Well, the game was about... 10% percent complete, I think, when they revealed it at E3 last year? They`re probably releasing some content later because it wasn`t ready. SP probably wasn`t a thing either at the time. I think some of it is a weird strategy they`re doing, but I suspect they`re still making some of the content they`re promising for later. That`s how I see it at least.

It wasn't the first thing he played in the genre ( he really liked Portal 2), I said I didn't let him play any of those games until he became a teenager.  We have both COD games for the Wii U and he has little interest in those, Splatoon on the other hand he really likes. Again that was not the first shooter he played.  For a younger child I do feel Splatoon is more appropriate or maybe a Team Fortress 2 .  I realize I seem to be in the minority that realistic shooters are not appropriate for a young audience. To each their own, as each child is unique. I can't speak for other peoples children but mine gravitates toward the cartoony shooters (although he does like Borderlands 2).

Side question, have you played Splatoon?

I think this should be made clear. I am comparing splatoon (as it is now at $60) to other games (as they have launched at $60). When splatoon releases with all the free dlc, then I will compare them to games that have all the free dlc included. If it was just voice chat missing, then ok that wouldn't be so bad, but it is the combination of a poor local multiplayer, no voice chat, and no online custom matches (you know for friends to play with you) that suddenly starts to stack.

There is no need for more cod maps, but there is a desire. Without the dlc maps in cod, bo2 would still be a content packed game that should be $60 on launch. There is a need for splatoon to have more maps, since the amount they have now is pretty low (as claimed by most reviewers). Even if you don't buy any dlc for black ops 2, it is debatle that black ops 2 at launch still holds more content then splatoon after all the free dlc is added.

Value is determined by the purchaser, but price is not. You can enjoy an $80 pencil that has a bit more lead than a $2 pencil, but that does not mean that the $80 pencil is not overpriced

Well yes, not all games appeal to everyone, but you are flat out ignoring a genre of gaming and acting as if splatoon is the first game to have done things right. The games I listed are rated T or below, and I will also include timesplitters 2 and metroid prime trilogy (both are also rated T) as examples of games that can be enjoyed by everyone (I am enjoying metroid prime 2: echoes now actually). Splatoon may be good for a child, but metroid prime is literally one of the greatest games of all time, and it is rated T just like super smash bros brawl

Lol when my son was 8 Metroid Prime would have given him nightmares.  You ignored my question about having played Splatoon.  You may well ignore this one too: Do you have children?  I see you are 42, if you did have children would you have let them watch Nightmare on Elm Street when they were 8? What about a Porno? Some things are apporpriate at different ages and for different people. That is why we have a rating system. It is why most of the world has rating systems for various media.

I ignored it initially but I will not any longer, telling someone how to raise their chidren or what they should expose their children to is not very classy. Double so when you don't even know the child.  Notice neither of us said anything like  NO Children should play COD before they are teens. We were talking about our children.  If you haven't even played the game itself you have not even a leg to stand on when it comes to what a child should play, or if it is even a good introduction to the genere.

Interesting idea, though early adopters will have lacking content then :/

True, but the trade off is we get to level and get better gear vs those that wait for more content.

Maps and content should have ALWAYS been free and used to promote the original sale.

early adopters will always have to go back to the game because there more content.
later adopters will get the game with more content.

the only ones that wouldnt like are people that play the game in the first release days and never touch again(like reviwers?)

Well I mainly wanted to play the title with my 10 year old nephew... In order to play with him I would have to pick two games... which would cost $140 ($70 CAD) in Canada. He's super stoke to play it. While I on the other hand can't help but feel its a glorified demo game selling at full retail price. We both played the test fire and I wasn't impress. On the other my sister is super strict with what my nephew is allowed to play so this game would be is first foray into the FPS without the angering his mom. 

The game release with only 5 maps and is very limited with the 4 vs 4 (which is extremely unbalance if one player not doing anythign or quits). It's far from the FPS experience that you get from BF or COD. They have achieve the goal of making a new FPS experience. Kinda like playing Titanfall for the first time. Same old formula with a new twist. 

I'm sure the team working on Splatoon a multiplayer focus game could of release the game with more then 5 maps. This is why in my title i'm claiming that Nintendo is actually taking the DLC approach to Splatoon in order to keep the game exciting and renew interest on monthly basis. Would you release a gmae with 10 maps and add 5 dlc over time or release a with only 5 maps and release one new map with new game mode every single months for 10 months. It's actually not that bad of a system if that's what they intended to do. I just can't really believe that they only manage to have 5 maps ready for launch, I trully think this is deliberate approach by Nintendo. I just have a hard time with the full retail price.