Splatoon looks like a solid game. Releases May 29

I have known about this game for a while but never really paid much attention to it. Well after this past weekend with the test fires and watching all kinds of previews and gameplay videos, I've already got my copy paid for and ready to pick up on Day 1. Nintendo has been out of the shooter market for a long time now but this is the perfect game to get them back into it. The matchmaking seems very balanced and everyone is reporting that they experienced no lag during the test fires. Which is amazing considering the amount of traffic their servers were getting. My favorite part of the game personally is the sound effects. They are sooooo soothing. Especially when you are swimming around the map as a squid.

The game runs at 1080p and 60 FPS. It's a very "pretty" game. The main drawback right now is that there is no party chat in the game. Outside of that, i think this is going to be a great game and a must own for any Wii U owner like myself.

Here are some gameplay videos:

Splatoon Nintendo Direct 5.7.2015
GameXplain 1-hour of gameplay
Top 10 Reasons To Be Excited for Splatoon

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Splatoon is an upcoming third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for Wii U, which is scheduled for release in Japan on May 28, 2015, and the rest of the world on May 29, 2015. In Splatoon, the player shoots colorful ink at opponents as well as surfaces, which the player character can swim through to hide from enemies, increase movement speed, or climb up walls. In the online multiplayer mode, two teams vie to cover more of the map in their color of ink, while in the single-player campaign, the player infiltrates an enemy octopus army that uses its own arsenal of ink weapons.

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Splatoon is primarily a team-based third-person shooter which is playable by up to eight players in online four-versus-four matches, although the game also features a single-player campaign. Players control characters called Inklings, who have the ability to change between humanoid and squid forms. In humanoid form, Inklings can shoot colored ink across the game environment, with the player's goal being to cover the most territory in their team's color before the match ends. For each round, the color of the two teams change randomly. Transforming into a squid allows players to swim through ink of their own color, even up walls and through grates, hiding from the enemy and replenishing their ink supply in the process. Conversely, enemy ink is much slower to move across in humanoid form and cannot be swum through in squid form.

Players can use their ink to try and "splatter" their opponents, which will send them back to their team's respawn point whilst also providing a large splat of ink. Players go into battle wielding a primary weapon, such as a mid-range gun, a sniper rifle, a giant paintbrush, or a giant paint roller; a secondary weapon, such as an ink grenade, an ink curtain, or an ink sprinkler; and a temporary special weapon (including a shield, an ink tornado launcher, and a rocket that drops an ink deluge from the sky) that can only be used after covering enough ground in ink. In addition, players can customize their character's movement speed and other statistics with different in-game outfits.

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