Square-Enix wants you to STOP comparing Foamstars to Splatoon
Square-Enix wants you to STOP comparing Foamstars to Splatoon
by Riomegon
43 Comments
AgentOfEris
Too bad for them
Dannypan
> “I feel like the mechanic of having the things you shoot stay on the field is very unique,” he added, joking that it would be “a great honour” if fans eventually give the genre a nickname akin to ‘Soulsborne’ or ‘Metroidvania
Splatlike, or maybe a Splatter. There you go.
krstphr
They should be flattered!
trippleJumpz
Foamstars is like if Nintendo made a game about Rabbits and Mario characters shooting paint at each other. Kinda weird they went with rabbits, squids would have made more sense /s
tehnoodnub
I mean, how can you not?
KronxDragonhoof
Maybe try to be less blatant with what your clearly doing than. Also don’t use AI art in you game dumbass.
You know what? I’m going to compare them even harder.
Molduking
Nah I’m good
BrainzTheGamez
I’ll do that when you stop using AI generated art in your games.
Cutiesaurs
I understand I wish people stop say cassette beasts and palworld is better than Pokémon which it isn’t. Cassette Beasts is more like persona and palworld is more like ark.
Zestyapples
Splortnite
EloeOmoe
No.
Outside_Dot_5942
Don’t make what’s basically a copy of Splatoon then and people won’t make comparisons
MonochromeTyrant
They used AI in the game, they can’t ask me for anything. It’s a Splatoon knockoff that has AI in it and misses the entire point of Splatoon.
wjmelendez
Everyone always forgets about Dablob! I had the originals on WII and it was spaltoon before splatoon! You could even do time attack 1v1 up to 4 players. so much fun on that with my siblings lol slinging around with motion control to ink all the hard to get buildings first.
FunkinDonutzz
Yeah so about the Barbera Streisand Effect…
AlbainBlacksteel
No.
ANK2112
Lol, their examples of how its different is they have heroes with different special attacks (sounds a lot like the loadouts in splatoon), and that the foam can be used to make paths for your team (you know, like in splatoon).
KatnissBot
Yeah, Splatoon has things like character customization and player interest.
oldskoofoo
Sounds like Square-Enix is mad they didn’t think of Splatoon first.
Jealously is a stinky cologne
edit: spelling
atomic1fire
That just makes me want to compare Foamstars to Splatoon even more, something I can’t recall actually doing.
Edit: I mean maybe I thought “hey this looks like splatoon” at some point, but I forgot foamstars actually existed, so chances are I haven’t been comparing it to splatoon enough for square-enix to notice, and it’s bold of square enix to assume that I’ve spent my entire time knowing that foamstars exists comparing it to splatoon, but now I’m invested in the comparison because they think I am. And now they’ve got me channeling my best attempt at a James Veitch comment, because they don’t want ME to compare splatoon, to foamstars, even though they’re basically the same now.
EDIT2: and before Square Enix lawyers and marketing get all cranky, I am being facetious and not making a statement of fact.
TheProphecyIsNigh
The picture in the thumbnail looks like Splatoon
MrMunday
Ahhh hahahahahahahhhhh
MonkeysxMoo35
I don’t see anything wrong with admitting that you were inspired by what Splatoon did, saw how no one else was attempting to expand on it, and decided to give it a try yourself. It’s okay to acknowledge that kind of stuff. He kinda does at times, but also tries to say “We’re not Splatoon! We’re different, we swear!” A lot of the platform fighters we have these days don’t shy away from the fact that they would not exist without Smash Bros. because it’s very blatant what they are, so why hide it?! It’s the start of a genre that will only expand if more people are willing to give it a try and do so with confidence.
All that said, I’m not even going to bother with this game since they got no problem admitting they used AI to make the in-universe album covers. So screw you Square.
Digibutter64
And I’m sure GameMill want us to stop comparing *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl* to *Super Smash Bros.*. It’s not happening.
Square Enix is not the Squaresoft of Final Fantasy 6 and such. They’re not good guys.
Nazaki
Sure as hell doesn’t help the Splatoon comparison when you tell me to stop comparing it to Splatoon. Red button theory is now in effect and I 100% think Splatoon is a good comparison.
TemplarSensei7
Isulador: (smirk), “No.”
gsjgsgkskhd
Of course a Splatoon knock-off game wants people to stop comparing it to Splatoon… bruh if you didn’t want people to talk about how your game is a Splatoon knock-off, then maybe don’t make a blatant knockoff of Splatoon lmao
ahnariprellik
Then they shouldnt have made such a blatant rip off of it
xNinja-Jordanx
It’s not at all like Splatoon. Splatoon’s open beta worked.
TbaggingSince1990
Well then they shouldn’t make a Splatoon-looking ass game.
Finaldragoon
Splatoon doesn’t have AI-generated content.
Bladescorpion
Eh, If they have a problem with it then they should release that fft remaster…
UninformedPleb
What’s a Foamstars?
OseiTheWarrior
I feel like people just read the headline without checking the article.
The title is kinda clickbait, in the sense that Kosuke Okatani isn’t angry at the comparison and laughs at the overrused comparisons. I think the game looks solid albeit a bit loud with everything on screen (which could be said about Splatoon too)
My only gripe is that it seems to be on PS Plus. I think both games can coexist without conflict
Entire-Sprinkles-270
OK, now I will compare this game with splatoon 2
an0ntthe3rd
Well tough shit, it’s gonna happen.
MetaVaporeon
oh, so its like splatoon but with a bit of ninjala?
honestly, would it have killed them to make it 5v5 or 6v6 at least?
or give it a real twist, like 2 players being in a third team thats only meant to disrupt everyone?
43 Comments
Too bad for them
> “I feel like the mechanic of having the things you shoot stay on the field is very unique,” he added, joking that it would be “a great honour” if fans eventually give the genre a nickname akin to ‘Soulsborne’ or ‘Metroidvania
Splatlike, or maybe a Splatter. There you go.
They should be flattered!
Foamstars is like if Nintendo made a game about Rabbits and Mario characters shooting paint at each other. Kinda weird they went with rabbits, squids would have made more sense /s
I mean, how can you not?
Maybe try to be less blatant with what your clearly doing than. Also don’t use AI art in you game dumbass.
Maybe they should [hire Vanilla Ice](https://youtu.be/6TLo4Z_LWu4?si=N3Fls8qbxg9NdHV6) to clear things up.
You know what? I’m going to compare them even harder.
Nah I’m good
I’ll do that when you stop using AI generated art in your games.
I understand I wish people stop say cassette beasts and palworld is better than Pokémon which it isn’t. Cassette Beasts is more like persona and palworld is more like ark.
Splortnite
No.
Don’t make what’s basically a copy of Splatoon then and people won’t make comparisons
They used AI in the game, they can’t ask me for anything. It’s a Splatoon knockoff that has AI in it and misses the entire point of Splatoon.
Everyone always forgets about Dablob! I had the originals on WII and it was spaltoon before splatoon! You could even do time attack 1v1 up to 4 players. so much fun on that with my siblings lol slinging around with motion control to ink all the hard to get buildings first.
Yeah so about the Barbera Streisand Effect…
No.
Lol, their examples of how its different is they have heroes with different special attacks (sounds a lot like the loadouts in splatoon), and that the foam can be used to make paths for your team (you know, like in splatoon).
Yeah, Splatoon has things like character customization and player interest.
Sounds like Square-Enix is mad they didn’t think of Splatoon first.
Jealously is a stinky cologne
edit: spelling
That just makes me want to compare Foamstars to Splatoon even more, something I can’t recall actually doing.
Edit: I mean maybe I thought “hey this looks like splatoon” at some point, but I forgot foamstars actually existed, so chances are I haven’t been comparing it to splatoon enough for square-enix to notice, and it’s bold of square enix to assume that I’ve spent my entire time knowing that foamstars exists comparing it to splatoon, but now I’m invested in the comparison because they think I am. And now they’ve got me channeling my best attempt at a James Veitch comment, because they don’t want ME to compare splatoon, to foamstars, even though they’re basically the same now.
EDIT2: and before Square Enix lawyers and marketing get all cranky, I am being facetious and not making a statement of fact.
The picture in the thumbnail looks like Splatoon
Ahhh hahahahahahahhhhh
I don’t see anything wrong with admitting that you were inspired by what Splatoon did, saw how no one else was attempting to expand on it, and decided to give it a try yourself. It’s okay to acknowledge that kind of stuff. He kinda does at times, but also tries to say “We’re not Splatoon! We’re different, we swear!” A lot of the platform fighters we have these days don’t shy away from the fact that they would not exist without Smash Bros. because it’s very blatant what they are, so why hide it?! It’s the start of a genre that will only expand if more people are willing to give it a try and do so with confidence.
All that said, I’m not even going to bother with this game since they got no problem admitting they used AI to make the in-universe album covers. So screw you Square.
And I’m sure GameMill want us to stop comparing *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl* to *Super Smash Bros.*. It’s not happening.
But what if we…DON’T
isnt it just splatoon with micro transactions?
[Square Enix also uses AI. Instead of hiring creative. They also signed off on NFTs.](https://www.ign.com/articles/square-enix-president-states-the-company-will-be-aggressive-in-applying-ai)
Square Enix is not the Squaresoft of Final Fantasy 6 and such. They’re not good guys.
Sure as hell doesn’t help the Splatoon comparison when you tell me to stop comparing it to Splatoon. Red button theory is now in effect and I 100% think Splatoon is a good comparison.
Isulador: (smirk), “No.”
Of course a Splatoon knock-off game wants people to stop comparing it to Splatoon… bruh if you didn’t want people to talk about how your game is a Splatoon knock-off, then maybe don’t make a blatant knockoff of Splatoon lmao
Then they shouldnt have made such a blatant rip off of it
It’s not at all like Splatoon. Splatoon’s open beta worked.
Well then they shouldn’t make a Splatoon-looking ass game.
Splatoon doesn’t have AI-generated content.
Eh, If they have a problem with it then they should release that fft remaster…
What’s a Foamstars?
I feel like people just read the headline without checking the article.
The title is kinda clickbait, in the sense that Kosuke Okatani isn’t angry at the comparison and laughs at the overrused comparisons. I think the game looks solid albeit a bit loud with everything on screen (which could be said about Splatoon too)
My only gripe is that it seems to be on PS Plus. I think both games can coexist without conflict
OK, now I will compare this game with splatoon 2
Well tough shit, it’s gonna happen.
oh, so its like splatoon but with a bit of ninjala?
honestly, would it have killed them to make it 5v5 or 6v6 at least?
or give it a real twist, like 2 players being in a third team thats only meant to disrupt everyone?
Or what?