This morning, Nintendo has revealed a new trailer for Splatoon 3 while, more importantly, giving the game a release date for players to mark down!
Nintendo has been giving out the goods this week with upcoming games and release dates. On top of moving Xenoblade Chronicles 3 forward into July, this morning they’re giving an update on Splatoon 3.
The upcoming shooter will hit Nintendo Switch on September 9, 2022 and there’s even a swanky new trailer showing off more gameplay to go with it:
In Splatoon 3, online 4-v-4 Turf War battles can create heated matches across a mix of new and returning stages, where teams of four face off to cover the most ground in their ink. Newly uncovered footage provides insight on one of these new stages, Eeltail Alley, along with a look at the stringer – a new bow-shaped weapon type that enables you to sling ink sideways and vertically.
In addition to frantic 4-v-4 multiplayer matches, Splatoon 3 also features a fresh single-player campaign and the next iteration of the co-op Salmon Run mode. In the single-player story mode, you’ll join Agent 3 in a fight against the unruly Octarians and discover the secrets of a mysterious place called Alterna and the Fuzzy Ooze. When diving into Salmon Run, you’ll ink up with teammates to fend off waves of dangerous Salmonid bosses, some of which are colossal in size!
Even better, Nintendo also announced that starting today, the Splatoon 2 DLC, Octo Expansion (which launched in 2018) is now available for free to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack subscribers. So if you missed out on it, which adds 80 all new missions to the single-player game, you’ll be able to catch up before Splatoon 3 releases in September!
