Salmon Run mode was yesterday confirmed for Splatoon 3, so what can we expect? Following on from the brief trailer in the Nintendo Direct, we've now got some screenshots showing off the new in-game job site, Sockeye Station.
Nintendo's official Splatoon 3 Twitter account has also gone into detail about everything on display - from new enemies to returning ones, and even new abilities. It seems we've also got a look at the area where you'll go to take on a job. Enjoy!
New Map - Sockeye Station
This is an advanced base for Salmonids, featuring a tall, spiraling tower, and it presents new tactical opportunities for both allies and antagonists.
New boss Salmonid - Fish Stick
As the name implies, flying Salmonids have been observed planting a large "stick" to gain a tactical advantage.
New boss Salmonid - Flipper-Fopper
"Flipper-Flopper," has been observed creating a ring of ink before diving magnificently into said ring. While beautiful, this is a dangerous attack! Inklings will need to cooperate to prevent Flipper-Floppers from flipping and/or flopping.
New boss - King Salmonid
Squid Research Lab is excited and more than a little scared to reveal the existence of a King Salmonid. This unfathomably terrifying creature can be scientifically described as "ginormous."
New move - Egg Throw
Another new feature of note: a tactical throwing of Golden Eggs, scientifically known as the "Egg Throw." Inklings can now pass Golden Eggs to allies or deposit them from afar. This consumes a portion of ink but greatly increases efficiency!
Helicopter drop
First, new hires are being ferried to job sites in a helicopter! We were unable to probe any of Grizzco's financial documents, but it doesn't take a scientist to determine that helicopters cost money.
Grizzco Industries
Splatoon 2 Salmon Run bosses return
While we've spent a great deal of time observing these terrifying new specimens, we must note that all Boss Salmonids from Splatoon 2 can also be observed invading the Splatlands. Inklings with prior experience from Splatoon 2 may be able to draw on this knowledge to defeat them.
A New Look
According to the Splatoon 3 Twitter - this is just an initial look, and there's more data to gather and show off right up until the game's release in Summer 2022. So be on the lookout for more in the near future.
Are you excited the Salmon Run mode is returning to Splatoon 3? Leave a comment down below.
[source twitter.com]
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Personally loved Salmon Run.
Honestly from the Direct the 2 games I'm most excited for are Kirby and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. I'm looking forward to Splatoon 3 too ofc but just not as much.... so far. I need to see some more gameplay of it.
Splatoon 3 still needs to justify its existence to me. All of the changes announced so far are minor.
“enjoy the woomy or your head goes boomy”
person on Roblox Splatoon Fan group, 2022
I'm so glad they still do the "Squid research lab" thing when they do announcements. It is very clever.
I hope they're not going to make joy-cons based on these new colors (salmon, dark green), I don't find them too pretty x)
Loved salmon run, hated the limited times. With S3 on the horizon, I must say I did not play S2 enough and yet I will have to abandon it at some point in the near future...
Looks like dlc for Splatoon 1.
Not ashamed to say that I just don't get it. The trailer. The music. The salmon. The whole thing is bonkers to me.
So glad Grizzco is back!
@Thrallherd I don't think they will. The previous joy-con and pro controllers based on Splatoon 2 were using the green and pink from the logo. I think that they will do yellow and purple this time because of the new logo.
I have no idea how this game is being justified as a $60 full sequel.
It's out in what... 3-4 months and so far there's less than a expansions worth of content shown for it.
Mario Karts Track Booster pass has more new content than Splatoon 3.
@durrdevil Well the original release of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was not much of a upgrade from the Wii U version while there was no way to upgrade to it either. Would have liked if Nintendo did something like Sony with the Ps4 to Ps5 versions. Now after 8 years it will get a significant DLC, but as someone who has had the game for 8 years I say it is a little too late to make me rebuy it on switch.
I would have liked if this also was just DLC, but I will certainly buy Splatoon 3 and just trade in 2. Same as I did for Splatoon 2.
@nocdaes absolutely. The music is just generated noises. Nothing there to spark interest for non fans. The first game was ok. But not as much to dive deeper. Hopefully "3" delivers at least to the fans.
@RubyCarbuncle I feel the same. I wish Splatoon offered singleplayer like Ratchet and Clank- that would definitely make me buy it.
@durrdevil @Ade117 Adding a new storyline or extending the lore to a new entry to the series used to be considered enough for a sequel (and adding new gameplay things while keeping the overall gameplay mostly the same, of course). When did that stop?
@Kage_M Every Splatoon has singleplayer, that's where the lore is.
@Reynoldszahl Not random. Electronic music and a cello for Salmon Run. Real instruments, some electronic music, and filters for the rest. It's definitely different, and nothing people not familiar with the games would seek out. But there's definitely some catchy tunes in there if you're open enough.
The trailer was clearly made for existing Splatoon 2 coop players. Which is weird given how little support that mode got. It was always treated as inferior to the other modes. I found the trailer fun — I am the target audience —but their marketing dept needs to get it together. The question they need to address — cause I agree with others here — is what about this makes it an all new game? I have to buy 3 copies and I already bought 3 of Splatoon 2. So for me it’s why should I pay $150-180 for this. My big questions are Is coop getting treated as a peer with competitive modes so there aren’t regular sustained times when you cannot play as happens for Splatoon 2? Are the monthly Splatfest events going to end after a year? What’s the full package look like? In 3 minutes Nintendo did a better job of explaining the value of the Mario Kart DLC. The Splatoon team has time till launch (June 21 I hope) but they need better answers.
@masterLEON
My oversight to mention that I am talking about the Nintendo Direct Trailer. That music choice is unfortunate. The Video you attached tells a different story and makes me like the game a lot more. I think you should market the game as you convinced me more 😅
I'm so glad my friend kept telling me, "you really should try Splatoon". I was so deeply skeptical of Splatoon, and then it became one of my favorite games.
The music can seem weird if you've never played the game. That all changed after I tried the game and loved it.
@Kage_M There was a Single Player Campaign in the previous games though. I'm going to assume this game has it too.
Hopefully the Salmon Run time limit nonsense from Splat2 is gone this time.
@masterLEON I guess I was mistaken, from videos the single player seemed only like challenge rooms but not a significant SP on a scale of Ratchet and Clank, which would be awesome. If the SP like that will be in 3, then it’s a must buy.
@SnackPop Assuming you mean the rotation wait time, it's already been shortened to 6 hours (each rotation is now 36 hrs during weekdays and 42 hrs during the weekends) and I imagine that will continue, or there will be fewer players available for the other modes. It was 30 hours of wait time between rotations at S2's launch which was ridiculous, but 6 is really nothing now.
Call of Duty didn't have any problems when they made Zombie Mode an unlimited play mode. So why would that cause problems in Splatoon 3?
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