A Nintendo fan bought enough stocks so he could attend the company’s shareholder meeting and complain about
Splatoon 3’s customization options. The man interrupted the shareholder’s meeting and went into a lengthy ramble about how all the
multiplayer game’s best poses are for the girl squids, while boy inklings get much less attention.
“The company has blatantly given the boys in Splatoon the cold shoulder, and I would like to see some improvement,” the man said (translated by
GLHF’s Georgina Young). “It makes me extremely sad when people say ‘If you enjoy playing as a boy, then you won’t enjoy playing Splatoon.’”
He also expressed concern over
Splatoon 3’s marketing, which he said raised concerns that there would be no male characters in the game. He wasn’t entirely wrong.
Splatoon 3 doesn’t ask your character’s gender when you begin and lets you pick any clothing, hair, and customization options.
The man’s “question” continued on until company president Shuntaro Furukawa interrupted him and said it was too long. He continued undeterred and, when he finally finished, Furukawa just thanked him for his time and moved to the next question.
It’s an odd situation, made even more peculiar by the means the man used to attend the meeting. He reportedly bought several Switch OLED models with a credit card, sold them, and used the cash to purchase enough stocks to make him eligible for attending the meeting. All this happened
after the man sent multiple letters to Nintendo demanding changes in
Splatoon 3, letters that, unsurprisingly, went unanswered.
The future of
Splatoon 3’s customization probably won’t change, but Nintendo has plenty of new plans in store for the ink splatter, including some big changes to the formula in the upcoming
single-player DLC campaign.
