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Editor's note: This is an early impressions piece based on time spent with pre-release code of Splatoon. We'll have our full review up early next week, once we've had time with the game on fully populated servers.Splatoon couldn't help but stand out when it was first revealed at E3 last year. For one, it was a complete surprise - a rarity at that most leaky and rehearsed annual mosh pit of rumour confirmation. It was also a new Nintendo IP, another rarity for a company that has preferred to lean heavily - and successfully - on the same core of characters that have endured since the 1980s.
The game doubled down on its unique nature as well. A multiplayer third-person shooter, it represented a dramatic change of direction for the company, finally embracing a style of play that had become the norm on PlayStation and Xbox but giving it a distinctively friendly Nintendo twist.
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