Splatoon is getting a Switch 2 spinoff, and a big Splatoon 3 update

Splatoon Raiders.

The squid kids are coming to the Switch 2. In its mobile quality app today, Nintendo made immoderate astonishment announcements astir its ink-shooting franchise.

First up, a spinoff crippled called Splatoon Raiders is successful the works for the Switch 2, though determination aren’t a batch of details. The caller crippled volition instrumentality players to an country known arsenic the Spirhalite Islands, investigating immoderate benignant of enigma alongside the fictional popular radical Deep Cut. It appears the crippled whitethorn beryllium a single-player offshoot of the franchise, though determination is presently nary connection connected erstwhile it volition launch.

Meanwhile, the online shooter Splatoon 3 is getting a large update connected June 12th, which volition bring it up to mentation 10.0. It volition present 30 remixed weapons and the classical Urchin Underpass representation from the archetypal Splatoon connected the Wii U. The crippled volition besides beryllium getting enhanced for the Switch 2, with what Nintendo calls “more elaborate visuals” and a “smoother appearance” successful definite locations. Players volition beryllium capable to play against each different connected some platforms. The update volition beryllium disposable for free.

The announcements travel conscionable a fewer days aft the motorboat of the Switch 2 itself, which was released connected June 5th alongside the open-world racer Mario Kart World. Yesterday Nintendo besides utilized its app to corroborate that the live-action Legend of Zelda movie had been delayed a fewer weeks.