Topic: Splatoon 3

Coming in 2022...

Looks alright, but also more of the same.

Didn't expect this to be the last announcement. Bit of a disappointment!

What do you mean disappointment? Splatoon was all we needed!

This looks way more of a sequel than Splatoon 2 and I am all here for it! Gonna have to renew my NSO subscription when it comes out...

@Octane Completely disagree. I stood up and started screaming Splatoon 3 all through my house!!! I will be impatiently waiting for 2022 now!!!

I just got Splatoon 2...

No seriously that was awesome as all hell.

I never got 2 bc I knew 3 was going to show up, but now I'm thinking about it bc I don't want to be undercut by older players.

Just looks like more Splatoon.

I'll probably get it, but... meh.

That was unexpected but I'm super excited. What a great way to end the Direct.

@Octane Yeah if they're gonna do Splatoon 3, it would be cool if they'd shown a killer new feature. Like couch co-op online.

Highlight of the presentation for me was Mario Golf, and the Mario items in animal crossing.

Hopefully one day we'll get a new F-zero, they're rereleasing Miitopia, why not rerelease F-Zero GX.

@Blooper987 Sounds like a personal issue TBH

I really thought they were gonna bring out a spinoff game instead of a direct sequel.

Which means either my idea was better or this trailer just didn't bother to show anything that cool beyond a new setting. Either of which is fine with me. (also thank god its next year, I just beat Splatoon 2 recently)

This is the most hype thing ever

@Snatcher If you like Splatoon 3, you're REALLY going to wish you got Splatoon 2 when the online is still active. Just get Splatoon 2. It's great. I missed Splatoon 1 because I didn't have a Wii U, and I've been bummed I didn't get to try it.

Splatoon 3 trailer
I see new hairstyles people at 17 seconds in.

Splatoon 3 looks Like it has more mechanics. Don’t like it so far.

I was hoping for a spin off, their solo modes are really good but too short so a dedicated adventure Splatoon game would have been great.

It’s still a day one buy though.

@kkslider5552000 Yeah, it looked like a spin-off at first, until they showed the plaza.

Well not just that, I assumed for a long time now that they wouldn't want to put out another full Splatoon game like this on the same system, so I thought a spinoff was inevitable.

@kkslider5552000 Given how soon 2 followed the first one, it's no surprise really. But there's still five years between 2 and 3 I guess. Man, time flies.

Definitely did not expect this announcement, but it looks cool. The wasteland theme looks pretty awesome, and as several people have mentioned, it sounds like the Order vs. Chaos Splatfest may have had an effect on the story. It also looks like Inklings and Octolings have completely integrated (probably as a result of the events of Octo Expansion), as you can see several Inklings and Octolings walking around together (although it seems they're fighting against each other in that Turf War, so maybe not completely? Or Nintendo might just be highlighting that you can freely choose between Inklings and Octolings in the main game this time). It'll be interesting to see how things have changed.

Didn't really show much new gameplay wise aside from typical new weapons. There's those floating box things that spawn the Inklings and Octolings, I'm guessing those replace/are used for Super Jumps? And what is that Salmonid "little buddy" do? Is it a helper of some sorts? There's a lot more questions than answers here.