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Who's getting Splatoon? For those of you who may not know, it's a third person shooter where you shoot ink and can switch between human form and squid form. The squid can only swim in your team's ink, it moves very quickly, it can swim up walls and it's difficult to detect. The catch is you have to be in human form to shoot ink. If you shoot an opponent with enough ink, they die and respawn.
I played three of the hour-long testfires and it's pretty fun. The squid form makes the game very interesting. It's both an effective stealth tool and a fantastic way to dodge and move quickly to a better position. People who know how to use the squid form well can do some crazy stuff. I remember watching some dude play the game who was moving around like a god darn turbocat while decimating everyone. It was like watching a pro smasher play Melee (I'm probably exaggerating).
The game mode in the testfire was Turf War, which is a 4v4 battle in which you try to cover the most ground with your team's ink.
Splatoon's not without its flaws though. Pre-match, you don't know what weapons your teams are going to pick and there's no way to switch during the match, so you can wind up with three or four splat chargers and lose as a result. There's also no voice chat, so strategizing with your teammates is incredibly difficult. There are also some things that aren't coming until later this year, but I don't remember what those things are.
Nonetheless, I'm probably going to get it soon after it comes out. I can see myself getting 60 bucks worth of fun out of it, and I'm glad Nintendo finally made a new IP for once.
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