‘Splatoon’ review: a Nintendo multiplayer without Mario

There are two things you wouldn’t normally associate with Nintendo: new IPs not featuring that mustachioed Italian plumber, and angry shooters. Without so much as a warning toot at E3 2014, the company announced Splatoon, a game that is the strangest embodiment of both. Needless to say, people were fairly excited.

And they had every right to be.

While serious shooters like Halo, Call of Duty and the endless number of Tom Clancy inspired titles rule the blue and green consoles, Splatoon does things quite differently over on the Wii U. It’s not as serious as other shooters we’ve seen. Hell, we’re not sure if we can actually call this a shooter, because it really is a new take on a stale genre. It’s a massively bold move too, especially for a company so stuck in the past.

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