Splatoon 3 Datamine Might Have Revealed New Game Modes For Salmon Run

That would add some much needed variety to this mode, don’t get me wrong, I love the mode, but those fly fish could get grilled.

Mr. Grizz is involved?... suuuure he is... 🤐

Salmon Run is pretty much the only reason I bought this game, so more modes would be great!

Salmon Run started out fun, but quickly became highly frustrating after a few ranks, it's basically near impossible to win anymore. I just wished there was a way to change the difficulty or something...

@Joeynator3000 Feel the same way in Splatoon 2. I used to like it, but I never could really get anywhere because I would be matched up with peck necks who would:

A: Immediately charge in and get splatted.
B: Just stand there splatting Salmonids and never collect any Golden Eggs.
or
C: Collect a Golden Egg, but never take it to the basket!

@Joeynator3000 Doesn't demoting yourself lower the difficulty? Not enough? I've never tried demoting myself to see what its like.

@WoomyNNYes It only reduces the points by a certain amount, and in my case my actual rank didn't even decrease....and apparently you can only use it once. I was never able to do it again.

@PigmaskFan That wasn't the case for me, the whole team was trying, we just get swarmed way too easily and quickly.

@Joeynator3000 Salmon Run is definitely harder than it was in 2. I've never had my ass handed to me this much on Spawning Grounds before. They're gonna have to lower the difficulty a little.

@PigmaskFan TBF depending on the weapon, you need to focus on protecting the collected eggs rather you yourself jump in and get them or else you're the one who's gonna get roasted by your teammates. It's a tricky situation since if none of your mates are collecting then it's up to you even if your weapon is a splat charger.

id love more modes to flesh out salmon run, its really its own beast compared to lobby matches. plus later ranks really can feel impossible and stressful, some variety would be nice

@Snatcher Please do not put flyfish into grillers.

Grillers and fly fish are both painful enough to deal with already we do not need waves that have both of them at once, yet alone a combo wombo of the two enemies.

While a datamine meaning there's no guarantee any of these will actually make it (Splatoon 1 had Playable Octolings datamined, for example), this feels like they're paying far more attention to giving TLC to Salmon Run over updates than they did in 2 with the scant handful of additional maps over 18 months (with the final map added a full year after the second additional/fourth total map).

If I were to speculate as to what these might be:

Underground - An endless mode of Salmon Run, showcasing a map themed around underground lakes
Duo - Some maps designed for 2 player Salmon Run
Contest - either Salmon Run to see who can get the most golden eggs against another crew with the same seed, or 2v2 contest to collect eggs on one of the 4 player Salmon Run maps.

I'm just here for the trading card game;)

The solo offline mode is about 100000 times better than I expected. I have not even tried grizz yet.

@Joeynator3000
Practicing at something difficult is your own difficulty slider. Eventually it won't be as difficult

Glad I'm not the only one experiencing a sharp difficulty spike, since that means there's hope of a patch.

I had my first round be a flooded stage with the Grillers where we were wiped out within the first 30 seconds. TWICE IN A ROW.

The run after that had a normal first round, then straight to the glowflies and wiped out in the first 30 seconds again. I can't blame my teammates, as I could clearly tell they were trying their best.

Competitive salmon run

@Desrever Grillers and Glowflies are the worst, yeah.

Apparently most people are finding it harder than S2, though despite the apparent increase in difficulty relative to the same hazard level I'm also finding it a lot more comfortable due to the new movement and egg toss options.

@StephenFox Yeah, its honestly astounding how much of a difference it makes to be able to throw the eggs.

Overall, I'm much happier with this version of Salmon Run, but that jump to Profreshional Part-Timer is no joke.

@Joeynator3000 the diffuculty is self adjusting. The more you loose, the more your rank drops, the easier it gets. It balances out. I was fluctuating between part time pro and pro+1, and part time is obviously easier. Now I'm at pro +3 and I haven't gotten that better, it's just I've been playing with people who aren't horrible. I'll be pro+4 soon, unless I get stuck with bad groups and go back to part time, since the weekend is over

@StephenFox the trick is to have all 4 players grouped together on a part of the map with only 1 route to it. To concentrate 4 players fire onto the enemies. Unfortunately it's taking everyone a while to re remember this or to learn it, so it becomes instant death and panick and mayhem

I don't know why they didn't create brand new maps for salmon run. Unless I'm totally miss remembering, but these were all in 2 right? I would have thought they'd have new maps, and then eventually re release the old ones for variety