@Noid Nintendo is extremely protective of their IP because they've been burned quite a few times in their history. It's only the past few years they've started letting reigns loose on collaborating with other professionals, and those professionals have a proven track record.
Plus, Nintendo is a Japanese company, so they have extremely different rules for intellectual property than we do. Fair use doesn't exist, and the tournament also requires pirated software. This isn't a "change everything mod" like CS or TF. It's a "make tiny changes so this is still the same game pretty much mod." Cross-cultural interpretations of IP make one hell of a situation that isn't simple enough to sort out.
I know a lot of people want more customization options for the Inkling's appearance, but the fact they don't do that is precisely because this is a brand new IP. They need all the Inklings to have some similar features (such as hairstyle) and all look kinda similar to help press in people's mind's what Inklings and Octolings look like for brand identity. Once that's done, then you could expect new Splatoon games in the future to have more customization options. Though, I would love to see a more extensive singleplayer campaign or possibly an online-co-op campaign, and I do agree with others here that the ability to switch weapons between battles would be nice, I think right now, Splatoon offers plenty of customization considering that they are still trying to solidify the image of the brand and it's mascots.
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@Noid Nintendo is extremely protective of their IP because they've been burned quite a few times in their history. It's only the past few years they've started letting reigns loose on collaborating with other professionals, and those professionals have a proven track record.
Plus, Nintendo is a Japanese company, so they have extremely different rules for intellectual property than we do. Fair use doesn't exist, and the tournament also requires pirated software. This isn't a "change everything mod" like CS or TF. It's a "make tiny changes so this is still the same game pretty much mod." Cross-cultural interpretations of IP make one hell of a situation that isn't simple enough to sort out.
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I know a lot of people want more customization options for the Inkling's appearance, but the fact they don't do that is precisely because this is a brand new IP. They need all the Inklings to have some similar features (such as hairstyle) and all look kinda similar to help press in people's mind's what Inklings and Octolings look like for brand identity. Once that's done, then you could expect new Splatoon games in the future to have more customization options. Though, I would love to see a more extensive singleplayer campaign or possibly an online-co-op campaign, and I do agree with others here that the ability to switch weapons between battles would be nice, I think right now, Splatoon offers plenty of customization considering that they are still trying to solidify the image of the brand and it's mascots.