The Esport That Nintendo Actually Tried To Support - Splatoon
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- čas přidán 1. 10. 2020
- Nintendo has historically had a poor track record when it comes to supporting the esports communities for its various competitive titles ranging from Super Smash Bros to ARMS.
However, out of their many titles, Splatoon, in particular, has seen active competitive support from Nintendo which in addition to the efforts of a passionate community has given rise to a unique esports scene. This is the story of Splatoon esports.
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#nintendo #esports #splatoon - Hry
This was a heavily requested video for us to cover in our esports mini-documentary series and are glad to finally have it out! Are there any other interesting esports topics you would like to see us cover in a future video?
Maybe something about Paladins and how it changed from PPL, PML, & PCL and now only PPC. Why it became worse. (I mean, it’s mostly money, but still). Or why Paladins has so many bugs.
Not exactly an Esport but GW franchise
Not really an esport, but the Minecraft speed running scene?
Competitive Team Fortress 2 c;
Pokemon showdown
"So are they kids, or are they sq-"
*Table immediately flips, everyone begins throwing punches. No hesitation, no mercy*
DAMMIT KAREN. WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT?
_do not mutter the forbidden phrase_
Easy, squids.
No hesitation that sounds like byleth insmash lmao
@@yipps1171 And yet that's the sort of thing that would get you revoked from 50% of households.
Beautiful video. 💪
Thanks for sharing it on your Discord ^^
Whats up DUDE?!
Bro how are you not verified
duuuuude
what a legend
Thanks so much for covering Splatoon, its great to see the game get more coverage from one of my favorite channels, I hope more people give the game a chance.
i've sold the game for Skyrim because my smaller brother asked me a bit too much. Skyrim was okey, but It ain't worth it for splatoon. Man, I played for like a bit more than a year and lost on touch on the game... should I rebuy it? For how long the servers and splatfest will keep going?
@@anotherwea6692 The game still gets balance patches and splatfests so id recommend it, I think it also might be cheaper on the eshop rn but im not 100% sure, the servers will prolly last until even after the switches lifespan so that should be more then enough time
@@ProChara Hm. I'll save up some money and by this month i might get it. Thanks
YOOOOOO cool to see u here
@@Caylemmm why?
Wait nintendo and esport in the same sentence?
LOL, Ikr
yes, here is the sentence: nintendo doesnt support esport
@@ege8240 they meant the title headass
@@RancidKari I don’t think you understand-
@@RancidKari lol nice brain
Ayo, editor of the video here! This video was a lot of work because of it's depth (huge props to Jonah for his writing), and I'm glad you all are enjoying it. I've really come to learn to appreciate it's graphic design too. Hope to see a 3rd game soon!!
great editing!
@@peppercornucopia_ thank you! Stay tuned for more 😊
Astonishing work!
Really great work man, I hope you make more great work 😀
Editing was fantastic!! Transitions and animations really felt smooth as ink, and I loved the way you did the interviews and the recap at the end
So many good memories through all these years!
Kinda
so many good memories of "The connection is unstable" of doom
Everytime I ask if they are kids or squids I get into a heated debate with my family over dinner.
Hey I like this game.
Hey, me too
Hey I like splatubers
Hey- me too
HEY
me too くコ:彡くコ:彡
Warning, this game has satanic rituals
This is the biggest debate of the century, and will undoubtedly be the enigma of our time; a masterfully crafted mystery which will leave its mark on mankind.
It will leave a splash on mankind
An ink splash that is colored somehow
Damn, I got really nostalgic
Shut up and go back to the scene
@@pussymaster1288 Let him do what he wants to do. Who said further education was bad?
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@@chuksk8592 he didn't mean it that way
The funny thing splatoon community is a lot friendlier than smash I’m gonna go back and play splatoon again
@@lucasnanami except for best waifu. That is the only time the community is not chill, but even then it’s relatively minimal
Except the yucky weirdos
the deeper you go the worse it gets honestly, to the right you'll see the sfm community, to the left you'll see the pedophiles. enjoy your stay!
@@ParfaitOperationalGuidebook that seems to be a lot of Big N's fandoms though
@@someoneawesome8717 that is definitely true
Kid or squid: *Exists*
Every Splatoon player: *Confused Screaming*
Яεcση more like Confused Woomy or Veemo.
Why not both?
The gyroscope aim on the switch is amazing for splatoon. It allows me to do flickshots with chargers (aka snipers), and I can also quickly change my camera view to check my flanks without taking 10 seconds.
Damn playstation not even utilitizing it's gyro
I don like tho
@@Quietguy00 just get used to it.
@@AGuy-vq9qp ok
This game is going to leave a splash in the gaming community ( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)
You mean like how magikarp uses splash?
Splash-o-matic?
Yeah, I thINK it has potential to RAIN over the esports scene. I forSEA good things in Splatoon's future 😉
@@EchoesOfArson I smell a rat
@@EchoesOfArson
Sploosh
This video hits different with the Smash news happening this week.
Yo thanks for talking about splatoon I’ve been playing for 5 years and I’m just getting into comp it’s a really tight nit community and very dedicated players also dang you got dude on nice
I’ve been playing since release so 5 years
Almost 6
@@RancidKari me too I got on day one and played on the global testfires for splatoon 1
Been playing for a few months before the 2nd tomato vs mayo im still bad lol but its still a super fun game
@@satore6607 yea I’ve been playing for about 5 years and I still play it
@@basil4825 thats awesome would love some insight how things changed from the first game to the second one very curious
I love the motion control in this game. It works *reliable* and feels quite simular to a mouse, its so great
Splatoon is definetly my favorite shooter so thanks for talking about it
Also srb2dude is there pog
I remember trying to finish my homework as fast as I could just to spend the rest of the day playing Splatoon, I didnt know about esports or competitive playing back then and unfortunately i didnt get the chance to play Splatoon 2, however its amazing to know that the community its still huge after all these years! Loved the video, brought me back so many good memories.
Are you getting splatoon 3?
FTWin isn't disbanding, they're taking a hiatus
as someone who plays on the mid level/lower level side of competitive, its a total blast and i encourage more people to come and join!!
i just did a tournament two days ago, and placed in the top 20%. Would have been higher if I hadn't made a terrible terrible mistake and screw over my whole team.
Where does one find tourneys or a discord where I can find people doing private lobbies? sry if i'm late to the topic, but I REALLY want to get into the scene :)
I was mid level ccompetitive, Srlsy, tons o fun. I'm so sad that I sold the cartridge for another game. To this day, I regret my decition.
@@anotherwea6692 My condolences :(
the production quality and amount of research put into these videos is absolutely incredible, always love seeing these pop up
Splatoon is easily one of the best Esport scenes, even if it's not one of the biggest, and my favorite shooter I've played. The community is really tight nit and everyone appreciates each other, and the game itself is really unique compared to most other shooters and stays fun for much longer than other games. As an Esport, I've found that it's better than most because it is incredibly well balanced and I don't think I've ever seen a cheater trying to get into the competitive scene. Overall, it's my favorite multiplayer game I've played and it's definitely up there for one of my favorite games overall, of course thanks to the multiplayer, but also because of the single player campaigns which are actually really good.
Agreed, whenever I squidbag in the middle of the map someone joins me, I love this community
Bro I was planning to buy splatoon 2 so much, and now want it even more
Where could i find a competitive team if i wanted to join the competitive scene?
@@LeChamp7 Try discord, that's a great start.
@@gokust07 I'm the kind of person to just kill people who are squidbagging... I'm sorry
Splatoon and splatoon2 are the games that got me into shooters.
I knew Splatoon had a Competitive scene but geez this is way bigger then I thought it was. If only Nintendo supported them more, Splatoon could litterally be the biggest Shooter of all time.
Regardless I still love this game and I love your videos, I always end up learning something new.
I've heard that splatoon is genuinely bigger in JP than COD and other games. So yeah, fun fact I guess.
With the chance of Splatoon 3, hopefully, we get more support (Chance as shown in the final splatfest "splatocalypse"). Also, Splatoon's Gyro Controls is the most innovative thing that many shooters should adopt. It is like having mouse aim with a controller.
U r completely joke nintendo fan boy, biggest shooter of all time? Lmaoooo
@@GlowingF0ssil
Wdym? I said if they actually supported it more. And good news for you so far they don't. So you can enjoy your boring CoD, or your Valorant or whatever of the 2 million BR's you play.
I never said it is the biggest shooter. I said it could be.
PEPEGA this is never ever going to be the biggest shooter of all time, mostly because 1) it costs 60 bucks and 2) it's nintendo exclusive.
For anyone Out of the loop, Nintendo just nuked a tournament because most of the splatoon players support the whole FreeMelee hashtag
However, the Splatoon community reorganized the remaining Semifinal and Final rounds with the four finalists and completed the tournament-under the new name The Squid House-to crown a North American champion!
I like how most of the top comments are just well known professional players
Ikr 😂
Thanks for making this amazingly put together video. Our community is always striving to grow and we welcome new faces. Excited for the future!
Just got some friends into this game, but they are too stubborn to use motion controls while simultaneously complaining that they cant hit their shots.
It's pretty frustrating honestly.
Same! I've been trying to tell them motion controls are better but they never listen :/
In their defense, motion controls are hard to get used to. It took me 4 months.
@@esmooth919 *It's easy if you start off in handheld.
I was like that for a little bit. What changed me was realizing I can’t beat inner agent 3 like this and switched to motion
I don't really use motion controls. I do sometimes but not all the time
I thought this game would be casual and shit, but fuck me, why are people in this game so sweaty and has a damn high skill ceiling. Fuck me, I just want to win 😭
Finally I see my own community here 🤩
Very nice. This game has changed many lives including mine. Will be FOREVER grateful for this game.
Who's here after nintendo cancelled their splatoon tournament stream because the top teams referenced melee in their names?
So good seeing so much covered, and reliving big hype moments! As a caster for the game, it is always fun to commentate on, and the chat is always excited to see the action x
i really hope splatoon gets more support from nintendo or another 3rd party, and more attention in the esports community
it has such potential that needs to be unlocked
I read the thumbnail as “shatoon” now I feel unsmart :(
@Jane Awe ty fren. And you big smarter to :)
Once splatoon 3 gets announced, im going to go crazy.
Hi, guess what?
And I did indeed go crazy
Such well edited videos like these need more recognition! I never even knew the splatoon 2 professional scene existed.
“There isn’t any aim assist unlike most console shooters”
*Laughs in siege
technically, there still is aim assist in t hunt
Lmao hey thats me in the beanie popping off. Great video, thanks for covering our communities story!
I love the direction this channel has been taking. The effort really is noticed, can't wait to see more
"The Esport That Nintendo Actually Tries To Support"
Aged like milk.......
What happened in those 2 months
@@antoniodelgado5465 Nintendo cancelled the finals for the NA Open 2020 Finals stream in December because a good chunk of the teams involved had names supporting the Smash Community, such as #FreeMelee, or Melee Nation. The teams did this because Nintendo shut down The Big House 10, a popular Smash Bros: Melee event that had to be hosted online this year because of the pandemic. However, the organizers used a third party program called Slippi, making Melee playable online in the first place. Nintendo saw this and fully C&D'd the entire event, shutting it down.
They literally just canceled a live stream, they never stopped supporting them and it was their own tournament too lmao, y’all gotta stop being so sensitive
@@alwa3366 It's not so much what they did, it's WHY they cancelled it that's so unacceptable.
@@sheand133 doesn’t mean that they stopped supporting it.
This brought some much needed light about the scene. Thank you for making this and doing a good job with it.
yessss! thanks for this vid! and i got so excited when you mentioned olive vs kp, and olive's transition into ghost gaming and their significance. the splatoon conpetitive scene is really active and really does need more recognition.
This is what Nintendo really wants the main esports game instead of smash bros and that’s kinda screwed up they should support both..
These videos always seem like the were made my someone who grew up in and around this game. Just shows how insanely high quality these videos are. Y’all are the best!!
I needed this in my life
Lowkey this game is a _perfect_ candidate for getting into esports. Hopefully more esport teams and/or TOs catch wind of this game and promo it more.
not even close
This game is definitely good for introduction to esports,easy to learn,better camera,and very simple and fun
@@matthewskullblood9778 I mean... it’s got everything for a casual and a viewer to understand.
• Two distinct teams with easy to follow movement
• Gameplay is fast to keep the viewer’s attention and the tension high
• That usual Nintendo “Easy to learn, hard to master” gameplay staple
• Particles aren’t a mess on screen making action easier to understand (take notes, overwatch)
I dunno about you, but I personally see a lot of potential in Splatoon, just needs some attention from the bigger organizations.
@@Michael-fr6ll you're a clown
@@matthewskullblood9778 if you cant even argue back then dont respond
Even as a long-time Splatoon player, I never fully dipped into the Splatoon 2 competitive scene myself (mostly watched some big ones like Smash 'n Splash 4 and the World Inkling Invitational), but I always admired the grassroots effort, the consistency of the metagame, and the fact that Nintendo really gave it a chance to shine.
Might just pick the game up again for fun. Great video, guys!
Great video! Some significant history is missed out on by not covering Game Set Match and their Splatoon tournaments, but otherwise captured a lot of the history of Splatoon 2.
Love to see it man, thx for making this video, was a super nice summary of the lore of the western scene
Great video! I regrettingly don't know much about the competitive side of the splatoon community, this taught me a lot. Thanks!
Same! Are you getting splatoon 3?
Thank you so much for covering this wonderful game. I think it's one of the most underrated tight knit communities I've ever experienced and for the comp side wich I hold so dearly to get to have the stage for 17 minutes makes my day.
For all of you that are interested in what's happening in the collegiate scene:
-- The Collegiate Cephalopod Association (abbreviated to CCA) is a group of college students that play Splatoon, casually or competitively. We also host tournaments!
-- As far as I know, there's 3 college Splatoon clubs: Triton Splatoon from the University of California, San Diego; Splatoon at Purdue from Purdue University; and Splatoon @ State from San Diego State university.
-- UCSD is currently recruiting for the first ever sponsored collegiate esports Splatoon team (ie UCSD is sponsoring a collegiate Splatoon team).
Here's their Twitter links if you're interested:
CCA: twitter.com/CCA_Splatoon
Triton Splatoon: twitter.com/TritonSplatoon
Splatoon at Purdue: twitter.com/Splatoon_Purdue
Splatoon @ State doesn't have a Twitter, you can find their Discord server from the CCA Discord.
Yes I'm part of CCA and Triton Splatoon and this is a shameless promo :D
We'll be sure to give them a Whalecome.
...................................why is it that I'm literally a student at UCSD and yet it took me reading through the comments of this video to find out that we have a splatoon club,
Playing splatoon with the boys
holy shit! i never knew that these existed. That’s so awesome!
Wow, thanks for sharring this! I really searched for something explaining how evolved the splatoon competitive scene, and this is the first video I find that's convincing! Good job.
Also, as I'm French, I follow the French splatoon competition, and Erza, which was kinda the slosher of the AR, went in another team : WKey gang. I don't know wether it's permanent, but the match AR/WKey will sure be interesting! (see esport bros TV or league ebtv season 11) by the way, Obito, who recently used the Dualie Squelchers.
Absolutely best coverage of the scene that could ever be. Thank you! 🤟
i been waiting for this video a long time now ty for getting around splatoon🤧
Thanks a lot Akshon. This is my favorite game and it's great to see it being covered here!
Good to see the esports scene being recognised 👍 Great video!
Thanks! 👍
Omg thank you so much for covering this game! Especially the movement in Splatoon is so unique, it's unlike any other game I've ever seen before
been waiting for this video forever, and Akshon never disappoints!
This video was amazing. I'm now interested in the Splatoon esports scene. Thanks Akshon Esports :)
Glad you enjoyed!
I’m really glad you guys brought the community into the limelight, thank you so much for helping our community prosper 🙏
This didn't age well
this got me into competitive splatoon and i have met so many great people, tysm
well this aged a little poorly. #FREEMELEE
Thank you so much for covering this game and showing its roots. It amazes me how much the game has grown in the competitive scene. I really hope we can continue to grow for many years to come.
Love these kind of videos!!!
Wow this documentary was amazing. I think there is still a lot more for the competitive scene to grow but the level of talent we see is amazing in itself
Loved the video, great work!
Splatoon was the first competitive shooting game I have ever played online seriously. Started playing back in 2016 and my love for the game grew with Splatoon 2. Because of college, I've been off-and-on with the game recently, but I definitely want to break into content creation and the competitive scene for this game very soon. Splatoon 2 is the best!
This didn't age well.
this has aged like milk
With the new movement optionts in splatoon 3 i wonder how intense the esport scene gets
Fantastic journalism! I appreciate the nod to motion controls and the commentary from insiders
Glad you enjoyed it!
as a competitive player, this was a really cool watch! new teams are always on the rise and the community is awesome, even having lots of support for lower level teams like mine.
I was mainly interested in Splatoon since you could make your own characters and be able to make your own lore as well.
But damn the competitive scene do be huge tho.
This is so cool. I’m not good at the game but I have a lot of friends who are x ranked and play in fan tornaments so thanks for explaining the game to me
An Akshon video about my favorite game!
what a video, love you work guys!
Thanks so much!
I love this game to bits and have sunk a lot of hours into it, I never knew there was such a big competitive scene
Thanks for this video! I played this game 2 years ago and I forgot what it’s called, and it is one of the best games I’ve played. Thanks again.
Friendly reminder that using a mouse to play shooters is a form of motion control
4:51 LMAO, MY BUILD IS THERE!!
thank u for posting this video omg ㅠㅠ
the title doesn’t age well :(
Nice
Thanks
Yes
Woaw, actually aiming in a shooter
Great video, as always!
Yes! Thanks for making this video!!
This aged like milk.
"The Esport That Nintendo Actually Tries to Support"
Well, not anymore, clearly.
this video aged pretty well
Tried* not tries so still accurate
But the new splat fest
Canceling one livestream doesn’t mean the stopped supporting them.
@@alwa3366 I suspect Nintendo learned their lesson not to give people who don't respect their property rights a platform.
I used to play Splatoon competitive, then I found this channel and got into Overwatch. And now a year later this Video is released, so many memories coming back.
I don't know why, I was so good at this I got to S+ in the org. Without like any tips
Last year, I got quad S-rank largely with the Splattershot Jr. No guides required
Wait,they're squids or ki-
**gunshots**
This video title did not age in the slightest. Not a single bit
Everything changed when the Nintendo nation attacked. #FreeMelee #FreeSplatoon
If you dont bother do understand why they did stop it then dont bother to speak up and continue to spam the hashtag every in ignorance thinking you will achieve something
@@obba40 Yeah I really don’t understand why Nintendo goes out of their way to piss off their fans
@@sanik2146 melee fans constantly disresprect newer smash games, Nintendo, dont understand copyright and terms of services and together with Ultimate players had an alarming amount of pedophiles and child abusers not too long ago. And Melee fans actually think spamming hashtags alone is gonna do something. That just shows how delusional you are. Yet Nintendo is the problem here just by sticking to their regulations which they have to. I can count more things that smash players and fans did wrong than Nintendo lol
@@obba40 Bruh I’m not a toxic melee pedo I’ve never even played melee. But when Nintendo cancels a huge tournament because they claim that pirated copies of melee are involved is ridiculous when every copy at said tournament is official. Nintendo just can’t handle fans adding software to old games that adds online software. The big house even had to cancel their ultimate event because of Nintendo cease and desist. Then when fans understandably got mad they ignored it until the splat on community brought it up. Then they cowardly canceled the splatoon stream. Like it’s been proven thousands of times that Nintendo hates me, they hate you, and they hate all of their fans. Like look at Sega, they love fan projects and have even hired fans multiple times such as aaron Webber, the sonic mania team, and the streets of rage 4 team. Like I’m not an Nintendo hater I’m an Nintendo fan. I’ve played their games for almost my entire life so to see them do something like this is heartbreaking. I just really want Nintendo to learn from their archaic ways and support their community’s. Like I know that Nintendo technically has the legal rights to do these things but really?
@@sanik2146 no one said anything about piracy. I dont care if they hate me or not. I play the games that i enjoy and for the rest i could care less. Its a corporation not your friend. They dont hate anyone. if something goes against their terms of service or copyright they have to do something. Its law. Why would they add Online to Melee ? They want to move on from melee. Just because its not in the news doesnt mean Nintendo doesnt hire fans of their games. Give me reasons why they should support the melee community lol.
It's funny that the best team at one point had STD in their name
When spatoon was 5 years ago but it feels like 2
this title aged poorly.