Nintendo's Next European Splatfest is the Most Random Yet

NoE are embarrassing themselves even further with this.
"No, we can't copy one of NoA's ideas again... ok well then let people decide over pineapples." WHAT?!
Really awful theme... even worse than Ghost vs. Zombies.
I can't even decide because when I was younger I disliked pineapple on pizza, but now it's okay for me, but still not my favourite topping. So really, I have no opinion on this (the same goes for Ghosts and Zombies, btw).
I also like Pizza and Burgers a lot, but obviously I would've gone with Pizza.
Why can't we have a global Splatfest or at least a western one? NoE is really unimaginative... maybe the next Splatfest will be "Which letter do you like more, A or B?".

Good thing I don't live in Europe; this is pretty pathetic. I feel sorry for everyone who has to endure these Splatfests.

This is actually really smart. That, we'll be able to determine who are the deviants that like pineapple, locate them and hopefully annihilate them.

And yes, I'm joking.

Goodness people, you act like it is important. A video game asks you a stupid question and you act like it's of the utmost importance.

@Soren "Endure"? Aren't you taking that a little too seriously?

Lame!!!

I've seen a whole lot of hate for pineapples on pizza, and I just have to say...
Are you guys freakin' kidding me?
Pineapple on pizza is arguably one of the very best things that has happened to pizza, period. Granted, some pizza joints do it wrong, but if you're in the US I suggest eating Barros Pizza's pineapple on pizza. Just outstanding!
And this is coming from someone who hates pineapples (hate that stinging feeling it does to your mouth).

@Soren Good Lord, you say that as if Splatfest's some sort of compulsory conquest or something.
Goodness, people. Lighten up and just earn your Sea Snails.

People who hate pineapple on pizza also hate happiness.

Full offense.

Must consume meat. No time for pineapples!

I like when the Splatfests have choices like this because you get to see all of the weirdos complain.

Please let me know who decides these European themes so I can splat him/her with a bucket of paint.

I imagine the NoE staff were high and someone ordered pizza Hawaii for everyone to the dislike of some. Then someone brought up the idea of turning this into a Splatfest.

This is hilarious. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

Pineapples on Pizza
vs.
... No Pineapples on Pizza.

Brilliant.

@Tops I would fight so hard for Daisy. We would lose, but it would be glorious.

Personally I'll have to vote against pineapples for the simple reasons that I never ate a pizza with pineapples, and can't imagine liking any sort of fruit on pizza.
If you rally can't choose, I'd go for the nicer colour.

This is an awful idea! Sometimes I like pineapples, but sometimes I don't. I couldn't pick a side!

Burgers beat pizza in an upset in the NA splatfest. The win rate for burgers was much better, so they deserved it.

Europe really needs too spend more than 5 minutes coming up with a splatfest theme in the future, this is just getting ridiculous. Now, as for which side I would pick...
http://i.imgur.com/fqWeXbH.jpg

So how will the titles be named? Pineapple on Pizza is Delicious King or Queen? Pineapple on Pizza is disgusting King/Queen?

I think it will be Delicious King/Queen and Disgusting King/Queen

Oh my god this is perfect! NoE I love you so much!

Genuinely hyped. Even I haven't picked a side yet.

...And no, I'm NOT BEING SARCASTIC! >.<

Europe: uhhhhh idk COPY NA ONLY WITH slight difference

Well this is actually a big deal. I hate pineapple on my pizza.

Pretty soon they'll take their choices from Family Guy whenever Peter asks Joel, Cleveland and Quagmire "Okay, who would you rather do/be?" XD

I'm going with nay...

At least pizza will be on the winning side no matter what... you might have won the NA Splatfest Team Burger, but Pizza lovers get to continue to fight, whether they like pineapples on pizza or not!

Seriously though, hope Europe gets a much better Splatfest next time... can't get much worse, right...?

I think almost every joke topic I've seen in the comments section would be better than this. How bizarre.

@shani Dude, NoE is the most imaginative by FAR.

Do you seriously mean to tell me that you'd be more inclined to think up 'Pineapples: Delicious or Disgusting on Pizza?' than 'Arts vs. Science', 'Cars vs. Planes', or 'Autobots vs. Decepticons'? No you wouldn't, because none of the latter examples demand the sort of bizarrely wonky imagination than NoE excels at.

If NoE caved in to product placement from Hasbro, we wouldn't get 'Autobots vs. Decepticons', we'd get "Optimus Prime's Exhaust Pipes: Are They Too Long, or Just Right?'. And it'd be the best thing ever.

And just look at this, you're own quote:

"I can't even decide because when I was younger I disliked pineapple on pizza, but now it's okay for me, but still not my favourite topping. So really, I have no opinion on this (the same goes for Ghosts and Zombies, btw). I also like Pizza and Burgers a lot, but obviously I would've gone with Pizza."

NoE has already demanded that you be super introspective and self-aware of not only your current self, but also of every self you've ever been! Your bold and touching deconstruction of your changing emotions with regards to the topic of pineapple on pizza proves this.

NoA asks the easy questions. The simple ones. The ones of little consequence.

NoE asks the tough ones. The ones we all need to pause to think about. The ones that really matter.

I'll say it again:

Pineapples on Pizza: Delicious or Disgusting?

@Maxz: Haha, nice one. You totally convinced me, NoE really has a bizarrely wonky imagination. ^^

I gave up on these splatfests a while ago. To think they were getting better with the last one...

@manu0 That would make a lot of sense!
@WireWare No of course it's not that important, in the end every one of us will choose a side and fight for their sea snails. It's just that NoE is on a run of bad theme ideas while the NoA and NoJ ideas are okay. And these awful choices make the Splatfest even more pointless. The Splatfest is just turf war with fix teams and the only point to play them is the nice decoration/lighting (not really) and the sea snails. I wouldn't even participate if there weren't sea snails to win. And that's exactly the problem. People should be playing the Splatfest because of their opinions on the theme. They should at least - apart from sea snails - also want to strongly defend this opinion. But that's impossible with such themes.
In my opinion the Splatfest themes should be really strong to give the Splatfest some meaning. But yeah, it's still not important, don't take our rants too seriously. Of course there could be a lot of worse things that one could complain about.
@Splatburst: I'm totally with you on that! Let's find the culprit(s) and splash them with ink. And your question about the titles is totally justified.
@2xDair Lol@ that picture ^^
@LztheQuack Exactly! I can't decide either...

@Maxz I've never looked at it that way. That's a really cool perspective.

Although the choice for me is obvious.

I hope you guys like pizza at all! I mean who doesn't, but still. Glad I picked team Burger over here! If you helped some guy named Whopper get a win, that was me.

Pineapple is disgusting on pizza! It should be eaten fresh and cold.

Pineapple on Pizza is disgusting, the people who enjoy it are all that is wrong with the world.

Definitely not. Pineapple doesn't belong on a pizza. Neapolitan is the real way to enjoy pizza. I'm fine with different types of certain cheeses, prosciutto, olives, capers and the like, but keep those pineapples away from my pizza.

@MasterWario Oh... Thank you!

I admit, most of my post was slightly tongue-in-cheek, but I do genuinely believe that a bit of bonkers is no bad thing in cases like this.

In serious matters, we need to make sense of things in order to come to rational conclusions and make reasoned decisions. But for inconsequential matters of fun and games, I think the whole concept of 'sense' can often afford to take a well earned rest.

I found the experience of going into a pretend war to defend my view on 'Which is Cooler: North Pole or South Pole?' (a question I'd never previously considered) to be really quite funny, and it's strangely refreshing seeing people try (and fail) to get tribal over bizarre trivialities. It makes a change from them being ACTUALLY angry at each other over things that are only slightly less silly.

So yeah, I'm honestly a fan of NoE's goofy, off-the-wall Splatfests. I would defend them until my ink ran dy.

very clever, original

To all those who say pineapple on pizza is gross: try putting it in your mouth, not eating with your eyeballs; in other words, not just looking at it and saying, "That's gross."
Or maybe be in a good mood before eating it. Or go to a better pizza joint.
_{'Cuz apparently you haven't eaten a good pineapple on pizza before}

What do you mean "if you don't eat pizza"?

@SanderEvers Man, that looks lovely and delicious.

@SanderEvers Mmmmmmmmmmm! Pizza

How about light vs darkness?

This debate is oddly s-pacific!

Believe it or not we argue about pineapple on pizza at work quite a bit.... I Love pineapple on my pizza and the rest just say fruit on a pizza is wrong. To which I point out both tomatoes and peppers are fruit...... I'd like to see them eat a pizza without any tomato at all

Can't wait for future, equally exciting Splatfests like " Toilet paper roll placed over or under?" And "yellow lemonade vs pink lemonade".

I like pineapple on them. But I think they're generally not liked.

@gamermole Tomatoes and peppers are culinary vegetables.

@Octane Read this

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/is-a-tomato-a-fruit-or-a-vegetable

And just putting it out there but I trust science over any chef/cook

These themes are just awful. It's times like this when I wish every region would get the same things.

As for the question, pizza withppineapple is disgusting.

@emiingham
Agreed. Pineapple should be eaten fresh and cold!

@gamermole
You'd rather be served food from a scientist than a Chef? Even if the food is fugu?

@shaneoh no obviously I'd rather a chef prepared my food but when it comes to clarifying what things are in life in general I go science 100%

@gamermole I think that confirms what I said. It's considered a vegetable in cooking. A tomato is definitely a fruit, but when we're talking about culinary terms, it easier to group fruits and vegetables based on their usage in certain dishes, rather than their biological classifications. Culinary fruits work amazing in sweet dishes, but I don't think the combination of beans or eggplant with ice cream sounds very appealing, despite the fact that they are fruits. If this were a scientific question, you would be absolutely right. But considering this is a culinary question, I think culinary terms are more useful.

@Octane

Nah your wrong

Now pass me that eggplant ice cream haha

@shaneoh Ooh, that's tricky question... I think I'd prefer a biologist over a pastry chef, but a sushi chef over an astrophysicist.

As for the tomato debate:

Knowledge is to understand that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is to understand that it is a vegetable.

Pineapple = best pizza topping possible

@NoEasyBuckets What you said
As it happens I like Pineapple a lot - just not on my Pizza... So I'm with Marie

@shaneoh
I would have no problem with food served by a scientist, as long as it wasn't from Raine Sage!

@YoshiTails You misspelt Worst mate. You almost got it, you had the s and the t in the right place, but there's no b or e in Worst

This is actually a very heated discussion at my workplace. Also the debate over how "GIF" is pronounced.

@gamermole Pizza Express have done / maybe still do one or more pizza's with a Béchamel sauce instead of the traditional tomato sauce. Pretty good to be honest and is still technically a Pizza

They probably wanted to find a way to reuse american Splatfest art, what better way to do that than just flip the pizza over and put pineapples on it? chances are it's some sort of UK/Ofcom thing just to avoid advertising unhealthy eating to children. EU is always like that, from Zombies to stuff like Slot Machines.

That way it's less like "Which food do you like, kids; Pizza or Hamburgers?" to "Hey kids, if you like Pizza. would you have it with or without pineapple?" that way it shifts the question from forcing either one, to just assuming all people eat pizza but has choices of toppings.

I'm not sure what's worse: this Splatfest theme or that NoE thinks the opposite of nay is yay rather than yea.

Not that great of a theme, but not as bad as tidy room vs untidy room. Can't go lower than that haha.

As for the question, pizza with pineapple all the way. My favorite.

I gotta say, I think this is pretty funny. NoE has had some stinkers, but this one I can get behind.

And of course, even if I'm a big fan of pizzas AND pineapples, I only eat them on different occasions, thank you very much.

And so, the Inklings take their sides, ready for another set of the most intense Turf Wars yet.

This is Splatfest. This isn't any joke, it's either win or shame. All the Inklings who lose are outcast in society, not able to regain their freshness until they have another chance next time.

The Inklings line up. The rules are simple: Claim more turf than the enemy. It's the tradition that every Inkling can't stand to let go of.

The timer ends, and the battle begins. The Inklings fight for the ideal that they hold closest in their hearts...
The pineapples. Should they go on pizza? This war will change society forever....

Europeans: {gets Woolly World, Paper Jam, and tons of eShop/Virtual Console titles several months before US} {complains about Splatfest}

We need some hard-hitting Splatfests, like:

-Which is the proper spelling: Woah or Whoa?
-Which is stupider: Pwned or Rekt?
-Beanie or Toque?
-Wrapped or Plan B?
-Has the proliferation of standardized tests in the U.S. over the last decade and a half effectively raised student achievement?

When I saw the pic I thought the topic was - "How do you eat your pizza, point first or crust first?" which I thought was stupid. But then I saw it was for pineapples yeah or nay and decided my idea was pure genius by comparison.

Well, my Dad told me never top a pizza with the three Fs... Fruit, Fish, and Fungi. But he likes mushrooms on his pizza... I need moral guidance.

Now this is a battle worth fighting for. Pineapple on pizza is dusgusting, I will fight with this argument for the win!

I think this is a great Splatfest idea. I've had conversations before with friends over whether or not pineapple tastes good on a pizza, and I am sure kids have as well. Splatfests have never been that amazing anyway (though they are fun). I would like to see more like the Autobots/Decepticon stuff, however. And let me keep my shirt!

I should instead say "Splatfest debates have never been that amazing..."

You know, I can only eat pineapple in small doses. Not because I'm allergic to it, the taste just eventually grosses me out. So no pineapple on my pizza, thank you very much.

But honestly, what kind of stupid topic is that? Can't they just copy NOA's idea as they clearly have run out of ideas at this point. Still waiting for my Mario vs. LOZ, though.

@SanderEvers that made my eyes bleed

Europe needs something magical like the Transformers Splatfest.

I will be fighting on behalf of pineapple on pizzas — all those that oppose are infidels who must be splatted (preferably with pineapple-flavoured ink).

I think this is great. Let's get this settled once and for all!

Super lame from NOE. They come up with the worst choices for Splatfests. And as for those of you who like pineapple on pizza you're all disgusting.

I think the idea is it's supposed to tie in with the new stage Mahi-Mahi Resort, it being Hawaiian and everything. Either way, I think it's funny, and know some people who feel very strongly about this timeless debate.

Dr Who Vs. Sherlock

The most random yet? Didn't you see North Pole vs South Pole?

@Mr_Pringles

I've only just right this moment realised how much Donald trump looks like a nutsack.

Pineapple on pizza is magical <3 its one of my favorite things food-wise pineapple in tacos is also great <3

I really hope this was to settle an office debate. The new guy was in charge of getting pizza for the office, and it ended with "People do too like pineapple on pizza! I'll prove it!"