{"id":116822,"date":"2020-08-17T08:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/reminder_splatoon_2s_next_bonus_splatfest_takes_place_this_weekend_with_more_on_the_way"},"modified":"2020-08-17T08:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T08:45:00","slug":"reminder-splatoon-2s-next-bonus-splatfest-takes-place-this-weekend-with-more-on-the-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/17\/reminder-splatoon-2s-next-bonus-splatfest-takes-place-this-weekend-with-more-on-the-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Reminder: Splatoon 2&#8217;s Next Bonus Splatfest Takes Place This Weekend, With More On The Way"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f64b99ba8015b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f64b99ba8015b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Splatfest\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f64b99ba8015b\/splatfest.original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/f64b99ba8015b\/splatfest.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"450\" alt=\"Splatfest\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update (Mon 17th Aug, 2020 09:45 BST):<\/strong> Last month, Nintendo announced that a second bonus Splatfest was on the way to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a>, with even more of the things planned to take place before the end of March 2021. As a quick reminder, the first of these is taking place this weekend &#8211; make sure to choose your side and train up for the big day.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udce2 Splatfest reminder! <\/p>\n<p>Team Egg will be scrambling to stop Team Chicken from ruling the roost once more in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatoon2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Splatoon2<\/a> Splatfest this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Join the action this Saturday from 00:00 CEST. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RCjuGiUwwd\">pic.twitter.com\/RCjuGiUwwd<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1295269202178310145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original Article (Tue 21st Jul, 2020 13:45 BST):<\/strong> Remember when Nintendo told us that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> had held its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/pearl_and_team_chaos_win_the_final_splatoon_2_splatfest\">final Splatfest last July<\/a>? Yeah, <em>liars<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Today, Nintendo has announced a second bonus Splatfest, set to take place next month. It follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/05\/team_ketchup_wins_splatoon_2s_bonus_one-off_splatfest\">Team Mayo vs Team Ketchup match from May<\/a>, bringing back another classic Splatfest topic from days gone by: Chicken vs Egg.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re taking another crack at the classic conundrum of which came first: the chicken or the egg? \ud83d\udc14 \ud83e\udd5a<\/p>\n<p>Get ready to pick a side when this 48-hour Splatoon 2 Splatfest begins 21\/08 at 11pm (UK time)! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GcYGjpOafy\">pic.twitter.com\/GcYGjpOafy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo UK VS (@NintendoUKVS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoUKVS\/status\/1285545331262922752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It&#8217;s all kicking off on 21st August &#8211; so you&#8217;ve got a whole month to prepare &#8211; and will last for the usual 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, though, there&#8217;s even more Splatoon goodness on the horizon. Nintendo has also revealed that two more bonus Splatfests will take place in the game &#8220;before the end of March 2021&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Will you be diving into this returning Splatfest? Which team will you be siding with? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (Mon 17th Aug, 2020 09:45 BST): Last month, Nintendo announced that a second bonus Splatfest was on the way to Splatoon 2, with even more of the things planned to take place before the end of March 2021. As a quick reminder, the first of these is taking place this weekend &#8211; make sure [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}