Splatoon 3
Splatoon 3, released in 2022 for the Nintendo Switch, is the latest installment in Nintendo’s third-person shooter series. Following Splatoon 2, it combines online multiplayer battles, both player versus player and player versus environment, with an engaging single-player campaign centered around ink-based combat.
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The game, unveiled in a teaser trailer on February 17, 2021, hit the shelves on September 9, 2022. Splatoon 3 garnered positive reviews for its new maps, single-player storyline, customization features, and overall gameplay mechanics. However, it faced criticism for matchmaking issues and occasional disconnections, along with a perceived lack of fresh content.
Despite these critiques, as of December 31, 2023, Splatoon 3 has achieved remarkable success, selling 11.71 million copies worldwide. This outstanding performance positions it as the fastest-selling game in the Splatoon franchise and one of the best-selling titles for the Nintendo Switch.
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Splatoon 3 Updating To Version 7.0.0 Patch Notes
Changes to DLC
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Season and Catalog Changes
- On March 1, 2024, data relating to Fresh Season 2024 is added to the game. This includes:
- A new catalog, including new gear, titles, banners, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
- 153 pieces of gear added to store product lineups.
- 1 new battle stage: Marlin Airport.
- 2 new main weapons.
- 9 new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
- A new Salmon Run stage: Bonerattle Arena.
- 20 new Tableturf Battle cards.
Changes to Gear
- Added new ways to Adjust Gear.
- This applies to certain glasses, visors, hoodies, sweaters, layered T-shirts, and shoes with socks.
- Select any supported gear from the Equip screen and press the Y Button to adjust it.
- Made it possible to Adjust Gear for certain caps as well as T-shirts that previously did not Adjust Gear, such as Splatfest Tees.
Changes to Multiplayer
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Weapon |
Details |
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Douser Dualies FF |
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Recycled Brella 24 Mk I |
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Weapon |
Sub Weapon |
Special Weapon |
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.52 Gal Deco |
Curling Bomb |
Splattercolor Screen |
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Foil Flingza Roller |
Suction Bomb |
Splattercolor Screen |
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New Squiffer |
Autobomb |
Zipcaster |
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Custom E-liter 4K |
Squid Beakon |
Kraken Royale |
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Custom E-liter 4K Scope |
Squid Beakon |
Kraken Royale |
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Custom Explosher |
Splash Wall |
Triple Splashdown |
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Dread Wringer D |
Squid Beakon |
Wave Breaker |
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Nautilus 79 |
Suction Bomb |
Triple Splashdown |
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Glooga Dualies Deco |
Point Sensor |
Trizooka |
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Douser Dualies FF |
Ink Mine |
Killer Wail 5.1 |
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Recycled Brella 24 Mk I |
Angle Shooter |
Big Bubbler |
- Specifications for some main weapons have changed.
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Weapon |
Change Details |
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Big Swig Roller Big Swig Roller Express |
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Mini Splatling Zink Mini Splatling |
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Glooga Dualies Glooga Dualies Deco |
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REEF-LUX 450 REEF-LUX 450 Deco |
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- Points required for some special weapons have been changed.
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Weapon |
Before |
After |
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.52 Gal |
190 |
200 |
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Enperry Splat Dualies |
190 |
200 |
- Added dedicated poses to the Reppin’ Inkopolis emote for when the player is equipping dualies, brellas, stringers, or splatanas.
Changes to Splatfests
- Players can now use new Fizzbangs in Splatfest Battles and Tricolor Battles.
- Press the A Button (or the L Button) to throw a Fizzbang. It will launch a firework where it lands to ink the ground and deal a small amount of damage to enemies.
- Fizzbangs are acquired when landing on the stage from the spawner and when a player defeats an opponent. The number of Fizzbangs acquired at these times increases as the time remaining in the battle gets lower.
- You can have up to seven Fizzbangs.
- The points earned by each division during the final results have been adjusted, and the second-place team in each division will also now earn points.
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Division |
Before |
After |
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1st place |
1st place |
2nd place |
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Sneak Peek |
+7p |
+90p |
+45p |
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Votes |
+8p |
+70p |
+35p |
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Splatfest Battle (Open) |
+12p |
+120p |
+60p |
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Splatfest Battle (Pro) |
+12p |
+120p |
+60p |
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Tricolor Battle |
+18p |
+180p |
+90p |
- The matchmaking method for Splatfest Battle (Open) has been adjusted to improve matchmaking efficiency for groups of two players.
Changes to Salmon Run
- Added items that can be exchanged for fish scales.
- Specifications for some special weapons have changed.
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Special Weapon |
Change Details |
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Loaned Reefslider |
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- Lowered the frequency of animation updates for distant Salmonids when there is a large total number of Salmonids on the stage in order to reduce the frequency of game slowdown.
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Changes to Tableturf Battle
- Added more characters who can be invited to Tableturf Battle Dojo.
- To invite new characters, players must download the Side Order DLC and progress the story.
- Added seven stages that can be selected for battles against other players.
- Added a Random feature which will move the cursor to a random stage when selecting a stage for battles against other players.
- You can use it by pressing the Y Button on the stage selection screen.
- Changed the stage used by Spyke in Tableturf Battle Dojo.
- Increased the number of decks players can save from 16 to 32.
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Changes to SplatNet 3
Changes to Tournament Manager
- From Fresh Season 2024 onward, players will be able to get a food ticket when participating in tournaments held with Tournament Manager.
- Players can receive their ticket from the lobby terminal after participating in a tournament.
- Players who withdraw from the tournament or are disqualified will not be able to receive the ticket.
- Players may receive one ticket per season.
- Added badges that directors and codirectors who complete tournaments using Tournament Manager will be able to receive based on the total number of tournament participants.
- Participation in tournaments completed before applying this update data will also be counted.
- Added a Prevent Stage Reuse option to Battle Settings.
- When this option is enabled, randomly chosen stages will automatically be removed from the pool of random stages after finishing a battle on that stage.
- Stages will not be removed if the battle is interrupted.
This update focuses on support for the Side Order DLC as well as feature additions, Splatfest changes, and tweaks to multiplayer for Fresh Season 2024, which releases in March.
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For multiplayer, we’ve added new main weapons and adjusted some main weapons to make them easier to handle for players who use them frequently.
Our next update is planned for the middle of Fresh Season 2024 and should focus on balance adjustments.
Bug Fixes
- Fixes to Player Controls
- Changed the connection points for inkrails in multiplayer battle modes to be transparent when close to the camera, making it easier to target opponents.
- Fixed an issue where the special animation played when a player hit another player in a state that prevents damage (such as from the Booyah Bomb or Reefslider) with all three shots from a single trigger pull of a H-3 Nozzlenose or H-3 Nozzlenose D, regardless of the fact that the other player cannot be defeated.
- Fixed an issue where unintended coloring displayed for the part of the Nautilus 47 that shows the ink color.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player hit a single opponent with multiple shots from a brella’s scattershot at the same time, the number of animations that indicate hits was sometimes less than the number of shots that hit.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player performed certain actions while the Splat Brella’s canopy was gone, it was sometimes possible to fire the scattershot again after a shorter interval than normal.
- Fixed an issue with the Undercover Brella where the interval between continuously fired scattershots was sometimes longer than normal when the destroyed canopy recovered while the player was holding the ZR Button to fire continuously.
- Fixed an issue with stringers where, when fired vertically from a height close to the ground at an angle that is nearly straight upward, some arrows would sometimes land at the player’s feet immediately after firing.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player performed certain actions immediately before the Crab Tank ended, they would sometimes ready their sub weapon even when not pressing the R Button.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player threw a Tacticooler while moving backward and aiming diagonally upward, sometimes the Tacticooler would be placed at the player’s feet.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player defeated a foe who was about to activate Kraken Royale, the next time that foe activated the special, the animation indicating that the Kraken Royale effect is about to end would sometimes play from the start.
- Fixed an issue with the ink fists created by Triple Splashdown where, when they touched terrain moving horizontally from below, they sometimes moved horizontally along with the terrain.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player used Triple Splashdown while riding an inkrail, the player’s position sometimes moved horizontally.
- Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where the display showing the number of clams held by a player was sometimes hidden behind other displays.
- Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where, depending on the weapon the player was equipping, the screen sometimes did not zoom in where aimed when holding a clam or power clam at the ready.
- Fixed an issue in Clam Blitz mode where players could sometimes get on top of the basket by using Triple Splashdown toward the goal with certain timing.
- Fixes to Multiplayer
- Fixed an issue in Scorch Gorge in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Eeltail Alley in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Undertow Spillway in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge in Rainmaker mode where players who used Triple Splashdown with certain timing from the goal were able to invade their opponents’ base.
- Fixed an issue in Hammerhead Bridge in Clam Blitz mode where some clams generated in the stage before the start of the battle were generated inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Museum d’Alfonsino in the Rainmaker mode where players who used the Rainmaker shield and Kraken Royale were able to clip into terrain from certain locations and stay there.
- Fixed an issue in Mahi-Mahi Resort where players sometimes clipped into terrain when using a Super Jump to certain locations at the timing when the water level changes.
- Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where the ink fist created by Triple Splashdown sometimes impacted walls near the center.
- Fixed an issue in Wahoo World where players who used Super Jump and Triple Splashdown were able to get into and stay in unintended locations.
- Fixed an issue in Flounder Heights where players who used Super Jump and Triple Splashdown were able to get into and stay in unintended locations.
- Fixed an issue in Flounder Heights in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Manta Maria where certain pillars did not display on the Turf Map.
- Fixed an issue in Humpback Pump Track in Tower Control mode where players who used the tower and Triple Splashdown in certain spots were able to get into and stay inside terrain.
- Fixed an issue in Shipshape Cargo Co. where falling at certain spots while doing a dualies Dodge Roll sometimes caused the player to be submerged in water on the floor.
- Fixed an issue in Robo ROM-en where it was not possible to swim on certain inkable walls.
- Fixed an issue in Robo ROM-en where players who used Triple Splashdown were able to climb to the top of walls near the center of the stage.
- Fixed an issue in Robo ROM-en where it was possible to select spots when doing a Squid Spawn where you cannot actually land.
- Fixed an issue in Robo ROM-en where players who used the Crab Tank were able to climb atop certain walls.
- Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot where, when a player boarded an elevator and then got off immediately, the elevator would continuously waver up and down.
- Fixed an issue in Bluefin Depot in Splat Zones where it was possible to use certain methods to clip into terrain.
- Fixes to Salmon Run
- Fixed an issue where the damage dealt to Salmonids using the loaned N-ZAP ‘85 was lower than the damage dealt to enemies with N-ZAP ‘85 in multiplayer battles.
- The damage dealt by loaned weapons sometimes differs from the multiplayer battle weapons of the same name, but as a general rule they do not deal less damage than their multiplayer battle mode counterparts.
- The damage dealt by the multiplayer battle N-ZAP ‘85 was increased in Ver. 6.1.0, making it deviate from the general rule. This has now been fixed.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented dealing damage to Grillers with the Reefslider’s charge attack.
- Fixed an issue where players would take a large amount of damage when Kraken Royale ended while inside a Mudmouth, and made it so that the player is instead pushed outside of the Mudmouth.
- Fixed an issue that prevented obtaining normal Power Eggs when a player hit a non-weak point part of a Griller with attacks from weapons like the Grizzco Slosher.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes made Fish Sticks appear less frequently in wave three when the tide level is the same for waves one and three, but wave two has a different tide level.
- Fixed an issue where shooting the surface of the water would damage Big Shots submerged in the water.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Drizzlers to fire shots at a lower position than intended when aiming for a player in a cannon at a high position.
- Fixed an issue where Megalodontias that ate Steelheads were not damaged by the Steelhead’s explosion.
- Fixed an issue in Salmonid Smokeyard where sometimes a player who was defeated atop a propellervator would respawn on the water and be submerged there continuously.
- Fixed an issue that sometimes prevented acquiring certain Golden Eggs when in an unstable network environment.
- Made it so that the explosion damage from destroying Horrorboros bombs is applied to Flyfish with open containers.
- Fixed an issue where the explosion damage from destroying Horrorboros bombs was less than intended.
- Fixed an issue where the damage dealt to Salmonids using the loaned N-ZAP ‘85 was lower than the damage dealt to enemies with N-ZAP ‘85 in multiplayer battles.
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- Fixes to Splatfests
- Slightly adjusted ink color during mirror matches in Splatfest Battles and Tricolor Battles to address an issue where, depending on the stage, ink color felt too bright.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player ended the previous Splatfest with festival shells, immediately after starting the next Splatfest festival shells would display in the match menu even if the player did not actually have festival shells.
- Other Fixes
- Fixed an issue in the square where, when a player disconnected from the internet by putting the console to sleep then ended sleep mode and resumed the game, the player would be returned to the offline square even if it was possible to return to the online state.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player zoomed in on a battle replay before restarting the replay from the beginning and switching to Top-Down Camera, the camera remained zoomed.
- Fixed an issue where elevator positions were sometimes not replicated properly when a player played a battle replay for Bluefin Depot and moved (set) the replay position.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player played a battle replay for Tower Control mode and moved (set) the replay position to a time after a checkpoint has been passed, sometimes the checkpoint that ought to have been passed continued to display.
- Fixed an issue where the player’s gear did not display properly when certain actions were taken on the Equip screen.
- Changed the term “Neo Splatana Stamper” to “Splatana Stamper Nouveau.”
- Fixed the translation for Spiked Duck Boots in certain languages.
Splatoon 3 Gameplay
Splatoon 3, like its predecessors, is a third-person shooter where players become Inklings or Octolings, wielding various weapons using colored ink as ammo. The weaponry, resembling everyday objects, includes Rollers for close-range combat with wide ink coverage and Chargers, acting like sniper rifles for long-range attacks.
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Splatoon 3 introduces new main, sub, and special weapons, providing players with diverse choices. Main weapons, selected by players, can be paired with sub-weapons for additional ink-consuming secondary attacks, while special weapons require ink coverage to charge up.
Inklings and Octolings can transform into squid or octopus forms, known as “swim form,” enabling climbing walls and faster ink traversal. Weapons have finite ink, and submerging in ink via swim form refills it swiftly. Splatoon 3 retains all basic weapons from previous games, offering an enhanced and varied combat experience for players.
Splatoon 3 Plot
In Splatoon 3, the player, recruited by elderly squid Craig Cuttlefish as Agent 3, navigates a crater filled with dangerous Fuzzy Ooze. Teamed up with pet Salmonid Smallfry, they combat fur-mutated Octarian enemies stealing the Great Zapfish, the power source for Splatsville.
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Following a battle with Octarian leader DJ Octavio, the ground breaks open, revealing the underground city Alterna transformed into an Octarian base. Agent 3 meets Callie, Marie, and the Captain, the protagonist from the first game. In the search for Cuttlefish, they encounter the idol group Deep Cut, mistakenly viewing them as treasure hunters.
It is uncovered that Mr. Grizz, the Grizzco CEO, kidnapped Cuttlefish and plans to use Fuzzy Ooze to convert life into mammals, endangering the planet. Deep Cut, revealing their charitable intent, joins forces with the Splatoon to thwart Mr. Grizz’s destructive plan.
Despite challenges, Agent 3, with the help of allies, defeats Mr. Grizz and saves the Earth, bringing the Great Zapfish back. Cuttlefish is revived, and Mr. Grizz is left floating in space during the credits.
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Splatoon 3 Trailer
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