Official Splatoon videos showing high level gameplay (JPN)

[get ROWDY]

Impatient me has been scouring the internet for new Splatoon content, and so far the best place has been the official Splatoon japanese twitter account (http://twitter.com/splatoonjp)

They have been posting new videos recently, some highlighting new weapons, some old. Regardless, at the end they show a match with the weapon being used by a decently high skilled player. I haven't seen these posted here, so I thought I would post them.

(the videos should auto-start at around 60 seconds in)

• Aerospray MG (maybe one of the best videos)
• Splat Roller
• Splattershot
• Splat Charger
• Splattershot Jr

 

[MaikoRules]

Man, that Splat Charger video gives me hope that on other maps it will be a good weapon. I'm hoping the one with the scope will be my main but its cousin was so useless in the last Test Fires

 

[Lyn]

Very nice, thank you for sharing! :)

 

[° Moteki]

Charger dude was on point

 

[DonkaFjord]

Its nice to see some strategies that other people use, but I agree the Aerospray MG was one of the more interesting ones to watch because of how they used their sub weapon.

 

[Trieste Sp]

It's a good thing you rounded up all these videos. I especially liked the Charger one, such a great weapon.

 

[get ROWDY]

New video, the Splattershot Jr! <-- auto links to 1 min in, embed video below starts at the beginning

 

[Dubs]

Those were GREAT!

 

[Kosaki]

Man, that Splat Charger video gives me hope that on other maps it will be a good weapon. I'm hoping the one with the scope will be my main but its cousin was so useless in the last Test Fires

Sniper classes are never useless in shooter games, as long as they can one shot people.

 

[Gsnap]

Pretty cool use of terrain in the splattershot jr video. They did things I hadn't even though of.

You really gotta think outside the box with this game.

 

[Bottlecapn]

Amazing gameplay! Can't wait for more!

 

[Agosta44]

I don't like this being referred to as "high level play". This is standard if anything.

 

[Dubs]

I don't like this being referred to as "high level play". This is standard if anything.

I agree. We're not going to see a developed meta or game play until at least 4 months after release. But this is definitely some of the more exciting game play I've seen!

 

[Flakk]

I thought the Splat Roller would not be able to take advantage of high points but this dude seriously made good use of the tower. I think use of the actual attack over the rolling ability will end up quickly separating good splat rollers from the scrubs

 

[lightdasher]

I like to compare the Splat Roller to the Pyro or Demoknight from TF2

 

[TheRapture]

The Aerospray video was great. I didn't mind staying on board for that player's perspective for the entire match at all. Definitely made the game very fun to watch and great performance to boot.

 

[get ROWDY]

I don't like this being referred to as "high level play". This is standard if anything.

haters gunna hate

 

[missingno]

I don't like this being referred to as "high level play". This is standard if anything.

The Aerospray MG was pretty impressive with the smart subweapon and super use, though we'd probably have picked up on immediately if it was in the Testfire. The Charger video, well, it made it look a bit less bad than anything I saw in the Testfire, maybe this thing has some redeeming qualities after all, though it still doesn't look great IMO.

The Roller video though, wow. It's as far removed from all the ****ty W+M1 Testfire scrubs as possible. I thought Roller was terrible at first with its glaring weaknesses, and couldn't really see what it's good for that a Splatdashing Splattershot can't do better, until that video made me a believer. It actually shows a support weapon being used in a support role!

Splattershot Jr. on the other hand seemed pretty meh, didn't take advantage of its amazing mobility and wasted too much time trying to fill the tiniest little patches behind her instead of prioritizing larger areas in front of her, though I did like that she called her teammates over for a Bubble. And the standard Splattershot was just embarassing when she stood there trying to shoot a Bubbled foe, wtf?

 

[get ROWDY]

And the standard Splattershot was just embarassing when she stood there trying to shoot a Bubbled foe, wtf?

Actually it wasn't. We're talking about the part at 1:20 right? At that moment, she had little to no paint around her on the floor, making a squid escape impossible. The floor around her was either the opponents paint, or there was no paint (but it was in a corner).

She had zero escape. She couldn't run/jump out of it, and she couldn't squid out of it. Her opponent painted to her left, which zoned her into the corner.

I am not sure about the bubble mechanic, but I thought if you fire at it, it would go away quicker. If that isn't the case, firing at the bubble at least pushes them back physically, making it harder for them to run at you.

This was literally her best option. She could either stand there and get killed, or try to do something about the situation. What was she supposed to do, not fire at them?

 

[missingno]

Even if you can't squid, it'd be better to at least try to run on foot than just stand there and commit suicide.

Or, y'know, you're a Splattershot. You can Splatdash or Splatterhop out even if ink isn't already there.

Or better still, Super Jump. They literally gave you a one-click getaway button.