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Samus Aran on 04 April 2015
curl-6 said:
Samus Aran said:

Even Captain Toad got 81% lol.

All previews have been super optimistic.

Mario Kart 8 got 88% despite having a terrible battle mode (and only 2 modes in total).

Captain Toad is amazing. :P

In all seriousness though, I hope you're right, I can just see the game taking a hit in reviews and this impacting sales negatively. I don't want Nintendo to be discouraged from trying new IPs.

I think they're saving up some modes for a Splatoon direct anyway. Previews praised the single player campaign even, comparing it to Galaxy.

I don't care for the voice chat, but it's a shame that we can't play splitscreen online multiplayer like in Mario Kart 8 (with one extra friend).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLkiB661tM

This game also looks gorgeous.



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Frogger on 04 April 2015

No clue, but I'm leaning towards no.



uran10 on 04 April 2015
spemanig said:
No clue, but I'm leaning towards no.


but Spemanig you're also always someone who is 95% negative. (you, curl and a splash of rol make up the perfect trio). I'd say you're a realist but I think you're more of a pessimist and when it comes to nintendo I honestly do think that is the best approach.



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curl-6 on 04 April 2015
Samus Aran said:
curl-6 said:

Captain Toad is amazing. :P

In all seriousness though, I hope you're right, I can just see the game taking a hit in reviews and this impacting sales negatively. I don't want Nintendo to be discouraged from trying new IPs.

I think they're saving up some modes for a Splatoon direct anyway. Previews praised the single player campaign even, comparing it to Galaxy.

I don't care for the voice chat, but it's a shame that we can't play splitscreen online multiplayer like in Mario Kart 8 (with one extra friend).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oLkiB661tM

This game also looks gorgeous.

Yeah, that's what I'm hoping for, that like the recently revealed Splat Zones and battle Dojo, they have other modes saved up for surprises.

I don't care about voice chat either, in fact I find it an actively negative feature, but many don't share my views. And yeah, splitscreen online would have been nice, but it may have been hard to maintain a 60fps baseline with so much going on.



chapset on 04 April 2015

naaaaaah it's just hyped here because people don't really have that many games to talk about



Bet reminder: I bet with Tboned51 that Splatoon won't reach the 1 million shipped mark by the end of 2015. I win if he loses and I lose if I lost.

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curl-6 on 04 April 2015
uran10 said:
spemanig said:
No clue, but I'm leaning towards no.

but Spemanig you're also always someone who is 95% negative. (you, curl and a splash of rol make up the perfect trio). I'd say you're a realist but I think you're more of a pessimist and when it comes to nintendo I honestly do think that is the best approach.

Don't forget Pavolink, Tachikoma, and Soundwave. :p

By our powers combined, we are the Nexus of Negativity!



Frogger on 04 April 2015
uran10 said:

but Spemanig you're also always someone who is 95% negative. (you, curl and a splash of rol make up the perfect trio). I'd say you're a realist but I think you're more of a pessimist and when it comes to nintendo I honestly do think that is the best approach.


I don't think I'm pessimistic at all. In fact, I think I can be too optimistic a lot of the time, but just look at what we know about Splatoon from a marketing perspective. Nobody knows or cares about this game outside of Nintendo's core fanbase. Who's talking about it out side of gaming websites? I'm expecting Bayo 2-like sales. Amiibos are cool, but they don't sell games. Especially not a new IP that hasn't proven itself yet on a failed console.

It's not a big May game for the mass market, and I don't think Nintendo fans will be enough to push this one over that mark. At least, not anytime soon.



ktay95 on 04 April 2015

I fucking hope so, if it doesn't then I doubt it will receive a sequel and I will have no hope left in Nintendo's future with new IPs.
This is the game that we need to support, its the young guys being given a chance to head up a retail title on a new IP, its the future of Nintendo.



NobleTeam360 on 04 April 2015

No it won't get 1 million.



POE on 04 April 2015

Yes it will, but to do so, it must be hyped properly.