Video: Splatoon is secretly a MOBA
Johnny inks so, anyway.Splatoon is hands down the best game I've ever played about militarised squid. Nintendo ought to be proud, they've made something really weird and thoroughly enjoyable all at once, only I just can't agree when they say it's a shooter. I think Splatoon is actually a multiplayer online battle arena, or MOBA. Let me explain in the video below.
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