Since last week’s Nintendo Direct, the Japanese Splatoon Twitter account has been posting screenshots and details on a regular basis. The latest images can be found above, and a batch of information is posted below.

– The cat we’ve seen is the referee who decides the winner of each match
– They can determine who has the largest covered area in an instant
– Protagonist wears the Hero Suit and travels through the underground world
– The Octopus Army Corps hope to invade the Squid’s world
– The army built the underground facility
– ZL: Squid (dive into ink, restores ink)
– L-stick: move
– R: bomb (uses 70% of your ink)
– ZR: Ink Shot (uses up ink)
– R-stick: look left/right
– X: jump
– Y: camera reset
– Touch the Squid Icon to make a big jump to one of your team mates
– Use gyro to aim
– Your main way of painting the ground in ink and attacking enemies is the Paint Gun
– Different weapon types
– This includes the Charge Gun
– Charge Gun lets you hit at a distance
– Roller is useful in close-range combat
– Use sub-weapons by tapping the R button
– Splash Bomb is one such sub-weapon
– Splash bomb explodes and shoots ink over the immediate area
– The bomb hurts your opponents and has tactic uses
– These include distracting enemies or exposing hidden ones

"Use gyro to aim"

Uhhh, should I be worried?

It's optional.

You can also use the stick to aim. Unless they have changed that since E3 / Gamescom of course.

I think the developers mentioned it was optional at E3. More than one control scheme exists.

Still hoping it's optional. OPTIONAL: key word that more games need to implement.

It was confirmed optional at e3

That's good: I'll still give gyro a try since some people on neogaf are praising it after playing the demo.