Making a Splash – Splatoon Preview Impressions

Playfire: "Nintendo dropped a splendid little beta test for Splatoon over the weekend, and we all jumped at the chance to get involved. Now we've had a chance to sleep on it and collect our thoughts, here are a few of our impressions after painting the town green and purple and orange."

[stragomccloud]

Well that's a dumb idea. Unless they plan on releasing their newest console in 2017 in regions including China.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I think you need to be a little more clear about what you're talking about...there's not enough context in your post for me to tell which idea you're calling dumb.

[stragomccloud]

You're right. I typed this out in a hurry.

I meant... maybe they are pulling the plans for now while they focus on releasing whatever their next hardware is. When they do, they will likely try to pursue the likely lucrative Chinese market with their new hardware.

When I typed that, it was like I was typing one thing... then I suddenly thought of a logical, perhaps strategic reason to do so. My bad for posting something where I changed thoughts mid-sentence.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

XD That's ok.
Anyways, there was an article recently where they mentioned thinking optimistically about making the NX region-free instead of region-locked.
Given that, maybe waiting for the NX before releasing to China is more likely than we think.

[stragomccloud]

That would be a dream come true for me. I'm more than happy to import and buy domestic just to get a head start on some things. Plus, just think of all the great Japan only stuff!