Splatoon 3 comes out on September 9th and Octo Expansion is added to NSO Expansion Pack

[IcaroRibeiro]

curl-6 said:

mZuzek said:

It made sense for 2 to be iterative because Nintendo obviously wanted Splatoon on the Switch and that meant less time to make a different game, instead they could take everything from the first one and refine into a much better sequel and add a lot more content. It was totally fine for what it was.

Now it's just like... everyone expected this to be a once-per-generation series like Smash or Mario Kart. Both of which are series whose games are pretty different from each other, while still retaining the basics and essence of what makes them what they are. No one is asking Nintendo to make an open-world Splatoon, just that they could put some ambition into it.

It saddens me because I really love Splatoon but a lot of that love came from how promising it was as an IP and now it feels like its potential is being wasted.

I personally just don't feel like Splatoon 3 needs to be like Mario Kart or Smash. 

It has a new setting, new campaign, new gameplay mechanics/weapons/maps, new music and presentation, quite possibly still more additions we don't know about yet.

It's a sequel in the vein of something like the Uncharted or Halo sequels, or most franchises in gaming, and to me that's okay.

There's room for both once-per-console games that reinvent themselves with each entry, and those that refine and improve a proven formula. 

Uncharted is single player. I think this a pretty relevant distinction. A multi-player game, a PAID multi-player game I must adress, needs a reason to abandon the current game and go buying the next one. Majority of Splatoon userbase will spend their time playing multi-player matches hence you need stronger reasons to get the next installment. 

And Halo is... I will refrain to say what I think about it because I don't want to start fights here

For Splatoon it don't need to be once per generation, but still lacking some substance for a sequel. Nothing I've seen so far is compelling me to get the next one, I see no major improvements in graphics, in maps or in gameplay. I've seing new guns, couldn't any of that be in Splatoon 2? I'm expecting this one had more multi-player options (or simply different options) aside of Turf War and Salmon Run, and/or new matches to play ranked other than the currents ones (Tower Control, Splatzones, etc). Is this is fulfilled I will embrace Splatoon 3, otherwise I will keep playing Splatoon 2 for as long I'm able to find matches