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yvanjean on 10 June 2015
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The_Yoda said:
yvanjean said:
Johnw1104 said:
"Nintendo has certaintly struck gold with their latest game Splatoon, Capturing the fun of FPS games without the violence."

There's certainly verbal violence in this apartment; I've lost my temper on occasion when some camping fool hiding under the ink pops up and splats me with a roller for the umpteenth time... Nothing makes me feel sillier than shouting angrily at a game about squid teenagers shooting ink on the floor. :D

But yeah, given how fun the game already is I have no problem with their approach (I kinda like it in fact). If the game felt incomplete and held back I'd not be ok with this, but it gives you something to look forward to as you enjoy what is already available.

I do wonder how much of this is strategy and how much is the result of having to release it early. Probably a bit of both.


That's exactly what's nagging me!! They had more then enough time to add more content to this game before release. If anything this game was delayed, it certaintly wasn't rushed. It's either a marketing strategy or most likely it was a very small team at Nintendo working on this game full time.  

Splatoon in my book doesn't deserve the same retail price has Mario Kart 8, Super Smash bros WiiU & Mario 3D world. Splatoon is more like a Captain Toad Treasure tracker effort. 

On the plus side, if this game sell a bunch of copies at full retail, you can expect more support from future DLC by Nintendo. Could be a win/win for everyone. I just know that i'm going to wait for a price drop or not bother with Splatoon. 

It is a Nintendo title do you honestly expect a price drop in the near future? If I were you I'd wait until August then when most of the "DLC" will have dropped, or buy it used.  It is a fun game, although it may be the death of my gamepad as there have been several times I nearly broke the controller over my knee (frustration with teammates or myself in ranked matches)

Well I mainly wanted to play the title with my 10 year old nephew... In order to play with him I would have to pick two games... which would cost $140 ($70 CAD) in Canada. He's super stoke to play it. While I on the other hand can't help but feel its a glorified demo game selling at full retail price. We both played the test fire and I wasn't impress. On the other my sister is super strict with what my nephew is allowed to play so this game would be is first foray into the FPS without the angering his mom. 

The game release with only 5 maps and is very limited with the 4 vs 4 (which is extremely unbalance if one player not doing anythign or quits). It's far from the FPS experience that you get from BF or COD. They have achieve the goal of making a new FPS experience. Kinda like playing Titanfall for the first time. Same old formula with a new twist. 

I'm sure the team working on Splatoon a multiplayer focus game could of release the game with more then 5 maps. This is why in my title i'm claiming that Nintendo is actually taking the DLC approach to Splatoon in order to keep the game exciting and renew interest on monthly basis. Would you release a gmae with 10 maps and add 5 dlc over time or release a with only 5 maps and release one new map with new game mode every single months for 10 months. It's actually not that bad of a system if that's what they intended to do. I just can't really believe that they only manage to have 5 maps ready for launch, I trully think this is deliberate approach by Nintendo. I just have a hard time with the full retail price.