Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3
Developer(s)	Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Splatoon
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	Planned for 2022
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, Multiplayer

Splatoon 3 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. Like its predecessors in the Splatoon series, the game consists of competitive online multiplayer matches alongside a story-driven single-player mode. It is set to be released in 2022. Splatoon 3 was announced via Nintendo Direct on 17 February 2021, and more details were shared on 24 September 2021.

Gameplay

See also: Gameplay of Splatoon

Splatoon 3 has similar gameplay to the previous entries in the series, which have all been third-person shooters. Returning from the previous game is the ability for players to choose between "Inklings" and "Octolings" as their player character. They wield weaponry that shoots colored ink. Each weapon type has different abilities; regular pistol-like weapons have a medium range for attacking but are less effective at painting the ground, while other weapons, such as large paint rollers, can cover large amounts of area in ink but can only default to close-range combat for defense. Splatoon 3 expands upon this by adding new main and special weapons to the game. Inklings also have the ability to morph into squid creatures, which are used to climb ink-covered walls or swim through ink faster than the humanoid forms can walk. Weapons have a finite amount of ink ammunition, and going into squid form replenishes it quicker than in humanoid form.

Confirmed by Nintendo to be returning as a playable online multiplayer game mode is "Turf War"; in Turf War, two teams of four players compete to cover the most amount of the map's area in their respective ink color. Each team can cover over an area covered by the opponents with their color in return, and the opposing ink is non-traversable and must be covered over to safely traverse the field. Each Inkling is equipped with a weapon set, chosen prior to each match, and set comes with additional secondary and special weapons in addition to its main weapon. Secondary weapons are other forms of covering the field in ink; for example, sprinklers that can be thrown down to shoot ink in a circular radius and bombs that explode ink on impact with the ground. When an Inkling covers enough of the ground in ink, they may use their special weapon, which are powerful forms of covering the area in ink. Weapons and other forms of attack can deal damage to opposing players; when enough damage is given, they will "splat" their opponent, forcing them to restart from their starting location. Turf War matches last three minutes, and whichever team covers a higher percentage of the field is declared the winner.

The main hub of Splatoon 3 will be called "Splatsville", also called "the city of chaos", which is located in the "Splatlands".

Similar to the previous games in the series, this game will have a single-player campaign. It was revealed that the story for Splatoon 3 will be titled "Return of the Mammalians" and one of the locations will be called Alterna. The single-player campaign is going to focus on the reappearance of mammals.

Development

Splatoon 3 was first announced in a Nintendo Direct on 17 February 2021, and more details were revealed later that year in September, including the name of Splatoon 3's single-player mode. The game is planned to release sometime in 2022.

External links

• Official website
• Section on the game on www.nintendo.com