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title: "Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable"
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description: "Nintendo's Splatoon series, known for its unique approach to competitive shooters, is expanding with 'Splatoon Raiders.' This new entry shifts the formula while maintaining the franchise's focus on accessibility and appeal to new audiences, distinguishing itself from traditional violent shooters like Call of Duty."
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# Nintendo keeps making shooters more friendly and approachable

Nintendo does a lot of weird things, but *Splatoon* might just be one of the strangest - or at least the boldest. The series started as an attempt to muscle into the ultra-competitive online shooter space, but in a way that feels a world away from the violence and bombast of *Call of Duty* or *Battlefield*. *Splatoon* is essentially candy-coated paintball starring a race of skate punk squid creatures, and across three entries Nintendo has just about perfected the formula. The series introduced the idea of competitive shooters to whole new audiences, and now it's expanding: *Splatoon Raiders* takes it in a different direction, but with the same focus o …

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