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

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spemanig said:

Then most of the opinions you've heard are from Nintendo because most of the opinions I've heard are that it looks stupid. My arguement is the the entire market thinks it looks dumb, and that a game with that kind of stigma won't sell well and the idea would sell better if it was under the Mario franchise. That's enough reason for it not to sell well. That's the only reason it needs not to sell well. If a game like W101, a game that is way more marketable than Splatoon, isn't anecotal evidence enough, then you're a lost cause.

Pretty sure the majority agrees that there is nothing wrong with the characters in W101...the problem was always that it was a niche game (yes, more niche than Splatoon) because of its strange control scheme, difficulty and small target audience (due to its mature content (or at least too mature for kids) and design to make it similar to 90s cartoons which would appeal to a very specific age group)...

I've given my anecdotal evidence of de Blob three times now, which is a better comparison than any game you could come up with due to its similar aesthetic and significantly worse character design.

Also, its interesting how you seem to have been able to gauge the "entire market" when I've seen GT, Two Best Friends, IGN, and most of the people in this thread and on VGC saying that they will at least give the game a shot, especially when we find out more information about the single player and additional game modes. You may say that we on the forums and the gaming media don't represent the entire market, but then how exactly are you getting you metrics for the entire market?

Finally, let me restate that if this was a Mario game, it would be very restricted in the things it was able to do, and I don't think the squid mechanic (which pretty much makes the game) would be able to work as seamlessly in a mario game...