Splatoon Fans Aren’t Happy About Foamstars
Many fans were let down by the PlayStation Showcase that arrived yesterday. The biggest reason is that Sony had hyped this one up, yet the deliveries were “subpar” in many gamers’ minds. To be fair, there were plenty of trailers, but that was also part of the problem. There were numerous trailers but no real feel of gameplay for leagues of them. Plus, even with the big trailers like Marvel’s Spider-man 2, which did have gameplay footage, we didn’t get release dates for numerous PS5 titles. Then, there was Foamstars, which many online call a “Splatoon Ripoff.”
“But is it right to call that game a ripoff?” Well, yes, yes it is. First, as you’ll see in the trailer below, the game is a 3rd-person 4v4 shooter where your goal is to use foam to “augment the battlefield” and then take out your opponents. If that sounds familiar, that’s because it’s pretty much the same feel as Nintendo’s beloved IP.
Plus, the foam has different colors, you can customize your character, etc. The only real “difference” is that the characters in the game are more “realistic” instead of the “Squid Kids” from the Nintendo games.
If you don’t believe us, you can look at the trailer yourself and make the call:
If you go onto Twitter, you’ll see plenty of reactions to this “ripoff,” and most of them are mocking both Sony and Square Enix for even thinking of making a “copy” like this:
Me:Mom can we get splatoonMom:we have splatoon at homeSplatoon at home:
i looked forward to playstation showcase only to see square enix showing a splatoon rip off
Splatoon is so good Even Sony is doing its own wannabe Splatoon lol pic.twitter.com/0jVYZctfPq
That last tweet is rather poignant, as it does speak to how Splatoon went from an “unknown property” to one of the
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