Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch Review - Is It Worth It?

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[richparkinson]

Or those of us who have put 1, 500 hours into Splatoon 2, it was a day 1 preorder... So excited for this one. This is like Borderlands 2 release level for me.

[ghd]

I think one of the best parts for me is that this is just the game at launch. The game to me already looks phenomenal but on top of that there will be 2 years of updates and even DLC for this game as they confirmed. Splatoon 2 had a bit of an evolution during it's own update cycle which lasted one year (Until they decided that just wasn't enough) So the fact that it's successor that's already so much better might have the privilege of having even more content being built on top of what it already has makes me excited for the future of the game.

[EduFirenze]

Skipping the news is worth paying full price alone

[DesignDoc]

Game seems like a fantastic refinement, the one thing I wish they did though was change the sky boxes in the Salmon run maps. I'm honestly sick of the bleak twilight look of all those maps. Was hoping for more visual variety there.

[KingK]

I’m seeing some people in Europe getting it early. Please Amazon don’t fail me now

[Socioromanticism]

10:47 That's worth the review for me.

I loved, loved, *loved* Splatoon, so I rushed to get the Splatoon Switch from Walmart here in the States. But I never got hooked on it like I did the first game for whatever reason.

So I'm actually a person who likes Splatoon a lot but didn't play the sequel quite as much.

I think between the refinements and the bolstered single-player (because being a hindrance to my team makes me anxious), it might be worth the $60 again.

[ChopstickU]

I bought Splatoon 2 to play with my young kids, and was disappointed to see that we were mostly playing on opposing teams whenever we partied up. I'm very happy to hear that we'll be able to play on the same team, now! Will we be able to party up and do Salmon Run or the other story content together as well?

[young_ricky]

Was thinking about what they could have added as a Salmon Run-esque mechanic for this one—could be cool for them to add a streetwear designer/influencer mechanic where you could collab with different brands and compete in their gear (with random/dull stats) to build hype around specific items, netting you extra cash AND chunks to design your OWN pieces with stats you get to choose. Maybe you could even recruit recent players as influencers for your own brand to build hype and strengthen stats even more. Could turn the annoying grind for perfect gear into something more mission-based and social!

[MegaManNeo]

I spend the entire Saturday playing the Splatfest demo.
Really can't wait for Friday, will pick up the game as soon as our nearby stores open.
No Splatoon 3 & Knuckles joke tho? I'm a little sad.

[FortWorthRaised]

I pre-installed this last night. Can’t wait to play it. My wife liked Splatoon 2 so much that I had to get her a separate Switch when it came out so I could use my own 😂

[Dustbowl]

I maybe played 50 hours of Splatoon 2, and abandoned it because the only mode I loved was Salmon run, and it felt terrible never being able to play it. 24/7 Salmon run was all I needed!

[kaiyoszn]

I picked up splatoon 2 last year and it honestly felt kind of “ dead”, yes, I could always find a lobby but everyone was level 100 plus and I was playing against the same players over and over again sometimes, also I missed all the splatfests and special events, I did enjoyed the Octo Expansion so I’m picking up this today thanks to the review!!!

[lgndrylucas]

I think the reason why Splatoon 3 doesn’t have a big “hook” yet, is because instead of scrapping out ranked modes and making new ones, or scrapping salmon run and making a new horde mode, they refined the game. Could the game be as polished and refined as it is if the devs had spent most of their time making brand new hooks? Unless they spent another year developing the game, I don’t think so. So sure, there’s no big ‘hook’ yet, but I doubt the game could be as polished and refined as it is if the devs had mostly focused on big hooks. Also remember that we’re getting updates and dlc! The dlc, plus additional ranked modes through updates (like clam blitz in S2), along with million of tiny additions through updates will eventually give the game a “hook”, in my opinion.

[cartermyler]

Loved this review, I agree 100% on everything you said. I also really wish it had one big new idea/ ranked battle (like salmon run for 2)but who knows maybe they’ll add it later.

[Mark_of_Tread]

“You can skip the map updates”

I need no further notes we can shut the rest of review down and hook the Ink IV directly into my veins.

[hanasakiran]

It looks great! I was just hoping to be about to play with 2 players whilst online. I’d love local multiplayer but I know that kind of defeats the point 😂

[teneesh]

I'm hoping they add a new control scheme called flick stick as an option. With how you can't look up or down with gyro aiming turned on, flick stick would be the next evolution of it. Cause otherwise, I really hate how you can't look up or down with gyro aiming turned on.

At least that's what I'm assuming considering 2 was like that

[JayKeating-kjjp]

I was very late to splatoon 2 and I did enjoy but so many little things made me stop playing, I wasn’t really expecting much from 3 but honestly this looks like so a polished game, very excited for it.

[MjekuMati]

It almost solved every thing. The one thing I want is to be able to select 3-4 load outs and change them between splats. In case I get matched with or against a team where I wish I had something else. THAT would be a large upgrade from splatoon 2. You know, or maybe just let me play as Judd.

[janpawedwa]

How could you not mention the music?! THE MUSIC IS SO GOOD IN THIS!