Has Splatoon caused shooters to become popular in Japan?

Yes this is a thread about Splatoon, and it's also in General Gaming. That's on purpose. :p My question is, has Splatoon caused a resurgence for shooters in Japan? Shooters really haven't been popular in Japan ever, especially recently with so many people moving to mobile and handhelds which don't have as many shooters. However, Splatoon has been VERY successful in Japan despite this. That of course doesn't necessarily mean shooters in general are suddenly more popular, but that actually seems to be the case. Looking at Devil's Third reviews on Amazon in Japan, many of them said they actually purchased the game BECAUSE of Splatoon, and never would've thought to purchase another shooter beforehand. Could this mean that Splatoon has shown people in Japan shooters can be fun, therefore increasing their demand?

Of course, this may also be the case in the west, we just have yet to see exactly. It's sold even better here, but we're of course a MUCH larger population, and shooters are already fairly popular anyway.

Well, maybe.
I'll still never get into shooters, Splatoon doesn't feel like a shooter to me.
But, if it helps Nintendo games sell, then I'm fine.

Luma Party wrote:Well, maybe.
I'll still never get into shooters, Splatoon doesn't feel like a shooter to me.
But, if it helps Nintendo games sell, then I'm fine.

This is my thoughts exactly.
Especially since I'm using rollers and not the guns (except for the occasional scoped charager which is rare but I still use rollers regardless).

I can definitely see it helping make people interested in the genre though because of this, but once they go to some of the "overdone shooters" they might thing twice before buying some of them, at least I think so.