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There is so much hype for this game. Will it translate to sales? Hard to say.



*Sound Of Rain said:
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I bet people never would have thought that Animal Crossing could outsell Zelda on a consistent basis 10 years ago either


Not even remotly similar situation, people need to get over any handheld success and think ill ever transsfer to nintendos console.  Two worlds apart.

Wrong type of game on wrong platform.  



I love the AC is bigger than Zelda comparison... just reminds how Nintendo fans think Metroid is a part of some big 3, its not. Metroid is lucky to crack top 10.



Not happening. I think we should be happy if it even becomes a million seller at all.



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Actually... I'm with you this time Rainy! I agree with you 100%



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Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Animal Crossing =/= Splatoon... The thing with AC is that it is the perfect game for casuals and the inital sales of it was high. It was essentially FarmVille before Facebook was a thing and when it went on the DS, it really took off cause the DS was filled with Casuals. Splatoon on the otherhand, while you can argue that it could be for "casuals," it will never ever sell as high nor will it ever have that casual appeal that animal crossing has. Essentially, what will happen is that, it will come out, sell like 500k-1million lifetime and will be the next character in smash bros that no one remembers

Splatoon is a shooter though.

Being a shooter already gives you a huge advantage!

I hope they call the sequel "Splatoon: Call of Duty".

That would surely boost sales!



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It's got the potential to be big, but I don't think it'll be as huge as Zelda.



I didn't know the hype for Splatoon was this much . . .



Jizz_Beard_thePirate said:

Animal Crossing =/= Splatoon... The thing with AC is that it is the perfect game for casuals and the inital sales of it was high. It was essentially FarmVille before Facebook was a thing and when it went on the DS, it really took off cause the DS was filled with Casuals. Splatoon on the otherhand, while you can argue that it could be for "casuals," it will never ever sell as high nor will it ever have that casual appeal that animal crossing has. Essentially, what will happen is that, it will come out, sell like 500k-1million lifetime and will be the next character in smash bros that no one remembers

What do you mean by casual appeal? in order for a game to have casual appeal, it just needs to be simple enough to understand. Animal Crossing has it, Mario Kart has it.

Splatoon is a paint shooter where the goal is to splatter the most paint...easy enough

Splatoon has local multiplayer, casuals love that. Let's call it the Mario Kart / Smash Bros element

It also has online multiplayer which is another element that increases sales

 

Splatoon will sell over a million in just the U.S. This is just the first game too, on a underselling console