Splatoon (Gametrailers Review) (Wii U)
1Original Description: Nintendo's multiplayer shooter is wonderfully weird.
Original Upload Date: May 27th, 2015
Score: 8.4
Reviewer: Brandon Jones
Game Description: Splatoon is a 2015 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii U. The game centres around Inklings—anthropomorphic cephalopodic lifeforms that can transform between humanoid and cephalopod forms and frequently engage in turf wars with each other and use a variety of weapons that produce and shoot coloured ink while in humanoid form, or swim and hide in surfaces covered in their own coloured ink while in their cephalopodic forms. Splatoon features several different game modes, including four-on-four online multiplayer and a single-player campaign. Splatoon was developed by Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis & Development division and originated from a competitive multiplayer ink-based territory control game, which was later expanded to include squid and the ability to swim through ink. The concept was created by lead programmer Shintaro Sato, who had previously worked on games in the Animal Crossing franchise. The development team for Splatoon was generally composed of younger Nintendo employees compared to other games by the company.