Smart or Stupid? Splatoon isn't a Mario game.

[Frogger]

sundin13 said:

And saying that it looks stupid tells me absolutely nothing about anything. Its just your opinion and your opinion alone and it isn't even explained very well. Care to explain what exactly you don't like about it or respond to the rest of the points that I made? I mean, if not, that is cool to, but if you don't want to have a discussion, don't respond to my posts.

Honestly, E3 seems to bring out the worst in some people's ability to have a discussion @.@

It tells you everything. Do you play games you think look stupid? If people look at a game and think it looks stupid, they won't buy it. I'm sorry if this is a shock to you, but most people are going to see Splatoon, think that characters and the game looks stupid, and ignore it. They won't care that it's colorful, or unique, or imaginative, or finally a new IP from Nintendo. They'll look at it and think it looks stupid. Less people would do that if it had Mario characters, because Mario is part of the most lucrative videogame franchise in the world and Mario's name sells games.

It doesn't matter why I think it looks stupid. That's not the point of me saying it looks stupid. Me telling why it looks stupid won't suddenly convince the gaming masses that it doesn't look stupid and it won't make Nintendo change the aesthetic so it looks more marketable. This isn't a question of quality. It's a question of marketability. I'm not so shallow that I won't buy a game because I don't like the aesthetic or that I think the concept is eccentric. 99% of people who buy video game software are not like that.

The topic asks if Nintendo was smart or stupid for not making Splatoon a Mario game. I'm saying that Nintendo was stupid for making Splatoon look stupid. You need to understand the discussion taking place.