Splatoon 3 'Sizzle Season 2023' Update Revealed - New Weapons, Stages, Game Modes And More

Every update gets better and more content rich, you love to see it. New stages, emotes, everything!

Humpback Pumptrack snipers are going to have a damn field day

Aaaaaah new game modes was lookimg forward to that sooo much but I don't see being able to drag myself from TOTK anytime soon

Great! This season's catalog was by far the worst! I'm glad to see it go away!

Wow, Nintendo is killing it right now. They are riding a massive wave of momentum at the moment. Mario movie success, Xenoblade 3 DLC was superb, now ToTK and keeping things fresh with another Splatoon update!

AWESOME, this season looks to be a banger. Can't wait for it to come around, the new mode looks dope. Also the super scope looks cool, a shame it has to be a blaster though lol.

The new map looks a little too linear, but other than that, this is shaping up to be an amazing season!

I absolutely loved this trailer up until I realised Barnacle & Dime is the THIRD TETRIS BLOCK STAGE IN A ROW. PLEASE STOP NINTENDO.

Small typo in the article…the new brush is called the Painbrush not Paintbrush.

@Fizza Let's just hope Sheldon was smart enough to put the trigger on the bottom instead of the top!

I keep looking at this, especially as it's pretty cheap nowadays.
It put me off not having any form of LFG system in place and having to rely on external apps.
How easy is it to find a team on Discord? Couldn't imagine playing a team based shooter with randoms and no voice chat, hated that in the second game and it put me off picking this up.

Wild horses couldn’t drag me away from tears of the kingdom but work and splatoon 3s update just might! That super scope looks nice and I’m always happy to see new stages. This is the first I’ve heard about the challenges. I’d like to try those out as well.

This update sounds awesome.

Good to see Humpback Pumptrack back. My favorite stage from Splatoon 2.

New weapons seem cool. Glad we’re getting some different sets for the more unique weapons, like Big Swig, Splatana Wiper and Tenta Brella. In Japan, the NES Zapper raised notably in price for those who wanted a replica of the N-Zap. Wonder if anyone had the foresight to also purchase a Super Scope. But I do think its high time for some Stringer sets. Marketing made a big deal about these bows and there’s still only 2 choices and the occasional Grizzco-exclusive weapon.

Catalogue seems alright. Not alot in there heavily screaming Summer, or some of the wackier stuff, akin to the Triple Deck Specs, but I do like the squid Tamagotchi around what seems to be the Umibozu Away Jersey.

Challenges seem interesting. But, I would think it would be incredibly tough to get a knockout in a Tower Control match where everyone can spam Tri-Zookas.

Glad we’re finally getting more standard battle music, with Ska-Blam and the new band Yoko & the gold Bazookas. It does hone a bit in to some of the chaos vibes that Ink Theory brought in Splatoon 2’s music.

Another detail that I love is the fist-bump seen in the new win animation. Would love to see more collaboration animations after Splatfest’s fixed 100x/333x win emotes.

I would have loved to have also seen a trailer for the Side Order DLC, but i guess we can expect that in Season 5 now.

Not nearly enough. S2 and 3 are not their own games, with no new mechanics they get boring very fast

What I want to know? Is that can anyone take on these league challenges? Or do we have to be at a higher rank? I am not able to get higher than C+.

@Fizza It would be Overwatch 2 level of trolling if they released the game with absolutely nothing new, I'm just saying that it's not nearly enough to make a new game. They did not change the core gameplay mechanics in the slightest, it still plays 99% like Splatoon 1 and 2, there are tiny bits of change with new weapons and maps, but there are very few of them.

Splatoon 1 was revolutionary, it was a completely new, fresh game with mechanics never found in any other game. Compared to that, S2 and 3 could just be called DLC.

This looks awesome! Splatoon 3 is awesome! I love humpback pumptrack. The new brush looks cool. Comments about this game being dlc are way off. Like is it supposed to have been a battle royale? Lol

@ComfyAko
1. Why is your comment is so unnecessarily provocative? Anyone might think you haven't as even played the game (or worse, are trying to deliberately start arguments).
2. Apart from the obvious stuff like new modes and better connectivity, I honestly don't know what changes could be made to the actual "mechanics" (e.g., squid roll), and I've extensively played all 3 games. What's not broken doesn't need fixing.
3. I'm pretty sure salmon run, a vastly improved story mode, tableturf, QOL improvements, more (and cooler) weapons, more maps, new battle modes and new customisation justifies a new game.

I thought the catalog this season sucked, I wasn’t a big fan of the items, but it was ok because everything else was great can’t wait for this!

@ComfyAko 3 literally took everything that made 2 great, and made it amazing! I didn’t even like 2, but somehow I love, love three!

@Chaotic_Neutral
Teaming up on Discord is super easy. I run a small tournament so I see the way it works every day really but Splatoon had a really welcoming community. Super easy to find a pick up team or a more permanent one.

@ComfyAko it’s a shooter. What do you expect? 4D graphics? VR? Most games do minor upgrades when releasing a new game. I’m just so confused as to what kinda jump in gameplay you expect to match ur “revolutionary” expectations? A change in genre? A change in name? A change in number of players per match? A change to first person? A change in amount of content? A change in characters? Real money gacha mechanics? Maybe no more squids? A new game altogether? A TTYD to SS kinda change? I’m genuinely curious. 😅 It wouldn’t be Splatoon anymore.
Is SSBU just DLC for SSBM to you? Since it’s still fighting and items and concept of knocking out ur opponents off the map?

got hopes up than dashed. have wanted and tried to figure out a 2 level mall with escalators and briefly thought they did it. update looks pretty good though...fist bumps teammate.

Ooh, the challenges look fun.

@ComfyAko It's an online team based multiplayer arena shooter. Changing that formula would turn it into something that isn't Splatoon any more. Do you even know what changes you're looking for? What do you want to be different that wouldn't fundamentally change the game?

Not every game has to be groundbreaking to be good. Not to mention it needed to come to Switch in the first place or absolutely nobody would be playing, so it's at least absolutely not fair to claim Splatoon 2 "could've been DLC".

@Deemo37 amazing stuff, are there many adult gamers in the discord and is it 420 friendly?
Would be looking for a permanent team to smash online with if I picked the game up.

Nintendo hates the Dynamo and Stringer confirmed r.i.p thoughts and prayers

Partly thanks to this update I was convinced to subscribe to NSO again. This game is just too much fun to miss out. Summer is my favourite season and this is the perfect game for it.

Looks like more good content.

Wow, I like that they added a new scene which shows the 4 people on your team together ..

Oh wait, that's just the victory screen. I don't ever see that, thought it was new ...

1 salmon run stage. Love the slow drip of stages.

@Dylansuxx Now that's interesting. "Most games do minor upgrades when releasing a new game" so we are to accept that, buy the same thing a couple of times, and any voice saying that maybe we could expect something more is to be drowned in noise of aggression? Also, what do I expect? I don't know, literally any effort? Not the same thing I bought 8 years ago, down to the same assets and maps? The least I would expect, and that's an absolute minimum, would be lots of new maps and weapons, if we are to get exactly the same gameplay. Also, that kind of sarcastic hyperbolism can really backfire if you don't think your comment through.

@Bret I'm not saying to change it into something completely different, but look at your statement "Changing that formula would turn it into something that isn't Splatoon any more". Excatly. It wouldn't be Splatoon, it would be Splatoon 2. Do you think that a game has to be an exact copy to be in the same line of games, like Splatoon 2? Also, the argument regarding Wii U/Switch doesn't take the existence of ports into account.

@chapuH 1. Actually, it wasn't, but since some people are so eager to behave like... they do, I decided that it's time to cease with one way courtesy and pleasentries, and to put them in their place. And believe me when I tell you that I'm still restraining myself heavily from telling them exactly what I feel about their behavior and "arguments". It's also interesting how you came to the conclusion that I might not have played the games despite the fact that I accurately compared them all.

2. What is not broken doesn't warrant being called a completely new thing. I was pretty disappointed when I got bored with the game so quickly, after all, it's the same old song and dance, with literally no changes.

3. No, they don't. Salmon run isn't new, more weapons, like 2 bows and maybe a couple more, 5 maps? That could be done in 2 months with very low budget, it certainly doesn't justify the 60$ label. And the tragic irony is that I'm merely saying that we as gamers should get more than absolute minimum, yet I'm met with senseless rambling how I'm the big scary monster that threatens the beloved franchise.

All in all, it's clear to me that you all don't have nearly enough to say as you make it to be, considering your obvious lack of manners. You can try to argue with it, but I strongly recommend against it, since I think I've seen enough of your capabilites, and I'm pretty sure whatever you try to think of won't even be enough for me to grace it with an answer.

@ComfyAko I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.

And more importantly, I'm really sorry I acted like such a jerk. I'm normally a passive sort of guy but when someone criticises something I like (in this case, Splatoon 3), I get very triggered and do things that I regret afterwards. I had no right to start throwing around accusations and passive aggressive comments just because of your difference in opinion to mine.

So again, I'm deeply sorry for my post (and will try to avoid things like this in the future).

How do you fist bump in this?

@Chaotic_Neutral
From my experience there are mainly high school students and college students but I’m sure there are plenty of older people as well.

@chapuH Did I miss a comment you made? Or did you delete it? Because from what I can see, your were vary respectful, if what you said makes you a jerk then I’m the worst person to ever exist.

@chapuH You do not need to apologise in such a way because someone said you lack manners, especially when that person acts extremely respectless and condecending in the same paragraph.

@Chaotic_Neutral no clue about 420 but i doubt anyone would particularly judge. as for age, majority of people in the scene who'd be joining a discord to find a team are 20-30, so shouldn't be too much of a problem.

@TheWahfatha @Deemo37 thanks both, might check out the discord before I drop any money on the game.

This is one of the reasons I love multiplayer gaming on Xbox, you can scroll through the LFG in the games club and join in on a 420 lobby. Nothing worse than being the only one baked in a party full of straight heads or drunks - both sides get super frustrated and it just kills any enjoyment.

@123akis

The Painbrush!! Instead of ink it uses the tears of its victims!

No offline (all game modes) versus Bots.

Ok, I won´t buy Splatoon 3.

@Cashews very. I didn't bother to reach 100 because who cares about that hat. Definitely not special for 100. And same goes with many other gear. the first catalog and second were better

@Rykdrew they should make that as an option. Definitely be helpful for practicing also

@Rykdrew Hm...I'm curious. Since you mention it a few times, why not elaborate on how you EXACTLY want it to be implemented.

If you're gonna complain and/or criticize, at least give an explanation on why. Sounds fair in my opinion. Constructive criticism is quite valuable.

Actually, there's one thing I would like for them to do is to allow us to delete replays & make a seperate "folder" or section for replays you favorited.

It didn't enter my mind at first. THAT I would like.

@Chaotic_Neutral
I forgot to respond to your 420 question. If I had to guess you could mention it in a looking for team post and see what pops up. I personally have never seen any however but it doesn’t mean nobody would be interested.

@DanijoEX "How would this be implemented?"
Like ANY OTHER team-versus-team shooter out there.

Unreal Tournament, in 1999, you could play teams versus teams, and there were BOTS of various levels of intelligence....that were able to strategize.

Including, among thousands of mods in Unreal Tournament, there was one, where the objective was exactly the same as in Splatoon....painting the scenery. And the bots acted cooperatively.

Unless today, in 2023, Nintendo is not able to create an artificial intelligence, something that already existed since before 1999 .... then NinTendo must be quite incompetent in this regard.

In Rocket League, if a person leaves the online match, he is immediately replaced by a Bot (in all game modes, including the special modes of each Season). And this Bot is very well implemented.

In Splatoon 3, if a person leaves the game, he is not even replaced by a Bot.

Nintendo doesn't make the slightest effort with respect to Artificial Intelligence. Which Nintendo game has good Artificial Intelligence? Now I am curious. I'm trying to think of one.

@Rykdrew Is that so, eh? Well, in any case, no further questions from me then.

@Mr_Persona Like 10 different colors of the same Crocs. Nah. The first two seasons had varied costume pieces. I went hard on winter season I only made it to level 9 or so this one. I needed a break Hopefully summer shows up big.

The stage looks very beautiful.

@Snatcher Genuine question - is that really respectful and appropriate to address someone like that, especially given that they admitted to throw accusations and passive aggressive comments?

I hope the challenges aren't restricted to ranked. I want to play the ranked game modes but I don't want to play with/against tryhards, so I mostly stick to Salmon Run and Turf War.

@ComfyAko Well I don’t see how it’s not respectful, in fact I feel like I’m showing them a lot of respect, they genuinely seem to feel like a jerk, even though in my opinion, they said nothing wrong, in there comment they were really respectful, just because they didn’t agree, doesn’t mean they weren’t, heck I didn’t even see this but @BTB20 agrees with me, and it’s right below mine. But you said “address someone like that” which I just want to make sure do you mean them or you? And if so in which way did I address said person that was rude? And actually asking.

@Snatcher Well, if you think that there is nothing wrong with somebody behaving like this, so be it. Way to turn the cat by its tail, btw. "in there comment they were really respectful, just because they didn’t agree, doesn’t mean they weren’t" sure, it's just that people jumped on me because I said something they dont' agree with and now they are acting like I'm the aggressor for defending myself.

Thank you for pointing out btb's comment, since they seem to do exactly the same thing, pointing out how I supposedly act "extremely respectless and condecending", even though I made it entirely obvious that I'm just defending myself from whatever they tried to pull on me.

I was merely asking why are you so keen on defending someone who actually admitted to attacking me

@ComfyAko Do I agree you got jumped on? Yes, some people here could have been nicer about it, but I don’t think any of them were rude, they didn’t agree with what you said, and you defended your opinion, which is fine, you don’t have to agree with them, but I do think everyone was trying to have a conversation with you, and I like I said one of those could have been nicer about it, but I just couldn’t agree that they were being rude in there comment, now they think that and if that’s how they feel I can’t change that,

but from what I can read, nothing they said was disrespectful in my opinion at least, but I would like to know, could you pick out what
they said that was rude to you? Because I just can’t see it. And tbh I don’t think anyone in this comment section is an aggressor at all, especially not you.

But since you asked why I’m keen on defending someone who admitted attacking you, I don’t think I’m defending them, I’m just giving out my opinion, and my opinion was I didn’t think they were rude, and I couldn’t see it whatsoever, I actually thought we were having a pretty chill conversation. But it was mainly because they said they were a jerk, maybe I could have agreed with the other stuff but I wouldn’t go as far as to say what he did was a jerk move. So that what it was, the jerk part is what made he respond and give my opinion.

Now i want to make something clear, what I replied to them I was not taking a jab at you in anyway, I just wanted to make that clear because I feel like it could come off that way, if I had something I wanted to say to you about it I would have replied to you.

@ComfyAko "All in all, it's clear to me that you all don't have nearly enough to say as you make it to be, considering your obvious lack of manners. You can try to argue with it, but I strongly recommend against it, since I think I've seen enough of your capabilites, and I'm pretty sure whatever you try to think of won't even be enough for me to grace it with an answer."

^This is what I call respectless and condescending. I haven't seen someone be this condescending in a while.