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Splatoon

2015 81 / 100 Platform Shooter
Splatoon is primarily a team-based third-person shooter which is playable by up to eight players in 4-vs-4 matches, although the game also features a single-player campaign. Players control characters called Inklings, wich can change between human form and squid form. 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 replenishi Show full summary

Splatoon is primarily a team-based third-person shooter which is playable by up to eight players in 4-vs-4 matches, although the game also features a single-player campaign. Players control characters called Inklings, wich can change between human form and squid form. 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.

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Platform Genre Action Theme Single player Mode
World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer

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Story & context

After the Great Zapfish, Inkopolis' primary power supply, is stolen, Cap'n Cuttlefish employs a Splatoon of Inklings to travel to the Octarians' secret underground base and retrieve it. Players assume the role of Agent 3 of the New Squidbeak Splatoon and traverse the treacherous landscape of Octo Valley in order to reclaim various lost Zapfish, Sunken Scrolls, and Power Eggs.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GenrePlatform GenreShooter ThemeAction ThemeScience fiction
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Studio & publishing

Developer
Nintendo EAD Software Development Group No.2
Publisher
Nintendo
Franchise
Splatoon
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Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action, Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Wii U May 29, 2015
  • Wii U May 30, 2015
  • Wii U May 28, 2015

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