Splatoon is Unadulterated Online Fun

Young teenage inklings compete in a series of fun paintball-esque online competitions. Shooting coloured ink with various weapons, they can then use their ability to turn into a squid form and swim quickly through this ink. Meanwhile, in the plaza, a mysterious old Cuttlefish encourages you to join him in his battle against the Octarians to recover the stolen Zapfish which power Inkopolis.

Nintendo Offers One More Round of Splatoon Testfire Ahead of Launch

A short while ago, Nintendo gave Wii U owners a chance to sample their upcoming exclusive, online shooter Splatoon. For those that missed the free taste, they are opening the demo up again for one hour on Saturday the 23^rd of May at 6PM EDT, ahead of the games launch next week on Friday the 29^th allowing people another chance to see what all the buzz is about.

Splatoon marks Nintendo’s first foray into the online shooter market, but it does a lot more than add bright cartoony graphics to the genre. Okay yes, it does add bright cartoony graphics because that’s Nintendo’s thing, but it does more than that.