The games objective is to cover as much ground with your ink as possible, not to kill other people. It won't have other modes from the sound of it (with an incredibly stupid reason as to why, just say you were too lazy, at least that's believable). This game was probably developed in less than a year if that is all they could come up with.

I'm really looking forward to this game, but none of this news is really good... i dont think it will be much of an issue but I hope the gameplay is deep enough to make it thoroughly entertaining.

This is entirely speculation on my part for now.
With the communication part that many are talking about. It says no communication with people you are "matched" with. So to me that sounds like randoms that you are matched with. If you are playing with friends there very well could be communication like with MK.
As I said, this is just speculation, but if correct I think it's one of the best ways to go. I damn well hate playing online COD, TF2, BF, Left 4 Dead ect. While being able to hear others talk. So many kids screaming or spitting out profanity... drives me nuts.

This doesn't paint a good picture.

My puns are the best!!

Can I get my friends together online to play randomers? If so we can be on TeamSpeak....

Outside of guild matches or playing with friends it doesn't seem like voice chat is ever used in games these days... I play Battledfield 3 and, while I chat with my buddy, I almost never hear anyone else speak in those games, and on the rare occasion that I do it's generally some heavy breathing 12 year old.

None of these are really surprises to me... Still looks like a lot of fun. Why would anyone expect CPU stand ins on multiplayer?

It does make me curious what the 1player mode will be like though.

"Game won’t use CPU fighters; only once 8 human players have been found will a match start"

Don't have problems with this, as long as they're referring to online only. I don't wanna play with bots online. However, I'd love an option to play with bots offline if I'm in the mood for some action not online or for when the internet is down.


"Having multiple modes with random matching would limit the number of players per mode, so all the focus is on the 4 vs. 4 for that"

Now this is bad news imo. It sucks if the turf mode is the only one available. I'd love for a 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 4 vs 4 vs 4, deathmatch, capture the flag, and others of the like. This for me could be a deal breaker. Probably now won't be day one full price game for me at least...


"No communication with players you are matched with"

Culdn't care less for me, but I admit it would be nice for others to have this option. If it's because of little kids, why not include voice chat off only for wiiUs with parental control activated? Or some kind of user age restrictions for voice chat?

Two things I worry about: 1. No CPU's used for online matchmaking more than likely means you might have to wait long periods of time in between matches.
2. No communication between players is a poor choice in a team focuses game mode, regardless of speed of the game. I was looking forward to dividing my team to do different tasks such as defending points and having dedicated 'inkers'(map painters)

Funny one!

But what make your quote even funnier is that "puns" in my native language means farts. Soooooo.. your farts are the best! :D

The, pretty much, solid confirmation that the only online mode is Turf Wars bothers me the most.