Splatoon - Taking the Gaming World by Storm

Everyone Cares About Splatoon 3 More Than You Think

upstart writes:

Everyone Cares About Splatoon 3 More Than You Think:

Splatoon 3 hasn't just climbed to the top of the charts, it's absolutely demolishing them, at least in Japan. Nintendo announced the latest sequel in its party shooter series has already sold over 3 million copies in just three days there, making Splatoon 3's launch bigger than The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokemon Sword and Shield, and any other Switch game you can think of.

"[D]omestic sales of the Splatoon 3 game for the Nintendo Switch system have surpassed 3.45 million units in the first three days since its launch on September 9, 2022," Nintendo wrote in a press release today. To put that number in perspective, it's more than the combined launch sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Pokemon Legends: Arceus in Japan.

We don't have U.S. sales numbers for the game yet, but initial indications point to Splatoon 3 being one of the biggest Switch games ever. And it's not because it's some massive evolution of the series either. I played it a fair bit over the weekend, and in many ways it feels like the sort of iterative improvement you'd expect for an online shooter, taking the lessons learned from Splatoon 2 and making a more refined and robust sequel.

Splatoon 3's First Splatfest is Set for Sept. 23

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Splatoon 3's First Splatfest Is Set for Sept. 23:

The first Splatoon 3 Splatfest event is happening next weekend, Nintendo announced during its September Nintendo Direct presentation.

The competition kicks off at 5 p.m. PT on Sept. 23 and runs for 48 hours, concluding at 5 p.m. PT on Sept. 25. This time around, the game asks what you'd rather take with you to a deserted island: gear, grub or fun?

This marks the first Splatfest since Splatoon 3 launched earlier this month, but Nintendo held a prelaunch demo Splatfest back in August. That event asked players to choose between rock, paper and scissors, with Team Rock ultimately emerging victorious.

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