Splatoon 2 Will Launch On 18th August, According To UK Store GAME

Nice...

First.

Probably just a placeholder... I imagine they would have given us the date last week if it had been set already.

LOL.
It released one day after my country Independence day celebration. (17 Aug 2017)

Amazon.es says September 22nd.

I was having a conversation on IGN with someone, and we're hoping that with the HD rumble, you're able to feel the paint being squirted from the gun, and refill when you turn into a squid.

Unlikely... That's barely a summer release... Late August is the end of summer when kids are going back to school. A late May or early June release seems more likely.

We've been playing Splatoon again after seeing the Splatoon 2 trailer, what an awesome game. My son has declared he wants a Switch and Splatoon 2 for his Birthday / Christmas / whatever lol

Its a shame. I was predicting/ hoping that they would hype it up mid June at E3, and then say guess what its out next week enjoy! i could understand July but August is the back end of the summer and the 18th is closer to the end of the month than the beginning of it. so overall a little upset. but who knows this could be subject to change since this is Nintendo's next big release after MK8DX in late April.

"According To UK Store GAME", why, Nintendo? Why i have to search for your new system games release dates from stores or "insider rumors"?

Good news, guys! Luigi has just read the date on a billboard! It's...

... actually, you know what, nevermind.

I thought it might arrive at the end of May like the original did. Mario Kart is down for the end of April and Arms the end of June. Hopefully this doesn't mean there's going to be a 2 month gap with no games?Could also mean it's going to be 4 months before the Switch gets its first major exclusive game.That's not good.

Only interested if the voice chat is enabled by the app!

The sooner the better!

I'm fine with whatever date. I still play Splatoon on a weekly basis (Even before the sequel was announced) and the sequel looks like an amazing game.

That's ten days before my birthday... If that's right, I'll probably get it for that. Although it is later than I expected- isn't August when Summer ends in that crazy land people call the Northern Hemisphere? If so, it's a pity to see it so late, it would be great to have as early as possible- The original Splatoon's update system (Which is confirmed to return) Made software droughts feel so much better- even without new titles, it still felt like there was something new to try.

So we get only one month to play splatoon for free on the switch then as i thought in September we have to pay to play online right?

It's most likely just a placeholder. They give one of the latest possible Summer release dates, and then customers are happy when the game is released before. It's probably that simple.

This date is a bit of a bummer. I was hoping for a Summer of Splatoon again. On the other hand, the longer the team is given to work on this the better it will be. Yeah, it's the same old story, but more unique to this particular game the further this game is from 1.5 the better.

@theinstruct0r The Amazon one is a placeholder because that's the last day of Summer.

Gosh dang it Nintendo, I need my Splatoon 2 for summer gaming in June

I think its just a placeholder. They know the best date to release is before summer, to have splatfests and a lot of players over June, July and August.

WAY too late imo, it needs to be coming out as kids and college students are getting out of school. I guess summer isn't technically until June 28 but hey, Smash Bros. 3DS gave us an October release for summer lol

But really yeah, it needs to be out early so they can hook people onto it while online is still free. It also will help to have it out before E3 or shortly thereafter. Hope this is just a rumor.

@AlexSora89
This is the funniest post I've seen on this website in over a decade, congrats

Hopefully that's not true, Splatoon really needs to be around June.

@Discipledoctor
I try my best to make other NLers laugh whenever I get the chance.

Hmm, I don't think this is too bad. As much as people would love this to be a launch title I don't think it's a great idea for Nintendo to launch with 2/3 major IPs and then have nothing in it's books until Christmas. That'd be worse really.

However, this is a positive for me... I certainly won't be able to afford a Switch until later this year. Those games are pricey!

@aaronsullivan in Spain it's fall as summer actually ends on September 14th and none of the other European amazons seem to be saying the same date, they're not saying any date but December 31St 2017.

So many people must be new here, Nintendo is always late in it's seasonal predictions, it's like Japan has its own seasons. Spring usually means end of June, summer means September. And sometimes they miss the seasons entirely but a month or 2. They said "summer" in January. If it was going to be June - around E3 - they would have known. Even July they probably would have just said July. No, as soon as I read "summer" my brain immediately translated that to September. Which is stupid after kids go back to school, but Nintendo has done a lot of stupid things over the past few years, like launch new $300 hardware in March rather than November.

@OorWullie Good job laying out the calendar - MK8D in April, ARMS in June, Splaton 2 in August if we're lucky. Nintendo won't bunch them up any more than that. 3DS is still getting games too, Mario Sports Challenge may be Nintendo's July game. Pikmin 4 on 3DS may be their May game.

Wow, so we'll be able to enjoy free online multiplayer in Splatoon for probably only a month! Awesome!

I honestly thought that Splatoon would come earlier in summer; not the near the end of summer. Every day when I read more about the Switch and it's games, I become less interested in buying one. I'm fairly certain that I'll be waiting until next holiday season to purchase.

Still not interested. I have a budget, y'know.

As another commenter said, I do want the lovely devs to have all the time they need to polish Splatoon 2 to perfection, but an earlier release than mid August would help the player base grow. Plus, the sooner the better for us eager squids 😛

June/ July would be better tbh.

I'm really hoping it comes out in June or July in the US. I would love to be able to play this over my summer break.

I think it is quite clear that the online infrastructure isn't ready yet and won't be ready for launch
I don't expect virtual console to launch until the paid online.

so what are we getting in may june and july

@PrincePeach92 Sept. 30th and June 30th are deffo placeholder dates as those are the last days of their respective quarters.

I'd like to get it around june/july