Topic: Splatoon 3

OK, so here's what I see:
ReefLux Deco
New Splatana Stamper
New Undercover with the new special (probably "smokescreen")
New Squeezer
New Splat Dualies
New Painbrush
Custom Range Blaster
New SBlast with Burst Bomb
New stage called Robo ROMen
Returning stage Bluefin Depot
New song by Chirpy Chips (No Quarters)
New King Salmon!
Maybe the return of arcade games?!?!

I can't believe they did the "To be continued..."-meme. 😂

@StarPoint
That wall is a special. You can hear it from the sound right before he throws it.

Did my own bit of adrenaline-fueled analysis myself and here's what I found:

• It's Custom Blaster (regular) rather than Custom Range Blaster and seems to have Point Sensor based off the sub-line on it's ink tank
• Reef-Lux Deco has Splash Wall
• Dualies has Curling Bomb (GIVE THIS THING INKJET YOU COWARDS)

YES, another Splatoon 1 stage rescued! Only 2 left:

• Urchin Underpass
• Saltspray Rig

Another thing I found is that Big Run is on Barnacle & Dime.

On top of all of this, there's a new update (5.2.0) incoming. Given it's the NA account saying later today, it's probably going live in 1-2 hours.

"Changes to amiibo

• Added support for the Shiver, Frye, and Big Man amiibo.

Season and Catalog Changes

• The number of Catalog Points earned during the Closeout Bonus period has increased from 1.2x to 1.5x. The Closeout Bonus period runs from one week before the end of the season until the end of the season.

Changes to Notifications

• When you receive a notification that a room created with the SplatNet 3 Room Creation feature is joinable, it will be displayed on the screen.

This update focuses on adding data for Deep Cut amiibo. We plan on releasing the next update at the end of the current season. It will focus primarily on weapon balance adjustments and adding features for the new season starting in December.

Note: Compatible with Ver. 5.1.0 battle replays. Not compatible with Ver. 5.0.1 or earlier battle replays."

OMG, Bluefin Depot is finally back! Literally been years now since I've played her. Also, it hard to tell in the trailer, but I am pretty sure there's a new King Salmonid! Rejoice! This season is going to be🔥.

@Wolfleaf Thank you very much for posting the twitter link for the banner QR code.

I got the Deep Cut amiibos earlier, glad to finally have all of the idols!
@Croctopus Nice! I should take a pic with Shiver later

Shiver: silly edition

Is it normal that my unused festival shells from Splatoween transferred over to this Splatfest?

@Grumblevolcano If that's true, I'm pretty sure they didn't carry over for the first splatfests. This is the first ive heard of them carrying over. But that's great.

Just started playing in the Splatfest a couple hours ago, and I got to a very rough start. I kept losing over and over again, and even had a couple of those dang communication errors... ugh. I did start taking home quite a few wins for Team Hug later on in my session, at least. I only squared off against Fist Bump players, no Handshake players for me just yet. There wasn't any mirror matches on my end, either.

Edit: Oh, and I just remembered. In one of my matches, I actually had a teammate who literally walked into a bomb and they got blown up. What the heck? I also got hit by one of the Trizooka shots right when I respawned!

I was a little confused by ‘Robo ROM-en’ name but then I remembered Americans exist and they would pronounce the O is ROM and A in Ramen with pretty much the same drawn-out AAAH sound.

Now it all makes sense!

Is anyone only getting matches against Fistbump?
Also we got the second Splatfest art: https://x.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/1725665121999941926?s=20

@luckyseven Yeah. I'm on Hug and I only played against Fist Bump players. No Handshake players or mirror matches for me so far.

Been an annoying Splatfest for me. Having more disconnects than usual, including right at the end two games in a row where we were clearly about to win. Just want to get to Ruler already so I can stop.

I decided to play weapons I've never played to get sheldon licenses this splatfest, and THE FIRST MATCH I PLAYED WAS A 333x BATTLE. THE FIRST MATCH. I WAS PLAYING SPLAT CHARGER (a weapon I've literally never played). Somehow, I won. I was literally shaking. I think I'll wait till tomorrow before trying to play again.

@BingleyBongley How does playing unplayed/unused weapons boost aquiring Sheldon Licenses? I thought food tickets for XP boost were the only way to level up faster & aquire a sheldon license.

(A sheldon license is a voucher for new weapon, right?)

@WoomyNNYes I was playing weapons which I had no XP on. You get a sheldon license for the first star of freshness on a weapon.