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

[sundin13]

spemanig said:

The majority didn't buy the W101. De Blob sold less than 1m on a console with a 100m installed base. Your anecdotal evidence supports my argument, not yours. It's up to gaming media to judge quality, not aesthetic, which is what I'm judging. Their reviews of the game won't effect sales of an unmarketable game. I'm not talking about people on forums. I'm talking about the mass market, for the umteenth time. VGChartz is a Nintendo-biased sales site. Most of the people who browse those sites will never even know Splatoon exists, because they'll go onto IGN, scroll down the page, see a thumbnail with Splatoon on it, passively think it looks stupid, keep scrolling, and literally never think about it again.

Paper Mario exists. Mario suits exist. There's literally no restriction to what they could do with a Mario game. Mario got a squid power up. Problem solved.

Didn't read my argument on W101: Check
Has ridiculous expectations on what a New IP needs to sell to be considered a success: Check
Insists that you somehow know what the mass market thinks: Check

Also, it doesn't make sense for Mario to be in this game. Mario wears suits most of the time that give him certain abilities. What happens in this game just doesn't make sense within the mario universe. Could they make it work? Sure, but it would feel forced. It makes much more sense for this game to be a new IP with new characters. It gives them more freedom with what they can do with the game. If it was a Mario game, it would likely utilize things like mario characters, mario powerups, mario locations etc instead of giving the devs complete freedom with the game.

Would it sell better if it was a Mario game? Maybe, but it would have a lot fewer options for expanding the franchise and expanding the world. It would always be restricted to being a Mario game.

I'm done with this discussion, as you obviously have no idea what you are talking about...