Imagine a Free for all mode

[Marraphy]

8 players

every squid has their own ink color

@_@

 

[Kbot]

That would be crazy, fun, and get real frustrating real quick.

Seems like something that would be in Splatoon.

 

[Hope]

What about a 2v2v2v2 mode?

 

[Egregore]

This is. . .an amazing idea. o_o

Would definitely be chaotic, but that'd be part of the fun, and the results screen would look awesome.

Just do it, Nintendo!

 

[Manta]

What about a 2v2v2v2 mode?

get on it Nintendo!!

 

[Bottlecapn]

that would be beyond fking fantastic....

 

[missingno]

You would have no mobility at all, constantly stuck in 7 different colors of enemy ink. It wouldn't work at all, you need teams to paint together.

 

[Litagano Motscoud]

You would have no mobility at all, constantly stuck in 7 different colors of enemy ink. It wouldn't work at all, you need teams to paint together.

You could always make everyone the same color, or let players swim through any color of ink.

 

[Recettear]

You could always make everyone the same color, or let players swim through any color of ink.

That would be a horrible idea. I shouldn't even have to explain it. It would literally just become every other shooter but more bullshit because of the central mechanics around movement through ink.

Putting down ink and running through it is what distinguishes Splatoon from other shooters. After the entire map gets covered there isn't anything left to ink, only players to kill and I really think that runs diametrically opposite to what the core fundamentals of design Nintendo was aiming for were with Splatoon.

 

[RoyLee]

Free-for-all should deffinatly be a thing!

 

[ZestyN]

I've been wanting this since the beginning. Glad I'm not the only one. I'd love for their to be an F4A mode that bases scores on splats, as well.

 

[Lyn]

Definitely want. Pretty surprised it wasn't in, honestly.

 

[cool6012]

But it wouldn't even work. You would need EIGHT spawn points which already makes it near impossible seeing as no map has enough space for that many spawns, and each spawn needs a force field as well.

 

[Marraphy]

Yeah, the maps would definitely need some serious adjustments, or very specialized maps would have to be created.

I don't think the 8 people sharing an ink color would work very well, because it would become kind of impossible to build your special meter.

It definitely.. doesn't seem like something they plan on doing, but it could make a neat side mode I think

 

[Litagano Motscoud]

Perhaps make it so that ink doesn't stay on the ground (and thus, no swimming) and players are faster in humanoid form.

Also, specialized maps would be nice as well.

 

[Hope]

Perhaps make it so that ink doesn't stay on the ground (and thus, no swimming) and players are faster in humanoid form.

Also, specialized maps would be nice as well.

If ink doesn't stay on the ground then what is the point of even playing. Swimming in ink is the core mechanic of the game, you can't just take it away.

 

[cool6012]

Perhaps make it so that ink doesn't stay on the ground (and thus, no swimming) and players are faster in humanoid form.

Also, specialized maps would be nice as well.

That would make short-range weapons so bad lmao.

 

[superhiero]

Perhaps make it so that ink doesn't stay on the ground (and thus, no swimming) and players are faster in humanoid form.

Also, specialized maps would be nice as well.

That would literally just be a normal third-person shooter then. I don't think that's what anybody here would want for Splatoon.

 

[TheMH]

FFA 8 players is a bad idea. 5 or 4 players? Very good idea ;)
We would need new maps (star or square shaped) just for this mode, though, so my hopes aren't too high about this.

 

[SalsaSavant]

Yeah, there are problems with it that people listed.

Maybe we can get something like 2v2v2v2 working, or at least 2v2v2. Would require some adjustments, but it could work.