From Gamespot...
As opposed to other shooters, you're constantly firing in Splatoon. The action is fast paced unlike the more precision based nature of the million other shooters out there. That's why I don't think team strategy will play that big a part.
All I'm saying is the decision to shun voice chat could only be down to maintaining their family friendly image. People may not like it but it's unlikely to ever change. I find it funny how other sites and message boards barely give the lack of voice chat much mention but on here it's all anyone ever talks about.
It's a conscious choice. Has nothing to do with technical aspects. Nintendo is a family company that cares about its brand too much to allow the possibility of kids talking to strange men they don't know. They rather lose a handful of sales to voice chat obsessives like kav than taint their image with potential negative press that tarnishes their brand.
Regardless of whether or not the Wii remote was a gimmick, it's still a piece of tech I'm very glad Nintendo introduced last gen. Great times were had with it (and continue to be had). Plus smaller innovations like a speaker in the remote was inspired, and subsequently copied.
"I want to see new games announced for Wii U"
Why would they announce new games for the Wii U when E3 is in three months, and Mario Maker, Splatoon, Yoshi, X and Zelda aren't out yet?
Not sure how the 3DS backfired spectacularly. They've sold 50 million of them, and in an age that's all about 79p or freemium tablet and phone gaming, that's extraordinary.
Hand-holding apart (which was a huge issue in the game), Fi's coldness throughout 99% of the game was a big turn-off, but it did make the final scene between her and Link pretty special