{"id":117113,"date":"2020-08-24T03:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/team_chicken_rules_the_roost_in_splatoon_2s_splatfest"},"modified":"2020-08-24T03:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T03:15:00","slug":"team-chicken-rules-the-roost-in-splatoon-2s-splatfest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/08\/24\/team-chicken-rules-the-roost-in-splatoon-2s-splatfest\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Chicken Rules The Roost In Splatoon 2&#8217;s Splatfest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b330a135315d\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b330a135315d\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/2b330a135315d\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update (Mon 24th Aug, 2020 04:15 BST):<\/strong> Nintendo&#8217;s Chicken vs. Egg contest has officially come to close and it seems the chicken came first! It had a 2-1 victory over Team Egg. Here&#8217;s the full breakdown courtesy of the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1297695812919554050\">Nintendo Versus Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The #Splatoon2 #Splatfest results are in, and #TeamChicken rules the roost with a 2-1 win! Thanks to everyone who helped solve this age old question, and be sure to claim your Super Sea Snails in Inkopolis Square!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original article (Sat 22nd Aug, 2020 06:55 BST):<\/strong> Nintendo apparently held its &#8220;final&#8221; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> Splatfest last July (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/07\/pearl_and_team_chaos_win_the_final_splatoon_2_splatfest\">Pearl won, by the way<\/a>) and ended major support for the game. Despite this, it has continued to roll out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/08\/splatoon_2_version_5_3_0_update_patch_notes\">minor updates<\/a> and in recent times has been hosting additional Splatfests.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend, as you might recall, is the all-time classic: Chicken vs. Egg. So pick a side in Inkopolis Square and join the battle.<\/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 Splatoon 2 Splatfest this weekend!<\/p>\n<p>Join the action this Friday from 11pm (UK time). <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/936CU1BgTq\">pic.twitter.com\/936CU1BgTq<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo UK VS (@NintendoUKVS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoUKVS\/status\/1295286113490407424?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 17, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The original Chicken vs. Egg Splatfest was held in 2018 and Chicken took out the victory with a 2 &#8211; 1 win. It was also apparently the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/splatoonwiki.org\/wiki\/List_of_Splatfests_in_Splatoon_2\">first time a &#8220;solid white&#8221; colour<\/a> was used in the game (no, mayo doesn&#8217;t count).<\/p>\n<p>When we find out the results of this latest Chicken vs. Egg battle later this weekend, we&#8217;ll update this post. In the meantime, tell us in the comments and poll which side you&#8217;re fighting for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update (Mon 24th Aug, 2020 04:15 BST): Nintendo&#8217;s Chicken vs. Egg contest has officially come to close and it seems the chicken came first! It had a 2-1 victory over Team Egg. Here&#8217;s the full breakdown courtesy of the Nintendo Versus Twitter: The #Splatoon2 #Splatfest results are in, and #TeamChicken rules the roost with a [&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-117113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117113","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=117113"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117113\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}