Ross from PushStartPlay Writes: If I hadn’t seen or played it. I never would’ve believed that the team behind Animal Crossing and Wii Sports were going to make a competitive, online-multiplayer shooter. It’s still surprising how the game just works, how no one has done it before, but in no great surprise Nintendo were the ones to capitalise on it in their usual style of intense colours and fun gameplay. In many ways it’s like playing the Mario spin-off, Super Mario Sunshine, as the villain, where painting everything is key to winning. Splatoon is a refreshing shooter, not steeped in realism or brown, but pure experience of classic video games. Though, in some places, it still fails to reach its true heights.
Nintendo has recently restored Wii U Mario Kart 8 and Splatoon online after five months of being offline.
Game Rant Writes "Mar10 Day is a fun yearly celebration of the Super Mario series, and Splatoon may warrant a fan-designated day of celebration in its own right."
How, exactly, did Splatoon reach heights rivalled only by Pokémon in Japan? New IPs from the House of Mario appear as often as shiny Pocket Monsters, yet typically move comparatively mediocre numbers or fall into relative obscurity behind the premium marques of Mario, Animal Crossing, Zelda, and Pokémon. Take Pikmin and ARMS, for example, which we adore but struggle to compete with the tentpole franchises when it comes to sales numbers or mainstream mindshare.
So, again, how has Splatoon risen to become one of Nintendo's most important series in Japan?
