Nintendo has been loving the last-minute announcements and specific game Directs lately, so it's not a huge surprise to see that they warned us of a Splatoon 3 Direct just two days before it was due to happen on Wednesday, the 10th of August. Even with only two days to go, Nintendo of Europe managed to mess up, and almost accidentally revealed the Direct a day earlier than planned.
The squid-filled shooter is scheduled to launch on September 9th, exactly a month from today... and maybe Nintendo forgot that the game was due on the 9th (of September), but the Direct was due on the 10th (of August).
As GoNintendo spotted earlier today, the UK, Australian, and Belgian YouTube channels went live with a ten-minute countdown to the Direct, before Nintendo seemed to notice with only three minutes and 34 seconds to go. Other reports seem to imply that more Nintendo channels were involved, including Spain, and Germany.
Nothing serious was leaked, though, so no harm done.
Did you get a notification for the Splatoon 3 Direct going live? Tell us in the comments!
[source gonintendo.com]
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Darn, so close. Would have been more convenient for my schedule than tomorrow’s real stream.
Selfish me would have liked the entire thing to have been accidentally released today, but oh well. I can wait one more day.
Looking forward to this game as I really enjoyed Splatoon 2 for a time and I don't know why but I completely stopped playing it, somewhere around when the last main Splatfest was.
It's been long enough since S2 that I'm ready for some more painting!
It's not like it's a bunch of surprise announcements it's just showing some more of a game that's coming out soon 🤷♂️
When I was at the height of playing Splatoon 2, only a few of my friends had a Switch and those that did weren't really interested in playing.
At this point, even a couple of my non- gamer friends own a Switch, and I'm betting that I can get a team of 4 together a lot easier these days. For that reason alone, I'm hoping there a Testfire soon that might just get them hooked.
I'm just wondering if there's going to be enough different between 2 and 3. I'm sure people that are really into Splatoon already know more or less what to expect for the next game.
IT'S THE OCTARIAN ARMY'S DOING I SWEAR IT!
WOOMY DENIED
I'm off tomorrow anyhow so I can watch it so this is fine.
I can leak to you that in this game paint will be fired.
All I needed to know about this game was the ‘3’, so I’ve been good for a long time.. too long lol
My kids were too young to get into 2, so this is good timing for them to take their first plunge. Looking forward to the details.
@Daggot Considering how 2 came out in 2017, reading this makes me feel incredibly old.
Probably a publicity stunt to drum up more attention to the game.
We can file this under: almost news and pretend this article never happened then.
@abbyhitter That literally makes no sense, the only people aware of the leak would be people that are already interested.
I guess there woomy ninjas and not Nintendo ninjas huh?
It’s always Europe that leaks stuff
Dang. Almost, but Marina managed to stop the leak before it happened. Girl's got them tech skills.
I also noticed it on the Dutch channel, but when I opened the video it was set to private.
My phone still has the notification from this afternoon 😅
I’ll watch it and very likely buy it but do we really need a full 30 minute Direct focusing on a single game?!
They did leak it,
but everyone just assumed that it was an old Splatoon 2 trailer.
@Franklin I don’t get it
Wait a minute, how did this happen? They're smarter than this.
@Orokosaki 100%, yes.
@NerdyBoutKirby Yeah it would've been more convenient for me too cause I got to start school tomorrow. Guess I'll just have to watch during class.🤷
I got to start work the same time as the direct if it was Tuesday I had the day off.
i like how light hearted this leak feels is when its something the company itself almost does. i guess it'd take a way from the EVENT feeling if it leaked early, but i also wouldnt mind just watching it now lol
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