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This is why I dislike participating in sales prediction threads: Splatoon's success came as a huge surprise to me and I'm sure to many others as well. I mean a shooter with cutesie squid characters and paint mechanics? Is Japan into shooter games? "Could this really work?" I often asked myself.

As it turned out, Splatoon exceeded most expecations saleswise. I think this IP and its success is one of the biggest surprises this gen.

 

The little squids that could.