Splatooner

plural Splatooners

1. A player of the Splatoon series of third-person shooter video games.

   Nintendo also teased a steady stream of post-release content to keep Splatooners coming back for more.

   2017 January 21, Matt Bertz, “Our 10 Most Anticipated Shooters Of 2017”, in Game Informer, Minneapolis, Minn.: GameStop, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Aug 2019

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   You can certainly do so in the online lobby, but it’s something of a pain to hop out of a room, go back to the lobby, open up the menu, quickly switch weapons, and then wait again for another room to set up. It’s all rather annoying, especially with friends or when you’ve found a group well-matched Splatooners.

   2015 June 8, Anthony Pelone, “Op-Ed: Three Ways to Make Splatoon Better”, in Nintendojo, archived from the original on 17 Jun 2015

   Our absolute favorite clap back turns the paranoia and criticism of anti-LGBT Splatooners against them: […]

   2017 August 22, Jess Joho, “'Splatoon 2' players drown out haters with a flood of LGBT pride”, in Mashable, New York, N.Y.: Mashable, Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2021

   The Octo Expansion is DLC done right. It offers little for multiplayer Splatooners beyond unlockable cosmetics, but for solo players it’s a godsend.

   2018 June 27, Rupert Harvey, “‘Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion’ DLC Review (Nintendo Switch)”, in Nerdly, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2018

   Although the difficulty is really fair, for beginner “Splatooners” it can be a serious obstacle: it is physically impossible to pass certain challenges without learning how to perform triple flick shots upside down in mid-air.

   2018 July 18, Philipp Prozorov, “Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion Overview”, in ProGamer, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024

   While Splatoon 3 doesn't quite feel like a massive leap forward compared to Splatoon 2, it's also likely to be the game most Splatooners will be inking on this fall.

   2022 September 7, Scott Stein, “Splatoon 3 Review In Progress: Do You Need It Over Splatoon 2?”, in CNET, San Francisco, Calif.: Red Ventures, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Sep 2022