One fan noticed that a weapon that was banned within the world of Splatoon 2 for being too devastating has made an appearance in the sequel. Some fans are digging even deeper into the short teaser trailer to find more evidence of the Splatfest’s effects. Now, there's a vast desert and upside-down Eiffel Tower in Splatoon 3 (some players have even theorized that the Squid Sisters are responsible for the latter based on an old Nintendo tweet). Players wanted Chaos, and that’s exactly what they got. Splatoon 3’s setting and tone seems like a direct result of the Splatfest conclusion, as promised. The rule states that the outcome of the Splatfest would take place in Inkopolis.Ĭhaos won. Prior to the event, Pearl (one half of the in-game’s news team) announced that she was invoking “Article 4” of Splatfest Law (yes, this is real). It turns out that the stakes were even higher than players could have imagined, though there was fair warning. At the time, it seemed like a fairly standard in-game event with a more existential twist that went far beyond Ketchup vs. Back in July 2019, the game posed one last question to fans: Chaos or Order? All participants chose a side and fought for supremacy. Let’s rewind the clocks back to Splatoon 2’s final Splatfest, the game’s recurring multiplayer event where players pick a side in a debate and battle to earn points for their pick. That’s because they’re the ones who are directly responsible for this disaster.īut first: How did gaming get you through the pandemic? We want to hear from you! Take this quick Inverse survey. While it may seem shocking, diehard fans saw all of this coming from a mile away. The colorful ink is still there, but multiplayer arenas are surrounded by dry deserts with decaying architecture strewn about. A new trailer for the multiplayer shooter showed off a surprisingly dark game that’s set in a Mad Max-style wasteland.įor casual fans, the new setting may seem like a drastic change of pace from Splatoon 2’s bustling city streets. The biggest surprise from Nintendo’s February Direct was that Splatoon 3 is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2022.