

It allowed players to battle in free Turf Wars for six one-hour scheduled playtimes ahead of the release of Splatoon 2.
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The Splatoon 2 Global Testfire was a free demo available for download on the Nintendo Switch eShop. The player got the Dualies, Charger, Roller, and Splattershot. On July 15 the first Splatoon 2 Splatfest was held. You are no longer allowed to do anything except create an Inkling, do the tutorial level, and explore Inkopolis Square. You can still download it now on the eShop. The Splatoon 2's Splatfest World Premiere was a free premiere to the game Splatoon 2. Splatoon 2 is, as its predecessor, to receive frequent updates and in-game events such as regional Splatfests. It was properly announced in the Nintendo Switch livestream on January 13, 2017, confirming that it is a sequel and not an updated Splatoon port in the vein of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

The game was teased on October 20, 2016, in the First Look at Nintendo Switch trailer.
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The dev team also set the game world two years later than in Splatoon to make returning players feel as if the series were growing with them.Īnother point of focus was on utilizing the features of the Nintendo Switch, such as creating tactile experiences using HD Rumble, making sure Splatoon 2 always runs at 60 FPS and continued amiibo compatibility for the series. While performance was a factor in changes to weapons and gear, the developers focused more on how they would feel to use. The intended appeal was worked toward by giving the game a new take on existing aspects and resetting old strategies, creating an entirely new meta that would still change based on updates. This makes it a proper sequel in the team's eyes. It was important for the development team that it appeals to not only the first game's playerbase, but to the demographic that was interested in Splatoon despite not buying it. Even if some dates shift around, 2022’s looking like a good year for the Switch.Splatoon 2 was created as a direct sequel to Splatoon to meet the existing fans' expectations. It reminds me a bit of 2017, when we saw Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2, and Super Mario Odyssey all land in the same year. That’s a new game from most of their major players. With Pokemon Legends: Arceusand The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 also falling in the same year, 2022 could be a big one for Nintendo. Joining it from today’s Direct are a new Kirby adventure, dubbed Kirby and the Forgotten Land, and the release of Bayonetta 3, all of which are falling in 2022. There’s still no date on Splatoon 3 just yet, outside a window of 2022.

It’ll be interesting to see what crises the squids are dealing with in Splatoon 3, and knowing the previous Splatoon games, it’ll probably get weird, especially since that last Splatfest ended with chaos reigning supreme. It’s not all strange and weird though, as Splatoon pop-stars Callie and Marie also seem to be back, as it looks like the Splatoon 3 crew will deal with the “Return of the Mammalians.”Īt the very end of the Splatoon 3 trailer, we also see a character touch a bit of fuzz and turn into a Captain Caveman-looking furball. I’m really intrigued by the goopy grappling hook shown off at one point, and that giant crawler.īut then the trailer veers off into a quick-cut montage, showing off hairy octolings, bizarre cityscapes, and plenty of foreboding shots. The gameplay shown at first looks like what you would expect from Splatoon, albeit with even more awesome gizmos and gadgets for distributing ink. In “Return of the Mammalians,” it looks things are going to get hairy for the squid-kids of Splatsville. During today’s Nintendo Direct, we got a new trailer looking at some of the forces at work behind the Splatoon 3 Story Mode.
