Game Rant's Riley Little writes, "Splatoon features local multiplayer and a single player campaign – although the local multiplayer mode may not be what fans expected."
Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.
Game Rant Writes "Mar10 Day is a fun yearly celebration of the Super Mario series, and Splatoon may warrant a fan-designated day of celebration in its own right."
How, exactly, did Splatoon reach heights rivalled only by Pokémon in Japan? New IPs from the House of Mario appear as often as shiny Pocket Monsters, yet typically move comparatively mediocre numbers or fall into relative obscurity behind the premium marques of Mario, Animal Crossing, Zelda, and Pokémon. Take Pikmin and ARMS, for example, which we adore but struggle to compete with the tentpole franchises when it comes to sales numbers or mainstream mindshare.
So, again, how has Splatoon risen to become one of Nintendo's most important series in Japan?
There ya go. Now I simply must play this game.
My biggest worry was that there would be no local multiplayer. This is very good news
I'm 100% in if it has split-screen online coop .. so I can hope on with my wife and dish out some pain. From the sounds of this interview that might not be what they do?
hmm i wonder what the sp is going to be. right now i have no idea what to expect. the idea für one on one local mp is great and could be very interesting.
Knew it would.. But good to see it confirmed :)