Splatoon Raiders, A New Splatoon Spin-Off, Is Confirmed For Switch 2

OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING OH MY GOD.

I was prepared to wait years for the next Splatoon game but we’re already getting one?? And it’s a story focused spinoff?? Am I dreaming????

@BenAV How nice a suprize is it though. Right before bed too. I didn't event realize i had notifications on for the app.

I'm well up for this, I fell off of multiplayer Splatoon but I did love the Single player campaigns of Splatoon 1 & 2

A Splatoon spin-off was bound to come sooner or later.
I always imagined what a Splatoon 2D platformer for the 3DS would look like but then again god forbid we need another one of those.

Excited to see what it has to offer, no date though strangely

Cool. I hope singleplayer mode has more meat behind it.

This was a great way to announce a new Splatoon game! I'm really excited about it. Also looking forward to Urchin Underpass being added to Splatoon 3 and the Switch 2 update in a couple of days.

The trailer on the Nintendo Today app for this game looks awesome! I have been wanting a Splatoon spin-off for awhile.

Bro Nintendo this isn't 2020 you can't be stealth dropping these types of announcements anymore

I saw the notification on my phone. "A video for Splatoon is available on Nintendo Today." I was like, okay cool, we've had several videos already. Did not expect a new announcement.

They also confirmed 10.0.0 for Splatoon 3 by the way. Third kits plus Urchin Underpass. Plus a visual update for Switch 2.

Uh, wow, ok. So we're back to just dropping things out of nowhere now? Not complaining, though.

Embracing the term "Spin-off" tells me this will be a seperate exe from Splatoon 3, similar to Torna. We can only hope that it gets a proper, seperate release, cause I don't want to pay $80 for Splatoon 3 Again with an extra story mode.

Xenoblade X is the only time I'm going through that, cause I doubt Splatoon 3 will sure me the true form of Heaven's Light.

Also, you guys get notifications from Nintendo Today?

Pretty cool, my favorite part of the Splatoon games has always been the campaigns, so a single player experience will be fun for me, still haven't picked up 3 and probably will skip it atp though.

STAY FRESHH- Splatoon knows how to do it.

Sick. Loving it all. Esp. Urchin Underpass!

@BenAV Wouldn't say it means anything for or against a Nintendo Direct coming soon. Just because they announce the game in the app doesn't mean they can't show it again shortly after in a Direct and go into a bit of detail.

I expect a lot of third party games for Switch 2 to be announced this way, however. A lot of leakers online hinted that we are going to see some big Nintendo Today app announcements moving forward.

Well, here is your first one.

@IceClimbersMain Splatoon 3 has the best campaign. Just throwing that out there.

Hold up... a single-player Splatoon game? Yeah, okay, I'm on board!

Please don't ruin this with a multiplayer mode. I know it's your bread-and-butter, and it's much-loved, but please, give some of this goodness to the single player fans that won't get shut down when the servers close down.

cries in Splatoon 1 collecting dust

For you, the day Nintendo graced your Nintendo Switch 2 with Splatoon Raiders was the most important day of your life. But for me, it was Tuesday.

" A surprise to be sure but a welcome one"

I'm excited to see more!

@Zeebor15 it's 100% a separate thing, in the video they announced a free update for Splatoon 3 on Switch 2 that improves visuals and frame rate so that pretty much deconfirms Switch 2 Edition

Don't get me wrong YAY!

But I have to assume this means no direct

And this is the best day of my life

Single player Splatoon - YES!

Well, that's a surprise. As someone who's not into online shooters anymore, this might be a good game to check out!

Single player, you say? This might be enough to finally rope me into the series. Not that I dislike the main series by any means, it just isn't my thing. I really respect Splatoon for mixing up the turf war/shooter formula however.

Talk about coming out of nowhere. Considering the popularity of Splatoon surprised we didn't get a spin off sooner!

They just casually announce a new Switch 2 game. I'm ready!

OMFG! Yet to watch the video, lol, but I hope it’s not a multiplayer focused game! I LOVE Splatoon, but hate my addiction to play it online 😜

Wait wut? 3 and a half…..?

Hmmm I might be into this. Looking forward to finding out more

Never played a Splatoon game, but I can see this being a jumping in point.

Didn’t expect waking up to it, but here we are, and a Deep Cut focused one too!!

The first Nintendo Today shadowdrop.

Looks cool. The focus on Deep Cut is something to look forward to, given I felt they were kind of underutilized in 3.

Didn't finish Splatoon 2 and planned to get 3 one day, but a free update with content and not just a performance boost is a welcome one.

So no June Direct then?

This is great news, especially since I do not have NSO anymore and I do not want to renew it. Now I do not have to say goodbye to Splatoon, thanks Nintendo!

I don’t get Nintendo. Last week was Splatoon’s 10th Anniversary and you think it’d be the perfect time to announce the return of a popular Splatoon 1 stage. You’d also think they’d want to drive up hype for Switch 2 games before Switch 2 launches. But here I am, neck deep into Mario Kart World, just for Splatoon 3 to pull me back in with another major update.

So wild to get a notification about a Splatoon video on Nintendo Today! My mind went “yeah, we get one every day” but then I saw the runtime and realized it was much different.

Nuts to see Freshness Ratings get upped. It was already going to take over a decade to likely work for all weapons to get 5 Stars. It’d probably take a literal lifetime to work for 10 stars.

Also, how sadistic for Nintendo to tell people that the Grand Festival stage in particular got an increased resolution, but not announce a Splatfest being held there soon. Once again, Splatoon turned 10. People are updating the game. You put effort into making this place intended to be for limited time events look good, just to not celebrate a major milestone there and only use it as an afterthought feature for amiibo?

And I still haven’t even mentioned Splatoon Raiders yet! A treasure-hunting adventure focused primarily on Deep Cut looks amazing. I have no idea how its going to play. I hope there is still a multiplayer focus and this could be the first multiplayer Splatoon campaign, but it certainly looks like its another single player campaign, possibly building from some of Side Order’s structure, without being a rogue-like. One thing is for sure, it looks really pretty.

YES! A new single player!? I think splatoon is prime for a fuller single player experience. I'd love if this is coming soon.

Is this Radiers reveal and the S3 content update all we're getting for the Splatoon 10 year anniversary?🤔 My money is still ready for a splatoon 1 single player port.

THIS is the excuse I needed to get back into the game.

Yes! Yes! Yes! So ready to get my hands on the new weapons and kits and return to Urchin Underpass. Really loved that stage in Splatoon 1.

Yes! I’ve been waiting for a proper single player Splatoon.

My overly excited overly optimistic brain is making this look like the first games in the Jak & Daxter and Ratchet & Clank series and I couldn't be happier. I've been waiting for a proper J&D sequel for 25 years.

This probably won't be anything like those 2 games, Nintendo will turn it into a farming Sim or something, but maybe, just maybe, this could be a really great 3D platforming adventure. Too bad it's only single player and not couch co-op but probably for the best they just focus on a great single player game to start .

DK Bananza already looked great but this has the potential to be my favorite Switch 2 game if they do it up right.🤞

I'll check this out if it's good. I have no interest in multiplayer focused games. I'm happy Nintendo is focusing on single player for this title

This is cool news! But with this dropping in Social Media news and the Legends ZA release info too last week, I have a bad feeling Nintendo doesn't wanna do a proper summer direct anymore this year. SMH

As a Splatoon fan I can’t say I’m too excited. My favorite aspect is the multiplayer stuff. Happy for those who dig this stuff though.

It great that companies are moving away from just saving big announcements for big events. We need more shadow drops and shadow releases. No massive fanfare, just BOOM!!! New Switch 2 game announcement. BOOM!!! Oblivion Remake. BOOM!!! Gears 1 Next gen update!!!! Thank you, Nintendo and Microsoft for this.

phew, nintendo you cant just surprise me like that good grief! wow, a splatoon exclusively single player game is what ive dreamed of for a long time, im so hyped! and the return of deep cut!!! ack! the visuals are gorgeous, and the style looks amazing. okay ill stop yapping but wow. i cannot wait for more info.
also splatoon 3’s technical update is deffo gonna lure me back into the game!!! june 12th 🥳🥳
i think this might be the end of hope for a direct for june though, which is sad. im predicting one early september, and maybe a DK direct and metroid prime 4 and drag + drive announcement for august

Wait, a Splatoon game focused on single player?? I'm so freaking in!

This is a nice surprice, I hope nintendo make splatoon 1 dlc story mode for splatoon 3, I want to replay the original wii u single player mode

Have never played Splatoon but this new one might be for me.

First switch 2 news that actually got me a bit excited!

I'm waiting for more 1st party games to come out before picking up a Switch 2. Add this to the 'heck yeah' pile!

And this is why Nintendo Today rocks. No more weeks of leaks and clickbait. Just by the way, awesomeness incoming!

as a non mutiplayer splatoon fan, I am stoked!

Some kind of mission-based Splatoon Gaiden is great news!
Just surprised we’re not getting this reveal in a Direct.

Colour me very interested! I love Splatoon single player.

@Teksette oh, boy, I can't wait for the definitive remake, Splatoon Echoes: Shadows of Splatsville.

Oh I am SO down for more Big Man content

HECK YEAH!!!!
So down for more story based content from Splatoon!

Interesting to see the first ever Splatoon spin-off game.. and the fact this could've been a perfect announcement to kick off a Nintendo Direct implies there won't be the need to see one... or at least not one with first-party games. Well maybe excluding Bananza and Drag X Drive since both are coming soon. Not to mention, had it been a Direct, our research man Nogami-san would've been the one diving us into the game. Oh well....

But yeah this looks very slick both artistically and technically, heck maybe it looks even higher quality than Splatoon 3's free update! What is a mystery though is the gameplay, it's not very clear what genres it will explore, but maybe it could involve exploration and island survival.

This is sooooper coool

I haven't really bothered with Splatoon much because i'm not a big online / multiplayer person but a single player explorationy thing sounds a lot more me.

I always thought Nintendo would eventually develop a spin-off to Splatoon, but I figured it would be a smaller-scale title, maybe something like a rhythm game.

I'm glad that Raiders is not that, it seems to be an (open world?) action-adventure game that retains Splatoon's core movement/shooting mechanics.

There's NOT going to be a Direct soon, guys. There are a lot of Nintendo games confirmed already (except a couple of release dates). Wait for September for more news on first party titles.

However, we are bound to get a Partner Showcase VERY soon, with a lot of news regarding third party games.
I honestly can't wait for that!

Maybe they were thinking of doing a Splatoon Direct this week hence the rumors. But decided just to announce it

I'm not really in to Splatoon generally but I might be interested in this spinoff with it being mission based.

This did remind me to check the Nintendo Today app more often though now I have a Switch 2. I'd been holding off looking at the for a month before the Switch 2 launched because I wasn't intending to get one.

hope we get more dj octavio unleashing more puns.

@Sylamp But will it have box? That's the torture of the modern day: the ability to buy and own is not the default

Now this is interesting. I was always curious about the franchise, a single player-focused iteration might just be the chance I was waiting for to jump on board.

@Zeebor15 Splatoon Raiders will definitely have a release on a cartridge, Nintendo already said all of their Switch 2 games will be on a cart

Looks like I finally want a Switch 2

Nintendo you sneaky little suckers! I’m definitely interested in this.

Its funny, I was thinking last week what a potential Splatoon spin-off would be like.

I've yet to get my hands on any of the flagships, but this one had me at "a single-player story-focused experience", so it might just end up in my library first.😄

I disappear for one day and this happens! Omg this is so exciting! I’m not the biggest deep cut fan but this will probably give me a chance to actually get to know them better

Huh… I’m not sure how I feel about a single player spin off. I wouldn’t mind a dedicated co-op experience though. I wonder why a spin off is there right direction on this.

No mention of mouse support with the new joy cons, weird.

Talk about one hell of a shadowdrop of a trailer.

I know a lot of people were hoping they'd do something different with the franchise. I really liked the first 2 games but never got splat 3, I'm really interested in seeing more of this new game though

Is it too late to get into Splatoon 3? I’ve got 2 switch vouchers running out in July. Or would I be better to get Animal crossing, xenoblade X, pokemon legends or Scarlet and famicom detective?

So this is instead of Splatoon 4? Very happy with this! Luckily Splatoon is very popular in japan

@Ryu_Niiyama yep, no bias, no misleading headlines, just straight up "check this out". Make of it what you will.

Oh man, this is pretty much exactly what I wanted out of a Splatoon spinoff. I've been losing interest in the main series because the multiplayer is getting too repetitive and rehashy, but this is exactly the kind of game I'd want to stay engaged with the IP. Can't wait to see more.

@Nintoz Given the lack of a release date and it being a vague teaser I'm feeling like this isn't coming out this year. Maybe it'll be 2026.

@whodatninja I mean, we're absolutely getting Splatoon 4 at some point in the Switch 2's lifespan, it's pretty much inevitable. Splatoon is way too popular to not do it. But this is likely a sign that it's not happening for a few years. This is clearly a game they're using to get Splatoon fans on board with the Switch 2 early, tide fans over until 4, and expand the IP's fanbase. It's not a replacement for anything.

Oh, also, I wonder if this is being developed in-house?

Still need to see more. Im not really sure what it is yet.

Single player? Well I may finally try out one of these games then

This is exciting! I didn't think it was clear from the video - is this an official update for Switch 2, or are they just saying that stuff will look better on it, 'cuz?

I actually called this before launch. I took the Hyrule Warriors AOI box art and put inklings on it. "Splatoon Warriors Age Of Turf Warz"

Really hoping this is a big AAA splatoon single player campaign game around 15 hours long with lots of exploring, thought and game play mechanics put into it. Fingers crossed 🤞

Cannot wait! A bunch of Splatoon content and Palia content on the same day is just so exciting!

Kinda excited about this. My interest in the multiplayer waned pretty quickly, but I did very much enjoy the "campaigns". So much so, that I wished there was ... just way more of it, not just terms of missions count and such, but also sheer depth. The mechanics and the overall design as well as atmosphere of Splatoon were always expertly crafted, so ... why not capitalize on this for a proper extended meaty single-player experience?

If Raiders is that and if it comes with the mouse controls (the main reason I fell off the MP, playing competitively with a controller is just not for me any more, sadly), I'm 100% here for it. Virtually a guaranteed win. Given this is basically Nintendo's only "third person shooter" thingy, and mouse being this gens "gimmick" (I think it has way more potential than any of their prior "gimmicks" though ...), mouse support should be an absolute no-brainer. This and Metroid seem tailor made for it after all.

I like the idea of a single player story focused splatoon spin off! I just wish it wasnt focused on deep cut (off the hook solos.)

I absolutely could've just missed them saying this, I just quickly watched it on my break, but does it say in the trailer that it's single player only, or was that info somewhere else? I only remember them saying it was a spinoff.

Kirby Air Riders, Splatoon Riders, Smash Bros Riders next?

I'm so hyped for this!

This is why I don't get people going, "I'm not getting a Switch 2 because they're not making X game", as if what they've shown is all they'll have for a long time. It's such a bizarre form of tunnel vision.

I've always loved the Splatoon characters and style, but never liked how hectic online was, so I might be willing to give this a try. It looks very pretty, like a kind of tropical sea adventure or something.

@shoeses this exactly. The Switch 2 will prove its worth in time.

Interesting, presumably it's too substantial to merely be DLC.

I'm confused, article says singleplayer yet this trailer jumps between matches and I assume part of the world gaps.

I mean is this a Star Wars Battlefront/Unreal Tournament kind of matches singleplayer?

Or is this like I assume Splatoon 3 was with the desert/and customisation trailer making me THINK it was an open world and this is actually a Splatoon open world but it has matches.

This I think is pretty weak actually.

They could easily make this a Mario Odyssey or Zelda BOTW/TOTK style with puzzles for ink and such. I'd be ok with decent sized regions, not open worlds. Like ReCore on Xbox One or others with decent sized spaces to explore. Just as long as they aren't too annoying and complex as some like Banjo/Yooka Laylee I like the art but the things to do were always confusing.

Even Zelda games all intros confuse me till I get used to them and still struggle to do things in them.

I don't want a 'large' world but decent size ones to explore like the HUBs usually are, but maybe a tad bigger or same size.

Like to me De Blob was a fine game but didn't do it for me at times due to the core being pretty simple and repetitive. It did change some stuff up but wasn't a strong core to me.

Splatoon 2's grapple is a lot of who cares it's a grapple to oh they used this so well I loved 2's story mode.

So to me I can see reason in this game as Splatoon's core mechanics to reload, stealth and jump is great but it can be used so many ways for puzzles/exploration. There is a reason i could separate how Foamstars was/could have been for modes and how Splatoon is for it's strong singleplayer/multiplayer side.

I didn't care for BOTW/TOTK but I did their use of items like any Zelda does for the dungeons, shrines or even if pointless junk in chests how to get the chests was always fun like any 3D platformer was when done right. As in like Banjo/Spyro types not the pathetic Indie ones that don't match their quality (even if are inspired clones they don't meet that level of game design ideas).

So I am half on Splatoon Raiders, half not here. Depends HOW they handle it.

I don't own Splatoon 3 yet so I'll think about Raiders but still get 3 when I see the price as reasonable like I did 2 pre-owned.

Splatoon 2 and 3 are great games but I'm more into single player so this game could be right up my alley even if it is a spinoff. Definitely looking forward to getting more info.

I reckon a Splatoon RPG could be good.

I love this news. Part of me is like 'Do Animal Crossing with a sudden update next!' while part of me just wants an all new Animal Crossing from ground up. I wants it all!

Looks pretty good, music sounds like early Monkey Ball (nice).