Looking at the exciting new Splatoon it reminds me very much of what I would have thought of as Super Mario Paintball. I can completely understand Nintendo scrubbing Mario and company from the experience to appeal to a wider audience. It worked well with Wii Sports, Play, Party etc. I am in no way mad at that.
Would it be profitable for them to double dip? I bet up to 2-3 million people would buy in for a slightly deeper, more demanding mushroom kingdom themed version of any of those games. While I enjoyed Wii Sports I still craved to have all of the Mario Sports games too. I really just wish it weren't a one or the other but both. Am I being selfish and wanting to have my cake and eat it too or do you think Nintendo could profitably pull it off?
