The next instalment of Nintendo’s crazy, colourful shooter, Splatoon 3, will be released on 09/09/2022
The announcement was released today across Nintendo’s official Twitter accounts, and with it came a sweet gameplay demo of its famous Turf Wars. Lasting roughly 4 minutes, the video shows two teams of four Squidlings and Octolings going head-to-head. Painting as much of an arena as possible in their respective colours within 3 minutes, they are armed with a varied array of paint guns (some that look like household items), each with its own abilities. See the full trailer below:
One of the new weapons shown off in the gameplay video is the Tri-Stinger. This was also announced on Twitter with its own tweet! The Tri-Stinger is a paint bow that can shoot paint arrows at high speed both vertically and horizontally, depending on whether the player is in mid-air or not. This is similar to the Splat rollers of previous games.
A few other things of note in the trailer were the addition of what looks to be name cards that apply to individual players. A nice customisable addition to Splatoon 3. As well as that, the trailer showed an inkling hanging from the new floating launch pods, which may indicate that the weapon you choose may have its own pose at the beginning of the match… or maybe they are unlockable?!
There is no news on when pre-orders go live for Splatoon 3 as of yet.
Edit: Pre-orders for Splatoon 3 are now live from most retailers and the Nintendo online store.
Edit 2:
Three years later, and some of us at Underlevelled still love the Inklings and their antics. Take a look at Riley’s views on the innovative shooter designed with children in mind here. It’s a great look at how the franchise has evolved over its ten-year reign. Not only this, but there may or may not have been a few cheeky Splatoon 3 streams over on our Twitch channel. I have to wonder how long we have to wait for the next instalment! Surely it can’t be that far away now.
Mos likes to embrace and explore all aspects of Nerdy Pop culture life. Whether it's trying (his very best) to splat his enemies in turf wars, escaping 9ft Vampire ladies or chilling out with friends watching the latest superhero movies. He is very interested in Streaming on Twitch and often finds himself lost down a rabbit hole of lore about various franchises and universes i.e. Kingdom Heart, Star Wars or Splatoon.
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