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Splatoon
Posted by Billy
Posted on 28 September, 2026 at 5:38PM ↑ 0 ↓ 0
Splatoon

So, I'm one of the six people that had a Wii U when it was relevant. I actually knew that it wasn't just a tablet add-on to the Wii! Nintendo had a lot of interesting ideas going on with the Wii U, including things like asymmetric multiplayer, using the tablet as a second gameplay screen (for things like a map). But the tablet also allowed for gyro controls. First and third person shooters on consoles have always had this issue where the precision just always wasn't there compared to on PC, where you are using a mouse. They probably weren't the first, but Nintendo realized they could bridge the gap at least a little using those gyro controls. They also Nintendo'd it up and made the goal less about killing people and more about territory control.

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