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VanceIX on 13 June 2014

It looks great and refreshing, and has the potential to rival Smash Bros. in terms of competitiveness,

Yes, I'm very excited!



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Metallox on 13 June 2014
spemanig said:
sundin13 said:


The squids and the girls both look wonderful and adorable...

 


Tell that to all the people who will never buy it because they disagree.

I can say the same thing for the people who will buy it. The game made a good reaction.



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Frogger on 13 June 2014
sundin13 said:


Theres always going to be some people who will complain no matter what...that doesn't mean that the style is bad, it just means that they are shallow and small minded. Theres no reason to worry about those people...


There is when it effects sales, which is what this thread is about. I personally don't care if a game sells two copies if it's good, but this is a sales site, and the topic is about sales.



Frogger on 13 June 2014
Metallox said:

I can say the same thing for the people who will buy it. The game made a good reaction.


You can't say the same thing when more people don't want it than do. The game made a luke warm reaction, not a good one. A "good" reaction was the reveal of The Division.



Samus Aran on 13 June 2014


Please stop thinking your opinion is a fact. How do you know how many people will not buy this game over something as shallow as character design?

Do you honestly believe Mario has such a great character design? Yet Mario games sell by the millions. Because of the great gameplay. 

I've seen mostly positiver reactions. 



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sundin13 on 13 June 2014
spemanig said:
sundin13 said:


Theres always going to be some people who will complain no matter what...that doesn't mean that the style is bad, it just means that they are shallow and small minded. Theres no reason to worry about those people...


There is when it effects sales, which is what this thread is about. I personally don't care if a game sells two copies if it's good, but this is a sales site, and the topic is about sales.

Yeah, and there are plenty of people who like the look of it...just look through this thread, or any practically any of the videos online from people who have played it. Like I said, there will always be people who don't like the look no matter what Nintendo did...theres no reason to try to please those people, because if you make the game that they want, you will just end up pissing someone else off.

Also, I've seen plenty of previews and whatnot saying that they aren't too sure about The Division...it is hardly unanimously positive.



DarkRPGamer007 on 13 June 2014

Hopefully it does. I would've liked to see the Mario crew on it because that'd guarantee sales more than adding a fresh batch of characters.



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Metallox on 13 June 2014
spemanig said:

You can't say the same thing when more people don't want it than do. The game made a luke warm reaction, not a good one. A "good" reaction was the reveal of The Division.

The Division's reaction was mindblowing, that's why I say Splatoon's one was good.



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Gammalad on 13 June 2014
ktay95 said:
sundin13 said:
If it were a mario game, it wouldn't have the adorable Squid girls (and the awesome squid mechanic)...

Would be more adorable with some Squid Girl crossover DLC 


Apparently the shows creator said he would like Squid Girl DLC in the game so it's possible xD



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Frogger on 13 June 2014
sundin13 said:

Yeah, and there are plenty of people who like the look of it...just look through this thread, or any practically any of the videos online from people who have played it. Like I said, there will always be people who don't like the look no matter what Nintendo did...theres no reason to try to please those people, because if you make the game that they want, you will just end up pissing someone else off.

Also, I've seen plenty of previews and whatnot saying that they aren't too sure about The Division...it is hardly unanimously positive.


A lot of people in this thread also liked W101. VGChartz is in no way a reflection of the mass market, which is who applies when asking "Should Splatoon have been a Mario game." Nothing is unanimously positive, but The Division's was overwhelmingly positive. It's not that they don't like it "no matter what Nintendo does." It's that Nintendo consistently makes things look a way most people obviously aren't going to like.

I think The Division is the definition of uninteresting. That doesn't mean that it's not going to sell millions on the first day, because it will. Splatoon will be lucky to sell thousands.