Splatoon 2 is dying

People always talk about how Splatoon 2 is soooooo much better than Splatoon 3, but the truth is that its becoming less and less playable each month

#splatoon #splatoon2

[KnoxForReals]

What saddens me is that this could be splat3 in a few years

[Olavi_VLIi]

I still play Splatoon 2 once in a while and here’s what I notice:

- Ranked in just inaccessible
- Turf War matchmaking is… weird
- Every player is either a smurf, a person who refused to buy Splatoon 3 (or can’t buy it), a completely new player who thought they should buy 2 before 3, or someone who is level 55 and uses default gear and a Roller, only playing Turf War and not knowing about any other stuff like the Story Mode, the shops and other stuff like Salmon Run 😭 (I’ve encountered those people so many times I can’t tell you)
- Salmon Run is surprisingly active?
- Everyone still only uses Missiles and Sting Ray and such… even in Turf War

So yeah, the game is dead.

[franckcrdraws]

You gotta admit Splatoon 2 was fun while it lasted.

[ErykRoll]

Bruh i’m gonna cry, i did so many friends back in the golden age of splatoon 2 😭🙏🏻

[fatyoshi]

Splatoon 1 is more populated than Splatoon 2 at this point, and it doesn't even have official server support anymore, there's more people with modded Wii Us than there is Splatoon 2 players

[charfieldmoment]

my friend and i have been tempted to make a splatoon 2 discord, so people can find other splatoon 2 players and play together. i'm a huge fan of splatoon 2, its my favorite game from the splatoon series, so its super sad to see it so dead

[stijn.yeoystarz]

I get incredibly nostalgic for Splatoon 2 so i return to it very often! Seeing it so empty is just WILD! I hope that somehow people will come back to it so we can keep this game alive!

[goatedmenta]

i forgot moray towers’ mini map looked like that😭

[thefitnessboii]

Even though thus may look exaggerated, this is killing me inside. Shortly after summer started, I found my Nintendo Switch afyer two years of not remembering where I left it. First thing I did after it charged, I opened Splatoon 2 and I played every single level of the normal walkthrough and of the Octo Expansion. I also beat every single boss, Commander Tartar and Inner Agent 3. While doing it, I felt an extremely big amount of nostalgia. Now, I play Splatoon 2 in my Nintendo Switch almost every day, and even though the R button for throwing bombs is broken and the up and down joystick moves on iself, I try to enjoy most of it. Every time I play it, I remember how a younger me, a 10 years old kid, would drop his schoolbag to the floor once he was home and he would start playing it too. I really loved the game: it was, by far, my most favourite game. I try to remember how I felt the first time I beat every level and boss. I remember how hyping and enjoyable Splatfests were and their special game scenarios got me crazy with their new mechanics. I remember how Calamari Inkantation and Fly Octo Fly made me vibe and sing some invented gibberish like if I was on a discotheque. I remember how I would always complete the final stage of Octo Expansion because of how much I loved it, it was my favourite part of the game. I remember how excrutiating and hard was to beat Inner Agent 3 (that thing was terribly hard to beat for first time, it really made me lose my mind). I remember that kid who wanted all that lore, excitement, suspense, love, characters and scenarios to be real and not just a fantasy in a videogame. I also remember how an even younger me, maybe 7 years old, played Splatoon 1 in his Nintendo Wii. All I can remember from it is a small kid who enjoyed the soundtrack of the game and just playing it ignoring the lore, all he wanted was playing and dancing. I look for my Nintendo Wii every day, hoping it still works amd that I find it before Nintendo completely unables playing even the normal walkthrough. Back to Splatoon 2, every time I play it, I do feel happy, comforted and nostalgic, but there is another side of me who wants to be a kid again, who wants to be able to play Splatoon the whole day without anyone to say anything to him or any responsibilities to bear, who wants to have another oportunity to play the whole day like there was no tomorrow, who wants to feel again for first time how it was to play each new level, beating each new boss, explore how the lore advanced, and see Commander Tartar growling on the floor defeated, who wants to play every single Splatfest there was like if it was the last Splatfest, who wants to play Turf Wars, Golden Fish touraments or do Mr Grizz work shifts... There is a side of me who just wants to be a kid again and play Splatoon 2 like it was the best thing to do (it would've actually been). I've recently heard there will even be a Splatoon 4 in a Nintendo Switch 2, when I didn't even play Splatoon 3. I will most likely never play any of them because of economic situation. Anyways, if I ever reached to play Splatoon 3 or even more luckily Splatoon 4, yes, I would enjoy it because Splatoon franchise is actually very good and enjoyable to play, but I would still want to make myself younger and play it like if I was a kid. No responsibilities, no studying, no social pressure and a practically infinite amount of free time, and the unawareness of how the world actually works and that time will pass and you will someday stop being a kid, would've made the gameplay expirience thousands of times better. Not only knowing I will most likely never see the real end of the lore, but also knowing that Splatoon 2, the one that was my one most favourite videogame ever, the one that literally marked my childhood, is now dying and falling into oblivion, making the possibility of doing the most affordable thing, buying a one month subscription to Nintendo Switch Online for at least playing a Turf War or doing a Mr Grizz work shift one more time, vanish and leave me eith the illusion, makes me feel really sad in the bottom of my soul, and is a really difficult situation to face. If you read until here, you might feel the same I do, and you can tell it is really hard to accept. Anyways, thank you for reading until here. Pray so that we can someday get rid of our responsibilities and nowadays society and we can feel and play like kids again. Big thanks everyone ❤️

[SplatSkill]

It's very sad to see that the game that many people including myself that introduced us to the splatoon series is dying

[RyneMcKinney]

When Splatoon 3 is done with grand fest people are gonna come back to splat 2 for nostalgia

[boombox]

I’m gunna miss 2 especially the final boss in story mode that was probably one of the best outfits Nintendo ever made for Callie hands down

[strawberrymilk]

The 2 people still playing Clam Blitz in Splatoon 2 have another level of dedication

[nickelcerium]

bro when i try to get into a salmon run match, about 40% of matches i get are solo 😭

[ItIsToadTime]

Can't believe it's 7 years old now crazy, can't believe its actually dead I revisit it monthly like I used to 1 😢 (i can't even play ranked)

[adriann]

LOOOOL THIS IS SO FUNNY
But truth is that Splatoon 2 is still in that limbo phase of the cultural zeitgeist
I.E. it's not new enough to be fresh yet it's also not old enough to be nostalgic.

[mundomateusbrine]

The feeling of fighting salmonids for 3 waves all by myself is just Pure void. I wish i could play earlier Splatoon 2 to see its beauty that i could only see in Gameplay and videoclips back in 2020.

[karelissomoved]

dont worry. After 3 stops getting content updtates many peoply will go back to 2 regularly

[keynanmartinez]

Well at least we had great times playing Splatoon 2.

[Luxius_]

As a charger I do NOT want to experience ink armor again