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Splatoon 3 Release Date Set for September 2022 in New Trailer

Nintendo has dropped the Splatoon 3 release date trailer, setting a September 9, 2022 launch for the family-friendly multiplayer Nintendo Switch action game. Additionally, starting now, the DLC expansion forĀ Splatoon 2, calledĀ Octo Expansion, will be available for free to paying subscribers of Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack. This is similar to how DLC for Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is free for Expansion Pack subscribers, except that Octo Expansion has been available since 2018.

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Splatoon 3 will offer assorted features such as 4v4 Turf War battles across new and returning stages, where the goal remains to paint as much of the area in your team’s ink as possible. TheĀ Splatoon 3 release date trailer will show you one of the new areas, Eeltail Alley, plus a closer look at the new “bow”-type weapon called the slinger, which can shoot ink sideways and vertically.

Besides the multiplayer offerings, Splatoon 3 will also deliver a new single-player campaign where Agent 3 will battle “the unruly Octarians and discover the secrets of a mysterious place called Alterna and the Fuzzy Ooze.” There is the separate co-op mode as well, Salmon Run, where you will fight off waves of Salmonid bosses, including some “colossal” ones.

With its September 2022 release date set, Splatoon 3 is available to preorder at various retailers and at the My Nintendo Store. Earlier this week, Nintendo also announced that Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will launch this July, and it will receive a special edition available exclusively to order at the My Nintendo Store.


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Former Managing Editor at The Escapist. I have been writing about video games since 2018 and editing writing on IT, project management, and video games for around a decade. I have an English degree, but Google was a more valuable learning resource. I taught English in South Korea for a year in 2018, and it was exponentially more fun than living in Pennsylvania. My major passions in life are SNES, Japanese RPGs, Berserk, and K-pop. I'm currently developing the game Boss Saga with my brother, which is guaranteed to change your life and you should buy it.