Miyamoto thought there was "no appeal" to Splatoon at first

Edge:
The quirky paint-splattered multiplayer of Splatoon was an entirely new direction for Nintendo. It’s unsurprising then to hear then that development wasn’t an easy ride. In an exclusive interview in the new issue of Edge Magazine, Splatoon’s development team reveals that Nintendo boss Shigeru Miyamoto wasn’t always keen on the game.

[JoeMcCallister]

It looks like him saying there was no appeal was a good thing - sounds like the devs went back and added the hiding and jumping and a few more mechanics and here we are - cool looking game that I'm glad Nintendo is trying out.

[jmd749]

Yeah, just like he thought Wii Music was awesome.

[themonado]

Well, I'm sure this game will be MUCH better than that.

[Highlife]

It's also 2015 and no voice chat

[herbs]

Very few console gamers actually use voice chat for strategic purposes its mostly children talking shit without consequence. However it would be nice to have private voice chat with a friend as an option.

[BudokaiGamer]

If they are talking about the EDGE mag interview, then yeah that's what happened. Read this on GoNintendo and it had the full interview. It was neat to see that he knew more could be done and knew that they could do it. Now we have a game that I for one and super excited for!

[pcz]

miyamoto is right, and it still has no appeal. i dont like the characters and the game itself looks boring.

i think a lot of people have nintendo-tinted glasses on when looking at this game, if it was made by anyone else it would be yet another run of the mill downloadable shooter

[herbs]

Pcz = Pointless Comments Zzzzz.

[Hoffmann]

I will seriously be surprised if this game becomes a top seller..no matter how good it is. I just don't see many people being interested in this game.

[DiscoKid]

Maybe you can explain why you think that? I don't like shooters but Splatoon looks really fun to me.

[Hoffmann]

The shooter fans just seem to prefer "badass characters". realistic weapons, settings in wars or battlefields and Splatoon is more or less delivering the opposite of that.

If my gut-feeling is right, the majority of the Wii U buyers don't care a lot about the fps genre anyway and while there will be some of buy it I just don't see it becoming a big success. It might bomb or be a very small success like The Wonderful 101 which was a great game but did not sell so well.

[Gazondaily]

Its not a FPS. Its a TPS.

[themonado]

@Hoffman: Well, good thing this isn't an FPS then

[comebackkid9891]

I'm still dying to play W101 (huge Viewtiful Joe fan). Hope NX is backwards compatible.

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Once they made the call for no in-game voice chat I think the odds of this game becoming big were killed.

[Reeze]

From what I've seen it, actually has a pretty large and devoted following- and it hasn't even released yet. I'm sure it will do fine.

[mad-dog]

i see a lot of interest in this game.
Lots of forum members and journalists.

I was even surprised at how interested people are.

There is reason to believe this will be a succes.
It even seems that Nintendo is going to market this game.
Imagine that.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

well it certainly doesn't have any competition from May 29th leading into June

[hells_supernova]

It won't sell. It will bomb.

[Mikito11]

Wow can you tell me the lottery numbers for next week too since you can se the future so clearly?...

Splatoon is gonna do just fine IMO.. Looks way more fun than any other shooters

[SteamPowered]

I agree wholeheartedly. Its the Nintendo curse. Great games seem to be overlooked by the general audience. I love Nintendo games, but after 25 years I pretty much hold out for the Marios and Zeldas. Xbox, PS4, and Pc offer so many big titles that Nintendo pretty much falls by the wayside.

Nintendo have never been marketing whizzes by any means. Nintendo directs just dont cut it anymore.

[N0TaB0T]

Why generalize what Wii U owners are into?

[GordonKnight]

I'm a FPS fan and I love Nintendo games. @hoffmann quit being a video game racist!

[NicSage]

My family is really looking forward to it.

[mad-dog]

they should have made a Mario universe Paintball game years ago.

[BosSSyndrome]

Well im glad they made some original characters instead of slapping Mario's fat face on it. I think the inklings fit the game way better.

[mad-dog]

True. I agree. Though i can still imagine lots of great things with the mario characters too.
Will never happen though.
So i'm pretty hyped for this game.

[RosweeSon]

Zavvi have just listed their Amiibo's £10.99 each and taking pre orders for Dr Mario, Olimar and co, also they got the Yoshi Yarn game and Amiibo bundle for £34.99! Splatoon looks pretty cool tho, taking of which zavvi have them also at £10.99 each (boy and girl)

[ThunderPulse]

No appeal to me.

[KryptoniteTail]

He was right.

[jholden3249]

Read the article.

He said that in prototype phase, which spurred the changes we see today (swim as squid and transform to human to shoot, swim faster in own color ink, slower in opposing color, swim up walls, invisible in own color ink, etc).

This game is immensely appealing. What's not to like? Unless you actually hate playing video games or something

[KryptoniteTail]

Don't need to. It did have no appeal. Now it unfathomably does have some but it isn't a good game from what I can tell.

Every aspect of the characters, art direction, graphics, you name it, it is simply unappealing. The gameplay seems okay for a bit but there is no longevity here. It is far below the vast majority of Nintendo's other IP. I'm not even a Pikmin fan and I think even Pikmin has its charm, but is below the Mario/Donkey Kong/Yoshi quality. Even still, it is leagues above "Splatoon."

What a stupid name, too. It's very "Nickelodeon" and childish and I want no part of it. Mario transcends age but this panders to children since Nintendo is now apparently a casual, toy manufacturing, "Splatoon" type of company instead of a hardcore gaming company serious about dominating the market like it was in the SNES era.

That's history though and now we have Splatoon so yeah. Maybe I am not a gamer since I see absolutely zero value in Splatoon aside from core mechanics. So be it.

[superchiller]

Splatoon looks awful. Bland, low-detail, boring graphics and silly gameplay. I think it will sell worse than W101, and that game bombed hard.

Sad that Wii U owners have so little to get excited about, but they have only Nintendo to blame for the situation. Let's hope that the NX or whatever they call it is better designed, and isn't based on gimmicks like all the recent Nintendo hardware. If it is gimmick-free, I might even buy one!

[AWBrawler]

SO how's that greatness awaiting going for ya? get any greatness yet?

[BrandanT]

Looks like Sony PR gots you by the balls.
Go watch The Order if it isn't your type of game. Sony sure had everyone believing that The Order was going to be the best "game" of all time. It sold amazing, yes, but it was hardly game.
Just go await more "greatness."

[KryptoniteTail]

Man, ain't that the damn truth. Don't let the Nintendbots' downvotes and disagrees get to youth hurts. Nintendo never produces good IP anymore. Only notable one is Pushmo in recent times, IMO.

[Wonderful101]

I really like the art style of this game, it looks gorgeous. And the gameplay looks extremely fun. My hat's off to the makers of this masterpiece.

May can't come soon enough.

[MNGamer-N]

I'm glad they got a hard lock on 60 FPS. It makes such a big difference.

[Coachkeys]

It's a perfect game for the summer. It's got that Nickelodeon/super soaker feel.

[will313]

Yet another sign that it's time for old heads at Nintendo to part ways with the company.

[shaw98]

This was before we even saw the game. When Miyamoto said it had no appeal, it was during the prototype stages. This was before the ink swimming, before any of that cool stuff. Miyamoto inspired them to do better because they did not even have a basis at first.

[Mikhal5569]

He was probably right. My initial reaction to the reaction when I heard the premise of the game was, no thanks.But, after watching the game play and info part of the video I quickly changed my tune.

[masterfox]

damn Miyamoto san is so clueless lol XD

[shaw98]

This was before we even saw the game. When Miyamoto said it had no appeal, it was during the prototype stages. This was before the ink swimming, before any of that cool stuff. Miyamoto inspired them to do better because they did not even have a basis at first. I don't think you read the article.

[WizzroSupreme]

Splatoon is probably the third-person shooter we need, and I don't say that lightly. It's totally cool that Nintendo got out of its shell and wanted to lighten a genre the rest of the industry just couldn't. You go, Miyamoto-san.

[Darkfist]

another game that will bomb like the rest of their nameless games, they should put mario or pokemon on the title then it will sell

[Reeze]

People want new IPs and characters, and when Nintendo gives gamers just that, they complain that they're not Mario? Uh...

[joel01]

@AWBrawler..yep, Bloodborne , MLB , Helldivers , TLOU remastered , Infamous second son , Driveclub , Killzone ,served me pretty well already. Not to mention the upcoming 3rd parties like Batman , MGS 5 , Deus ex ( which looks sick ) , Witcher 3 etc. Came here cause Splatoon looks cool then you came with your ignorant comment.

[AWBrawler]

my comment isn't ignorant. none of those games are out yet that i would consider greatness, and the ones you named that are out are ports and can be played without a ps4, so yes thanks for confirming you are still awaiting greatness

[RPGrinder]

This is the most innovative Shooter in YEARS. As usual Nintendo has to do it

[Kalebninja]

Its literally de blob with guns.

[TheDivine]

Myamoto I love and respect you but you have been so out of touch for a while. Rehashing the same boring games with a stupid gimmick gets old. Anything modern new and innovative is dismissed by this guy. One game that's actually different than the same Nin stable gets no love. The stuff fans want the same he forces gimmicks into and the stuff that's stale and needs innovation he's insistent on rehashing. Nintendo needs some new blood.

Gamewise it looks ok I guess. Not for me. I don't think there would be any hype if it weren't a Nintendo title. It would be a 10 dollar downloadable title that would get some decent reviews and the mp would be dead in a few months. Nintendo fans will prob use it as proof Nintendo is fresh, innovative, and relevant.

At least the WiiU gets a new ip this year. The system needs another game. Maybe we will see another one near the end of the year (crosses fingers).

[joel01]

@AWBrawler..oh ! I am so sorry ! I thought we were comparing between ps4 and wii u . I didn't know other systems come for free with wii u :) but hey now I know so thanks . For me , I get the best of both world in my ps4 , that was my whole point. and hey , if you think none of those games seem great to you , even then it's cool ..cause I sure am having a ton of fun with them .