If you came to me in the early 2000s and told me that one of the top-selling Nintendo franchises in the 2020s would be a competitive multiplayer shooter game, I would have asked you where you acquired the intoxicants you are currently enjoying. Nintendo selling a multiplayer shooter? Nonsense!

It’s true, though: Splatoon was a smash hit

Source: Hot Hardware – Splatoon 3 Direct Livestream Jots Down New Moves, Weapons, Stages, And More