One of the universal complaints about this game has been the limited content. To play a bit of Devil's Advocate I want to put it out there that I think the limited content, at least up front, is a good thing. Yes we're all used to getting everything right now in video games, I think that immediate gratification is a big reason why we play them. But... Titanfall and Evolve really put all, or most, of it's content out right away. Those games seemed to pop big and largely go away.

I think delaying the content and releasing it out at a moderate pace will go a very long way in extending the legs of this game well beyond the month or two that Titanfall and Evolve lasted. If something interesting is being added every few weeks, even just a gun or a level or a play mode, I'll keep coming back to it every few weeks to check it out.

Of course, this does depend on them keeping interesting content coming, maybe I'm wrong, I dunno. I guess we'll see.

I'm surprised no one's picked up on this.

I don't think think this is Nintendo being all savvy about online multiplayer games that fell off the radar - this smacks of Nintendo gradually introducing an audience into something they might not be familiar with.

That said, ranked mode is fucking savage.

It still feels weird to be playing a shooter with so many Japanese players. I guess I'm used to online multiplayer being segmented by continents, and also never associated Japan with really liking any other online shooter very much. Also some of them can bunny hop like motherfuckers.

My problem with Evolve, Titanfall, Brink was that they came out with an extreme lack of content, since when is 9 maps and a few modes to much? No singleplayer and a couple of weapons a few modes and that is kinda it these models are terrible that is why they all failed. Not saying that it will with Splatoon since it actually seems to be a fun game and its match brevity is a huge advantage but who knows what it will look like in a month.

RIGHT!? Fuck ranked mode man. It's too god damn intense, and you don't get ANYTHING when you lose (except -10 to your rank). That shit will give me a heart attack.