

What About Nintendo Being Family Friendly? Games with local multiplayer, in addition to the already family friendly IPs of Mario, Link, and Kirby cemented the Wii as a the family console.

My entire non-gaming family got pretty obsessed with Wii Sports for several holidays. Instead, the unique features of the Wii - the wand controllers and motion technology - made it the family oriented console we never knew we wanted. The seventh-generation console released before the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 moving away from the graphic realness of the other two systems. The more complicated answer lies with Nintendo's branding as a company, starting all the way back with the release of the original Wii. Having playmates show-off the game appeals to the often male-oriented competitive online gamer demographic that could really boost Splatoon's popularity and sales. Splatoon is a third-person shooter with heavy emphasis on the online multiplayer. This may be to attract male gamers to the WiiU console which hasn't been favored by self-identifying "hardcore" gamers. One collaboration could be considered a reasonable PR move, but two team-ups suggests a method to the madness. To promote Bayonetta 2, Nintendo commissioned a questionably tasteful nude Bayonetta Playboy spread. This is not the first time that Nintendo has teamed up with the Playboy mansion.
