At long last, it is mine. On the good grace of my husband (or in an attempt to shut me up I’m not quite sure yet), it is in my possession.

..hhnnnggGGGGHH!!
I first played this game several months back when it was doing a “Test Fire” to see if their servers could ha–oh who am I kidding? I can’t even type that without rolling my eyes. We ALL know that it was a sales beta. Thing is, it worked–Splatoon is easily the most entertaining and fun multiplayer shooting game I have experienced on any platform, and after that “test”, I was hungry for more.
And one of the reasons for that is its color palette.