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

[sundin13]

spemanig said:

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.

" most people are going to see Splatoon, think that characters and the game looks stupid, and ignore it.": Hmmm, interesting. Most of the opinions I have heard seem to think that the characters look fine. Just because you don't like how it looks doesnt mean that most people agree with you. You are just some random forum goer... And as I said, does it actually matter? I used the example of de Blob before to show that a game with a similar aesthetic and worse looking characters can sell just fine.

I've explained myself, given reasons why it doesn't matter if the character design is stupid and given reasons why it is a good decision for it not to be Mario game.

Your argument is essentially that you think it looks dumb...that is one of the weakest arguments I have heard around here and if that is all you have to bring to this discussion, I have nothing left to say to you

PS: No need to act all high and mighty with your "I'm not so shallow" staments and your "It's childish and doesn't accomplish anything but make one person feel falsely inferior and one person feel falsely superior"... its pretty shallow and childish