{"id":135495,"date":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-195801"},"modified":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","slug":"splatoon-3-has-now-been-rated-for-the-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/01\/02\/splatoon-3-has-now-been-rated-for-the-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 3 Has Now Been Rated For The Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fa1930c704d86\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fa1930c704d86\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"fa1930c704d86\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fa1930c704d86\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fa1930c704d86\/splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this week, a Nintendo Switch 2 rating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pikmin_3_deluxe\">Pikmin 3 Deluxe<\/a> was spotted on the European age rating board PEGI.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in another development, a Switch 2 version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a> has been spotted on the same website (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/12\/splatoon-3-rated-for-switch-2-in-europe\">thanks for the heads up, Gematsu<\/a>). The difference here is Splatoon 3 already received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/06\/video-heres-how-splatoon-3-on-switch-2-improves-visuals-and-performance\">a free Switch 2 update in June<\/a>, enhancing the game&#8217;s resolution and frame rate.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below, the Switch 2 version was added on 31st December 2025. It joins the existing Switch version filed by &#8216;Nintendo of Europe SE&#8217;.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"0c8343afc7070\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0c8343afc7070\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0c8343afc7070\/splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"456\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Splatoon 3 originally launched on the Switch in 2022, and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/09\/splatoon-3-version-10-1-0-now-live-for-switch-and-switch-2-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\">most recent update was in September 2025<\/a>. Nintendo is also currently working on a new spin-off title known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a>. This game will be a single-player story-focused experience, launching exclusively for the Switch 2.<\/p>\n<p>If we hear any significant developments regarding this Switch 2 rating for Splatoon 3, we&#8217;ll provide an update.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch-2\/related-articles:195742,183813,195601 @ 1767341158 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Earlier this week, a Nintendo Switch 2 rating for Pikmin 3 Deluxe was spotted on the European age rating board PEGI. Now, in another development, a Switch 2 version of Splatoon 3 has been spotted on the same website (thanks for the heads up, Gematsu). The difference here is Splatoon 3 already received [&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-135495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135495","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=135495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}