Big Splatoon Update on Wii U

Nintendo has been doing an excellent job providing updates for their most popular games. Outside of a few pricey additions to Super Smash Bros, they have done a better job than Sony or Microsoft in providing new game play for their fans at fair prices. Like Mario Kart 8 and Super Smash Bros, Nintendo has been updating Splatoon with lots of new content.

The latest update will bring two new matchmaking modes, new weapons, an increase in the games level cap, and tons of new gear to outfit your characters in.

From Nintendo,

The new update introduces Squad Battle and Private Battle matchmaking options. In Squad Battle, players can participate in Ranked Battle rule sets with friends, rather than being teamed up with other players through a random selection. After a player creates a squad, friends can be recruited to form a team of two to four Inklings. Friends will always play together on the same team and battle against other squads at random.

In Private Battle, friends can splat it up in private, customizable matches. Two to eight friends can battle together by selecting their favourite map, mode and weapons. The number of participants ranges from 1v1 to 4v4, but teams don’t have to be even: If the host chooses, he or she can select a 1v4, 1v2, or any other combination of players

The new level cap will be 50 – previously it was 20 – and will also include ranks S and S +, both of which are higher than A+. The new weapons sound so amazing, I won’t ruin that surprise here. Grab the update and check them out for yourself. Nintendo has also promised that this is not the last update for Splatoon, despite its size. More content will be coming throughout the rest of 2016.

For more information about Splatoon, visit http://splatoon.nintendo.com/.