Splatoon 3

Splatoon 3
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD[a]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
  • Seita Inoue
  • Shintaro Sato
Producer(s)Hisashi Nogami
Designer(s)
  • Yoshiteru Fukuda
  • Kenji Matsumoto
  • Yoshihiko Ito
Programmer(s)
  • Soichi Nakajima
  • Seiichi Yamaguchi
  • Toshikazu Kiuchi
Artist(s)Seita Inoue
Composer(s)
  • Toru Minegishi
  • Shiho Fujii
  • Ryo Nagamatsu
  • Toshiyuki Sudo
  • Yumi Takahashi
  • Sayako Doi
SeriesSplatoon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
Release9 September 2022[1]
Genre(s)Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Splatoon 3[b] is a 2022 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the third game in the Splatoon series following Splatoon 2. Like its predecessors in the Splatoon series, the game consists of online multiplayer (player versus player and player versus environment) alongside a single-player campaign, both featuring combat based around ink-firing weapons.

The game was first revealed in a teaser trailer on 17 February 2021 and was subsequently released on 9 September 2022. The game received generally favorable reviews, with praise for its additional maps, single player campaign, customization options, and gameplay mechanics, but criticism for its matchmaking and disconnection issues and lack of new content. As of 31 March 2024, Splatoon 3 has sold 11.96 million copies worldwide (2.64 copies in the first week alone), making it the fastest-selling game in the franchise and one of the best-selling Switch games.[5]

  1. ^ "Splatoon™ 3 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site". Nintendo. Archived from the original on 10 January 2023. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ Wood, Rhys (12 September 2022). "Xenoblade Chronicles 3 creator boosted Splatoon 3 during development". TechRadar. Archived from the original on 14 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. ^ Doolan, Liam (11 September 2022). "Xenoblade Chronicles Studio Monolith Soft Helped Out With Splatoon 3". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  4. ^ Nintendo EPD (25 February 2023). Splatoon 3. Scene: staff credits.
  5. ^ "Financial Results Explanatory Material Fiscal Year Ended March 2024" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.


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