I really dont think Splatton will have microtransactions. The trailer never specified 'in game currency' nor 'real money currency'.

That being said Nintendo have been adventurous with DLC and the ilk lately, but mainly on 3DS. So Splatoon COULD have something, but I hope not.

Of course it's a pay for multiplayer discussion. You're being charged to play online multiplayer that should be free, because you already pay for online independantly. There's no reason it shouldn't be. It's like Apple forcing you to buy itunes radio for permission to use skype on your mac, but including discounts and free movies sometimes to make the deal better. It doesn't matter if that's a good deal or if itunes is worth what they're asking. They are artificially stopping you from using a service you want to use to sell you something you may not want.

Even still, Playstation has PS Plus discounts and free games. Nintendo is making (and already has used) a system that does that discounts games and gives free games without a subscription. They had Digital Deluxe. They had game deals like with Mario Kart 8, SMT and FE, and W101. They had Club Nintendo. Puttung all of those together into one cohesive rewards program as good as PS Plus, without the need for a subscription. Nintendo isn't shooting for it's own multimedia features, so music or movies unlimited doesn't apply to them. They have 3rd party apps for that. There's no good reason for Nintendo to have a subscription at all. They can match rewards functions without one.

I dont care for XBL or PSN - at all. I just wanna play online, if Im in that mood. I rarely play online as is, but if I had to PAY for it, I would NEVER do it.