Gaming Splatoon Demo Incoming! May 8 and 9, 2015!

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The Splatoon DEMO is available on the eshop and testing starts today (May 9th).
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It's really happening! Splatoon's getting a demo so now if you've been sceptical about how the game works and if it's any fun, then here's your chance. I know, what about voice-chat? Well, I'm tired of that discussion and Nintendo as stubborn as they are they won't do a thing about it either.
 
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Just watched the twitch stream, looks cool! Shame the demo is only for 3 1 hour slots on only certain days......

EDIT: and I'm going to miss out on 20 challenges and high end "gear" by not unboxing my amiibos..... damn it.
 

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It's a shame they didn't even put some kind of singleplayer demo so we could get used to the controls. Oh well, still really hyped. And the demo is about 500MB, so it's relatively light.
 

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Just watched the twitch stream, looks cool! Shame the demo is only for 3 1 hour slots on only certain days......

EDIT: and I'm going to miss out on 20 challenges and high end "gear" by not unboxing my amiibos..... damn it.

The amiibos of Splatoon don't even look all that good except for the Squid.
 

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Just watched the twitch stream, looks cool! Shame the demo is only for 3 1 hour slots on only certain days......

EDIT: and I'm going to miss out on 20 challenges and high end "gear" by not unboxing my amiibos..... damn it.
Actually, I think it's 20 challenges per amiibo. So, you're missing out on 60.

I was hoping that they just didn't mention a single-player portion, but I just installed it and I can verify that it only offers online and pre-purchase option and, if you try to go online, it says servers are under maintenance and it directs you to a web page with the event times.

EDIT: Also, the first event is May 8th 8PM-9PM PST (11-12 EST), for America, not May 9th. Just to avoid some confusion among those west of the UK.
 

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The open times to play this online demo on Saturday for UK are the following:
4am - 5am
12pm-1pm
8pm-9pm

I'd be pretty annoyed if I couldn't join any of the three and why only three hours? That's literally nothing!

To be honest, it is the Wii U (not a whole lot own one in comparison to the PlayStations and Xboxes) so I assume there won't be any problems regarding online play (except for lag and such).
 

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I'd be pretty annoyed if I couldn't join any of the three and why only three hours? That's literally nothing!

It's a stress test. Nintendo wants everyone to bend over backwards to play during those exact hours so they can see what the servers will being like during the highest peak hours.
It's surprisingly forward thinking for Nintendo.
 

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The open times to play this online demo on Saturday for UK are the following:


I'd be pretty annoyed if I couldn't join any of the three and why only three hours? That's literally nothing!

To be honest, it is the Wii U (not a whole lot own one in comparison to the PlayStations and Xboxes) so I assume there won't be any problems regarding online play (except for lag and such).

Are they fucking kidding?! I really hope that the US times arent the same as UK (within each zone).

4am - 5am -Asleep
12pm-1pm -Maybe waking up
8pm-9pm -Taking care of my demanding 1 year old whilst catching up on my wrestling weeklies.



Seriously, I get that it's a stress test but how about some hours in which working adults can try this game out? Looks like I'm going to have to try for the 12PM session.
 

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Are they fucking kidding?! I really hope that the US times arent the same as UK (within each zone).

4am - 5am -Asleep
12pm-1pm -Maybe waking up
8pm-9pm -Taking care of my demanding 1 year old whilst catching up on my wrestling weeklies.

Seriously, I get that it's a stress test but how about some hours in which working adults can try this game out? Looks like I'm going to have to try for the 12PM session.

Hell man, it is noon already... Maybe???
The US times are the same as UK as it is simultaneous.
So everywhere in the world in Universal Time (UTC):
Saturday 9th:
3am-4am
11am-12pm
7pm-8pm

Translate UTC to your local time zone as the thing is simultaneous.
 

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Hell man, it is noon already... Maybe???
The US times are the same as UK as it is simultaneous.
So everywhere in the world in Universal Time (UTC):
Saturday 9th:
3am-4am
11am-12pm
7pm-8pm

Translate UTC to your local time zone as the thing is simultaneous.


Maybe someone should hunt down some definite info and make a times list for the major time zones. Fucking Nintendo! Leave it up to them to find a way to screw up a good idea!
 
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