{"id":135288,"date":"2025-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195601"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:00:00","slug":"splatoon-3s-annual-in-game-event-frosty-fest-returns-early-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2025\/12\/20\/splatoon-3s-annual-in-game-event-frosty-fest-returns-early-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 3&#8217;s Annual In-Game Event Frosty Fest Returns Early Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/43c81ebae3f76\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/43c81ebae3f76\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"43c81ebae3f76\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3 - Frosty Fest\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/43c81ebae3f76\/splatoon-3-frosty-fest.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/43c81ebae3f76\/splatoon-3-frosty-fest.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Splatoon 3 - Frosty Fest\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Although Nintendo ended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2024\/09\/its-official-splatoon-3s-regular-updates-are-coming-to-an-end\">regular updates<\/a>&#8221; some time ago now, it&#8217;s been revived this year with the release of a free Switch 2 update and some major game patches.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as 2025 comes to a close, the return of Frosty Fest has been announced. This time the question is: &#8220;Who do you spend the holidays with?&#8221; Is it with your friends, family or solo?<\/p>\n<p>This in-game event will kick off early next year on <strong>9th January 2026<\/strong> and runs until <strong>11th January 2026<\/strong>. Here&#8217;s the official announcement:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/splatoonna\/status\/2002130245759963609 @ 2025-12-19T23:42:29+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We here at SRL can see our breath, which means there&#8217;s a good chance a Frosty Fest is coming up!<\/p>\n<p>This time the questions is: Who do you spend the holidays with? Friends, Family, or Solo?<\/p>\n<p>The Frosty Fest in-game event takes place from Jan 9 at 4pm PT to Jan 11 at 4pm PT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DpLAKcEnly\">pic.twitter.com\/DpLAKcEnly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Splatoon North America (@SplatoonNA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SplatoonNA\/status\/2002130245759963609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In case you missed it, the free Switch 2 update for Splatoon 3 (which launched a week after the Switch 2 in June) includes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/06\/video-heres-how-splatoon-3-on-switch-2-improves-visuals-and-performance\">bump in resolution and frame rate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nintendo also announced a new Splatoon spin-off known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a>. This game will be arriving exclusively on the Switch 2 in 2026.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"cj9BgGkA2W8\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cj9BgGkA2W8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:183718,183717,183800 @ 1766196154 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Have you spent much time with Splatoon 3 this year? Will you be participating in the upcoming Frosty Fest? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Although Nintendo ended Splatoon 3&#8216;s &#8220;regular updates&#8221; some time ago now, it&#8217;s been revived this year with the release of a free Switch 2 update and some major game patches. Now, as 2025 comes to a close, the return of Frosty Fest has been announced. 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