{"id":501245,"date":"2025-11-16T14:30:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T14:30:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T14:30:42","slug":"splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 3 Gets Cooperative Mode, Salmon Run: Next Wave"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>During today\u2019s 40-minute long Nintendo Direct, we got a glimpse at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/nintendo-direct\/2021\/02\/17\/splatoon-3-announced-launches-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Splatoon 3<\/a>\u2019s frenetic cooperative multiplayer mode.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/nintendo-direct\/2022\/02\/09\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span>As per the trailer, four players are dropped onto an abandoned rig surrounded by hideous water creatures hell-bent on bringing the squad to its knees. The cutesy aesthetic of the Splatoon series is juxtaposed marvelously with the foreboding blood-red skyline, dissonant music, and tense third-person combat.\u00a0Players get pitted against several powerful bosses in a wave-based system where the challenge increases depending on success. You\u2019ll have to use your various paintball guns to slow down\/vanquish enemies, transfer essential items like eggs to safe areas, and transform into an array of paint-spewing mechs. If you\u2019ve got what it takes, maybe you\u2019ll even get the chance to take on the Giant Salmon.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"embedded-entity align-center\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave-1.jpg\" typeof=\"Image\" alt=\"\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/article>\n<p><span><span>Splatoon 3 launches sometime this summer for Nintendo Switch.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/nintendo-direct\/2022\/02\/09\/splatoon-3-gets-cooperative-mode-salmon-run-next-wave\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During today\u2019s 40-minute long Nintendo Direct, we got a glimpse at Splatoon 3\u2019s frenetic cooperative multiplayer mode.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media As per the trailer, four players are dropped onto an abandoned rig surrounded by hideous water creatures hell-bent on bringing the squad to its knees. The cutesy aesthetic of the Splatoon series is juxtaposed marvelously with the foreboding blood-red skyline, dissonant music, and tense third-person combat.\u00a0Players get pitted against several powerful bosses in a wave-based system where the challenge increases depending on success. You\u2019ll have to use your various paintball guns to slow down\/vanquish enemies, transfer essential items like eggs to safe areas, and transform into an array of paint-spewing mechs. 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