re: Splatoon 2: General Discussion and Review Thread

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Nintendo has to be aware of the existence of discord, right? If you're going to make players use their phones, why design a more complicated and inferior version of that?

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Or maybe make an API and just focus on integrations.....? THAT would be something innovative.

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I'm rooting for Nintendo, regardless of my constant shitting on them, I promise. But it kills be that this is where they're at when it comes to the simple function of VC.

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I think everyone is. And if this were something between like minded consoles/experiences, say PS4 vs. Xbox, it's easy to say "Yeah that's stupid, I'll just buy the other console." That's impossible with nintendo, because I'm not getting Splatoon, Zelda, Mario on anything else.

This is the crux of the problem. As a fan, if you want to play Nintendo games, you have no choice. And I do think generally they have good intentions, they just let their arrogance show up far too often. I guess I'm a little more forgiving in general, and I still think they create experiences like no one else.

But man, dropping the Ball on VC is easily the biggest misstep yet, even though I generally hate random/public VC. Way worse than cloud saves, Virtual Console Delays, lack of media apps, etc.