Splatoon Raiders Announced for Switch 2 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 10 June 2025 / 2,901 Views
Nintendo has announced Splatoon spin-off game, Splatoon Raiders, for the Nintendo Switch 2. More information on the game will be released in the future.
Splatoon 3 will also be getting update 10.0.0 on June 12.
View a trailer below:
Read the press release below:
In a new trailer released today, Nintendo announced the first-ever Splatoon spinoff game, Splatoon Raiders, coming exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2 system. In the role of a mechanic, players will go on an adventure in the mysterious Spirhalite Islands alongside the splat-tacular Deep Cut trio.
Additionally, a free update for the Splatoon 3 game is coming to Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 on June 12. The update features the Splatlands collection, consisting of new weapons from the Barazushi and Emberz brands. Based on previous weapons, these new additions have fresh looks with different sub and special weapons. There are a total of 30 new weapon kits in this collection. A returning stage from the original Splatoon game on Wii U, called Urchin Underpass, will also be added to the stage rotation.
Plus, all weapon Freshness caps will be raised and players can earn new in-game Badges. A new stat will be added for Anarchy Battle (Series) called Series Weapon Power. It will track a player’s effectiveness per weapon based on their win/loss ratio in battles – and will then match them with players of a similar power. This makes it possible for players to try new weapons without being disadvantaged and push the limits their favorite weapons.
Further, with this new update Splatoon 3 players on Nintendo Switch 2 can enjoy more detailed visuals and a smoother appearance in locations like Splatsville and the Grand Festival Grounds. Today’s trailer also confirmed that Splatoon 3 players will be able to play together across both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2.
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Announce one of the biggest news about splatoon on a random tuesday is the most nintendo thing I have ever seen...
They are really pushing their Nintendo app for some of these announcements.
Yeah that's how I find out about this lol
Looking hot!
Looking cool!
Cool, would be nice to have a game with a good amount of content not depending on online.
Good move doing a spinoff for the next game. I only have Splat2, and it is very enjoyable, but from what I understand all three games are extremely similar and look the same, feel the same, basically are like slightly different versions of the same game. Splat3 only did well because Japan is completely obsessed with the franchise and bought well over half its copies (and no doubt they'll buy Raiders in droves!), outside Japan it didn't sell that well because gamers had already played essentially the same game once or twice before in recent years, I looked at Splat3 and I was like yeah I already bought that game haha it just has a 2 at the end.
So definitely makes sense for Ninty to switch it up with a spinoff that gives Splat fans something a bit fresh. Hopefully by the time Splat4 comes out later in the gen they'll have a game that really advances from the first three to keep the series going strong.
I wonder if this was originally single player content for Splat3 or Splat4 that they spun off into it's own game? Single player DLC for Splat2 was significant, the DLC for Splat3 I passed on as it did not look significant.
I really enjoyed the single player campaigns of the Splatoon games. I hope this digs a bit deeper into this. Can be very cool.
Very much enjoyed that little video. Good to see Splatoon 3 get rounded out with more content, and the new spin-off could be very good.
No way! That's awesome!!
So it's strictly single player, no multiplayer whatsoever? Or is there still multiplayer, just not to the same extent as the mainline Splatoon games?
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