{"id":126894,"date":"2022-08-01T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-135319"},"modified":"2022-08-01T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T17:30:00","slug":"random-people-are-getting-pretty-worried-about-splatoon-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/08\/01\/random-people-are-getting-pretty-worried-about-splatoon-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Random: People Are Getting Pretty Worried About Splatoon 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e666a489e59b\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e666a489e59b\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e666a489e59b\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/8e666a489e59b\/splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a> is just a handful of weeks away from launch, with the sequel heading to the Switch on September 9th. Despite the fact that Nintendo has been drip-feeding bits of news here and there on Twitter, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/06\/splatoon-3-premieres-new-off-the-hook-track-and-its-a-banger\">new songs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/nintendos-squid-research-lab-shows-off-some-more-splatoon-3-weapons\">gear reveals<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/07\/splatoon-3-introduces-new-multiplayer-map-mincemeat-metalworks\">new multiplayer maps<\/a>, there&#8217;s a distinct feeling amongst the community that the marketing around the game has been a bit lacklustre.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no surprise, either. The launch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_3\">Xenoblade Chronicles 3<\/a> has understandably taken up a lot of Nintendo&#8217;s time over the past few weeks, with the company bombarding fans with new trailers, gameplay footage, interviews, and more. Now that the game is out, though, can we expect Nintendo to shift its focus over to Splatoon 3? Well, yes, <em>theoretically<\/em>. That hasn&#8217;t stopped some fans from getting quite worried, though, particularly in the wake of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/08\/pokemon-presents-will-feature-new-scarlet-and-violet-info-later-this-week\">Pok\u00e9mon Presents<\/a> being announced for later this week (though we fully acknowledge that this is more of a Pok\u00e9mon Company event rather than a Nintendo one):<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Splatoon 3 fans: Hey so Splatoon 3 is Nintendo&#8217;s next big release in about a month. Perhaps they&#8217;ll release something relating to it like they did with Xenoblade-<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo: No here&#8217;s a 30 minute direct coming out in two days about a game that releases in November 3 months away<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 viper (@dokocore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dokocore\/status\/1554094918905303042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Indeed, although we&#8217;ve seen plenty from the game already, there&#8217;s a general consensus from fans that Nintendo has yet to demonstrate exactly what sets Splatoon 3 apart from the previous two games, and they&#8217;re wanting more:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m hyped for Pokemon Scarlett &amp; Violet, but I don\u2019t really need to know more right now. Splatoon 3 comes out in about 5 weeks and I feel like we don\u2019t know enough at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>I praised Nintendo for the Splatoon 3 Twitter news drops, but the last month hasn\u2019t really had<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Snorth (@Snorth93) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snorth93\/status\/1554094801267597312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Some people are even worried that Nintendo has forgotten about Splatoon 3 entirely (which is, of course, slightly overkill):<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yeah I&#8217;m happy for Pokemon, but seriously Nintendo? Did you forget about Splatoon 3?!<\/span>\u2014 SplatDroid (@SplatDroid) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SplatDroid\/status\/1554092130255134722?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Finally, YouTuber <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ArloStuff\">Arlo<\/a> has posted a video in which he expresses his concern around Splatoon 3 and the apparent lack of reveals from Nintendo, stating that the game is essentially &#8220;Splatoon&#8230; again&#8221;. While this might be enough for a lot of fans, there are also many others who are eagerly searching for a reason to splash their hard earned cash on a new Splatoon entry. Hopefully, Nintendo will share some substantial details in the coming days and weeks.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"YBBvNjE4Gsk\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>What do you think of the concerns surrounding Splatoon 3? Has Nintendo done enough to convince you of its validity? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Splatoon 3 is just a handful of weeks away from launch, with the sequel heading to the Switch on September 9th. Despite the fact that Nintendo has been drip-feeding bits of news here and there on Twitter, including new songs, gear reveals, and new multiplayer maps, there&#8217;s a distinct feeling amongst the community [&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-126894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126894","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=126894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126894\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}