Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable

Nintendo does a lot of weird things , but Splatoon might just be one of the strangest - or at least the boldest. The series started as an attempt to muscle into the ultra-competitive online shooter space, but in a way that feels a world away from the violence and bombast of Call of Duty or Battlefield . Splatoon is essentially candy-coated paintball starring a race of skate punk squid creatures , and across three entries Nintendo has just about perfected the formula.