Foolz said:

Is it only people here that weren't immediately enamoured by Splatoon? A third person shooter doing something different developed by EAD is as exciting a prospect as an open world Zelda; and one just as rare.

I watched the E3 trailer a couple of times, but really I don't see the appeal. It looks like a multiplayer shooter for kids. I like that Nintendo is finally doing a new IP, but it doesn't look like something I'd enjoy. Maybe I'll feel differently after Nintendo shows more of it.

Foolz said:

Is it only people here that weren't immediately enamoured by Splatoon? A third person shooter doing something different developed by EAD is as exciting a prospect as an open world Zelda; and one just as rare.

That's true for me, not necessarily speaking for everybody though.  I didn't see anything in the trailers or demos which made me go "Wow I wish I was playing this".  As well as the fact that I wouldn't even consider an online-multiplayer only game without a single-player.

But all I seem to read is praise and excitement, so I try to remain open to persuasion.

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gamingeek said:

Dvader said:

Foolz said:

Is it only people here that weren't immediately enamoured by Splatoon? A third person shooter doing something different developed by EAD is as exciting a prospect as an open world Zelda; and one just as rare.

Neogaf seems to be going crazy over it. Blew my mind. Nothing about a 4v4 arena shooter ever interests me. If it were a full third person shooter with a campaign that smartly uses that mechanic then sure I am in.But what they showed while cool would get boring for me after a few days.

Same. Need the single player.

Reggie said Splatoon wil have many gameplay modes including single player.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/06/13/reggie-fils-aime-talks-about-e3-industry-change-and-what-nintendo-is-doing-for-a-comeback-interview/2/

Venturebeat said:

Reggie: I say this with no disrespect to any other developer, but I really do believe that our EAD teams are second to none. I think Splatoon has a number of gameplay elements that make the game incredibly fun and incredibly addictive. It has the ink-squirting mechanic, but on top of that, the ability to turn into the squid and travel through the ink, using it as camouflage, being in the ink while the other team is coming about and getting them—The strategy component of going for space, going for the other team, choosing which weapon to use, it’s an incredibly deep game. We’ll be showcasing more depth. All we’re showing at E3 is the four-on-four multiplayer, but the developers have a lot more modes that they’re working on and that they’ll be revealing in the future.

GamesBeat: Is there a single-player campaign?

Reggie: We’re not showing single-player, but as I said, the developers have a lot more modes coming.

GamesBeat: I’ve seen quite a few games that have multiplayer only, is why I ask. In some ways that seems like a good way for smaller companies to cut budgets and save time. But it also seems like it’s a direction gamers are going in.

Reggie: I’d disagree on that last point. I think gamers want a full-featured experience. I think it’s actually a mistake to cut out modes. Now, certain games, in the way they’re conceptualized, they are what they are. I played Rainbow Six: Siege, Ubi’s five-on-five game. The innovation there is that it’s a one-shot kill. Now there’s strategy to it, which makes that interesting. I don’t know if they’re going to have a mode where all of the other entities are non-playable characters. That doesn’t seem like a lot of fun to me. I think it needs to be that online multiplayer to bring it to life.

So it depends on the game. But in the first-person shooter genre, I would argue that not having a fully featured campaign mode, in this day and age, would be a bit of a mistake. Even though all of the hours played are likely going to be in multiplayer.

I like that they are making Yoshi's Woolly World more challenging.

Ravenprose said:

The most frustrating thing about Nintendo is their unwillingness to include difficulty options. Why make Kirby's Epic Yarn for kids-only, but then make Yoshi Woolly World more difficult?  It makes no sense. Gamers should be able to enjoy both games no matter their skill level. And I really hate the whole "play through the entire game to unlock hard mode" BS too. Just include Easy, Normal, and Hard options right from the beginning, Nintendo! Video games have had that basic feature since the 1970s!

/rant

Some game genres can't easily have difficulty options introduced without effectively changing the game.  In a fighting game or RPG you increase the opponents' HP or life gauge etc.  In a shooter you make the player take fewer hits before they die.  How do you make a platform game like Mario/Yoshi more difficult without making it a different game?  Remove some of the platforms?  Fewer extra lives?  Or a game like Zelda where killing enemies is just something to do while you get from one puzzle to the next.  What difference would making them tougher make?  Or a Boss.  Any challenge is in discovering how you have to defeat it, so you either know what to do or you don't.  Making a boss take five hits instead of three won't change anything once you know how to do it.

Nintyfan17 said:

I don't know about that they seem competent with multiplayer.

It is even supposed to have full voice chat so you can communicate with your team throughout the match, not just in the lobby like Mario Kart 8.

Will it have actual game invites? Stat tracking? Leaderboards?

You know what would be the perfect franchise for Sony's VR headset?

Metroid Prime.

I'm so proud, my nephew received a 2DS for his birthday today.