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I don't think that's a fair comparison at all. Melee became popular for a number of factors that Splatoon doesn't share, Offline play being one of the big ones.
I don't really think Nintendo would ever want to see it "competitive" in this sense. Other than the social events they plan I doubt they would support anything like a competitive tournament structure or anything like that.