{"id":91139,"date":"2019-03-30T18:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-30T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/03\/team_hare_takes_on_team_tortoise_in_the_upcoming_splatoon_2_spring_fest"},"modified":"2019-03-30T18:30:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T18:30:00","slug":"team-hare-takes-on-team-tortoise-in-the-upcoming-splatoon-2-spring-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/03\/30\/team-hare-takes-on-team-tortoise-in-the-upcoming-splatoon-2-spring-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Hare Takes On Team Tortoise In The Upcoming Splatoon 2 Spring Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52a8c7a11f887\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52a8c7a11f887\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<section class=\"title\">\n<aside><\/aside>\n<p class=\"description\">Version 4.6.0 arrives next week<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"byline\">\n<ul class=\"article-author\">\n<li class=\" first\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"avatar\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/users\/79507\/avatar.jpg\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" alt=\"Liam_Doolan\"><\/li>\n<li>by <a class=\"author-name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/users\/Liam_Doolan\">Liam Doolan<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\" last\"><span class=\"icon icon-time\"><\/span> <time class=\"date age \" datetime=\"2019-03-30T18:30:00+00:00\"><span>7 hours ago<\/span><\/time><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"body body-text article-text\">\n<section class=\"text\">\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Spring Fest\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52a8c7a11f887\/spring-fest.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/52a8c7a11f887\/spring-fest.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Spring Fest\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Nintendo has announced the next event coming to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\"><strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong><\/a> is the Spring Festival. This time around, players will be siding with team hare or team tortoise to decide once and for all who would win in a race. This Splatfest will start on 19th April and <em>runs<\/em> for 48-hours. Here&#8217;s the official announcement:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A sunny <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpringFest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SpringFest<\/a> is coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatoon2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Splatoon2<\/a>! This pastel powered <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Splatfest?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Splatfest<\/a> asks, Who would win in a race? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamHare?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamHare<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TeamTortoise?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TeamTortoise<\/a>? Pick your side and battle it out in the 48-hour event from April 19th, 3:00pm PT to April 21st, 3:00pm PT. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ykMORlJf86\">pic.twitter.com\/ykMORlJf86<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112042993966473216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>As a bonus, some spring coloured gear will also be given out via the Squid Research Lab Report (Splatoon 2) News Channel on the Switch. This includes custom-coloured visors and a variety of Pearl and Marina-designed kicks:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Hats\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ede128f7e39b\/hats.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9ede128f7e39b\/hats.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Hats\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Kicks\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b55adff443287\/kicks.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/b55adff443287\/kicks.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Kicks\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Version 4.6.0 of Splatoon 2 will also be <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112043647359315968\">released<\/a> on 2nd April. Here&#8217;s what you can expect from it:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This update will include twelve Sheldon\u2019s Picks weapons and weapon badges that display your dedication to a particular weapon.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more information about Sheldon&#8217;s Picks in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/01\/nintendo_releasing_week-long_splatoon_2_demo_in_japan\">previous post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Sheldon Picks\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32bbb0a08d53d\/sheldon-picks.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/32bbb0a08d53d\/sheldon-picks.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sheldon Picks\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Badges\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d833c39a3657a\/badges.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/d833c39a3657a\/badges.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Badges\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><em>Will you be participating in this upcoming event? Are you looking forward to the next update? Tell us down below.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"text source\">[via <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112042993966473216\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112042993966473216\">twitter.com<\/a>, <a rel=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112043647359315968\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoVS\/status\/1112043647359315968\">twitter.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/nintendolife.com\/nintendo-switch\/related-info\/e3e2b92da8d500394a6d4570d53aabd7 @ 2019-03-31T02:28:21+01:00 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"see-also\">\n<dl>\n<dt>Related Games<\/dt>\n<dd class=\"first\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Version 4.6.0 arrives next week by Liam Doolan 7 hours ago Nintendo has announced the next event coming to Splatoon 2 is the Spring Festival. This time around, players will be siding with team hare or team tortoise to decide once and for all who would win in a race. This Splatfest will start on [&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-91139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91139","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=91139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}