If it is free and they keep me happy and want to go back and play the game I am Ok with it.

They could have just taken off the disc. and ask you to pay a pound for a map download would have that been better then?

really guys. think before you speak!

Or they could have released with all the content?

Except companies like Capcom and EA have had content on disc and actually charged people and they're far from the only ones as well.

I agree with the Amiibo Opinion its a fair point to claim that poor attempt to grab 15 for one Gear Set/Weapon/Minigame (ironicly i do have all three Splatoon Amiibos for colletor reasons but yeah the digital Content is BS).

Besides that, you all seem right the content (from Releasepoint) is bad, 5 Maps/2 Mods and a pretty short Singleplayer, is meh, but again, i did play pretty much every Shooter since 1997 and after Call of Duty 1/UO, Unreal Tournament 2004/UT3 and yeah Modern Warfare 1 there was a HUGE(!) Gap until something good did come back. (Yeah ok Gears of War 2 was pretty awesome too)

All shooter games between Modern Warfare 1 and Splatoon never exceeded something good or even great/special, i know many love Black Ops or Bad Company or Battlefield 3 but for me they repeat the same formula over and over and over, which is ok if they keep some effort to keep it fresh, but literaly ever one or two years?

I am a great fan of Mario which is also the same over and over but look at Sunshine -> Galaxy -> 3D World then look at Modern Shooter (Series), "same" core Gameplay but Boy there is no Soul (anymore). 

So to build a bridge to Splatoon, yes the Content (for now) is limited, the Price may look high if you look at a Skyrim or Witcher 3 and the Amiibo Features are indeed a cashgrab. But believe me, since years its the very first shooter i finaly can enjoy, because its so so so awesome! And if you are thirsty for years for a fresh shooter which is more Arena Shooter like Quake or Unreal Tournament (and you own a Wii U) you happily give them 60€.

You say thats a bad sign given to future games, i simply say, finally some one made a worthy shooter which holds up its expectation.

at first bolded ... I think you may be confusing me with another poster on this point, I didn't say that but you came close with this  ..."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."

At  second bolded ... but you did say exactly that ..."Splatoon really should not be the first fps for a 14 year old interested in the fps genre considering there are other appropriate classics"

I won't even say you are wrong with what you said there, the other games you mentioned would be alright for my 14 year old, but splatoon is a blast in my opinion, and could be an alright option for introducing a younger player to the genre.

The rating system isn't perfect, it is a guidline rather than a law (not trying to say laws are perfect ...)

Trim your trees people! 

long conversation and i didn't want to quote out of context anymore than I had to

@ the bolded, if it is true, my apologies, I did not mean to confuse you with the other commentator

@ the underlined, I do agree with both statements even though they may seem to contradict each other.

While splatoon is a good intro to the fps genre, a 14 year old would be 13 by the age of splatoon's announcement. If at any point in between Splatoon's announcement and release that kid shows in interest in the fps genre, it would have been a great idea to get him to play portal 2 or metroid prime, rather than to have him wait for splatoon. This is why I am annoyed when people claim splatoon to be the first age appropriate shooter (not directed to you obviously, just the idea that is being passed around). Because critically received fps titles get overlooked by a game with average reviews.

Again we're not paying for the content so holding it back to release later is not exactly as big an issue, these companies actually made you pay for what's already on the disc multiple times. In regards to Amiibos they work across various game and will have support for years to come that's what people get on top of buying them this is why the DLC comparison is some what amusing as how much DLC is compatible with future games, other game series and different platforms from the same developer.

If they release all DLC free, that would show good business practice that others should follow. I payed for DB Xenoverse and then another $25 for DLC. Really, it is a ripoff, and I don't want to ever pay that much again for DLC.