{"id":89226,"date":"2019-03-18T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/a_splatoon_2_demo_has_just_launched_on_switch_includes_free_online_trial_and_money_off_full_game"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:30:00","slug":"a-splatoon-2-demo-has-just-launched-on-switch-includes-free-online-trial-and-money-off-full-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/18\/a-splatoon-2-demo-has-just-launched-on-switch-includes-free-online-trial-and-money-off-full-game\/","title":{"rendered":"A Splatoon 2 Demo Has Just Launched On Switch, Includes Free Online Trial And Money Off Full Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17362b58e217c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17362b58e217c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Splat\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17362b58e217c\/splat.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/17362b58e217c\/splat.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Splat\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has just released a demo for the hugely popular online shooter <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong>, giving new Inklings a chance to dip their toe in the ink before they buy. That&#8217;s not the only benefit, though, as you&#8217;re about to find out.<\/p>\n<p>The demo will allow players to jump into 4-on-4 Turf War battles, Salmon Run, League Battle, and Ranked Battle modes online with friends and other players who own the full game. If you&#8217;ve been wondering what all the fuss is about, this is a perfect opportunity to check out the gameplay, customisation options and more that have made the game such a success.<\/p>\n<p>The demo is available to download from the Nintendo eShop as we speak and is scheduled to go live tomorrow; this means that you can download the demo ready in advance and jump into the action immediately when it fully kicks in.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, you need an online subscription to play Splatoon 2 online, so Nintendo is also giving anyone who downloads the demo a seven day trial of the Switch Online service. You can use this trial even if you&#8217;ve already had a previous trial for the service &#8211; make sure to keep an eye on your email account for a code if you download the demo.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">By downloading the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatoon2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Splatoon2<\/a>: Special Demo, you\u2019ll receive a free 7-day trial for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NintendoSwitchOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NintendoSwitchOnline<\/a> so you can participate \u2013 even if you\u2019ve used your free trial already!<\/span>\u2014 Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoUK\/status\/1107644241067601920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The demo will go live from 2pm GMT \/ 7am PT tomorrow for exactly one week (so until the same time on 25th March).<\/p>\n<p>On top of all this, players who fall in love with the demo can pick up the full game from the eShop at 20% off in North America, or at 33% off in Europe &#8211; as long as you download it during the demo period. As an extra bonus, you\u2019ll even be able to transfer your demo progress over.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you been putting off a Splatoon 2 purchase? Will this demo finally make you take the plunge and see what it&#8217;s all about? Let us know if you&#8217;ll be giving it a go in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has just released a demo for the hugely popular online shooter Splatoon 2, giving new Inklings a chance to dip their toe in the ink before they buy. That&#8217;s not the only benefit, though, as you&#8217;re about to find out. The demo will allow players to jump into 4-on-4 Turf War battles, Salmon Run, [&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-89226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89226","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=89226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89226\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}