Hands on with Splatoon: Nintendo's family-friendly team shooter

By Tim Biggs
Updated November 18 2014 - 10:08am, first published October 13 2014 - 2:15pm
Painting the town blue (or orange) is the name of the game in <i>Splatoon</i>.
Painting the town blue (or orange) is the name of the game in <i>Splatoon</i>.
Each character is a hybrid of edgy urban girl and slimey cephalopod.
Each character is a hybrid of edgy urban girl and slimey cephalopod.
Being able to shoot a squid path straight up a vertical wall makes it easy to take the higher ground.
Being able to shoot a squid path straight up a vertical wall makes it easy to take the higher ground.
The game is played on the Wii U gamepad, which makes a great easy-reference map.
The game is played on the Wii U gamepad, which makes a great easy-reference map.

Splatoon
on Wii U
Classification: TBD (likely PG)
Coming 2015

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