Splatoon is the latest original Nintendo property to catch on with a pretty sizable audience. The publisher said it sold 1.62 million copies of Splatoon worldwide. That is a huge number for a new idea making its debuted — especially on a system that has as few owners as the Wii U.
The influential works of departed president Satoru Iwata left a legacy that will live not only in the games he created, but what he taught everyone -- fans, developers, and marketers -- about the business of making games.