How Splatoon Found Success in the Wii U's Failure

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• CA

  @capgorski · 2 years ago

  Splatoon 1 had such a wild vibe. The series is already becoming a little too rigid and bound by its own rules. S2 and 3 are great games, but are missing a little magic. Hopefully Splatoon 4 can recapture that vibrancy.

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• NO

  @norg18 · 2 years ago

  It was love at first sight, since the announcement I really wanted that game

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• SU

  @sundaesweetss · 2 years ago

  had to try really hard not to cry while watching this video i love this franchise so much. im so autistic abt splatoon and i wish i had the ability to play splatoon 1 when it was still being updated, it's a huge shame that nintendo puts out these amazing games and drops them after a few years which makes it infinitely harder to get into the earlier titles depending on where you started from. my first game was splatoon 2 and i've been literally obsessed with the game since, and looking back on its development and progress as a series while splatoon 3 is still ready and raring makes my heart fill with several emotions, but out of those emotions, the main one is love i think. great video, thank you for documenting a precursor to splatoon 2 and 3's success that most fans of the series never got to experience

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• DJ

  @djsercy5879 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToR-FJXGCCA&amp;t=427">7:07</a> slight correction: Kid Icarus Uprising was developed by Project Sora, NOT Sora, Ltd. Project Sora was a company Sakurai started specifically and exclusively to work on Kid Icarus Uprising and he disbanded the team and closed the company down once it was completed. Sora, Ltd. only has one employee and it&apos;s Sakurai himself.

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• DE

  @DekuGamer · 2 years ago

  This recap of the development was awesome! Really great work addressing what felt like the entire story of how this IP came about. While I didn&apos;t get the chance to play Splatoon 1, everyone that did speaks very highly of it, and that says a lot considering how lacking the Wii U was in general.

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• DA

  @danielle_6 · 2 years ago

  My personal favorite part of Splatoon is the Singleplayer Hero Mode. I tried doing a couple Any% runs on Wii U myself and it&apos;s full of fun and interesting glitches, skips and brand new ways to traverse through the levels that you would never think of casually. I recommend you check out a Splatoon Speedrun yourself if you want to see more.

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• SP

  @spacetoast87 · 2 years ago

  The success of this game always confused me. Glad it did well though I love Splatoon :)

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• AA

  @aaaarkham · 2 years ago

  love all the og splatoon footage, cant believe you still had stuff from the first splatfest

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• DE

  @dedicategrinder88 · 2 years ago

  I remember this game, truly one of my favourite Nintendo games of all times (favourite on the Wii U)<br><br>Such a legendary game, when I was 7 I got this game from my parents, thank you to them for some how knowing I like s it (maybe they saw I watched videos idk)<br><br>So many memories, it has a special place in my heart :)

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• TO

  @TomMooreT2S · 2 years ago

  I wanted to jump into Splatoon 2 back in its heyday, but I was saving up funds for a revised Switch model due to reports of defects of the original launch model (white box model) at the time. However, by the time the V2 (red box model) Switch was out, Splatoon 2’s Splatfests (arguably the biggest reason to jump into the game) have already ended. Even at the time and to this day, I found it unfair that players never got the chance to jump into the bandwagon when the Switch revisions came out. Then, the reveal trailer for Splatoon 3 came, and I was expressing concerns at the time, so if I wanted to prep up for ink-sensation, I decided to go back to where it all started with Splatoon 1 and a used Wii U console. And I had a blast with it! Even though the Splatfests were no longer around, I still played it because the online play was free. When Splatoon 3 had the World Premiere Splatfest, there I was ready to begin my firsthand experience in a Splatfest… or so I thought… MY INTERNET SUCKS! Splatoon 1 allowed me to jump into the game with little to no issues even with my internet in a poor connection, I was still able to play it. But Splatoon 3… I can’t do sh!£. I can’t find ANYONE to play with or against! So I initially gave up playing the game, but then the Zelda Splatfest occurred (which I still believed it was rigged…) so I gave it another chance… I tried SO MANY different methods to connect properly… ALL FAILURE!!! So I sent my copy back to the store and just let the game rot because I can’t play online with Splatoon 3. I obviously blame Nintendo’s decision of not implementing dedicated servers to Nintendo Switch Online. So now, I’m holding out until Splatoon 4 comes for the next-gen Nintendo console, praying that online play will be more tolerable this time around. So now, I’m trying to indulge myself with what little time I have left with Splatoon 1 before all things Wii U online shut down. Correct me if I’m wrong, but sources claimed that if your Nintendo Network ID is linked to your existing Nintendo account, certain data might get preserved? I don’t know, but no one seemed to have taken that seriously…<br><br>Splatoon 4 should not disappoint me! Because if it does, then that’s my end of the line with Splatoon!

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• MR

  @mrhobs · 2 years ago

  I just jumped into Splatoon a couple weeks ago. Super fun.<br><br>Glad I didn’t skip Splatoon 1, as I really feel sort of connected to the roots of the series now… like I’m being absolved for missing out… just feels right… like an old regret erased. 😌

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• KE

  @keynanmartinez · 2 years ago

  Splatoon 1 was so unique the sequel literally changed everyone&apos;s lives.

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