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Nintendo closed today’s Direct presentation with the reveal of Splatoon 3. The third game in the popular multiplayer series will make\u00a0its splash some time in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The game debuted in an uncharacteristically\u00a0mute trailer. Instead of immediately flooring fans with a catchy, upbeat soundtrack and some “fresh” attitude, we see the inkling girl alone in\u00a0a desert wasteland in what appears to be the new character creator. After the player chooses their inkling’s appearance (as well as her fishy sidekick’s), she picks up her bow-like weapon and\u00a0takes a side-scrolling romp across the ruined landscape. According to the game’s press release, players will be leaving Inkopolis behind to head to a new region known as the Splatlands. At the center of this region is\u00a0Splatsville\u00a0(also know as “City of Chaos”), a bustling city that serves as the new home of your ink-stained battles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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We still don’t know a ton of what Splatoon 3 entails gameplay-wise, but the trailer provides quick looks at the action\u00a0including new maps and\u00a0weapons such as the bow and that weird\u00a0transforming crab robot. The press release also states there will be new customization options (which the trailer hints at) and movement abilities. One interesting observation is the team’s beginning of\u00a0matches on floating platforms and teleporting down instead of starting on the map itself. Who knows what that’s all about, but we’ll hopefully get an explanation in the coming months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Splatoon 2<\/a> launched on the Switch back in July 2017 and its well-received\u00a0Octo Expansion<\/a> launched in June 2018, so the time seems right for an all new adventure.\u00a0The series has proven to be a bonafide staple of Nintendo\u2019s library at this point, what with soon to be three entries and the Inkling\u2019s appearance in Super Smash Bros. As a fan, my primary hope is that the online component, specifically partying up with friends and the availability of Salmon Run (should the mode return) are much more streamlined this time around. I should know better than to ask such things of Nintendo but someone has to, right?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Are you excited for Splatoon 3 and what changes or improvements would you like to see in it? Let us know in the comments!\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Nintendo closed today’s Direct presentation with the reveal of Splatoon 3. The third game in the popular multiplayer series will make\u00a0its splash some time in 2022.\u00a0 The game debuted in an uncharacteristically\u00a0mute trailer. Instead of immediately flooring fans with a catchy, upbeat soundtrack and some “fresh” attitude, we see the inkling girl alone in\u00a0a desert wasteland in what appears to be the new character creator. After the player chooses their inkling’s appearance (as well as her fishy sidekick’s), she picks up her bow-like weapon and\u00a0takes a side-scrolling romp across the ruined landscape. According to the game’s press release, players will be leaving Inkopolis behind to head to a new region known as the Splatlands. At the center of this region is\u00a0Splatsville\u00a0(also know as “City of…<\/p>\n

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