I dunno. I got it last weekend when I bought my son a WiiU for his birthday and it's the only game he got that we all (son, daughter, wife, myself) don't like. It's boring and messy (no pun intended) IMO. I don't see how it can possibly be considered such a great game.

It's not even the best game on its own console, so I'm going to have to say it isn't for me.

For me it will probably be Xenoblade X or SMT x FE. Splatoon definitely will come close to 3rd though.

Or maybe for gamers?

You know you can be a fan of a company and love a game from another company.

I would say that Fire Emblem: Awakening is my game of the generation. Still, the generation isn't over yet so that might change.

I haven't played it, so keep my legitimacy in check, but the story mode looks decent at best and the online is lacking in a lot of crucial content that compromise the games longevity. I mean, isn't there only 1 game mode and like 3 weapons? And isn't the level cap like 20? Game of the Gen should be a game that has legs throughout the gen and is one that, no matter how deep we get into the gen, people still go back and play it. I can't see Splatoon being played in 2 years. Even if they update it with additional content I really see this as a temporary Wii U game.

If this was a multiplatform game it wouldn't be as praised, it's because was developed by nintendo that some people hype it up so much. And yeah I know that since I love a lot of nintendo games...

No wonder people think Splatoon isn't GOTY material, you guys have no clue about the game.

So where's the Codename Steam hype?

Everything bolded is wrong.