Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD[a]
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
  • Yusuke Amano[2]
  • Seita Inoue[2]
  • Shintaro Sato[2]
Producer(s)Hisashi Nogami[2]
Designer(s)
  • Jordan Amaro
  • Koji Kitagawa
  • Terumasa Kato[3]
Programmer(s)
  • Shintaro Sato
  • Keita Tsutsui
  • Shinya Nakagawa
  • Yosuke Morimoto[4]
  • Takuya Kobayashi[5]
  • Kazuhide Ueda[6]
Artist(s)
  • Seita Inoue
  • Keisuke Nishimori
  • Takahisa Ikejiri
  • Kotomi Jin[7]
  • Mariko Tachibana[8]
  • Yuki Hamada[9]
Composer(s)
SeriesSplatoon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseJuly 21, 2017
Genre(s)Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Splatoon 2[b] is a 2017 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 21, 2017, as a direct sequel to Splatoon. As with the previous installment, Splatoon 2 consists of online multiplayer (player versus player and player versus environment) alongside a single-player campaign, all featuring combat based around ink. An expansion pack for the single-player mode titled Octo Expansion was subsequently released as downloadable content (DLC) on June 16, 2018.

The game received generally positive reviews upon release, with critics stating that Splatoon 2 retained what was great about its predecessor while adding new features to keep the game fresh, while criticizing the game's online matchmaking and how its voice chat is restricted to the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app.

As of December 31, 2022, Splatoon 2 had sold over 13.6 million copies worldwide, selling more than twice as many as its predecessor and making it one of the best-selling Switch games. A sequel, Splatoon 3, was released on the Nintendo Switch on September 9, 2022.

  1. ^ "Supported the development of "Splatoon2" for Nintendo Switch (TM). | News | TOSE CO., LTD". www.tose.co.jp. Archived from the original on August 17, 2024. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e Famitsu interview 21 July 2018 Archived December 1, 2022, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  3. ^ 2020 interview with Terumasa Kato Archived August 17, 2024, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  4. ^ 2019 interview with Yosuke Morimoto Archived October 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  5. ^ 2019 interview with Takuya Kobayashi Archived October 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  6. ^ 2019 Interview with Kazuhide Ueda Archived October 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  7. ^ 2019 interview with Kotomi Jin Archived August 17, 2024, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  8. ^ 2016 interview with Mariko Tachibana Archived October 23, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  9. ^ 2019 interview with Yuki Hamada Archived August 17, 2024, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
  10. ^ a b c Famitsu interview 22 July 2018 Archived October 1, 2021, at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)


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