There's a how to play video that gives you a basic idea of how to play the game, as well as a training mode in single player, which allows you to mess around with a character.
As for dying from falling, remember that you can double jump, and every characer has a recovery move which is done by pressing up+special.
If you think Smash is boring, that's fin, but give it another go if you can, cause Smash can be really fun, especially with friends.
"Just for comparison Uncharted 4 was 20x bigger than Splatoon 2. This shows the huge difference between Sony's first-party games and Nintendo's first-party games."







