Polygon:
"The word keeps popping up when critics talk about Splatoon, even in our own review, and it's a bit maddening. Shooter. This is Nintendo's take on the online shooter. It's Nintendo's first shooter. I'm guilty of talking about the game in this context as well, but it has to stop."
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?
Splatoon in a lot of sense is just like Smash Brothers. Smash Brothers is a fighting game. People argue the notion of whether it is. Most people argue the idea because of what they are used to. Gamers have had the idea when it comes to a fighting game you need to drain your enemy's health bar to defeat them. Then Nintendo came along with Smash and turned everything everyone knew about fighting games on it's head.
Smash Brothers changed the rules of how you fight in a fighting game. Splatoon changes the rules in a shooter in a shooting game. Same rules are there but new goals are presented to the player in achieving victory.
Anyone who reads the article should read the comments as well. I found the comments WAY more entertaining. Some really interesting things are brought up and discussed.
It is a shooter game. You shooting nothing but rainbow lol
I played the same concept in LittlebigPlanet years ago. Also the Unfinished Swan idea came from levels made in LBP1 7 years ago to name just a few that took their ideas from far more talented community creators.
your right, it should be called a "squirter" :)
If the paint were replaced with blood, people would have no problems calling this a shooter