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The game might not be out until the end of the week, but plenty of Splatoon 3<\/strong> gameplay is already appearing online.<\/p>\n

Street dates of games can often be broken by a day or so, whether it comes to a delivery service just getting a package somewhere early, or a store being a bit cheeky and letting a friend buy a copy a day early. Unfortunately for Nintendo<\/strong>, a tonne of gameplay has already leaked online just under a week before the game is out week, September 9.<\/p>\n

As spotted by Kotaku<\/a>, gameplay has been appearing all over the Splatoon subreddit<\/a>, though the subreddit is removing any posts that shows anything that hasn’t been previously revealed in an official capacity, considering that it would technically be a spoiler. This is the subreddit’s general rule for spoilers anyway, so if you’re worried about visiting the subreddit post-release, there shouldn’t be any spoilers to be found.<\/p>\n

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The game might not be out until the end of the week, but plenty of Splatoon 3 gameplay is already appearing online. Street dates of games can often be broken by a day or so, whether it comes to a delivery service just getting a package somewhere early, or a store being a bit cheeky and letting a friend buy a copy a day early. Unfortunately for Nintendo, a tonne of gameplay has already leaked online just under a week before the game is out week, September 9. As spotted by Kotaku, gameplay has been appearing all over the Splatoon subreddit, though the subreddit is removing any posts that shows anything that hasn’t been previously revealed in an official capacity, considering that it would technically…<\/p>\n

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