{"id":12737,"date":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/whatsnew\/detail\/yJ8H2-KAGAjkGT0L3JQOuSSV5g0f0EBY"},"modified":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"splatoon-2-starter-edition-launches-march-16-pearl-and-marina-off-the-hook-amiibo-coming-later-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/02\/12\/splatoon-2-starter-edition-launches-march-16-pearl-and-marina-off-the-hook-amiibo-coming-later-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 2 Starter Edition launches March 16; Pearl and Marina &#8220;Off the Hook&#8221; amiibo coming later this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"row\">\n<\/section>\n<h2 class=\"h4\">Splatoon 2 Starter Edition launches March 16; Pearl and Marina &#8220;Off the Hook&#8221; amiibo coming later this year<\/h2>\n<p>Fans who don\u2019t yet own the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/splatoon.nintendo.com\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/em> game are in for a splat-acular treat. On March 16, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/splatoon-2-starter-edition-switch\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/games\/detail\/splatoon-2-starter-edition-switch\">Starter Edition<\/a> will launch in stores. The special bundle of the hit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/switch\/\">Nintendo Switch<\/a> game includes the full game, a 100-page <em>Splatoon 2<\/em> strategy guide to equip you with skills to climb the competitive ranks and two sheets of <em>Splatoon<\/em> stickers, all at a suggested retail price of only $59.99. That\u2019s the same price as the stand-alone game, so this new Starter Edition adds even more value.<\/p>\n<p><em>Splatoon 2<\/em> launched exclusively for Nintendo Switch last summer and, so far, has sold more than 4.9 million units worldwide. The action-filled game pits teams of Inklings against each other in a variety of fun and messy modes. Since launch, Nintendo has consistently rolled out new content for the game, including recurring fan-favorite competitions called Splatfests, a new battle mode, as well as new gear and stages, like the just-announced Dark Tetra Dualies weapon and basketball-arena-themed Goby Arena stage.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to this amaz-<em>ink<\/em> news, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/amiibo\/detail\/pearl-amiibo-splatoon-series\">Pearl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/amiibo\/detail\/marina-amiibo-splatoon-series\">Marina<\/a>, two of the most popular new characters in <em>Splatoon 2<\/em>, are getting their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/amiibo\">amiibo<\/a> figures. This talented duo forms the group \u201cOff the Hook,\u201d and has been burning up the Inkling music charts. Fans love them for their unique futuristic sound, but they\u2019re also making quite the name for themselves as the broadcasters of Inkopolis News and Splatfest events! The amiibo figures will launch in stores exclusively as part of a 2-pack set later this year.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about <em>Splatoon 2<\/em>, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/splatoon.nintendo.com\">https:\/\/splatoon.nintendo.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Game Rated:<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgamedev.win\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/splatoon-2-starter-edition-launches-march-16-pearl-and-marina-off-the-hook-amiibo-coming-later-this-year.jpg\" \/><br \/>Cartoon Violence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splatoon 2 Starter Edition launches March 16; Pearl and Marina &#8220;Off the Hook&#8221; amiibo coming later this year Fans who don\u2019t yet own the Splatoon 2 game are in for a splat-acular treat. On March 16, the Splatoon 2 Starter Edition will launch in stores. The special bundle of the hit Nintendo Switch game includes [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12737","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-releases","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12737\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}