Reminder: Splatoon 2's Next Bonus Splatfest Takes Place This Weekend, With More On The Way

Team egg all the way!

I'm beyond thrilled about this! I always thought it was such a waste for this game to sit in dormancy with such a lively fanbase. Even though I play a fraction of the amount I used to, I always love hopping in the week before a Splatfest

They need to do the Cake v Ice Cream Splatfest which wasn't actually in the game proper just the pre-launch demo.

Splatfests make this game for me. Team chicken ftw.

Fantastic news! Welcome back, Splatfests!!

Very glad to see this because Splatfests are always fun.

Weird that it's an either/or where one is factually incorrect as opposed to the usual 'just preference' ones.

At least it's a Splatfest though.

Team Egg all the way.

Team Chicken for me.

Forcing squids to fight each other over non-vegan products is not very PC. Someone call PETA!

I was Team Chicken last time, so I may defect to Egg this time around. Just happy to be participating in a Splatfest.

@Tao wanted to comment this too. There was an animal that wasn’t a chicken that layed an egg from which a chicken hatched. And if we’re going literal, reptiles are older than birds and they layed eggs.
But TBH this question probably stemmed from religion before most religions where accepting of darwinism.

Yay! I only experienced the bonus one-off as I got the game in May. Chickens are one of my favourite animals so I know my team. 😉

I'm glad there are more Splatfests on the way but I personally always had more fun with ranked battles. My main gripe is that match making takes longer since the player base is divided and one side usually has more players than the other so you end up playing some matches against people who are on the same side. I also prefer the other modes over Turf War. Again, the idea is great and it's perfect for more casual play but it often feels like only the last 30 seconds or so matter. It's still fun.

@darkswabber it is certainly more of a philosophical question than a biological one. I mean, arguably mammals lay eggs they just do it into a special environment they carry around that negates the need for a protective covering and food store as nutrients can be secreted directly onto it.

Yay! Team chicken!

I kinda wish instead of rehashing this game's splatfests, they dipped into the first game's. Switch has a new bigger audience than old one (though with this game's age and increased competition it's probably balanced out) and it'd be cool to see how they pan out.

Team EGG
Good luck

WHERE MY CHICKENS AT CLUCK CLUCK CLUCKKK

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Amazing! Thanks for sharing. Which team should I choose... I sided with Pearl in the last two Splatfests... Maybe I'll go with Marina now. And I like eggs.

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I'm really eggcited for a few more Splatfests. They feel special being held occasionally rather than monthly.

I really feel that if it wasn't for all the stuff going on at the moment we might be hearing about Splatoon 3 but still really happy for this.

This is interesting. My 6 year old son just recently took interest in the game, and has been having me play while he watches. what nice timing.

There was no reason for stopping this. They could've just kept the whole marina vs pearl themes going monthly or better yet squids vs octolings

Yesssssssssssss

Chicken came first if you believe in creation, the egg came first if you believe in evolution.

3 - please. I am begging you, Nintendo.

Dinosaur eggs where laid before chickens evolved. The off white chicken team color is most appealing to me, though.

Not sure I'll play or not. Splatoon 2 is a favorite game, but I've already played the heck out of it.

Team Chicken. Also, hurry the cluck up with Splatoon 3!!!

@BenAV
Totally agree. Ready to make some noise for team egg and hatch the victory. Maybe we can team up for some time.

@JohnnyC I think Splatoon follows the once per console strategy. So Splatoon 3 on Switch 2

Splatfests should just continue regardless. There's no Splatoon 3. This is all we have.

@sanderev You're probably right, but I was hoping it would follow the more sensible "once per couple of years" strategy that seems to work rather well for every other shooter out there.

So what happens in April 2021, Splatoon 3? I LOVE Splatfests and I don't know why they can't keep doing this every month, recycle all the old assets from previous Splatfests. Heck, I'll settle for the Pearl and Marina amiibo turning the square into a Splatfest concert.

I bought the game during this Splatfest, but couldn't figure out if it was still possible to join. Time to fix that.

Can't wait, go team chicken! Check out my YouTube channel, going to be posting new videos about splatoon 2 strategies soon.

Team chicken for the white ink

Aren't those, with Mayo vs Ketchup a rerun of older splatfest ?
I mean they could totally make a rotation of all the fests in automatic mode.

So we got 3 more splat fest for this year. Wonder if this is happening because something got pushed back

Scientists have found out the egg came first, SCIENCE!

@Tao They're both incorrect because the question is nonsensical. There never was a "non-chicken" that laid a chicken egg. Species change way too gradually to call anything that gave birth to a chicken "not a chicken."

To be pedantic of course, eggs were around long before chickens were, but I don't think that's what the question means

Team Egg because it's the right answer.

I don't see why the next splatoon game can't just have splatfests happen regularly for two years, then cycle through them automatically until the end of the online service of whatever console it's on.

Woomy! This is what I like to see....they actually acknowledge Splatoon exists again!

Then again....this also means Splatoon 3 is nowhere near around the corner...

The first hard-shelled eggs appeared 300+ million years ago, which is long before chickens showed up 8,000 - 10,000 years ago.

Huzzah! Keep them coming Nintendo! I was team Egg last time so gonna side with Chicken this time.

hopefully ALL Shifty Stations will be in rotation instead of just one for the remainder of these.

Love it. Oh Splatfest, how I’ve missed you.

Heres my perdiction team marina will win because marina bias and say this splatfest wasnt rigged like the first chicken vs egg if she loses theyll say it was rigged and pearls team shoulnt have won again....

Ill stay out of the fanbase when the votes come

But mark my words youll see it

@Rect_Pola That would be a good idea, but it would take more effort from Nintendo. Would really like that to happen though, since I never played the first one.

Team Chicken for the win!

...Eh.

I'm kinda just disinterested/burnt out on the idea of Splatfests because it just becomes too frustrating and ends up just being a horrible amount of stress for me, in all honest terms. So I think I'm just gonna play a different game instead. Maybe Shantae? Or New Horizons or even the games I haven't given attention to in a while...

Team C H I C K E N!!!

TEAM CHICKEN BABY

I don't have splatoon yet but I would pick team Chicken.

I'm back playing Splatoon 2 every day again, love it. For me, it's one of the best series ever made, there's nothing else like it.

I'm going to jump back in today. Great game.

It's nice that they are bringing splatfest back but please atleast make some new ones intsead of re using old splatfest themes. It's just lazy from a team thatd added nothing in over a year

I'm glad they are holding Splatfest for 48 hours instead of 24. I'll probably play some matches. I miss getting new splatfest themed gear. Halloween masks & that chrome Eye of Justice helmet were the coolest offerings.

If nintendo was nice, they'd put out a switch news tile offering those dlc gear of the past, so new players can get them.

Chickens are wonderful.

So...... which came first?

I love splatfests but I remember this one being a little unpleasant to play due to the beige vs yellow colour contrast.

I believe the chicken came first but I like the white so team egg again LOL

Fun stuff! Though I'd have preferred one of the Splatfests from a different region. The Japanese Fries vs. McNuggets fest sounds appetizing.

Meh.

I'm too busy with New Horizons to ever care about Splatfests anymore.

Plus, it always, always, ends up with both sides being toxic to each other and I'm not about that life, so miss me with these "Splatfests" while I work on my New Horizons island.

Team no one all the way!

Yay! Splatfests are the best!

Glad to see "even more" coming in the future. Hopefully we can finally have revenge and there will be justice for Callie in a Callie vs Marie rematch.

Nope not coming back. Even though the family subscription is cheaper than competitors, I find I get more bang for my buck on the others. So enjoy your splatfests everyone.