Splatoon had been datamined- Rainmaker online mode complete details revealed, 33 more weapons to be released, 10 maps on disc, and more!

[outlawauron]

Einsam_Delphin said:

outlawauron said:

Why is Splatoon special? There are loads of games that get massive improvements through DLC, patches, and other changes. Critics only get one copy to review and it's what the publishers give them, so I the ones who should feel silly is Nintendo is trying to hide future updates that already exist on the disc.

Nintendo didn't hide anything, again we already knew about the updates before the game released and before any reviews were made via direct a month prior. Reviewers only have themselves to blame if they failed to take the updates into account.

The fact that a datamine reveals new information means that information was previously unknown, meaning it was hidden.

Taking updates into account isn't a geniune way of doing this in terms of letting it affect the score. Mentioning that updates are coming is responsible and should be in the review (which usually is the case), but that didn't save Destiny from getting killed for the same reasons as Splatoon (and Destiny worked perfectly at launch).