Weird, considered restarting the router / console, I mean the event was on for 12 hours and you couldn't connect for that time?

How did people end up on their Cake power? or Ice cream power if you were fighting for the bastard side of things?



Have to say, the team matchmaking really needs to be sorted out, ended up in a game with 3 rollers on my team, absolutely nothing we could do against getting sniped at a choke point by the other team as our only member with a ranged weapon was busy inking the starting area... ya know... something that 3 rollers definitely couldn't take care of in 10 seconds.

Often games reminded me of the very worst of overwatch when it comes to matchmaking and have to remind myself of the slightly younger player base and the fact that everyone has jumped in and is playing because it's free, so there was players there who would never normally play that type of game.

Was generally rather fun, after about 6 hours of the Japan and EU splatfest though I was a bit bored of the matchmaking BS and stopped playing, almost too much demo before the release if that is the way it will be handled on launch.

Oh... if anyone cares in terms of Data usage, the event started while I was in town here so I done a good hour of play Via 3g off my phone, better part of an hour of constant play set me back around 120mb of Data, very easy going for 8 player online shooting for an hour.

A friend insisted on drawing my poster for the event... not sure he really captured Splatoons Squids lol

Wasn't home during the day, I came back only after the Splatfest had already started. I tried restarting the Switch, my router, etc and nothing worked, so I just gave up after a while trying. It's a shame because I was really looking forward to it. What's weird with my Switch is that it recognizes my router just fine, it just refuses to connect to it. The thing has a mind of its own, it only connects when it wants to. No idea if it's a software or hardware issue on the console itself or if it has something to do with my router.

How far away is your Switch from the router? I find whenever mine refuses to connect while docked, pulling it out and moving it next to the router gets it to connect and stay connected when I put it back in the dock.

-Lonely_Dolphin

Came in late into Splatfest, still managed to hit Cake Champion level before they shut it down. Played docked and in handheld mode. It was fun, I have to get used to not having the map to refer to with just a glance downward and Super jumps weren't great but it was Splatoon.

Only got to mess with the Splat Dualies and the standard shooter, preferred the standard shooter the tactical roll did nothing for me.

Pretty close to it, actually. The router is right in the next room from my bedroom. I tried connecting while literally standing in front of the router and it didn't work. As I said before, the network shows up just fine, it just won't connect (It even shows full signal too!). If I try to connect to my phone (As a hotspot), it connects instantly, so I think it's something to do with the router specifically. If I leave the console on for a while it will usually connect by itself, but it's pretty hit or miss.

Could have just used your phone for the splatfest to play some games, like I said, I was out when it started so I done about an hour in a park using my phone before going home to play it on the big screen. Switch works fantastically well tethered to my phone.

It was only for 4 hours in the US

I think you guys just confirmed how bad motion controls are. 🤔 I'm a n00b and I owned almost every game with no motion controls. 😐