{"id":271352,"date":"2024-01-19T03:30:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T08:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=324960"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:12:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:12:05","slug":"square-enix-will-release-a-clone-of-splatoon-but-they-dont-want-us-to-call-it-what-it-obviously-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/square-enix-will-release-a-clone-of-splatoon-but-they-dont-want-us-to-call-it-what-it-obviously-is\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Enix will release a clone of &#8216;Splatoon&#8217;&#8230; But they don&#8217;t want us to call it what it obviously is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine for a moment that the creators of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-game-you-ever-dreamed-of-exists-el-chavo-kart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> &#8216;El Chavo Kart&#8217;<\/a> got angry because we compared their game to &#8216;Mario Kart&#8217;. Or that the developers of &#8216;PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale&#8217; wondered what their game has to do with &#8216;Super Smash Bros&#8217;. Well, that&#8217;s what happened with Square Enix, who <strong>didn&#8217;t take well the comparisons between their new game, &#8216;Foamstars&#8217;<\/strong>, and the one it directly copies, &#8216;Splatoon&#8217;. They say they don&#8217;t know why the comparison, but frankly, we&#8217;ve all noticed it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Foamstars\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0f621ef6-bbbe-4d43-9b08-dae1e02be89f\/3259746876\/foamstars-download-foamstars.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Foamstars<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/foamstars.en.softonic.com\/ps5?ex=RAMP-1640.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/foamstars.en.softonic.com\/ps5?ex=RAMP-1640.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Splatoon bad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Change ink for foam, and you have &#8216;Foamstars&#8217;, an online competitive shooter with which Square Enix will try to win over a new audience by <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/square-enix-announces-the-release-date-of-their-next-game-and-the-fans-have-not-taken-it-well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">introducing AI<\/a> that nobody asked for. Specifically, those who haven&#8217;t already played the Nintendo game, because <strong>the concept is the same<\/strong>: the objective is to fill the space with foam and colors using our special gun for that purpose. Let&#8217;s see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now it&#8217;s Kosuke Okatani, the game&#8217;s producer, who has come out to defend it saying that he is tired of the comparisons: <em>&#8220;We have also seen on <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/twitter-says-goodbye-to-nft-profile-pictures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">social media<\/a> that people who have actually tried it have seen that it is a completely different game&#8221;<\/em>, he says, using as an excuse that <strong>the foam you throw remains, instead of being erased like the ink in &#8216;Splatoon&#8217;.<\/strong> We accept it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Foamstars - Release Date Announce Trailer | PS5 &amp; PS4 Games\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pApGs0bRrsM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The game will be released on February 6th and faces a much greater danger than being compared to &#8216;Splatoon&#8217;: not having enough people to play. That&#8217;s why, for the first month, it will be available for free in an attempt to compete with so many, so many <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-fortnite-and-fall-guys-crossover-will-arrive-soon-and-in-a-way-we-didnt-expect\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">free-to-play<\/a> games. And then, <strong>if you want to keep playing, you&#8217;ll have to pay. <\/strong>The developers are confident that they will attract enough people to become a new essential like &#8216;Fall Guys&#8217; or &#8216;Fortnite&#8217;. I&#8217;m not so sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The future of &#8216;Foamstars&#8217; hangs by a thread for multiple reasons and <strong>it&#8217;s going to be one of the most interesting things to watch in the gaming world at the beginning of this year<\/strong>. Will Square succeed or will we forget about it like a footnote in the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/these-are-the-most-read-entries-on-wikipedia-this-2023-atomic-bombs-and-much-more\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Wikipedia<\/a> of &#8216;Splatoon&#8217;?<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Foamstars\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/0f621ef6-bbbe-4d43-9b08-dae1e02be89f\/3259746876\/foamstars-download-foamstars.jpg\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Foamstars<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/foamstars.en.softonic.com\/ps5?ex=RAMP-1640.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/foamstars.en.softonic.com\/ps5?ex=RAMP-1640.1\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix hasn&#8217;t taken well the comparisons between its new game, &#8216;Foamstars,&#8217; and the one it directly mimics, &#8216;Splatoon.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9263,"featured_media":271354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[6172,6156,6173],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-271352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionfoamstars","tag-foamstars","tag-splatoon"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9263"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315171,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271352\/revisions\/315171"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271352"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=271352"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=271352"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=271352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}