Dealspwn: "Splatoon held its last public beta yesterday, and boy, was it ever messy. Not only was there paint and frolicking squid everywhere you looked, but the servers buckled under the demand and bricked for the best part of an hour, forcing Nintendo to bolt on an extra sixty minutes once they'd patched things up.
So a complete success on all counts, then, even though a horde of angry gamers forgot that it was a beta... not a demo.
Splatoon is shaping up brilliantly ahead of its launch this Friday, and the Global Testfire was a fascinating two-way process. Not only has Nintendo learned some essential lessons, but we've also learned a few of our own."
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?
You see, Nintendo. You CAN make new IPs if you put your minds to it.
I learned that I forgot about it, and I am now sad. : (
Nintendo's new IPs have an issue selling as big as other new IPs from other publishers
codename: kids next door! This looks like a flash game. I'm expecting this to do a little below Bayonetta 2 numbers to be honest.
Well yesterday's beta killed any hope I had for this game. It wasn't just the server issues, but the gameplay itself was boring. There will only be two modes at launch and they are both practically the same thing. Turns out painting is pretty boring.