Why do people on this site think Splatoon is going to do so well?

[Nuvendil]

bananaking21 said:

Nuvendil said:

It's been trending well on all the usual indicators in the US, especially Amazon.  So it seems to be doing well here.  As for EU, that's the Wii U's weakest market.  

Amazon as a software indicator is pretty bad. it showed The Order beasting better than Evolve and Battlefield. but battlefield sold shit tons and evolve did much better than the order. 

But The Order did not do poorly.  Amazon is a poor indicator of *relative* success (x product doing better than y) but doing well on Amazon is usually a sign of good health in a product.  The question in this thread is whether Splatoon will be a healthy, successful release.  Amazon is still a competent indicator of that.

As for EU, that is Nintendo's weakest market.  No reasonable individual should suggest a decidedly Nintendo game that isn't a juggernaut mainstay to do well there, especially the UK.l