Enjoy Splatoon free in four two-hour sessions next week
If you have yet to check out Splatoon, or if you're like me and just haven't picked it up yet, you'll get a chance to check out it's awesome multiplayer mode next week for free. From August 25th through the 28th between 3:00 and 5:00 p.m. PT each day, Wii U owners can download a free demo of Splatoon from the Nintendo eShop. Once you download the Global Testfire demo you can battle it out in Turf War battles where you can try out four different weapons across two maps. The weapons include the Splattershot, Splattershot Jr., Splat Roller, and Splat Charger and the maps are Slatspray Rig and Walleye Warehouse. If you still have the Global Testfire on your Wii U for whatever reason, I'm not sure if you'll have to re-download it or if it will still work as it sounds like it's basically the Global Testfire from before the game first launched.
Nintendo News: Experience the Ink-Blasting, Squid-Transforming Wii U Game Everyone is Talking About for Free!
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Splatoon Testfire Demo is back! What’s the “Testfire Demo,” you ask? Have you been living under a pool of colorful ink? From Aug. 25 to Aug. 28 between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PT each day, anyone who owns a Wii U console can download a free demo for the Splatoon game in Nintendo eShop! This Summer Splatdown event (as all the cool squid kids are calling it) gives you the chance to play Splatoon and experience its outrageously messy multiplayer gameplay.
From Aug. 25 to Aug. 28 between the hours of 3 and 5 p.m. PT each day, anyone who owns a Wii U console can download a free demo for the Splatoon game in Nintendo eShop! (Graphic: Business Wire)
All you have to do is download the demo and launch the Splatoon Testfire demo during the designated hours to fight it out in Turf War battles. This fun multiplayer mode pits you and three other players against an opposing team of four to cover the most territory possible with colorful ink. It’s one of the core modes of Splatoon and is the perfect introduction to what the game has to offer. During the Splatoon Testfire demo, players can try out four different weapons across two popular maps:
Weapons
- Splattershot Jr.
- Splattershot
- Splat Roller
- Splat Charger
Stages
- Saltspray Rig
- Walleye Warehouse
You’ll need an internet connection to participate, so make sure you have everything set up before the Testfire begins!
To date, ink blasted from all modes and Splatfests in Splatoon have covered 3 million virtual square miles, which is equal in size to Australia, or approximately the size of the contiguous United States! Splatoon has also sold over 4 million units worldwide since it launched last year.
For more information about the Summer Splatfest Testfire event, visit http://splatoon.nintendo.com/.
