5 keys to winning in Splatoon — like don’t start by painting your base

Splatoon is a simple-looking shooter. It’s colorful. You shoot paint. No way that’s as complex as a Counter-Strike or Call of Duty, right? Well, just a handful of days following its release, it’s obvious that Nintendo’s latest Wii U hit has some serious depth (read our review).

The goal of Splatoon’s regular Turf War mode is as straight forward as it gets: cover more of the ground in paint than the other team. The problem is that objective is so basic that some people are missing some important strategies.