Hey I appreciate the well written and thought out reply! I absolutely don’t dispute that it’d be more accessible and convenient to have better match making, team play, and chat out of the box. You are 100% right. However Splatoon is THE most innovative shooter I’ve played in a really long time... and there really is…

I haven’t done it in a WHILE but I used to use the Discord app and its Splatoon channel as a match making lobby. It worked REALLY well and some of my most fun gaming moments this generation came from that. If it was just me I’d look for chat rooms of 3 and just ask if they wanted a 4th and what my main weapon was,…

Well stated, well written! Another thing people forget is when the N64 launched it was more powerful than comparable gaming PCs of the day. That is the first and only time that has ever happened. But it help you appreciate the “holy shit” factor when people saw and played Mario 64.

I’m also excited about the new Zelda and you worded your rationale really well... so much so that i’m a bit more excited for it! Honestly I have not been able to get really into open world games in the past. I gave a solid try to Skyrim, i really really wanted to be as excited and enthused as everyone else but i…

I’m not as optimistic as you about China’s global economic position. Have you seen the news lately? http://www.wsj.com/articles/china…

I’m going to go out on a limb here but I think in general video gamers are disappointed? Right now, specs sell. People want specs! The PS4 outsold XBone initially because people knew it was more powerful. People hated on the Wii U since it was perceived as weak. Games like “the order 1886" are the gameplay equivalent…

No, YOU don’t get to knock the goon’s pistol in the air and catch it. But I know what you mean, other times Nathan will pick up a bottle and smash the bad guy with it. Yeah it looks cool and fun but YOU can’t do that anytime you want! The game will do that when IT wants. Since you aren’t really in control of any of…

I’m going out on a limb here but you say “He doesn’t even talk about gameplay”

Isn’t the whole concept pretty ridiculous? There are a bunch of comments saying how it should be this or that or the message will be lost. But lets be honest here, this is a pretty dumb idea all around. I think liberals pretend to like it because its anti-republican which they like?

Very well said

Great points! Nintendo has never been able to get out of their own way! When Nintendo made Ocarina of Time, any sane company would have made 10 identical games released yearly. But they tirelessly innovate, gamer’s wants be damned, financials be damned. Sometimes it works out, often it doesn’t thats what happens to…

I’ve commented on about every NGT gawker story that he’s a hack. He has no original research and if you actually know anything about science you’ll see that he’s wrong about just about everything he says. I respect that he’s trying to bring sciences to the masses and get people excited about it. But I can’t decide if…

I wish Patricia Hernandez would update the splatoon review already. I wrote her and kotaku when it won Shooter of the year 2015 and best multiplayer of the year 2015.

ahah, thanks for the explanation!

That vertical fin on the back of the plane is a tail though... am i missing something?

Don’t forget about Chickadee-y the chickadee

You are totally right that is just marketing hype. In addition to your points, I can’t imagine that anything could do maneuvers like that with no tail! X wings fly more believably. And they claim it has larger payload, laser system, and longer range too! Get real!

Yeah I didn’t mind the motion controls. And for skyward sword i thought they actually added quite a bit.

Thanks for the reply, and I’m sorry for the delay in getting back. I’m not upset, I interpreted you calling my arguments “fanboy”. And that is an affront because I believe my theory about third party games selling poorly on Nintendo hardware can historically be explained by sales, financials, and buying power.

Its been civil up this point, but seriously man? You don’t even read your OWN links! Saying things like “Wii u has a weak gpu” and then having the audacity to link me to an article that says “The (Wii u) GPU proved very capable”. You are calling ME the fanboy but writing what you believe based on sources you are…