Toxi]

He was being sarcastic, post is practically dipped in it.

Wow, that just flew over my head.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Nintendo game feel. It's made by EAD.

A big part of the game is the ability to turn into a squid and travel swiftly through your own ink. This leads to all kinds of neat traversal, like spraying ink on a wall and swimming up the wall to a sniper perch (maybe even sneaking up on a sniper), or leaping out of the ink in squid form and phasing through a fence, or hiding in your ink while enemies walk by. Your ink slows enemies down; their ink slows you down. Hiding in your ink also refills your ink.

You can stick with your team and pave a path in which they can swim, or you can hang back at base and lay down lots of ink to control more territory. Lots of strategy, and that's before you get to melee weapons like the paintroller and brush, sub-weapons like the sprinklers and showers, and then the power weapons like the AoE cyclone, etc. And while you can play the game with just the analog sticks, you can supplement them with slight tilts of the controller for super-precise gyro aiming, which is said to work really well.

The game just looks amazing. The polish, the presentation, the pacing of the fights. Really excited to try it, since everyone who plays it seems to love it.

You just sent my hype levels through the roof with this description. I hope we get a release date soon...I want to plop down a pre-order even though I generally avoid the practice out of principle.

 

[Rlan]

Can't unsee butt cheeks.

Splatoon, Break The Internet.

Spoiler

Gold Star for whoever photoshops this

 

[popyea]

You just sent my hype levels through the roof with this description. I hope we get a release date soon...I want to plop down a pre-order even though I generally avoid the practice out of principle.

I think May 29 is the official release date.

 

[Log4Girlz]

Best cover I've ever seen and I haven't even opened my eyes yet.

 

[Toxi]

Dat Bloodborne. Wonder what they did'nt like about Hotline Miami 2.

A lot of people thought the sequel felt bloated compared to the tight masterpiece that was the first game.

 

[EVO]

That's one way to play(maybe they forced that at the event) but you can play it without tilt controls and as a standard dual analog shooter.

Cool, that'd make it better.

 

[NecromorphTX]

Bloodborne: 10

 

[Cidd]

Wow 10/10 for BB is kinda shocking, Edge knows what's up.

 

[RAWi]

Nintendo game feel. It's made by EAD.

A big part of the game is the ability to turn into a squid and travel swiftly through your own ink. This leads to all kinds of neat traversal, like spraying ink on a wall and swimming up the wall to a sniper perch (maybe even sneaking up on a sniper), or leaping out of the ink in squid form and phasing through a fence, or hiding in your ink while enemies walk by. Your ink slows enemies down; their ink slows you down. Hiding in your ink also refills your ink.

You can stick with your team and pave a path in which they can swim, or you can hang back at base and lay down lots of ink to control more territory. Lots of strategy, and that's before you get to melee weapons like the paintroller and brush, sub-weapons like the sprinklers and showers, and then the power weapons like the AoE cyclone, etc. And while you can play the game with just the analog sticks, you can supplement them with slight tilts of the controller for super-precise gyro aiming, which is said to work really well.

The game just looks amazing. The polish, the presentation, the pacing of the fights. Really excited to try it, since everyone who plays it seems to love it.

That's an awesome description of the game mechanics. I really want to play it, and single player remembers me of Mario Sunshine A LOT! Like holy shit, it is Mario Sunshine but with ink and awesome platforming and shooting

 

[aly]

it wasnt bloodborne

lol

A lot of people thought the sequel felt bloated compared to the tight masterpiece that was the first game.

That's understandable. On a positive note, the music I've heard so far from it sounded fantastic.

 

[DizzyCrow]

 

[Exile20]

perfect

 

[nib95]

Battlefield hardline - 7
Bloodborne - 10
Hotline miami 2: wrong number - 5
Ori and the blind forest - 7
Kirby and the rainbow paintbrush - 8
Axiom verge - 8
Titan souls - 5

Damn, a lot of those are lower than expected, aside from Bloodborne obviously.

 

[Cindro]

On the one hand, I think this cover does a tremendous disservice to the frankly spectacular art design of the game. The human form of the inklings, for example, are far more striking than the zoomed in angry eyes of the squid. And, for all of the bright orange on display, there color palette of the game proper is of course infinitely more engaging when it isn't boiled down to a single shade.

On the other hand, I'm guessing the typical Edge readership might be more interested in this cover than something with the elements I mentioned above, as the furrowed eyes will at least delay the snap-judgement some people will experience to immediately dismiss the game as kiddy.

 

[kittens]

Aww, I was excited when I saw the thread title but that cover is pretty terrible. I'm still glad to see Splatoon getting major coverage.

 

[MutFox]

Nintendo game feel. It's made by EAD.

A big part of the game is the ability to turn into a squid and travel swiftly through your own ink. This leads to all kinds of neat traversal, like spraying ink on a wall and swimming up the wall to a sniper perch (maybe even sneaking up on a sniper), or leaping out of the ink in squid form and phasing through a fence, or hiding in your ink while enemies walk by. Your ink slows enemies down; their ink slows you down. Hiding in your ink also refills your ink.

You can stick with your team and pave a path in which they can swim, or you can hang back at base and lay down lots of ink to control more territory. Lots of strategy, and that's before you get to melee weapons like the paintroller and brush, sub-weapons like the sprinklers and showers, and then the power weapons like the AoE cyclone, etc. And while you can play the game with just the analog sticks, you can supplement them with slight tilts of the controller for super-precise gyro aiming, which is said to work really well.

The game just looks amazing. The polish, the presentation, the pacing of the fights. Really excited to try it, since everyone who plays it seems to love it.

Thanks, I'll def check it out, maybe not at launch, well depends on E3...

yes but not for you

everybody will play and have fun and you will be left out

Look above as an example of a good response.

 

[Gucci Messiah]

Bloodborne: 10

This gif will never get old haha!

 

[TheGreatMightyPoo]

To have a game like this and especially from Nintendo themselves...it's a blessing.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Its whats on the inside that counts