This is very similar to this thread
here.
I will copy and paste my post from there to high to further the argument that Turf Wars cannot be as competitive as Splat Zones.
(And that they cannot co exist.)
Splat Zones and Turf wars are the only two contenders right now for title of main competitive mode. While Turf Wars is the flagship mode of the game,
Nintendo has geared it towards a more casual audience. Splat Zones is a King of the Hill esque mode that has the same general format as Turf Wars in terms of maps and players per team. Nintendo has deemed this the competitive mode which is offered for Splatoon by surrounding Ranked mode around it. Now that we have facts out of the way, we shall commence to hear my humble, not full of myself opinions. While I do think that Turf War will have an impact one way or another on the competitive community in the future, I just can’t see it becoming any bigger than a side-show. In Turf Wars, there might be many inactive cam players (which means players that wont get any footage time at a certain interval) due to the main objective of the entire mode, which is cover as much of the map in your own ink. They won’t get any cam time, because as it stands, there is no real conflict happening with them, just inking and inking. The active players are the ones who dash as quickly as possible to the front lines in order to gain conflict. Those few players are the ones who will get cam time. What does this mean? The audience has less content to watch, because conflict is not thriving. Is this bad for the competitive community? Arguably not. Is this bad for the people spectating? Yes. The whole situation the Turf Wars is put in is a complete contradiction of Splat Zones. In Splat Zones, you have to be constantly fighting for the base, and if you aren’t, well then you will lose. This makes it so that conflict will be available at any time you wish, and you can hand it to the spectators on a silver platter. That is why I think Splat Zones will be put in charge as the primary mode for our beloved competitive community; it is simply more exciting to watch.