Splatoon 3 Discussion

[MindWanderer]

I too don't think we'll see a Splatoon 3 until the next console generation (which, given the Switch's success, will likely be about 5 years from now, same as the span between the release of the Wii and the Wii U). And I'm pretty sure they'll use a lot of that time to evaluate the changing market trends and competing properties. Let's wait until 2021 or so to start speculating.

 

[the]

I would like Dual weapon wielding, not like the Dualies, but like you could equip two weapons and switch between firing both of them. Like I could load a Jet Squelcher and Splattershot. I can only shoot one at a time, but I could press a button and a start shouting the other. Also whatever weapons you are currently you can only use the sub and special for that weapon, then when you switch you use the sub and special for that weapon. The unused weapon would be stored on your back (I would really like to see a Hydra Splatling being stored on someone’s back lol)

It’d be cool if there was a mode kinda like this, but instead of switching at will you would auto-cycle between three or four different weaps each time you got splatted. There could be some degree of strategy there. Though dying on purpose to change weaps would be a weird thing to do.... maybe a typical 3-minute turf mode but you equip three weaps and have each one for a minute?

 

[Elecmaw]

Woo boy, a wishlist! Don't mind me nerding out over here...

-A creative mode:
Some people have mentioned the idea of apartments, but I'd rather like to see something like a customizable training ground, which you can build and adjust to your liking. You'll be able to unlock more parts, items and modifiers through gameplay or stores. You'll also be able to invite friends over to your playing field!

-More means of expressing yourself:
Basically give your squid the ability to have a personality type, or have means to interact with it outside of battle or with other people's squidkids.

-Completely rehauled story mode:
I'd love to see a story mode where you cruise around a city, or a more general area instead of the floating structures in the sky the current storymode has. Having something akin to cutscenes would be too!

Now for the more competitive stuff...

-Adding a secondary sub
What i mean with this is that now sets will have a secondary sub alongside their main one, in order to make the current weapons more interesting. The secondary sub abilities are not the same as the main ones, as they will pertain more to movement than doing something more directly. I'd rather have them flesh out the weapons we currently have over introducing a whole bunch of new ones.

-Solo spectator
Being able to hop into random games of any rank, and watch instead of playing directly. The player names may be censored out for privacy reasons.

-Old ranked system back
Should be obvious.

 

[MotorGamer]

Woo boy, a wishlist! Don't mind me nerding out over here...

-A creative mode:
Some people have mentioned the idea of apartments, but I'd rather like to see something like a customizable training ground, which you can build and adjust to your liking. You'll be able to unlock more parts, items and modifiers through gameplay or stores. You'll also be able to invite friends over to your playing field!

-More means of expressing yourself:
Basically give your squid the ability to have a personality type, or have means to interact with it outside of battle or with other people's squidkids.

-Completely rehauled story mode:
I'd love to see a story mode where you cruise around a city, or a more general area instead of the floating structures in the sky the current storymode has. Having something akin to cutscenes would be too!

Now for the more competitive stuff...

-Adding a secondary sub
What i mean with this is that now sets will have a secondary sub alongside their main one, in order to make the current weapons more interesting. The secondary sub abilities are not the same as the main ones, as they will pertain more to movement than doing something more directly. I'd rather have them flesh out the weapons we currently have over introducing a whole bunch of new ones.

-Solo spectator
Being able to hop into random games of any rank, and watch instead of playing directly. The player names may be censored out for privacy reasons.

-Old ranked system back
Should be obvious.

But the current rank system allows you to cheese your way up to S+ XD. I love that function. Seriously. They mine as well have a button that brings you up to S

 

[zzmorg82]

I can see it now. You build stuff with an Inkbrush by “painting” it. You collect resources by hitting trees and stuff with life a Dynamo or something

How many people would the game mode hold though? You also have to consider the ink colors; there's only so many different shades of blue Nintendo could use before they become redundant and irritating on the eyes.

 

[Padre]

How many people would the game mode hold though? You also have to consider the ink colors; there's only so many different shades of blue Nintendo could use before they become redundant and irritating on the eyes.

Yeah, I guess battle royale with 30 people would be the maximum rainbow. :)

 

[the]

Yeah, I guess battle royale with 30 people would be the maximum rainbow. :)

Well I suppose they could do something like “you see your color but every enemy looks like your complimentary color” and then all colors are revealed at the end of the match on an overhead map or something. If they do that they could probably have more different shades and stuff without it impeding gameplay

 

[Elecmaw]

I really don't think Battle Royale mode will work. Arranging a lobby for 8 people may be tricky, but getting dozens on board will be a nightmare. It also goes against the fundamentals of Splatoon: it's a team-based game, with two teams at maximum, with short time limits.
Even then, it's probably not fun having only an Aero and getting locked in a building forever by an enemy E4K/Blaster because Splatoon doesn't have hp in the traditional sense and you'll likely die to something you couldn't possibly react nor defend yourself from.

I'm pretty sure Battle Royale style games like PUBG are a spur-of-the-moment thing, it'll likely fade out after a few years.

It’d be cool if there was a mode kinda like this, but instead of switching at will you would auto-cycle between three or four different weaps each time you got splatted. There could be some degree of strategy there. Though dying on purpose to change weaps would be a weird thing to do.... maybe a typical 3-minute turf mode but you equip three weaps and have each one for a minute?

I thought of something similar to this, which would be:
-Have a weapon with a fixed counterpart it can switch to, ex. Splattershot/E4K.
-You're only able to switch weapons at spawn, and you have to deplete your entire special gauge to switch out.

But the current rank system allows you to cheese your way up to S+ XD. I love that function. Seriously. They mine as well have a button that brings you up to S

I'm talking about the ranked system of S1.

 

[BlookyLeYoshi]

Weapons with way more sets.
I wanted this back in Splatoon 1 having the same weapon with the same stats but instead of 2 variants I'd add to 4

 

[EarlyCuyler]

Splatoon 3 wishlist huh?

• A more simple API, nintendo keeps screwing me over when they make changes..and they do it far too often
• A better main story campaign, the one in splatoon2 is basically the first games story all over again.
• MORE LORE...my problem with the lore is there really isnt any..you have to read sunken scrolls or look up theories on why things happen in game. Reminds me of destiny
• A lot of what Elecmaw said i agree with.
• Maps that are ORIGINAL CONTENT and not from either other game
• Weapons that are ORIGINAL CONTENT and not from either game

Please no battle royale mode though, im so tired of the genre..its flooding the gaming community and its really quite overrated. Im sure they could implement it..but i wouldnt enjoy it.. it would make splatoon "just like all those other games". Nintendo tries to be unique, and splatoon is one of the most unique shooters ever created. Pandering to battle royale fans isnt their style

 

[Inkling Blue]

I have been looking for a conversation like this, I think in Splatoon 3 there should be a bit more character customizations, like you decide what color hair you are and maybe there could be at least 10 different boy/girl hairstyles and when you chose to be an Octoling you get to go to a public Octo version of Hub world and when you play games like Turf you only get put in games with other Octolings.

 

[_Koriko_]

I like most of your suggestions @Inkling Blue , but why would you want only octolings in the same match? I don't really see the point of that. It would kinda take away the diversity in Splatoon's game world. I think Octolings are just cosmetic, and Octo Expansion exists as an add-on that includes playable octolings.

 

[Inkling Blue]

True yeah your right

 

[MotorGamer]

Honestly, Nintendo is pretty bad at updating there old weapon classes. There is an been a New slosher, splatling, or brush since the first game. I really want them to make new weapons, because I feel like they are being forgotten becaus they are nothing new. This is more of a thing for Splatoon 2, but if they don't add any new weapons in Splatoon 2 (not including variants) then they should add some to Splatoon 3. Could there possibly be another Splatoon for the Switch? Doubt it but they are kind of leaving is to waste until the next console.

 

[InklingJoe]

For Splat 3: Playable Salmonids.

I wanna splat you with my ancestral frying pan.

 

[Agent 15]

Honestly, I don't expect an actual Splatoon 3 till we're in the next console generation. I feel with how multiplayer focused the core game is, it doesn't really make sense for them to release multiple iterations in the same console generations.

However I would like to see them branch out from the multiplayer focused style in a spin off. I would not mind if they expanded on what they're doing with Octo Expansion and make a full massive campaign with many gimmicks, but also have longer levels that feel more integrated in the world and not Galaxy style random assortment of platforms. Make it a full single player experience, since there would no longer be a multiplayer aspects limiting the Inkling's potential movement options, they could be a lot more experimental with the type of mechanics.

But if we're talking specifically, a multiplayer Splatoon 3.

• I want them to be a bit more ambitious with the base single player campaign. Probably somewhere in the middle of the current model and what they're doing with Octo Expansion.
• One or two new weapons classes.
• Of course completely new kit of Specials. Replace some subs/add new subs.
• I feel some of the more gimmicky weapons (Squeezer, Flingza, Goo Tuber, Tetra) should get removed and Splatoon 3 has a new set of weapons. Splatoon 1 gave us a lot of weapons that fill in basic niches, while the more gimmicky ones get slotted in and out each game.
• More cooperative modes. We have Salmon Run as a more survival horde mode, but I'd be neat if they expanded on Salmon Run with more objective based events, like escort or tower defense. Maybe even just a straight up 4v1 raid boss.
• Separate queues for each Ranked Mode. They could keep the same map rotations but each Ranked Mode can be accessed at any time.

KEEP THE TETRAS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! I WILL NOT ALLOW MY MAINS TO BE DEFILED IN SUCH A WAY!

 

[Agent 15]

I 100% disagree with this. The "gimmicky" weapons are what I like the most about Splatoon 2 and wish they would add more.

EDIT: aren't all weapons gimmicky?

YEAH! TETRAS For THE WIN!

 

[radio-fashion]

I want to see custom Salmon Run battles that are kind of like private battles. You don't rank up or get rewards, just like private battles, but you can pick your weapons and the map. I could see it being really good for practising with certain weapons, or just trying out certain things on certain maps! Maybe you can even pick how many rounds you want to do, or what modes you wanna see (Maybe you want to do an all dynamo grillers round? Sounds horrifying but fun)

 

[Cephalobro]

Since there are wishlists, here is my own:

Have both species have the same amount of customization options.

In speaking about customization options, how about crossing them over to the opposite species? Like a "topknot" version for male Octolings and a "punk" version for male Inklings, just an example.

I have said this multiple times and I'll keep saying it, clarification of the lore we have. Like we still don't know a lot about the Splatoon species themselves, and what we know is still vague where conclusions can't be drawn. They don't need to tell or show every little thing, for example, they can just show a picture of a baby Octoling that resembles an octopus and just have the description be in the point of view from one of the parents loving him/her, that goes a long way to confirm a confusing part of Splatoon lore.

A new antagonistic species for the story mode. Let's face it, the Octarians can't keep being the antagonistic species forever. Especially since Callie has grown fond of Octarians and even Marie wanting to meet new Octolings and off course, the fact that Octolings are now playable and that most Octolings left the Octarian society combined with the fact that Marina herself is an Octoling, it's inevitable that Octarians won't be the antagonistic species for the story mode anymore. Also, another piece of lore, current day Inklings don't care about the appearance of whoever comes into their city. So any Octarian can live in Inkopolis with no trouble at all. In speaking of Octarians in Inkopolis.

A companion character who follows your character around the hub. The companion would be a species that doesn't participate in multiplayer ink battles, the companion can either be a friend or a pet. A few examples of companions could be Carps, Eels, Turtles, Octotroopers, Nudibranchs, Octocopters, just to name a few.

 

[agent8(hachi)]

I don't know, but I wish they would make new weapons and bring back the old stages and specials from splatoon one. Then we could have more octoarians in story mode