>Nintendo releases Splatoon 2 >doesn't release it

That they're a company run by adults who make games for children, not manchildren who make games for manchildren

After the Wii U they are taking no more chances with branding

>>384788764
What is SEO?
What is searchability?
What is marketability?
What is common sense?

>>384788904
>joy con

Maybe they are saving that for Splat33n, or perhaps Spl4toon.

>>384788839
>thinking calling it Spla2n is for manchildren
>>384788923
what do either of those have to do with this?

>>384788923
>not using the same name as previous game in the series like Tomb Raider or Star Wars Battelfront

>>384788764
it doesnt work for all countries

marketing you dummy

>hey you guys wanna play spla2n?
>nah I already bought that one on my wii u

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>>384789187
what?
who does that?
who would ever thik you're talking about a game that was released two years ago?
and why would they not know there's a new Splatoon game out?

>>384788764
"Hey man you wanna play some Splatoon with me?"
"Nah, I'm gonna play some Spla2n instead"
"...That's what I asked you. I said do you wanna play Spla2n."
"No, I said I wanted to play Spla2n."
"I just ASKED you that! SplaTOOn!"
"And I said NO! Spla2n!"
>what were they thinking by not naming it Spla2n

>>384789417
People mistook the Wii U for a Wii addon.
Two games with identical names would be confusing to say and people would probably end up saying "splatoon 2" in the end anyway.

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What does the inkling in the box mean?

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>>384789187
>>384789417
I'd be the asshole who'd call it "Spla 2 N"

>>384788839
This. Their core audience is japanese elementary students, not man children. A japanese kid will see it as splatnin. Their initial reaction isnt to read it like an English speaker.