During the recent Annual General Investor's Meeting, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata revealed that Nintendo was not that optimistic about Splatoon prior to its launch, mainly because the game was not part of a franchise. In fact, the game reached a million sales in less than a month, which greatly surprised the company.
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?
I'm glad this game performed above their expectations. Now they might become more encouraged to take more risks with more games and bigger marketing
i campaigned and advertised this game to heck
I am glad a new IP is selling well on nintendo hardware. Cant wait to check out the Tower mode, but wont be home for over a week!
As a side note, i saw Miyamoto in Paris a few days ago. Also saw the Yoshi's wooly world producer (forget his name). I wonder what brings them here...?
I didn't want to bother him so i just said hello to him in Japanese but he smiled really big and personally offered to take a picture or sign something. (My wii u was in the room, but how cool would it be to have Shiggy signed wii u!) The picture looks really goofy (5'10" woman in heels next to a 5'4"-5" Japanese man...) but what an honor it was to meet him!
Really? When I first saw this game I fell in love. Such a great idea and a welcome change from all the dudebro, blood and carnage we are used to from arena shooters.
The game is extremely fun, it would've been a shame too see it fail commercially, thankfully the game sold well. Definitely one of the best games on the Wii U.