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curl-6 on 24 March 2015

The more I see of this, the more I like it. The usual unbalanced elements of online shooters, like snipers, seem to have been carefully moderated. I'm also a fan of the campaign's apparent emphasis on traversal as well as combat.
My only concern at this point is the campaign's length.



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gabzjmm23 on 24 March 2015

just watched the recent videos and i like what Nintendo wanted to offer. i hope their target audience would buy this game. i'm not a fan of a shooting genre but maybe next year i'll buy this game.



Nuvendil on 24 March 2015

The lack of voice chat is a sticking point, BUT the quick messages system could be a good, convenient work around. If the D-Pad offers four options that covered the essentials (Need help, check right, check left, and maybe one more) it could work well, especially since the map gives live feedback on territory control.



hsrob on 24 March 2015
Ljink96 said:
Nintendo needs to market the hell out of this game if it is to make a splash. Splat!

Fixed.



Paatar on 24 March 2015
super_etecoon said:
Imagine if we all end up playing this game as much as Mario Kart 8. Wouldn't that be something. That's pretty lofty expectations for me, considering how many hours of my life I dumped into that game, but one can hope.


I actually see people playing this more than MK8 honestly. But sales wise, the game will probably only hit 2m lifetime at most. Which would be pretty awesome.



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curl-6 on 24 March 2015
Paatar said:

I actually see people playing this more than MK8 honestly. But sales wise, the game will probably only hit 2m lifetime at most. Which would be pretty awesome.

2 million would be awesome. I'm expecting around 1m myself, give or take 200k, but we'll see. It's a new IP on a console with a small base, so the odds are sadly stacked against it.



Paatar on 24 March 2015
curl-6 said:
Paatar said:

I actually see people playing this more than MK8 honestly. But sales wise, the game will probably only hit 2m lifetime at most. Which would be pretty awesome.

2 million would be awesome. I'm expecting around 1m myself, give or take 200k, but we'll see. It's a new IP on a console with a small base, so the odds are sadl stacked against it.


True. I'm not expecting 2m honestly. And yes, it does have a small user base and it is a new IP, but you never know, at least not until it is released.



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curl-6 on 24 March 2015
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curl-6 said:

2 million would be awesome. I'm expecting around 1m myself, give or take 200k, but we'll see. It's a new IP on a console with a small base, so the odds are sadl stacked against it.


True. I'm not expecting 2m honestly. And yes, it does have a small user base and it is a new IP, but you never know, at least not until it is released.

I'd certainly like it to do well, so that Nintendo is encouraged to try new IPs more often.



Paatar on 25 March 2015
curl-6 said:
Paatar said:
curl-6 said:

2 million would be awesome. I'm expecting around 1m myself, give or take 200k, but we'll see. It's a new IP on a console with a small base, so the odds are sadl stacked against it.


True. I'm not expecting 2m honestly. And yes, it does have a small user base and it is a new IP, but you never know, at least not until it is released.

I'd certainly like it to do well, so that Nintendo is encouraged to try new IPs more often.

That and I would love for Splatoon to have more games! It looks like a lot of fun and I'm really excited for it.



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curl-6 on 25 March 2015
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curl-6 said:

I'd certainly like it to do well, so that Nintendo is encouraged to try new IPs more often.

That and I would love for Splatoon to have more games! It looks like a lot of fun and I'm really excited for it.

Amen, Splatoon becoming a core Nintendo franchise like Mario Kart or Smash Bros would be awesome; it would be very interesting to see how it might evolve going forwards.