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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: E3 Demo: Splatoon [Watch (HLS stream): E3 Demo: Splatoon](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6zoX5ms5.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2014-06-12. E3 Demo: Splatoon_ --- Jul 27, 2023 4:49 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Stage Demo- No Man's Sky - E3 2015](/video/p52wjQXH/) ### Stage Demo- No Man's Sky - E3 2015 [Wii U - Splatoon Claim Your Turf](/video/H56s0pSH/) ### Wii U - Splatoon Claim Your Turf [E3 Demo: Super Smash Bros.](/video/CTjojUHW/) ### E3 Demo: Super Smash Bros. --- ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] Hey, so we're checking out some Splatoon, exclusive on the Wii U. You're going to be shooting your ink all over the place, mainly on the ground. And as you cover the ground your gonna be scoring points, marking your turf. One of my favorites part about this game is you can transform into a squid. You're a squid kid, so when you're standing on your own own ink, if you press the ZL button. He's blasting balloons. There you go, you become a squid kid who moves stealthy, quickly, and refill your ink. Keep an eye on the gamepad, it will act as a map that will also show all the ink that is on the ground for both teams. It'll also show where your teams are. Can't do walls right, walls don't count. Correct, you can, you can splash ink anywhere you want, but So for it to count as turf, it's gotta be on the ground. However, if you ink up the walls or obstacles, you can actually use those to traverse as a squid, or you can use that to slow down your opponents. There we go. Oh, the battle's here. Oh there's somebody right there. Oh no. Oh, barely. Now it shows you the player that got you. So you're actually gonna end up back at base, but here's the great thing talk about. This thing where your players are, you can actually tap them on the gamepad, and you'll rocket right next to your team mates. And here you go, back into the battle. You guys have a pretty, oh, this one's getting close actually. Alright times up, now this is the big reveal. We're gonna find out. Oh, this is gonna be close. What does the cat say? Oh, there it is, 57 %. All right, yeah. Nice. Very good, thank you very much. Yeah, not a problem, hope you had fun. 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