‘League Battle’
Glixel had a chance to sit down with the development team forSplatoon 2and clear up a few eSports related topics.
For one, the game will be getting a brand new competitive mode called “League Battle,” which focuses on groups of two or four. Over a two hour period you’ll be battling it out with other teams for points, and at the end a giant leaderboard will be posted. It’skindof like the Trials of Osiris mode inDestiny.
According to the team Salmon Run (the new co-op horde mode) is “intentionally” difficult, to appease folks who want to have more of a local experience this time around that expands beyond the campaign. There will be an online rendition of Salmon Run though, you just need to get level 4 online before you unlock it.
The interview has a few other interesting tidbits like how the developers worked around a voice chat requirement with signals and pings (like many popular MOBAs) and the fact that Salmon Run is built around not having voice chat.
After months of talk ofSplatoon 2but very little in the way of specifics, I’m ready to just dive into it headfirst.
‘Splatoon 2’ Makers on Esports and Why the New Salmon Run Co-Op Mode is so Hard[Glixel]
