Soundwave said:
The first Splatoon was made in under 2 years. The first concept was mid-2013, but it wasn't until 2014 where they even had decided on the squid/human/swimming through ink concept. Fun fact: When it was unveiled at E3 2014, the game was only 10% complete (!). That means they made 90% of the game in like 10-11 months. Most of the development was just the initial planning about what the game would be and what the characters would be like. Now that they don't have to waste 6-10 months on that and can just build battle arenas, new characters in the same mold, new weapons, new game modes ... I think they could easily finish a Splatoon 2 for December 2016, and then just add more content to it over the next 12 months as need be. Splatoon is not like Zelda where it requires 3-4 years in between each installment. |
You dont get it, it not only about development time (but definitely more development time means better game with more content and new mechanics), it's too early. Splatoon will IP same like Mario Kart and Smash Bros, one game per generation, they can't release new game just one year later, its too soon, I dont want new Splatoon game just year and half after this one.
