Splatoon: "If it were mario, we wouldn't be able to create a new IP"

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spemanig said:

curl-6 said:

But it's not a Mario game. Gamers won't care that it theoretically "could have been".

Lol, are you kidding? Where do you think the kiddie stigma comes from? The Mario stigma. They're two sides of the same coin.

The Mario stigma is the Mario stigma. Splatoon isn't Mario, so it will not further their reputation as "the guys who rehash Mario".