{"id":128246,"date":"2022-09-21T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-138072"},"modified":"2022-09-21T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T17:30:00","slug":"psa-theres-a-bug-in-splatoon-3-that-may-affect-splatfest-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/09\/21\/psa-theres-a-bug-in-splatoon-3-that-may-affect-splatfest-results\/","title":{"rendered":"PSA: There&#8217;s A Bug In Splatoon 3 That May Affect Splatfest Results"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b60c18f032785\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b60c18f032785\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3 Sea Urchin Phone\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b60c18f032785\/splatoon-3-sea-urchin-phone.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b60c18f032785\/splatoon-3-sea-urchin-phone.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splatoon 3 Sea Urchin Phone\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aiuIZN0KDFQ\">Nintendo<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has reported that a bug has been found in Splatoon 3, and it might cause votes to not count towards this weekend&#8217;s Splatfest results.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing the details on Twitter, the Big N says that some players have found that conch shell&#8217;s that they&#8217;ve picked up before voting for their Splatfest team \u2014 which is either Gear, Grub, or Fun \u2014 might disappear. If they do, this means the player&#8217;s vote may not count.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Nintendo is recommending players vote before collecting conch shells. Here&#8217;s the company&#8217;s message:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;A bug has been found in #Splatoon3 in which conch shells obtained before voting may disappear and will not count towards the Splatfest results.<\/p>\n<p>To avoid this issue, we recommend players vote in the Splatfest before collecting conch shells. We apologise for the inconvenience. This bug will be fixed in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To avoid this issue, we recommend players vote in the Splatfest before collecting conch shells. We apologise for the inconvenience. This bug will be fixed in the future. [2\/2]<\/span>\u2014 Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoUK\/status\/1572616894603227136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Conch shells can be earned during the Splatfest Sneak Peek, which takes place in the days before the next Splatfest. There doesn&#8217;t appear to be any issues with collecting conch shells after you&#8217;ve voted for your team, so just run to that board and pick your side!<\/p>\n<p>This weekend&#8217;s splatfest kicks off at <strong>5pm PT on Friday 23rd September<\/strong> in North America, <strong>Saturday 24th September from 2am BST<\/strong> in Europe, and <strong>1am AEST on Saturday 24th September in Australia<\/strong>. The second half of the event will start 24 hours after the action commences. It&#8217;s a weekend bonanza!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll let you know when Nintendo manages to fix the bug, but for now, ignore those conch shells until you&#8217;ve voted!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"P-xkS-csYhE\">[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>Have you experienced this bug in Splatoon 3? We&#8217;ve got an inkling that you&#8217;ll let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Nintendo has reported that a bug has been found in Splatoon 3, and it might cause votes to not count towards this weekend&#8217;s Splatfest results. Sharing the details on Twitter, the Big N says that some players have found that conch shell&#8217;s that they&#8217;ve picked up before voting for their Splatfest team \u2014 [&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-128246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128246","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=128246"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128246\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}