User:DJParticle

Hello, Fresh Kids, I'm DJ Particle, RIAAcidal Lesbian Parodist. I've been video gaming since 1978, the days of the pong consoles (first household console Magnavox Odyssey 4000 [released Aug 1977]). Nintendo fanatic since 1987 and a charter subscriber to Nintendo Power in 1988. I currently own the PS2, Wii (Mark 1 - doubles as a Game Cube), Wii U, New 3DS, and Switch (all NA region consoles).

My history with Splatoon is a bit checkered. I got the first game in August 2015, and struggled with the motion and double-stick controls. Intimidated, I put the game on the back burner for almost a year (June 2016). When my partner got her own Wii U and Splatoon, I vowed to conquer my own hubris so I could play with her, and ended up getting thoroughly hooked.

Unfortunately, this meant I missed every Splatfest from the first game save for the final one, and even then, since it was taking place on a weekend I wouldn't be home, I couldn't actually splat in it, so I at least picked up the Splatfest Tee for Team Callie.

To make up for my lack of Splatfest participation in the first game, I bought all three regions of the second game, and have participated in every Splatfest across those regions since release.

I'm more hooked than ever now, and have logged at least 700 hours to date between the three regions of the game. I also have never seen a more welcoming or fun video gaming community than the Splatoon community, and I'm glad to be a part of it. Splat well, squids!

DJ Particle in the Splatoon series


General Info


 * Wii U NNID: DJParticle


 * Switch Friend Code: 0728 - 9987 - 8856


 * Country: United States 🇺🇸 us


 * Level: 45


 * Playing Since: August 2015 (Splatoon), August 1, 2017 (Splatoon 2)


 * Fastest Splatfest Queenout Times:
 * 2 hours 50 mins (with Gherk-IN)
 * 3 hours 15 mins (with Egg)
 * 3 hours 16 mins (with Film)
 * 3 hours 20 mins (with Sci-Fi)
 * 3 hours 21 mins (with Love)

Gear


 * Head: Designer Headphones
 * Shirt: Purple Camo LS
 * Shoes: Purple Sea Slugs
 * Weapon: Carbon Roller/Carbon Roller Deco/Flingza Roller (for special circumstances)

Facts About Multiregioning Splatoon 2
1) The easiest way to do it is to import the physical carts. At that point, it's just plug-and-play, and each version will use its own save file.  Easy peasy.

2) However, if you need your copies of the game sooner (say, there's a Splatfest coming within a week that you really want to be a part of), this is where you will need to make regional placeholder accounts in order to use the regional eShops:
 * a) To make a regional account, it MUST be attached to a different email address than the one you use with your main account. Luckily, there are many common free email services (Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc) you can use.  Be sure to label the home region either 'United States', 'Japan', or a Euro-currency EU member country (NOT the UK!!  I used Ireland, for example) depending on which version that account will be purchassing.  You need one new account for each different region you plan to purchase.
 * b) Change your Switch's home region to the region whose eShop you are about to use. Agree to the EULA and Restart.  This change will be temporary just to buy the game.
 * c) Unless your PayPal or credit cards are clear to use internationally (most are not), you will need to purchase game time cards in each region. These are usually readily available (and instantly via email) at sites like Play-Asia.  Be sure your game cards match the region you specify in the placeholder account, and when you get the code, add it to that account's funds.
 * d) Browse the eShop, find Splatoon 2, and buy it with your account funds. Let it download and install.
 * e) After installation, put your Switch back to your actual home region, agree to the EULA again, and restart.
 * f) The above procedure also works to purchase the Octo Expansion. Each region of the expansion will automatically download itself into the correct region's copy of the game (even if you have the physical carts) after purchase.
 * g) The upside now is, if you want to import other games via eShop, you already have the account defined!

3) Once a version of the game is on your Switch, you can play it with your regular Nintendo account.2

4) Yes, you MUST have a particular region's copy of the game to play its Splatfests, as the code for those Splatfests will (unless its a multiregion Splatfest) only be available on its region's copy.

5) Since each region's copy has its own save file, you will have to start back at Level 1 for each new region you buy. If you can't accept this fact, do NOT multiregion the game.

6) SplatNet 2 will function normally, but will always display, and be attached to, the region you most recently logged into.

7) In normal Turf War, Ranked, and Team modes, you will still be matched with those closest to you regardless of the version you play. The matching servers are region-agnostic.

8) During Splatfest, if you are a considerable distance from the Splatfest's home region, it may take a long time to get matches, as ping times will be high. People in Hawaii, for example, even have this problem with their own Splatfests (as most players for them are in either the North American mainland or Oceania, both a considerable distance away from them). Finding a squad to splat with is recommended in those cases, as teams match faster in general due to being premade.  It's not that you can't match normally, but expect to be in for the long haul to make King or Queen. (For example, my run to Queen with Team Lemon took almost 15 hours!)  Strangely enough, European Splatfests don't seem to have this issue as often (I tend to match with them almost as easily as I do my home region for some reason).

9) Unlike the North American and Euro versions, the Japanese version has no support for any language other than Japanese. However, if you know the menu system well enough, this isn't an issue, as everything is still in the same places.

10) If you have any other questions, ask me on my talk page. :)

Console History
Odyssey 4000 (NA) (1977-80) Intellivision (NA) (1980-84) Colecovision (NA) (1982-87) NES (NA) (1987-2013) Game Boy (Regionless) (1990-2013) SNES (NA) (1991-2013) Dreamcast (JP) (2001-13) Game Boy Advance (Regionless) (2001-13) Game Boy Advance SP (Regionless) (2001-03) PS2 (JP) (2002-13) PS2 (NA) (2003-13) MasterSystem (NA) (2004-13) Game Gear (NA) (2004-13) Atari Ultra Pong Doubles (NA) (2006-13) Atari 2600 (NA) (2006-13) Atari 5200 (NA) (2006-13) 3DS XL (NA) (2012-14) New 3DS (NA) (2014-) Wii (NA) (2015-) Wii U (NA) (2015-) Switch (Regionless) (2017-)