Splatoon

Splatoon (スプラトゥーン Supuratūn) is an upcoming 2015 third-person shooter developed and published by Nintendo. The game focuses on a war between Inklings, using weaponized ink to cover the most territory. The game will release on Wii U sometime in May 2015. The game was first revealed at E3 2014.

Story
An investigative report from the Squid Research Lab. With the hope of invading the Inklings' world, the Octopus Army Corps built an underground facility known as the Octopus Army Corps Base. After the disappearance of electric catfishes from the Inklings' world, the protagonist, wearing the Hero Suit, must infiltrate the base and rescue all the electric catfishes.

Gameplay
Splatoon is a third-person shooter game focused on online multiplayer, in which eight players are put into two teams of four (colors include but not limited to blue, orange, pink, etc.). Players may switch between the two forms of their Inklings - their human form, in which they can use weapons to spread ink and splatter opponents, or their squid form, which can swim through ink at amazing speed, recharge the player's ink tanks, or hide. Players can also find Power Weapons, such as paint rollers, launchers, and splatter bombs, which have increased power. The winner (which is the team that covers the most terrain with the ink of their color) will be decided by a cat referee.

Protagonist:

 * Inkling


 * Judd

Secondary:

 * Annie
 * Crusty Sean
 * Bukichi
 * Jelonzo

Antagonists:

 * Octopi

Modes

 * Turf War: The basic mode and the first one revealed. Ink the most turf to win the match!
 * Hero Mode: The single player mode and the second one revealed. A 3D platformer starring a inkling in the Hero Suit fighting octopuses in the Octopus Army Corps Base!

Maps
TBA

Trivia

 * "Splatoon" is a portmanteau of "splat" and "platoon". This fits the game's theme perfectly, as they are platoons that splat paint.
 * The Inklings' squid form looks very similar to Super Mario's Bloopers.
 * At the beginning of the trailer, the inklings shoot ink at an invisible U from the Wii U logo.