Great game!

My 7 year old was asking for this game in the summer holidays, I got it for him on a pocket money basis, I hoped it would help us get through the holidays, I never realised that I would be so addicted to it, every time he plays I have to have a turn or 10!

Minor matchmaking issues aside, Splatoon more than delivers on Nintendo's unique vision of how online shooters can play. Randomizing teams and maps between each three-minute match keeps the mix fresh whether you only want to play a handful of games or have a marathon session.

Fun; quick-playing online battles; focused not on kills but on turf-claiming

Limited offline options; not a "family game" in the local multiplayer sense

It's those three minutes that really count, though, and it's there you'll find the genius and the joy of Splatoon. It's where you'll find a genre distilled, broken down and reassembled, with each piece snapping perfectly in place.

This game is awesome! Packaging a small scratch but I don't care.

Splatoon's world is bright, colourful and full of charm; pretty much the norm for a Nintendo game. It's also a lot of fun, as anyone who has played it will attest to. Nintendo have put their spin on

Super fun; Looks great; Superb sound

Threadbare Multiplayer; Archaic online structure; Short story mode

In a sea of rock-solid single-player Nintendo experiences Splatoon is a standout as being an utterly sublime multiplayer endeavour. Everything is knitted beautifully and seamlessly together to create what is quite simply some of the most fun you can have online.

Splatoon is a game about color. Color as a noun, color as a verb. If ever a game were alive with the joy of color itself, it's this one. Splatoon has been described, incorrectly, as Nintendo's first shooter.

Holistically rethinks the shooter..

...but locks some content behind hard-to-find amiibo