{"id":136520,"date":"2026-03-19T13:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-198860"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:15:00","slug":"splatoon-3s-spring-splatfest-returns-next-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/03\/19\/splatoon-3s-spring-splatfest-returns-next-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 3&#8217;s Spring Splatfest Returns Next Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/374bad5f4767c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/374bad5f4767c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"374bad5f4767c\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/374bad5f4767c\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/374bad5f4767c\/splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\">Splatoon 3<\/a>&#8216;s seasonal events are still alive and kicking, and next month, it&#8217;s time for another Spring Splatfest.<\/p>\n<p>The event is set to kick off on <strong>11th April<\/strong> at <strong>1am BST<\/strong> (10th April for those in North America), running throughout the weekend until <strong>13th<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a returning theme heading to the Splatlands for this event, with the 2024 Springfest theme making a comeback. Once again, the prompt of &#8220;<strong>It&#8217;s Spring! A time for fuzzy fluffiness!<\/strong>&#8221; takes centre stage, with <strong>Team Baby Chicks<\/strong>, <strong>Li&#8217;l Bunnies<\/strong> and <strong>Bear Cubs<\/strong> all up for grabs.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the precise time that the event gets underway in your region:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\" first\"><strong>North America:<\/strong> 5pm (Fri) PDT \/ 6pm (Fri) MDT \/ 7pm (Fri) CDT \/ 8pm (Fri) EDT<\/li>\n<li><strong>UK\/Ire:<\/strong> 1am BST<\/li>\n<li><strong>Europe:<\/strong> 2am CEST \/ 3am EEST<\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><strong>Asia\/Oceania:<\/strong> 9am JST \/ 8am AWST \/ 10am AEST<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"646f27fdf8367\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3 Springfest 2026\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/646f27fdf8367\/splatoon-3-springfest-2026.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/646f27fdf8367\/splatoon-3-springfest-2026.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splatoon 3 Springfest 2026\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NintendoUK\/status\/2034556912860106970\">Nintendo<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It was Team Bear Cubs that walked away with the win back in 2024, but can they go two-for-two? We still have a couple of weeks to go before voting opens, but you can let us know which team you&#8217;ll be playing for in the following poll.<\/p>\n<div id=\"poll-11612\" class=\"poll\" data-uri=\"polls\/which_team_gets_your_vote_for_the_upcoming_splatoon_3_spring_fest\" data-id=\"11612\" data-question=\"Which team gets your vote for the upcoming Splatoon 3 Spring Fest?\">\n<div class=\"results hidden\">\n<h3 data-toc=\"skip\">Which team gets your vote for the upcoming Splatoon 3 Spring Fest? (183 votes)<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"poll-results many-results\">\n<li class=\"result first\"><strong class=\"answer\">Team Baby Chicks<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"42 votes (23%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"23\"><span class=\"val\">23<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Team Li&#8217;l Bunnies<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"72 votes (39.3%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"39\"><span class=\"val\">39<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result\"><strong class=\"answer\">Team Bear Cubs<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"50 votes (27.3%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"27\"><span class=\"val\">27<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"result last\"><strong class=\"answer\">I&#8217;ll be sitting this one out&#8230;<\/strong><span class=\"votes\"><span title=\"19 votes (10.4%)\"><span class=\"bar accent-bg has-votes\" data-value=\"10\"><span class=\"val\">10<\/span>%<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:138057 @ 1773963378 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>Are you excited for next month&#8217;s Splatfest? Ink your thoughts in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Splatoon 3&#8216;s seasonal events are still alive and kicking, and next month, it&#8217;s time for another Spring Splatfest. The event is set to kick off on 11th April at 1am BST (10th April for those in North America), running throughout the weekend until 13th. It&#8217;s a returning theme heading to the Splatlands for [&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-136520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136520","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=136520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}