Nintendo har redan tidigare antytt ett samband mellan Switch och esport och bland de titlar hittills utannonserade till formatet känns Splatoon 2 spontant som den mest givna kandidaten för kompetitivt spelande. För tillfället är det dock Switch-lanseringen den 3 mars som har allt fokus, men såhär säger Nintendo of Canadas comms manager Andrew Collins om synen på esport:
"I mean, it's something that interests us, but at the moment I think, you know, everyone is busy focusing on the launch. It's an interesting thing because we often find that communities build it themselves. Even if we weren't going to do anything, the community will build themselves, and I think that's one of the most exciting things about esports now.
We want to make sure that we build these competitive games that the core gamers will play, because we know it's something they will like. But at the same time, I've got friends with seven-year-old twins, and they love playing Splatoon against each other, so that competitive element works for them as well. So it's kind of we see that it's... I mean, everyone likes that little element of competition."
