Lol I could probably post a picture of me holding my Switch, playing Splatoon 3, with a massive smile on my face and I’d probably get “it’s not for you, maybe you just shouldn’t buy it.”How many times does Plum need to state that what they're lamenting as a lost opportunity isn't enough to deter them from looking forward to the game? Not on a false hope that Nintendo's holding something back, just that the game itself is both satisfactory and less than what was hoped for.
Of course, the issue here might just be Plum taking your call out as directed at them when it may well not have been.
Like, for me the new maps, the refresh, the more cinematic-looking SP campaign and a bunch of much-needed QoL features are enough to get my excited for the game. I’ll be there Day One and I genuinely plan to take Splatfests and progression more seriously this time.
But, I’m still disappointed that it’s not more than that. That a franchise which I feel has such massive potential just… isn’t really reaching it, and is unlikely to ever reach it. All because Nintendo just doesn’t want to push the boat ‘too’ far from the aesthetic and gameplay formula that made the original game one of the Wii U’s only successes.
Basically, it sucks to me that Splatoon is another franchise whose Switch run can be defined - to me - by a feeling of hoping for a three course dinner at a fancy restaurant, but not getting the third course. The dinner was nice, well made, and enjoyable… but it could have been so much better, so much more satisfying, had there just been that one ‘course’ more.