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by robrtsql 2543 days ago
> As an avid Splatoon player, something I've come to learn is that there are players in the highest rank who play mobile and even can't/don't/won't play on a TV.

Do you know why? I'm curious to know.

I guess that, when you are playing on a TV, you don't have a 'full range of motion' because you need to continue facing the TV, but I don't know of anyone who does a 180 turn in Splatoon by spinning in real life--I was under the impression everybody uses the right control stick to rotate the camera for large motions, and then uses the motion controls for fine-tuned movements.

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Splatoon is interesting in that respect, between handheld/detached joycon/pro controller/motion/stick you have how many different ways to turn all requiring different bio mechanics? Like motion with a pro controller is absolutely not the same as motion with a joycon and is not the same as motion handheld. It's amazing to try them all. I can't hack the pro because in high pressure 180 scenarios, I'm so tuned to huge movements with my wrist and small adjustments with the stick. The pro is reversed.

Anyway, I haven't gotten a good why from everyone I've heard that from but it seems often they just really like handheld mode, playing wherever. Sometimes they're kids living in their parents house.