{"id":970345,"date":"2026-01-04T06:11:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:11:21","slug":"nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Nintendo confirms end of Splatoon 3 regular updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nNintendo has now formally confirmed the end of its regular support for <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splatoon-3-review-a-lot-more-of-the-brilliant-same\">Splatoon 3<\/a>, in a statement celebrating &#8220;two ink-credible years&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>\nFans had suspected such a statement from Nintendo, now <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SplatoonNA\/status\/1835506615971356881\">posted<\/a> to X, following the conclusion of the game&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splatoon-3-reveals-climactic-grand-festival-event-new-amiibo\">climactic Grand Festival event<\/a> held over the past weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nReleased in September 2022, Splatoon 3 has enjoyed a similar two-year window of post-launch content updates seen by its predecessor, <a data-keyword=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/splatoon-2-review\">Splatoon 2<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-confirms-end-of-splatoon-3-regular-updates\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has now formally confirmed the end of its regular support for Splatoon 3, in a statement celebrating &#8220;two ink-credible years&#8221;. Fans had suspected such a statement from Nintendo, now posted to X, following the conclusion of the game&#8217;s climactic Grand Festival event held over the past weekend. Released in September 2022, Splatoon 3 has enjoyed a similar two-year window of post-launch content updates seen by its predecessor, Splatoon 2. 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