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Forums - Nintendo Discussion - Splatoon going to have Microtransactions?

Real money or in game currency? If it's the former I'll be interested to see how many Nintendo fans stick to their guns and how many insist that it's "different" when Nintendo does it. But this is the first I've heard of anything like that in Splatoon.



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Nintendo? Micro transactions? Somehow I have a hard time mixing these two words up. Hopefully they won't add these micro transactions.



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cycycychris said:

From what we know so far. You earn money by playing the online mode. From what you earn. You will be able to buy new weapons, shoes, head gear, and over all clothes. Which I'm suggesting, they might also add in the way to get the money by paying a few dollars for some in game cash.

Oh. Well, who knows? I fully expect Nintendo to do it eventually. They may drag their feet but always wind up doing the same thing as the rest of the industry in the end. And, sadly, consumers have shown quite a taste for this sort of thing.



I thought it was obvious, although I wouldn't use it. But having the option should be nice for Nintendo.



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Hell NO!
Ew.
Please don't go that low.



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RolStoppable said:
I doubt it. The way Nintendo has gone about monetizing things, they cautiously test the waters instead of jumping in head first. Pokémon Shuffle is that guinea pig. Splatoon is positioned as something that is too big for an experiment that has a good chance of backfiring.

This. Also, this game has quite a bit of hype backing it up, they don't want to risk killing it with microtransactions.



You know it deserves the GOTY.

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Totally not gonna happen. This is Nintendo.

You're paranoid hun.



Doubt it cause its a fully priced game I think so you will probably buy gear from the points you earn through winning matches



                  

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Steel Diver is "microtransaction-laced"? The goal of microtransactions is usually to get the player to pay a lot of small fees over and over again for non-permanent in-game perks. Steel Diver is basically a demo that lets you unlock other levels (of which there are a limited amount) for one-time fees. This is not even almost the same thing as being microtransaction-laced.



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Nintendo don't even rip us off with the console-standard practice of making us think online is better because we paid for it. >_>