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Idk why ppl see ninjala as this, it doesn't have anything in common with splat besides toon small characters and a colorful saturated palette, and the game is boring as fuck, it's the same with brawlhalla and smash, or dauntless and monster hunter, thrash games which resemble good games in the art style and primary concepts, but in the end are battle passy boring free games
As a high level player (who's also ditching this game for splat 3) all these points are spot on. Lag, slow BP grind, lobby simulation for up to 30 minutes just for ONFs, ranked being dead but free match has a bunch of high levels looking to pugstomp people, especially in teams with full parties, and bad weapon balancing akin to the early splat 2 days.
Eeexactly! It's just frustrating to be spammed to death by a light weapon player, and I even check my phone while the lobby is filling up for how long it lasts
Honestly, it mostly feels like what you said, plus the combat feeling… questionable at times. Sometimes it feels good to run and snack people around, and then other times I get parried, which is a mechanic I hate. Sometimes I obviously hit someone, and then the online will just decide that I missed. It’s really hard to get into, and the game just doesn’t feel rewarding to play
I couldn't agree more about the "elitism" part. All of your points are good, but that's the one that's especially making me dislike Ninjala more and more. And I like your ideas to make the game better too! Very solid video all-around.
The elite thing almost made me quit, but I genuinely like the game. I hope it doesn’t die… but some changes definitely need to be made to make it better.
As soon as i found out the the combat system, which is a core feature in literally every battle game, was based on pure luck, i understood that this game would NEVER EVER take off or even be close to being enjoyable.
@@Bamboodium This is literally just saying pro players avoid a huge part of the game because it sucks big fat sweaty donkey balls with testicular torsion
I'll toss my 2 cents in, but what put me off from Ninjala was the lack of "modes". I just wasn't a big fan of the chaos that was running around, free for all smacking each other around. They had an interesting concept but only one way to play, kinda like having splatoon and only being able to play Turf War.
Honestly its very noticable with this when they don't have a huge varity of maps to play on. They should of start this game with at least 6 at launch and keeps on adding it with every season.
I honestly stopped playing Ninjala because I kept getting my ass kicked by higher-level players that had maxed out abilities. When your goal is to become stronger it’s almost impossible to do so when you keep losing to literally everyone else in the match and getting last place. I totally agree with the wonky match-making bit.
Yep… I almost quit too but I genuinely like the concept and art style. I hope things change for it, I don’t want it to die but it’s not looking good… splat 3 might kill it because I’m definitely playing that
I played this game throughout Season 1 and 2 of it since I had a blast playing in lobbies with my friends at the time. But I soon dropped off, and tried to get back into it but I kept getting my butt pwned. Some of the new maps I found to be very confusing to navigate and it was overall very hard for me to get back into. I did spend in this game for cosmetics so hopefully someday I can go back into it and enjoy it like I did. I do agree when Elitism happens in games, it ruins the overall enjoyability of a game -especially if it's an online game. This game does have a lot of potential, but new and returning players (from Season 1/2) really do need a better way of getting introduced to the overall game itself and how it works before jumping head first into a match.
The points that you made are good. Especially elitism. I've been playing this game since the start and elitism is something that affects this game experience heavily for new players. Collabs are interesting, I could've sworn that the devs wanted to do a collab with splatoon in some interview or something, so it is possible! The weapon balancing is pretty bad, but i feel it has something to do with the game modes themselves. Separate patch notes is something that i feel could solve this problem, but I do know that it is complicated. The hitreg is crazy at times, like it works and then doesn't. Having a room with perfect connection is amazing and shows how great the game can be, but that is rare. And can we please kick players out of room battles or something like that? I hope Splatoon 3 has that feature too. Thank you for the video too, I really hope that somebody at gungho figures out the problems and get it fixed for Season 9!
It's sad to see Ninjala didn't do that great. Gung Ho Online are amazing developers but I don't think they're putting as much thought into the game as thier other online games like Puzzle & Dragons Gold.
I remember when this game came out I think i watched you play the version that was released before the actual game But anyways this game made me convince my parents to spend $75 dollars so I could be vocaloid characters in a game i rarely play
i loved ninjala and really wanted to get into it but it was impossible with the connection issues. I lost (and won ) engagements so often due to connection issues, and the matchmaking with obvious other regions didnt help. literally all it would take is better matchmaking to get me back.
The sad part is that all of this is true... Also there was a one week match making test run to help find players of similar skill but there was literally no difference in who you were fighting skill wise in match making during that test run except longer waiting times and as far as I remember they stuck to the old matching because many players hated that test run so much (because it was really bad) they played something else for the remainder of the test run
I definitely agree with all of this. I loved this game for months, but completely stopped after 2020 after constantly getting destroyed and that one time where I tried to play for 2.5 hours and only got to play 7 games
The fact they recently are making an anime shows they have moeny but for some reason arent fixing the games, adding content , etc. Honestly i wish this game wasnt "free to play" and i would have paid normal game price for this.
The main reason i stopped playing (as someone with almost 300 hours) was the gameplay. It just became “ok so parry and then win the parry” or “farm bots until you one shot everything” which isn’t very fun, surprisingly. And yes, hit detection sucked butt
Not gonna lie im glad we on the same page ... I cant even log in the game without ranting about everything... also they give SO much jala like why did i spend money in the begining when i never had to
Fun fact: when ninjala released i wanted to play it but i didn't have a switch, so when i got the switch on 2021 Christmas, i started playing ninjala and then i stopped playing it because i couldn't even win a single match (after playing with bots of course)
They honestly just need to get their act together with hitreg. Scrap and Chewing had the worst Hitreg in s4 when they were introduced. They clearly can fix it. Honestly, I am not a game designer, so I am not sure how they do stuff. Weapons do need to have separate code so when it comes to nerfing and buffing, the others don't suffer (Mellow is a clear indicator of this). Music is great, the outfits are great. Now if they can get their act together on gameplay, then bam, it can come back
This was the first game i downloaded before getting splatoon 2 and… after playing splatoon 2… i never picked it up again and i feel horrible that i never really gave it a chance😭
Ninjala is game I remember but also forget bit. I love Ninjala songs, One of my favorite song is “Wake up” When you hear it you know it’s two things get ready to face my Z-power form and harnessing the power of soundtrack now. Hear a story actually, I sent someone the song and they like it but surprise about the song too. I actually love the Demon Slayer skin too. I was hyped and still enjoy the game but eventually I even stop since nobody was even interested.
With these points you made gg, I would possibly agree with you that Ninjala is kinda fading away, but what's kinda keeping it alive right now is the new Ninjala anime (which case is pretty good in my opinion, I love the OP and Ed songs as well), but yeah basically Ninjala is a game for some splatoon players to wait for the next splatoon game (which case splatoon 3 coming out this year), so overall 10/10 for this video gg
Elitism also exist in Splatoon. Recently, casual players who were in team scissors told they did not liked the Tri Color battle at all because it's too hard for the defending team. Some X players roasted them by telling them they are just bad and that's why they are stucked in low C rank. I hate this way of thinking, it makes people leave the game, and the same elitists guys are always wondering why their game is unpopular, kinda ironic...
Elitism haopens in almost every game. The main problem with ninjala is the lack of focus and variety. Incomplete story mode after all these years. Less than 10 maps (I think?), lack of other modes to play like coop or anything else, and too much focus on adding clothing and things that can give them a quick buck.
Honestly, i agree with everything youve said in this video. this game had alot of potential, but then suddenly just flopped. after a while i also started to get unmotivated to play as well for some reason.
As a day 1 ninjala fan, I have seen its many highs and lows. But I agree, it is kinda partially forgotten in some areas ( especially season 8's terrible Bleadon balancing it sucks 😭) but why I say partially forgotten is that there is a lot of stuff here that is available in ninjala even though its not huge like splatoon, there is ninjala striker: the mario strikers we kinda got, turf match, basically the response to the "splatoon but ninjas" quote, last ninja standing, ninjala but with permadeath in matches (unless you play another match) and release the beast, or as I like to call it, adrenaline simulator. Hell there is even tournaments, fanart and events made by the devs themselves and fans alike, play with viewers livestreams, official and fan tournaments with actual real life prizes, community highlights, 2 separate anime shows even to a motor gum tournament where you play by only using its special move and a few of the selected assist codes. The game has a lot of fair stuff and a lot to do and is easily accessible even without a nintendo switch subscription, however there is a lot of stuff that hold it back like the stuff Gabriel said and a bunch of other things like again THE SEASON 8 WEAPON BALANCING! Sorry. Anyway, ninjala is a great game but it really requires you to really deep dive into the game which can be hard with it sadly being overrunning by people who have played the game before and stuck in the meta.
(Long comment inbound. You've been warned.) I agree with the points made here, but the one that's definitely hurting Ninjala a lot right now is the community, or more specifically the playerbase. Ninjala currently has about 8 million downloads, but compare that to the amount of people who do still play Ninjala actively. It's nowhere close, not even halfway. Now there's many reasons for why the game has such a low amount of active players, but the biggest one I've noticed is caused by the matchmaking. Matchmaking has always been a little...tricky with this game. One moment you're in a lobby with players who have decent levels and the next you're in a lobby full of level 300s+. There was recently a matchmaking change to where the game will prioritize matching you with other players around your level. That however still doesn't always work and you still might get matched with people of lower/higher experience. Why you might ask? Because of the active playerbase. There just sometimes aren't enough people online to meet the level quota and the game is forced to match you with whoever it can find at that point or just close the lobby altogether. It was already pointed out in the video, newer players often go into online matches, only to get wiped by more experienced players over and over again. I honestly wouldn't blame anyone dropping the game for that reason, having a huge disadvantage against people who played Ninjala for seasons. I do still play Ninjala very often and support it. It has a lot of potential, but for that potential to really shine there needs to be a lot of changes made. Especially to certain metas (*cough* Drones *cough). That though is a whole different story and I've already made this comment ridiculously long. I applaud you if you read down this far. 👏
The reason I really don’t play anymore is that the player base is way better than me and it makes it way harder to play and have fun without sweats, and the only reason I really open the game is for the free stuff.
I think Ninjala has a bit of an identity crisis. It has all this style and lore of the characters and are great and have been since launch but they haven't expanded on it enough in game to entice players to the game itself. They're making an anime that's been going over the shorts they already put out but haven't expanded the story since, nor have they added a new story quest in game since 2020. The only option is to play multiplayer but like you said, bad matchmaking and netcode make it super hard to want to play. Not to mention the card system rewards players who've been playing longer cuz they'll have more buffs. I don't know about Ninjala ever making a comeback. They'd really need to spend more money on the game and less on the animes and collabs and skins / emotes. They're all nice to look out but the playerbase is suffering and it's only a matter a time before the money runs out.
I was in so much love with this game when it first came out but I had to drop it halfway through Season 3 because it was causing me wrist pain. When I realized the pain was only happening when playing Ninjala, I noticed that this game's combat was causing my hands to tense up constantly. At first, I made a conscious effort to loosen my grip because I wanted to keep playing this game, but it just didn't work out.
When it comes to Elitism in a game with a dying player base, from the community and sometimes the game itself, i keep going back to "Once you stop getting new players, you are gonna run out of old ones"
As someone who put 255 hours into the game, what ruined it for me the most (along with everything else mentioned in the video) was drones giving so many points. Higher level play just turned into whoever could farm drones the best instead of actually going for IPPONs, and once I realized that was optimal play, I got bored and ended up quitting. It's a shame, because it really was fun and I do miss the customization, music, and all the funny dances/taunts, but it just had too many problems to be successful. Also making modes limited time only was dumb. I liked the soccer mode, but only being able to play it for like 3 days and only at a specific set of hours was just AWFUL design. Combine all of that with the fact that it took them several months just to add something as simple as a single map or a few new weapons and yeah, it's no surprise it ended up dying.
Even though the game may be dying I think the franchise is thriving. With the new anime that actually looks like it's got a good budget, voice actors, and animation. I think Ninjala is Splatoon 1. Pretty solid gameplay loop, but not a whole lot to do but play dress up a whole bunch.
I think something else that'd help is touching upon the WORLD of the Ninjala more in-game. Like, there IS a world with some worldbuilding going on - which I'm hoping the anime continues to expand like it has been doing so far - but it's BARELY touched upon within the game itself, especially since after all this time we STILL have only TWO singleplayer chapters.
Truest of the true, the devs needs to be more serious about balance and online instead of just getting money from collabs and stuff but that’s probably not gonna happen 😭
The unholy noises I made at 2:18. Yoda death sound will always have a special place in my heart, and so will you, Gab! 😊💜💜💜 Edit: I genuinely did not expect to land in a coughing fit from laughing so hard. This made my day. 🤣🤣
as somebody whos played ninjala since its release, spot on. it takes hours to find players in my region. and ninjala sometimes just, randomly crashes? idk tbh
i played the game for wayyy longer than most people did aka until like season 5 or 6 and needless to say its problems were minor but they really added up over time. its definitely a death by 1,000 paper cuts type situation also the fact the demon slayer thing being 100+ dollars for everything is mad scummy lmao
@@mps64 i vividly remember spending an arm and a leg just to get the magical girl marie gacha outfit and it genuinely felt like the game hated me until i persisted and actually got the outfit
Personally the game just feels like I jump u, u either parry which I can then punish severely or u can just just accept your fait. As you can see not a lot of options
This game looked like it had a lot of promise, but then I tried it out out and the game feel felt like the floatiest and least satisfying attacks I've felt in a long time. Immediately dropped it and never looked back, shame because the character design and visuals looked nice from the surface and the idea sounded solid enough.
I liked the game when it came out and had really fun with it but then I took a 2 month hiatus and it was hard to get back into the game which I didn't have with my S ranks in Splatoon
thing I've done when people taunt me after a ko: use my quick respawn get revenge because I will not accept that (almost never) taunt back or use the "good game" emote
It kinda was banking on splatoon fans staying without realizing splatoon fans jump from one thing to another when it isnt splatoon. I really think ninjala has a chance to succeed but it was such a one and done kind of thing when it really doesn't have to be
I 100% agree with you on this video, mostly with the elitism part. I've had friends that I've introduced to Ninjala just to try it out and like a week later they drop out of it because of the very same things you've pointed out in this video. It's kinda upsetting because I really love this game and have been playing since day 1 and I just wanna have fun playing with my friends, making theories, discussing weapons', making art, etc because honestly this game has potential especially with it's unique backstory with the whole gum alien stuff :(
despite its flaws, I still enjoy playing Ninjala. the reason I stopped playing because I(think) was shadowbanned. It never puts me in the waiting lobby. it just says "matchmaking cancelled"
honestly i dont feel like playing this game that much because for me its super hard to understand now, im like level 40 and still dont really understand what is going on (i played the beta and everything, i was excited to play it but it was kinda disappointing afterwards)
What really irks me about Ninjala is that I could get hits on a moving opponent but they don't feel a thing... But flip the script and I get caught in a combo everytime. My favorite weapon is the motor, but I have to play with the Yo-Yo if I wanna be able to catch opponents thanks to the lag. I really enjoy Ninjala but there is just so many issues with the game that doesn't make it fun. Even at launch, finding matches are comedically long. Meanwhile with Splatoon 2, I could go find a match within 3 minutes of booting the game.
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I've always seen this game as "Splatoon, but for free."
I've always seen it as "Splatoon, but Fortnite"
Idk why ppl see ninjala as this, it doesn't have anything in common with splat besides toon small characters and a colorful saturated palette, and the game is boring as fuck, it's the same with brawlhalla and smash, or dauntless and monster hunter, thrash games which resemble good games in the art style and primary concepts, but in the end are battle passy boring free games
@McKirbyMcMonsta it has a somewhat battle pass
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Lol it never has been
As a high level player (who's also ditching this game for splat 3) all these points are spot on. Lag, slow BP grind, lobby simulation for up to 30 minutes just for ONFs, ranked being dead but free match has a bunch of high levels looking to pugstomp people, especially in teams with full parties, and bad weapon balancing akin to the early splat 2 days.
Eeexactly! It's just frustrating to be spammed to death by a light weapon player, and I even check my phone while the lobby is filling up for how long it lasts
I’ve said this once and I’ll say it again: this game doesn’t need a patch. It needs a full-on surgery.
it needs a complete, FF14 style, rework of the game
Honestly, it mostly feels like what you said, plus the combat feeling… questionable at times. Sometimes it feels good to run and snack people around, and then other times I get parried, which is a mechanic I hate. Sometimes I obviously hit someone, and then the online will just decide that I missed. It’s really hard to get into, and the game just doesn’t feel rewarding to play
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I couldn't agree more about the "elitism" part. All of your points are good, but that's the one that's especially making me dislike Ninjala more and more.
And I like your ideas to make the game better too! Very solid video all-around.
That's why I stop playing lol
Yes it just get annoying
The elite thing almost made me quit, but I genuinely like the game.
I hope it doesn’t die… but some changes definitely need to be made to make it better.
As soon as i found out the the combat system, which is a core feature in literally every battle game, was based on pure luck, i understood that this game would NEVER EVER take off or even be close to being enjoyable.
The rock-paper-scissors mechanic is what killed the game for me. I hated losing because of something luck based
Just to be an apologist for a second, there is counter play to that.
Most experienced player avoid the rps part, unless they have extra health, it's easy to get around with, just sayin
@@Bamboodium This is literally just saying pro players avoid a huge part of the game because it sucks big fat sweaty donkey balls with testicular torsion
I'll toss my 2 cents in, but what put me off from Ninjala was the lack of "modes". I just wasn't a big fan of the chaos that was running around, free for all smacking each other around. They had an interesting concept but only one way to play, kinda like having splatoon and only being able to play Turf War.
Honestly its very noticable with this when they don't have a huge varity of maps to play on. They should of start this game with at least 6 at launch and keeps on adding it with every season.
YOOO this was such a good watch!! I had to watch it again a second time.. I especially loved the start at 0:06 😂😂 like what hahaha
i see what you did there vian
you time traveler
Perfection
All I really want is an official Vocaloid x Splatoon crossover.
If we get complimentary Leek Dualies with it, it'll be *perfect.* 👏
I honestly stopped playing Ninjala because I kept getting my ass kicked by higher-level players that had maxed out abilities. When your goal is to become stronger it’s almost impossible to do so when you keep losing to literally everyone else in the match and getting last place. I totally agree with the wonky match-making bit.
Yep… I almost quit too but I genuinely like the concept and art style. I hope things change for it, I don’t want it to die but it’s not looking good… splat 3 might kill it because I’m definitely playing that
I played this game throughout Season 1 and 2 of it since I had a blast playing in lobbies with my friends at the time. But I soon dropped off, and tried to get back into it but I kept getting my butt pwned. Some of the new maps I found to be very confusing to navigate and it was overall very hard for me to get back into. I did spend in this game for cosmetics so hopefully someday I can go back into it and enjoy it like I did.
I do agree when Elitism happens in games, it ruins the overall enjoyability of a game -especially if it's an online game. This game does have a lot of potential, but new and returning players (from Season 1/2) really do need a better way of getting introduced to the overall game itself and how it works before jumping head first into a match.
The points that you made are good. Especially elitism.
I've been playing this game since the start and elitism is something that affects this game experience heavily for new players.
Collabs are interesting, I could've sworn that the devs wanted to do a collab with splatoon in some interview or something, so it is possible!
The weapon balancing is pretty bad, but i feel it has something to do with the game modes themselves. Separate patch notes is something that i feel could solve this problem, but I do know that it is complicated.
The hitreg is crazy at times, like it works and then doesn't. Having a room with perfect connection is amazing and shows how great the game can be, but that is rare.
And can we please kick players out of room battles or something like that? I hope Splatoon 3 has that feature too.
Thank you for the video too, I really hope that somebody at gungho figures out the problems and get it fixed for Season 9!
It's sad to see Ninjala didn't do that great. Gung Ho Online are amazing developers but I don't think they're putting as much thought into the game as thier other online games like Puzzle & Dragons Gold.
If Ninjala went on other platforms, it would've last at least 3 more years and the devs wouldn't make such desperate decisions
I remember when this game came out
I think i watched you play the version that was released before the actual game
But anyways
this game made me convince my parents to spend $75 dollars so I could be vocaloid characters in a game i rarely play
i loved ninjala and really wanted to get into it but it was impossible with the connection issues. I lost (and won ) engagements so often due to connection issues, and the matchmaking with obvious other regions didnt help. literally all it would take is better matchmaking to get me back.
The sad part is that all of this is true...
Also there was a one week match making test run to help find players of similar skill but there was literally no difference in who you were fighting skill wise in match making during that test run except longer waiting times and as far as I remember they stuck to the old matching because many players hated that test run so much (because it was really bad) they played something else for the remainder of the test run
I definitely agree with all of this. I loved this game for months, but completely stopped after 2020 after constantly getting destroyed and that one time where I tried to play for 2.5 hours and only got to play 7 games
The fact they recently are making an anime shows they have moeny but for some reason arent fixing the games, adding content , etc. Honestly i wish this game wasnt "free to play" and i would have paid normal game price for this.
The main reason i stopped playing (as someone with almost 300 hours) was the gameplay. It just became “ok so parry and then win the parry” or “farm bots until you one shot everything” which isn’t very fun, surprisingly. And yes, hit detection sucked butt
Not gonna lie im glad we on the same page ... I cant even log in the game without ranting about everything... also they give SO much jala like why did i spend money in the begining when i never had to
I feel bad this game has lasted 2 years to become the "New" Splatoon killer & sadly it fade to existance tbh
Fun fact: when ninjala released i wanted to play it but i didn't have a switch, so when i got the switch on 2021 Christmas, i started playing ninjala and then i stopped playing it because i couldn't even win a single match (after playing with bots of course)
They honestly just need to get their act together with hitreg. Scrap and Chewing had the worst Hitreg in s4 when they were introduced. They clearly can fix it. Honestly, I am not a game designer, so I am not sure how they do stuff. Weapons do need to have separate code so when it comes to nerfing and buffing, the others don't suffer (Mellow is a clear indicator of this). Music is great, the outfits are great. Now if they can get their act together on gameplay, then bam, it can come back
This was the first game i downloaded before getting splatoon 2 and… after playing splatoon 2… i never picked it up again and i feel horrible that i never really gave it a chance😭
My main problem with Ninjala is that I’m fully aware that it exists but have no idea what the gameplay is like
Ninjala is game I remember but also forget bit.
I love Ninjala songs, One of my favorite song is “Wake up” When you hear it you know it’s two things get ready to face my Z-power form and harnessing the power of soundtrack now.
Hear a story actually, I sent someone the song and they like it but surprise about the song too.
I actually love the Demon Slayer skin too.
I was hyped and still enjoy the game but eventually I even stop since nobody was even interested.
That’s my favorite song to
Oh, you forgot the Gacha Coin Machines. Specifically, when your favorite collab item is in them.
With these points you made gg, I would possibly agree with you that Ninjala is kinda fading away, but what's kinda keeping it alive right now is the new Ninjala anime (which case is pretty good in my opinion, I love the OP and Ed songs as well), but yeah basically Ninjala is a game for some splatoon players to wait for the next splatoon game (which case splatoon 3 coming out this year), so overall 10/10 for this video gg
Elitism also exist in Splatoon. Recently, casual players who were in team scissors told they did not liked the Tri Color battle at all because it's too hard for the defending team.
Some X players roasted them by telling them they are just bad and that's why they are stucked in low C rank.
I hate this way of thinking, it makes people leave the game, and the same elitists guys are always wondering why their game is unpopular, kinda ironic...
Elitism haopens in almost every game. The main problem with ninjala is the lack of focus and variety.
Incomplete story mode after all these years. Less than 10 maps (I think?), lack of other modes to play like coop or anything else, and too much focus on adding clothing and things that can give them a quick buck.
Honestly, i agree with everything youve said in this video. this game had alot of potential, but then suddenly just flopped. after a while i also started to get unmotivated to play as well for some reason.
As a day 1 ninjala fan, I have seen its many highs and lows. But I agree, it is kinda partially forgotten in some areas ( especially season 8's terrible Bleadon balancing it sucks 😭) but why I say partially forgotten is that there is a lot of stuff here that is available in ninjala even though its not huge like splatoon, there is ninjala striker: the mario strikers we kinda got, turf match, basically the response to the "splatoon but ninjas" quote, last ninja standing, ninjala but with permadeath in matches (unless you play another match) and release the beast, or as I like to call it, adrenaline simulator. Hell there is even tournaments, fanart and events made by the devs themselves and fans alike, play with viewers livestreams, official and fan tournaments with actual real life prizes, community highlights, 2 separate anime shows even to a motor gum tournament where you play by only using its special move and a few of the selected assist codes. The game has a lot of fair stuff and a lot to do and is easily accessible even without a nintendo switch subscription, however there is a lot of stuff that hold it back like the stuff Gabriel said and a bunch of other things like again THE SEASON 8 WEAPON BALANCING!
Sorry. Anyway, ninjala is a great game but it really requires you to really deep dive into the game which can be hard with it sadly being overrunning by people who have played the game before and stuck in the meta.
0:49 NINJALAST LONG, Gg Gab That was a good pun. You really cracked me up with that pun
"Except coded private lobbys"
Splatoon 3 "You sure about that one chief"
The game became pay 2 win the moment they added the Research Lab. This game has no hope left.
I'm at peace knowing Ninjala is waiting, for whenever I want to get my arse kicked while looking cool as Zenitsu
(Long comment inbound. You've been warned.)
I agree with the points made here, but the one that's definitely hurting Ninjala a lot right now is the community, or more specifically the playerbase.
Ninjala currently has about 8 million downloads, but compare that to the amount of people who do still play Ninjala actively. It's nowhere close, not even halfway. Now there's many reasons for why the game has such a low amount of active players, but the biggest one I've noticed is caused by the matchmaking.
Matchmaking has always been a little...tricky with this game. One moment you're in a lobby with players who have decent levels and the next you're in a lobby full of level 300s+. There was recently a matchmaking change to where the game will prioritize matching you with other players around your level. That however still doesn't always work and you still might get matched with people of lower/higher experience. Why you might ask? Because of the active playerbase. There just sometimes aren't enough people online to meet the level quota and the game is forced to match you with whoever it can find at that point or just close the lobby altogether. It was already pointed out in the video, newer players often go into online matches, only to get wiped by more experienced players over and over again. I honestly wouldn't blame anyone dropping the game for that reason, having a huge disadvantage against people who played Ninjala for seasons.
I do still play Ninjala very often and support it. It has a lot of potential, but for that potential to really shine there needs to be a lot of changes made. Especially to certain metas (*cough* Drones *cough). That though is a whole different story and I've already made this comment ridiculously long.
I applaud you if you read down this far. 👏
Did the Combat ever evolve from "Rock Paper Scissors but with directions"?
The reason I really don’t play anymore is that the player base is way better than me and it makes it way harder to play and have fun without sweats, and the only reason I really open the game is for the free stuff.
I think Ninjala has a bit of an identity crisis. It has all this style and lore of the characters and are great and have been since launch but they haven't expanded on it enough in game to entice players to the game itself. They're making an anime that's been going over the shorts they already put out but haven't expanded the story since, nor have they added a new story quest in game since 2020. The only option is to play multiplayer but like you said, bad matchmaking and netcode make it super hard to want to play. Not to mention the card system rewards players who've been playing longer cuz they'll have more buffs.
I don't know about Ninjala ever making a comeback. They'd really need to spend more money on the game and less on the animes and collabs and skins / emotes. They're all nice to look out but the playerbase is suffering and it's only a matter a time before the money runs out.
It's great to see that GG still likes ninjala. Many people forgot about it and i am also one of the last ones out here that plays it regulary
I was in so much love with this game when it first came out but I had to drop it halfway through Season 3 because it was causing me wrist pain. When I realized the pain was only happening when playing Ninjala, I noticed that this game's combat was causing my hands to tense up constantly. At first, I made a conscious effort to loosen my grip because I wanted to keep playing this game, but it just didn't work out.
When it comes to Elitism in a game with a dying player base, from the community and sometimes the game itself, i keep going back to "Once you stop getting new players, you are gonna run out of old ones"
As someone who put 255 hours into the game, what ruined it for me the most (along with everything else mentioned in the video) was drones giving so many points. Higher level play just turned into whoever could farm drones the best instead of actually going for IPPONs, and once I realized that was optimal play, I got bored and ended up quitting. It's a shame, because it really was fun and I do miss the customization, music, and all the funny dances/taunts, but it just had too many problems to be successful. Also making modes limited time only was dumb. I liked the soccer mode, but only being able to play it for like 3 days and only at a specific set of hours was just AWFUL design. Combine all of that with the fact that it took them several months just to add something as simple as a single map or a few new weapons and yeah, it's no surprise it ended up dying.
Even though the game may be dying I think the franchise is thriving. With the new anime that actually looks like it's got a good budget, voice actors, and animation. I think Ninjala is Splatoon 1. Pretty solid gameplay loop, but not a whole lot to do but play dress up a whole bunch.
I think something else that'd help is touching upon the WORLD of the Ninjala more in-game.
Like, there IS a world with some worldbuilding going on - which I'm hoping the anime continues to expand like it has been doing so far - but it's BARELY touched upon within the game itself, especially since after all this time we STILL have only TWO singleplayer chapters.
i think this aged like wine. to be honest at the time of this comment its S14 and most of these points are more true
We're glad to have you back GG. We've or at least I have missed you a lot!
I do play competitive ninjala and I can confirm this all is a fact
Truest of the true, the devs needs to be more serious about balance and online instead of just getting money from collabs and stuff but that’s probably not gonna happen 😭
Game felt good to play for the couple months that I did, but online games aren't my thing
I tried this game back when it was just released, this video brings back basically every reason why I quit
What we didn’t see coming: they actually released an anime series that further develops the character backstory, atop on the web series from earlier.
1:48 I like the "like faking injuries" part.
It made me go commit laugh
Anyways, thanks for the information about Ninjala
The unholy noises I made at 2:18. Yoda death sound will always have a special place in my heart, and so will you, Gab! 😊💜💜💜
Edit: I genuinely did not expect to land in a coughing fit from laughing so hard. This made my day. 🤣🤣
This is like Battle for Neighborville except it lasted longer
I actually love this game still till this day wish it had more fan base cause it’s amazing
Been a while since ive played this game… came back to it and oh boy theres level 700 people up i here
I really loved the time I spent with it the summer it came out but the connection was horrible 😔
as somebody whos played ninjala since its release, spot on. it takes hours to find players in my region. and ninjala sometimes just, randomly crashes? idk tbh
Imagine if ninjala was actually a success and we ended up getting a splatoon ninjala cross over
that was well put and well said. very insightful^^
I'll be honest, I got Ninjala around it's release and I haven't played it since July
I’m still playing it.
I played it for like, 15 hours, during 2020 and I legitimately couldn't get into it .
I felt nothing playing it. Just boredom.
i played the game for wayyy longer than most people did aka until like season 5 or 6 and needless to say its problems were minor but they really added up over time. its definitely a death by 1,000 paper cuts type situation
also the fact the demon slayer thing being 100+ dollars for everything is mad scummy lmao
Genuinely feels like the gacha is rigged against you (it always is) LOL
@@mps64 i vividly remember spending an arm and a leg just to get the magical girl marie gacha outfit and it genuinely felt like the game hated me until i persisted and actually got the outfit
Personally the game just feels like I jump u, u either parry which I can then punish severely or u can just just accept your fait. As you can see not a lot of options
For me, the game's UI was really clunky and confusing. It made it really hard to get into the game because of how confusing it was.
It’s been many seasons and yet the main menu doesn’t have any titles or something
was addicted for a bit of time but then everything became filled with unsportsmanly pros and when i joined lobbies with only 5 people i became sad
As a Vocaloid fan, the Miku collab was really hype.
I just started playing this game, and it's really fun
no outro? most unique channel of our time :)
Splatoon 3: *releases*
Ninjala: I thought you were dead
Splatoon 3: my death was…highly exaggerated!
This was a good watch
This game looked like it had a lot of promise, but then I tried it out out and the game feel felt like the floatiest and least satisfying attacks I've felt in a long time.
Immediately dropped it and never looked back, shame because the character design and visuals looked nice from the surface and the idea sounded solid enough.
I liked the game when it came out and had really fun with it but then I took a 2 month hiatus and it was hard to get back into the game which I didn't have with my S ranks in Splatoon
Ah yes youtube, this is Splatoon.
Yea tbh, this game was just frustrating and stuff and when I could afford Splatoon 2 I hopped right away to Splatoon.
the feddy format lives on!
Paying for the campaign was a deal breaker
thing I've done when people taunt me after a ko:
use my quick respawn
get revenge because I will not accept that
(almost never) taunt back or use the "good game" emote
“Top 5 Reasons Ninjala failed”
I guess Splatoon 3 was so big it counted for 2 reasons
You think ninjala failed? I play competitive kirby fighters 2. THAT game failed
It kinda was banking on splatoon fans staying without realizing splatoon fans jump from one thing to another when it isnt splatoon.
I really think ninjala has a chance to succeed but it was such a one and done kind of thing when it really doesn't have to be
As someone who still plays the game, I can totes agree.
Also I'm a Burton enjoyer. What about yall?
Beatboxing intensifies
I wouldn't say it's fair to call the game dead, especially after it hit 8 Million downloads and now has a new anime airing on television.
sadly, 8 million downloads doesn't mean much if i can't even get 8 players in a match :(
GG Gabriel Gaming true
I 100% agree with you on this video, mostly with the elitism part. I've had friends that I've introduced to Ninjala just to try it out and like a week later they drop out of it because of the very same things you've pointed out in this video. It's kinda upsetting because I really love this game and have been playing since day 1 and I just wanna have fun playing with my friends, making theories, discussing weapons', making art, etc because honestly this game has potential especially with it's unique backstory with the whole gum alien stuff :(
this is the first time i’ve heard of this game in abyear
Very good detailed video i can't disagree with much. Amazing job👍
despite its flaws, I still enjoy playing Ninjala.
the reason I stopped playing because I(think) was shadowbanned. It never puts me in the waiting lobby. it just says "matchmaking cancelled"
honestly i dont feel like playing this game that much because for me its super hard to understand now, im like level 40 and still dont really understand what is going on (i played the beta and everything, i was excited to play it but it was kinda disappointing afterwards)
I'll never forgive Ninjala for the time I used all my Ninja points for a damn hair clip
Jebus christ- I didn't know this was going down in ninjala other than the anime itself they have recently upload.
*vibes to "Gokuraku Jodo" intensely*
As someone who's been playing since release, it's a headache to actually play, long ass matchmaking and lag
But... What is reason No. 5?
What really irks me about Ninjala is that I could get hits on a moving opponent but they don't feel a thing... But flip the script and I get caught in a combo everytime. My favorite weapon is the motor, but I have to play with the Yo-Yo if I wanna be able to catch opponents thanks to the lag. I really enjoy Ninjala but there is just so many issues with the game that doesn't make it fun. Even at launch, finding matches are comedically long. Meanwhile with Splatoon 2, I could go find a match within 3 minutes of booting the game.
Lol yea, we just watch the anime for ninjala instead,,, its still ok tho. Epic vid gg 👌 (yea de anime isn't too bad ngl, fo fun ya kno)