>take Return of the Mammalians>shove deep cut in a bot>replace the Octarians with Salmonid>set all of the levels underground and call them dungeons>expand Alterna, add enemies and resources>give the game a crafting and player build system and an extraction shooter structure with a home base>optional co-opViola, you have Splatoon Raiders
>>737825415We've got new screenshots??Is there more?
>>737825479We got like 9 other screenshots, but the ring level dungeon and this lava island are the most interesting. They also announced no more research lab posts for a while. Likely not until late June/early July’s marketing push starts
>>737825479Slowly getting them.
>>737827721Are we thinking the treasure values are just for progression gating? Like, you get X amount of treasure, and Deep Cut is like “they’re probably only scraps left, let’s move onto the next island!” and you fight a boss blocking your path. Cause there’s not really any way to use currency within the context of being stranded, unless there’s some island NPC we haven’t met. And Deep Cut are greedy fucks, so they probably wouldn’t let us use “their” cash anywah
>>737828249Progression to me looks somewhat similar to Pikmin 2. So I'd assume something like this.>Do overworld stuff in large area, find dungeons and treasure.>Expand your own capabilities along with something to get the next map.>Inaccessible things on old maps or previously unreachable parts of dungeons are now explorable>Repeat until game end.Hopefully some kind of bonus/roguelite area after to keep playing for but with more variety than Side Order.
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>>737828492the “something to get to the next map” is the point of consideration here. It will almost certainly be tied to a boss, but we’ve also seen the fog disappearing from the map. And there’s gotta be a purpose to treasure value, even if it’s just that you get new unlocks at certain treasure milestones. I could see it being tied to progression, since it’s Deep Cut’s raison d’etre. They give you the go ahead to try to reach the next island, you encounter a boss, you fight it, unlcok a relic power slot, fog clears on the map>Inaccessible things on old maps or previously unreachable parts of dungeons are now explorableI don’t think there’s any reason to suspect that there will be some sort of ability gating on content, unless there’s something you noticed in the trailers or such to suggest it
>>737829118I just make the gating assumption based on how open area exploration with powerups usually go.
>>737829738I don’t think it’s a safe assumption, since all of the powerups seem like build options right now. Typically those mechanics go along with upgrades that you pick up along the critical path and are part of your core abilities, not something you can swap around and that you craft with resources you may or may not have. Still possible, and maybe it’d be with the rift powers, which we don’t have full understanding of. But a bit too speculative for me
Just found out about snail theory, and I’m 100% sold. We’re accidentally breaking the seal on the evil snail god
>>737831258>snailsThey never know when to quit!
>>737825415The bot being a tea kettle and getting locked into a gas stove is adorable. Splatoon visual design is excellent
salmon beware
>>737825415I wonder if that green object on the right is an hourglass. Could be some optional timer challenges for bigger rewards
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>>737833998Why are the sharks and eels not anthropomorphic? Are they stupid?
>>737834249>she’s flat, so she has to be more explicit with her sexualizationPoor shiver
Octo-form Shiver ~
>>737840267Is this available to buy?
Since it's not a competitive multiplayer game. Do you think we'll actually get to choose our ink colours this time?
>>737842689The ink colour in SO was based off your upgrades.Maybe the same could apply here.
>>737842968>The ink colour in SO was based off your upgrades.Oh right. True. That was really cool.
>>737842689Looks like it might be based on our bot buddy. But Frye gets reskinned to pink, cause salmons spew shit yellow
>>737843148I really hope Raiders has a Side Order like dungeon or something.
>>737845168That or at least some form of boss rush. A replayable, difficult resource grind to play in co-op would be great
>>737831258sounds like schizo shit
>>737842689>looks at previous campaignsno
>>737845957it really doesn’t, even if you don’t think it’s likely
>>737846641it does
>>737825415>optional co-opCo-Op better be salmon run
>>737833998Why don't they just ride the shark out of the island?
>>737848424>villain of a game with salt based power upsit’s really intuitive if you have even a child’s level of zoological knowledge
>>737831258>lore is that it steals “golden balls”>is fucking with salmonidIt’s perfect
>>737848474Good news, you can play co-op Salmon Run right now!
>>737848550Could you swim across the atlantic? Shark might be strong. But even shark has limits.
>>737848474The co-op is the whole game and could well have more salmon run as an extra.
>>737848812wyoming?
>Number of Players 1>Number of Players (Online) 2 - 4>Number of Players (Local Wireless) 2 - 4What if. Unironically. Multiplayer in Raiders is always The Host game player playing as the Mechanic. Then one player can play as Shiver in a robot. One player can play as Frye in a robot. And one player can ply as Bigman in a robot? For a total of 4 players.
>>737852443I don't know, the bot seems like it's pretty limited in what it can do
>>737852443Seems like more work just to leave people unsatisfied. A 2 player gameshare mode like that I could see happening though
>>737852443that would be shit
>>737852443Asymmetric co-op mp is usually terrible so no.
>>737851041No, in Splatsville
>>737848550To be fair, Deep Cut doesn't actually WANT to leave the island yet without treasure. They can just have the Mechanic whip up an escape craft later.
I hope we get some new species in here somewhere. I love seeing them splatoonify new sea creatures
>>737852443there's no online matchmakingyou have to have friends to play this co-op
Now that we know there’s some platformer design in the dungeons, I wonder how design will be affected by them not being able to guarantee your kit. They may have to make things more generic, which may get a little dull. Or maybe the rift powers are permanent upgrades and those will increase the design complexity. But they could just force you into a weapon I guess. Still, that and co-op pose significant design challenges for these dungeons, if they don’t skirt them entirely
>>737852443Dogass idea.
>>737828249Could be either way given Pikmin 4 and DK Bananza represent both extremes of collectibles being tied to progression.
>>737831258>>737848761Is this going to turn into a Nakarkos situation, where both the people who built these facilities and the Salmonids are looking for a treasure that's not there and it's just a hungry monster fucking with them?
>>737860641I love this shit. I can already see a splatling build that has no trouble with stingers keeping the horizontal slash, making it bigger and stacking explosions and dash damage to clear space for itself to charge. Or an inkbrush build that has no trouble maneuvering in, but needs the dos, so it stacks cooldown reduction and damage and verticality to weave around and get quick oneshots on big targets
>>737861061I could see it being that the ancient civilization who built it did so to seal the monster, but Salmonid have come in and are becoming crack heads for the salt that was keeping it at bay. And our treasure hunting goons only expedite the process
>>737861497I want to see what upgrades we can throw on that crock pot turret from the trailer.
>>737862989definitely buffs for range, fire rate, damage, duration. Maybe something like shot piercing or being able to deploy more than one. I expect you’ll be able to build it into something that covers your flank for weapons with less crowd control or something that takes out high or far targets for short range weapons
making salmon room at rotation
ded
Any thoughts on the function and potential upgrades for the ones we haven’t see used?
>even more fat fuck artRaiders direct when? I love the idea of the dungeons being shit you got into when you wanna get serious and fight some real motherfuckers. Pikmin vibes are off the chart, imagine a Waterwraith sort of dungeon.>>737866232I need to upgrade my sentry to a level 3.
Schweet.
>>737866232The Turret switches out Ink for Tacticooler drinks and shoots me instead.
>>737825415I'm still saying Humans built this place.
>>737867201Safest bet for the franchise, but hopefully we start to get something fresher
>>737867327Hippos. Hippos survived and found ancient human technology then used it to lure the Salmonids to the islands so they could eat them all.Because Hippos are jerks.
>>737867452>Because Hippos are jerks.I mean, you're not wrong.
>he fell for it again
This game looks interesting, but I wonder what other people think?
>>737867749huh?
>>737867749And after all I did for you.
>>737867808From a quick glance, most people are fairly interested, but want more information and carry doubts that the Splatoon Team can create a satisfying Single-player only experience.
>>737867808As someone who loves the single player mode and salmon run more than pvp I'm cautiously optimistic
Hmm, now there's something that doesn't happen very often.
Fuck sorry about that guys I spilled sparkling water on my phones during that wave
>>737868624That's rough, buddy.
ggs guys those were some fine shifts
>no goldsBullshit, those were more than deserving of potassium. Ah well, still fun and I got lots of big shots. Thanks for the games. Hope your phone will be alright.
The unstoppable luna and e-liter combo. GGs guys.
Oh and just letting you guys know I won't be making salmon rooms for the random rotation>>737869001My phones are fine thankfully
Meant to say the other night, saw you gave your woomy a haircut. I like it, it's cute.>>737869013>the ultimate don't touch me team weapon>the ultimate no one gets close to my team weapon>>737869061Ah, phones plural. I don't know what you're doing, but it best not be some gacha nonsense.>I won't be making salmon rooms for the random rotationBusy weekend, I take it.
>>737869061Damn that sucks, I'll be making the rooms then.>>737869219>Meant to say the other night, saw you gave your woomy a haircut. I like it, it's cute.Thanks, wanted to try a different hairstyle. Been thinking of going with pic related for Raiders or just going for an octo this time.
>>737869219>I don't know what you're doing, but it best not be some gacha nonsenseNah fuck gacha one phone is my daily use phone and I have it with me for in case I get a phone call and the other is for listening to music and phone posting>>737869219>Busy weekend, I take it.Yes >>737869458Yeah sorry but I had plans for this weekend for months
>>737869458I was really thinking about going a different route for Raiders but goddammit, people just keep drawing adorable octoling art and my resolve is wavering.>>737869546Fair enough. Don't rightly care for phone posting, myself. Only if it's an emergency, like my desktop died or something. Well, whatever you'll be doing this weekend, I hope it goes well.
>>737869873>Well, whatever you'll be doing this weekend, I hope it goes well.Thanks bro
>>737831258It's interesting but I feel like the old salmonids relics and stuff makes it sound like it's their turf and have been for a long while. But i do agree that there's a third party involved who lured and tried to kill deep cutHonestly i feel like the salt connextion is moreso tied to the fact salt is seasalt and the sea is a sort of deity with the power of the sea whatever being used a lot. I kind of assumed they were trying to use the salt to summon Hugefry
>>737866232I very, very much doubt it. But imagine if the bottom left thing was like the RC car thing from Ape Escape or something.
>>737869873gn sis
Fuck, that's adorable. Even if Pearl is stealing octo culture.
>>737872350God I hate off the hook
>>737872606it's okay to be gay, anon
>>737872934Squid sisters and deep cut are better fag
>>737873019>Frye better than anyone
>>737873063Yes at least Frye isn't annoying as pearl and marina side order and octo expansion are the only time in a splatoon game where I skipped through the dialog and lore because they're so god damn annoying
>>737873230can't here you over all this sex
No update tonight, guess the golden week break started.
>>737873637Shame about everything else
>>737874184don't need anything else
