The summer will bring some major Splatoon updates.
A free update for Splatoon is coming in August that will bring more key functionality to the multiplayer.
The update will add friend matching to all multiplayer modes, allowing you to force matches with friends on the multiplayer modes. In addition, players will be able to create eight-friend matches with the player’s choice of maps and rules in addition to the normal game rotation.
Updates will also bring additional maps, gear and weapons, as well as special “Splatfests” that are similar to the Conquests in Super Smash Bros for Wii U. The mode will ask you to make a choice (such as “Cats or Dogs”) and will give matches based on that. The first Splatfest is scheduled for June 20 in North America and June 29 in Europe, and will have separate rankings, with rewards ingame for the high scorers.
The update will add friend matching to all multiplayer modes, allowing you to force matches with friends on the multiplayer modes.
My takeaway from this is "This game is worth buying in August."
My takeaway from this is "This game is worth buying in August."
Or, taken another way, "We don't have anything else approaching a summer game for Wii U, so we're releasing this one in a sorta-finished state and patching in the rest later."