These Splatoon 3 Splatfests Have Been TRAGIC

As of Splatoween, there have been 10 splatfests that have taken place in Splatoon 3 and it's been over a year since the first one in the full game: Gear vs Grub vs Fun. Over each of them, there were many close splatfest results and many...interesting tricolor maps that were introduced. So I wanted to recap the past year of Splatoon 3 splatfests and talk about some of those moments in this video. Hopefully, as we enter the 2nd year of the game's lifespan, the splatfest experience continues to improve. How many splatfests have you won in Splatoon 3 so far? Let me know in the comments and remember to leave a like and subscribe to Alphastar716 for more content on #splatoon3 #splatoon3sideorder #nintendo and other things gaming. I hope you enjoy my Splatoon 3 splatfest video.
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[@Alphastar716]

What has been your favorite splatfest in Splatoon 3 so far? Let me know right here in the comments! 😉

[@BooTube5]

I liked the ice-cream splatfest and the sweet vs sour vs spicy splatfest. Not to mention the (at this time) Only Custom tri-colour stage of the Zelda-fest

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Halloween's my favorite time of year, and Splatoween did it absolute justice. Banger aesthetics + music AND Oogie BigMan!

[@t.h.g3298]

My favorite splatfest was the Zelda theme one, I was Team Power and I had a ton of fun playing solo and with friends

[@carenidgual6706]

Splatoween, Pokémon (mainly because water (my team) got a clean sweep lol) , and Spicy, Sweet, Sour.

[@mydeadlyadventuredescanorj9756]

The Pokémon and Zelda one

[@zinedineghafar8156]

Being in a country were barely anyone plays splatoon I honestly get the weirdest looks by my family when I get pissed at splatfest result💀

[@Alphastar716]

Well that gives you a chance to share the splatfests and the game with those around you. 😅

[@mariotheundying]

Does any of them like sports? Like football? Basketball? Baseball? Well if any of them do, y'know what to do

[@varsity1618]

“It’s all fun at the end of the day” don’t tell the shiver fans Edit: what are yalls on in the replies

[@zandensterner3918]

Or the frye fans who said frye lost because Japan is racist

[@timotheatae]

Why wouldn't you tell us?

[@idioticone2349]

@@zandensterner3918oh god man, it got to the point where people were being racist to Japanese people like - ??? What a splatfest

[@jason0942]

personally i've only seen frye fans being toxic but i have a limited experience in the splatoon community online. are shiver stans really that bad??

[@MiaSantiago-sc4be]

You meant shiver simps

[@MeloniestNeon]

I am STILL in shock at the Alien loss, as well as skeleton's last place popularity. I get they're only really popular among western meme culture and as cool villains usually, but I didn't expect them to get less than a fifth of the total popularity! Frye keeps getting robbed by getting great themes then Tricolor swooping in, and I kind of hope they revert the change and bring it back down to 15 points, or at least sixteen, so getting it isn't an instant win card if you get one other major category.

[@SkippyIsFunny]

I think Team Zombie was quite popular in Japan (like with the Chocolate Splatfest) which is why the team had 2% more votes

[@Alphastar716]

It can be such a whiplash too to be going against one team almost exclusively (skeletons), and then they ended up actually being the least popular team.

[@MeloniestNeon]

@@SkippyIsFunny Team JP saw Shiver in a different outfit and clicked without reading the theme, I swear lol

[@kittyblack9256]

Honestly the Nessie/Aliens/Bigfoot splatfest is the only splatfest I’m still salty about. I don’t understand how aliens lost and Nessie won. I thought Bigfoot had a better chance of winning than Nessie.

[@gaminglulunightmare6092]

​@@kittyblack9256Well as a Apex Legends player as well as a Splatoon player it isn't that hard from my perspective on why Nessie won. Nessie are super cute and honestly usually are shown as cute Dinos constantly in certain parts of Western media so it just makes sense that Nessies won vs Aliens who have been shown in many varties from violent (like in the movies Aliens) to Cute (like this Alien Oc someone made on youtube) to unknown mystery. And Bigfoot is just plain well no one knows nor can confirm it's real at all so of course imo it didn't win or really get popular due to most evidence being fake.

[@morpokoo]

The idol splatfest was the worst ever. Shiver was trending on twitter 20 MINUTES AFTER THE RESULTS. Love the splatoon community 😁

[@Alphastar716]

I saw that after one of my splatfest stream LOL

[@helion_ut]

What does this comment even mean- "The team that won trended on twitter shortly after" How tf do you come to the conclusion "This splatfest was the worst ever" like what, shouldn't it be something positive that the community is this active??

[@helion_ut]

@@-Hamza The comment lacks waay too much context to mean that thing in particular? Hell, I sort of interpreted as this comment as being one of the people salty at Shiver/Shiver fans lol

[@morpokoo]

@@helion_ut Yeah I know it lacked context but I'll say that shiver was trending on Twitter not for the right reasons. The fact that SHE won the splatfest AGAIN made the community go insane for around 4+ hours I would say (rough estimate) soo. As a member of team frye and a fan of big man, I don't know what to say to what happened.

[@Ghost_GamerGD]

It's not the worst ever. Because we got the best leader 😁

[@toby.theram2496]

When i started playing Splatoon 3, my naive mentality was always "Oh, I'll just go with whatever i prefer on a personal level! I like sour candy and i like white chocolate!" But the brutality of this game has shifted how i choose my teams. :,)

[@Whodjathink]

Not me lol. I still choose off personal preference. I'm not even an idol fan but Shiver keeps agreeing with me on a lot of things

[@OriginalGameteer]

I still choose by personal preference, it kinda just happens to be a coincidence that most are Big Man's picks That being said, the one time I chose Shiver was one of her few loses lol

[@Alphastar716]

No, keep choosing by personal preference instead of which side you think will win! So then when you do win, it won't feel like a hollow victory.

[@toby.theram2496]

@@Alphastar716 team fistbumps ftw ‼️

[@mars7660]

yeahh team fist bump!! :D

[@Tori_Nushi]

I still have one question, HOW DID SKELETON GET LESS VOTES THAN ZOMBIE😭

[@GoldenKernel]

Shiver

[@TorayNix]

Because Shiver exists

[@Tori_Nushi]

@@TorayNix who?

[@Sweetie.21]

Because zombies are more popular in horror/Halloween related media? Or maybe more people like something a little more alive. I honestly don’t really see the appeal to skeletons, I could only name one skeleton character in media that I somewhat like and that is Dry Bones. They’re not that huggable and I imagine they’re quite noisy when walking, would drive me up the wall for sure. I was doubting between zombies and ghosts, so I just counted the amount of characters from each that I like and zombies come out on top 3-2 for me. It was a tough choice for sure though, but I’m glad I chose zombies, just felt right for me when I picked them. I don’t care if we lost, I knew we were gonna lose before picking zombies (saw the polls). It’s about the journey and I value picking the team closest to my preference to fight for, not the one that’ll be the most popular.

[@Alphastar716]

I STILL HAVE NO CLUE. Especially when Sans exists. 😭

[@amandatodd7197]

If Frye doesn’t win this year…she’s gonna be the main villain of Splatoon 4

[@Lady_Autism]

Maybe that's the reason why she's constantly losing... 🤔

[@Robotic_Boi]

yeah get them frye 🔥

[@harshmalhari8519]

I thought Splatoon 3 was supposed to be the final Splatoon game

[@laravioliiii2832]

REJOICE!

[@Bria987]

My favorite thing about Splatfests is that now Nintendo made the anniversary and the Splatoween more interesting and different. Like with the special costumes for Deep Cut, and for the anniversary’s own solos winning and losing are just really good. I just want Frye to have better choices next Splatfest

[@triggerhappy4199]

The one change splatfests need is giving Frye better chances

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, with the special designs and altered mechanics, it makes you wanna play in each splatfest!

[@mars7660]

I think fryes gonna win this time for handshake vs fist bump vs hug, we just gotta hope lol

[@Bria987]

@@mars7660 Even though I’m on Team Hugs, I won’t be mad if Frye wins. Since she deserves it

[@triggerhappy4199]

frye won in jp finally @@mars7660

[@Sylveon2589]

"I miss those times" ... "Frye probably does too-" 💀💀

[@sharkbite7922]

My favorite Splatfest was definitely the Splatoween one. With all the decorations along with the idols outfits!

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, they definitely went all out for that fest! I'm glad!

[@MickTemple]

That was my first splatfest win. And I have been played in every Splatfest including the rock paper scissors one. I'm so unlucky lmao... 😂

[@TDashLIVE]

I have a theory: I think Nintendo wanted Frye to win Splatoween from the start. They tweeted out "Zombies, skeletons, or ghosts? Well the answer's quite obvious, only one of them are real!" Obviously talking about skeletons. I'm shocked that Frye still didn't win but I'll take the Big Man W.

[@nathanblackburn1193]

Actually that tweet was in reference to Team Zombie as the following tweet compared zombies to the (metaphorical) Squid Research Lab employees

[@jackystarboi3152]

Have yous seen the frye loss dialogue for the last two splatfests recently? She seemed less excited and grey

[@michelecastellotti9172]

They made da queen sad... An unforgivable sin

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, with every passing fest, the light leaves her eyes that much more. 🥲

[@entityproductions830]

​@@michelecastellotti9172truly unforgivable. Frye needs another W most definitely

[@melvinlovesyou_]

the anniversary splatfest will forever traumatize me. i skipped college work just to play that weekend, putting in all of my effort for frye, and seeing lots of love for her on twitter (or so i guess what twitter recommends to me, the only 10 people who loved her), but the fact that shiver won strictly from japanese players who had an ethnical bias against frye for being POC, and picking shiver because shes japanese styled. Everyone COMPLETELY glossed over the leader aspect, and as far as im aware, shiver is the least likely to actually have any traits of good leadership. "splatfests shouldnt be taken that seriously, theyre meant to be fun." its not really fun if the outcome is predictable, and im also just really passionate about the game.

[@jason0942]

how do you know that japanese shiver fans dislike frye because of race? genuinely asking because i've never seen that but i have a limited experience of the japanese splatoon community online. also if japanese people prefer shiver because she represents their culture... is that really so bad? (again, genuinely asking)

[@glitchkiddd]

@@jason0942 of course not all Japanese shiver fans hate Frye but many of those who do dislike her because in Japan racism towards anyone who’s not Japanese (or white skinned) is quite common and there’s a lack of laws that prohibit stuff like racial discrimination. Japanese ppl aren’t the only ones who judge Frye by looks, I’ve seen so many (non Japanese) people complain about Frye being ugly/not conventionally attractive like most other idols and who hate her because of that

[@jason0942]

@@glitchkiddd i see your point and i'm not saying it's not a possibility, i just don't like when people assume that an entire playerbase is racist when they don't have much proof. again, it's possible that it could play a factor in things, but it's not confirmed and i don't think it's healthy to throw around words like "racist" when there's not much proof to back it up. also, for your second point, disliking a character's design and being racist towards it are two different things imo. you can dislike frye's design without being racist.

[@glitchkiddd]

@@jason0942 I’m not assuming the entire player base is racist and I never said that. And yes, my second point has nothing to do with racism specifically, just another reason why people dislike Frye I wanted to mention. I literally said not everyone hates Frye because they’re racist and of course there’s a good amount of people who absolutely love and defend her. And if you want proof just google about racism in Japan

[@glitchkiddd]

@@jason0942 I’m not trying to call you a racist just because you prefer Shiver/dislike Fryes design and I didn’t mean to offend you in any way, just so you know

[@dartcolors1073]

I think splatfests would do better if it wasn't so linear. Each idol, from left to right, gets their team in the same order. Gear-grub-fun, rock-paper-scissor, vanilla-choclate-mint chip. They're all shiver-frye-big man, with shiver always getting the most obvious choice; the one's that's the safest. They need to mix up the choices more and give some of the unconventional picks to shiver or frye, since big man always gets the funny or less likely picks

[@Mari35714]

We can’t let her be the villain! She is to innocent for that

[@Alphastar716]

Splatfests change people man 😭

[@LycanMOON]

I personally loved the Zeldafest tricolor map The amount of communication you needed to have with both your teammates and the other team was fun,both tank and attacking roles felt important to winning the match

[@pappypapland]

Same it was my favorite one so far too

[@Alphastar716]

That was probably the difference, I only got to play with random and viewers, neither of which I could directly communicate with. Maybe if I was in vc with some peeps, it woulda been better. 🙇🏿‍♂️

[@OctogonalLeonardo]

I swear if frye loses handshake vs. fistbump vs hug I might go a little insane

[@cartoonponyta]

So…about that

[@bisdraws946]

Might wanna brace yourself

[@OctogonalLeonardo]

hehehehehehehe help me

[@galacticmoonwolf8462]

Yeah I was on Fryes team and uh....

[@Amaury29]

😆😆 Sorry about that

[@U_Adalie]

I mean like, I never one a Splatfest and the Ha-SPLATOWEEN one wasn't any different. I was really hoping that Skeleton would have won, but now Frye is sitting in a corner crying. WHY CAN'T SHE WIN ONE YET?!?!?!?

[@Alphastar716]

THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TIME! Both for you and her!

[@TenshiKori]

It has been well over a year and Frye still has only won a single splatfest 💀 although this last splatfest was pretty close between Frye and Big Man I will admit

[@hedgieandfriends1796]

I do want to say, yeah now i now why splatfests feel rigged, battleing and doing well in ur region makes you blind to how other regions are doing. I wish that instead of a point sestom with one team getting 00p and another getting 30p, i wish it was more a percentage like a team getting 40% then another having 57% and so forth that would feel more fare to me. instead of seeing you fav team have 00p!!

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, that is what they did in Splatoon 1 and 2.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

​@@Alphastar716was about to comment that one myself

[@random5090]

Oh boy your gonna love this last splatfest

[@jfo4022]

The idol splatfest will forever live vividly in my mind. That was the splatfest where I was on my favorite idol (Shiver)'s team for the first time (i quite literally had to choose her to be on her team). That was also the splatfest where I was squidbagged half the fest JUST FOR EXISTING ON SHIVER'S TEAM- also, how do you people get so many wins? I see you all talking about 'oh yay my 7th splatfest win' when I'm suffering over here with only three wins...

[@jason0942]

i feel like there was a lot of toxicity towards shiver's team which makes me really sad. i've never encountered a toxic shiver fan but that could just be my personal experience, but the hate towards shiver on the basis of "her fans" feels like it got a bit out of hand...

[@triggerhappy4199]

Bro I literally only have one slowly suffering Frye fan moment

[@edwheezer6231]

You all are getting wins? XD

[@p0ggieking3]

The fact half of the splatoon splatfests are unfair, Frye barely wins even though half of us are just trying 😭

[@gaminglulunightmare6092]

I mean for those who dont really like contact and or has social anxiety I would choose first bump.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

​@@dredge-yg9cuits JAPAN, you NEVER greet someone by hugging them there, its a rule!

[@brantchristy3490]

I've stopped bothering with splatfests a while ago mainly because I'm focusing on other games but also because I knew I'd be setting myself up for disappointment. I tend to lose matches way more during splatfests for reasons I don't know and I've won only 2 (water and sweet).

[@TopazTiger975]

One year's worth of splatfests down and I still only have 2 wins (Gear and Sweet). Here's to hoping my losing streak breaks soon. 🥲 My favorite splatfest so far is Splatoween. Not only was it a special themed fest, but I also got multiple X battles during it! (Seven 10x and three 100x) Amazing video as always Alpha! 🐯

[@noi774]

Hi topaz

[@milectarx6561]

Out of curiosity, how many hours did you spend during this splatfest ? I would like to win a 100x battle each splatfest, and knowing the idea of how long you got to play to get one would help.

[@BooTube5]

[4:09] "Europeans get to do... European things" Indeed we do.... "European things"

[@GodChaos333]

Idol splatfest was so toxic. It was the first time I seen saboteurs intentionally trying to make shiver lose. People took her side and was inking corners and doing nothing else. To make them lose. I seen it at least 7 times. Crazy. But jokes on them. She won anyway

[@jason0942]

that's so messed up omg

[@Alphastar716]

As much as I don't like one idol winning repeatedly, it's low to sabotage a certain team and make sure they don't win. That just ruins the splatfest.

[@ratticusmaximus3710]

Frye boutta be the splatoon 4 story mode villain 💀💀💀💀💀

[@akeem6024]

Splatfest ideas: 🛹vs🏄‍♂️vs🎿 🎻vs🎸vs🎷 👮vs👩‍🚒vs👩‍⚕️

[@Doceli-dg3cn]

Ooo nice Skateboarding v surfboarding v snowboarding Classical v rock v jazz Police officer v firefighter v scientist

[@akeem6024]

@@Doceli-dg3cn you nailed it except the last one, it’s supposed to be Doctors, but I guess they the same thing.

[@Alphastar716]

Ooo those are definitely some interesting ideas! 👀

[@kirbo7762]

I’m so glad that team ghost won. My friend made me go on team zombie just so I could play with him during the splatfest (he chose team shiver because idk)

[@mrpop9725]

As much as I love shiver Frye and big man, I think 2 idols make it easier to pick a side to feel passionately about

[@orlzbestme_]

if only this was made after the recent splatfest

[@kittenjace]

I never thought I'd miss splatfests being region locked lol

[@geet9830]

I’m happy they finally brought them back this time. even if the theme is kinda lame, at least they’re fixing the core problem (well, one of them) of 3’s splatfests.

[@NicholasMolinaro-en9dm]

Tbh, I just felt something special about the test fire splatfest. That feeling of Splatoon 3 being only 2 weeks away.

[@vibecatwastaken]

It sucks because we can't give the countries with more people less effect on the outcome cuz that would literally make people contribute less, so Nintendo just really needs to make some more thought-provoking themes.

[@moonbound6478]

I will never not be mad at the white chocolate win especially since half my matches were mirror

[@BamboozlerUser42]

Update: FRYE HAS FINALLY WON A SPLATFEST AS OF TODAY. GO TEAM BUCKET LIST

[@gracecairns9747]

the best splatfest are the ones here there is no clear winner like the Pokemon/Zelda/Anniversary splatfest. the halloween one would of been good but the prompt made it so ghost was clearly the right option.

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, the Pokémon one still lives fondly in my heart. That's the fest that actually made the OG tricolor system work.

[@TheBoxOfSteel]

New update on splatfests, big man won

[@nachti6251]

Tbh, I always went with the themes that were personally my favourites and I'm proud of that. But that could also come from the fact, that I don't have a twitter account (oh no, drama *jazz hands*) or generally don't like when friends *decide* something for me. xD Also hoping that we get Frye or Big Man that Splatfest win in this one! Very entertaining video and wish you all the best! Cheers mate! PL

[@NinaRoseWolf_Cassie]

I'm so proud of team ghost and skeleton, we left the shark win no points! finally shiver win streak is over!! lets hope it continues that way 😞

[@triggerhappy4199]

Can. Frye get some wins please I love Frye

[@galaxyrider1704]

@@triggerhappy4199a new splatfest has just been announced for next weekend so maybe she can get a win this time

[@MrFourchords]

@@galaxyrider1704 we have 2 chances because there's a Japan and Europe and America splatfest happening at the same time

[@giantpoogiv12]

NOT THE if she doesn’t win she’s the villain of side order LMAO

[@som-two]

OUT OF EVERY CLIP WHY THE BARKING AT GANON BYE as frye’s number 1 fan i’m predicting that she’ll win the next splatfest trust me i never lie 🗣️

[@Alphastar716]

If you're gonna be down bad over fictional characters like that, then I'm definitely gonna show everyone. 😀

[@som-two]

YOU GUYS ARE BOTH BULLIES THE PEOPLE NEED TO OPEN THEIR EYES TO THE HOT PEOPLE

[@Ghost_GamerGD]

😂😂 FOREHEAD 😂😂

[@michaelangelobarberis2011]

I'm sorry to tell you but frye unfortunately did not win 😞😞😞

[@Datsyoashley]

Little did he know, Frye both lost and won

[@kratangg-arang]

Despite the roughness of a lot of it, this past year has had some of the most fun Splatfests from across the three games for me, especially the last few.

[@evancabrera999]

Glad I could get you the 100x win

[@ZeusMakesDoodles]

The idol splatfest was the only one I didn’t partake in Becuase I already knew the winner I just chose my team and dipped

[@Alphastar716]

You still shoulda! Shiver only won open by .15% and tricolor by .60%. Who knows what a couple extra players coulda done. 👀

[@Ag3nt-MC]

Fist bump is actually the best option. I swearr

[@djcalvin15]

gaslighting is apart of your personality if you are a splatoon fan soooo 😚 (this video is actually awesome ! good job :)

[@TheLuna9526]

To this day I’m still salty about the Money vs Fame vs Love fest So many mirror matches and we weren’t even the popular team 💀

[@MrFourchords]

unrelated but I was at Disneyland when I found out the Splatfest was happening

[@BluVapour]

Popularity is such a p r o b l e m

[@Alphastar716]

Now I'm waiting for a single team to take 70% of the vote LOL

[@PuffyDeathGod]

you shoudlve waited for this last splatfest to pass cause HOOOO BOY i didnt expect the regional splatfest to give us the biggest twist 😭

[@dravenhuffman]

We finally sunk that siren, shiver

[@1m_s0_happy]

NO WAY I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WOULD GET RANDIMLY PULLED INTO TRICOLOUR I THOUGHT I WAS MISREMEMBERING STUFF BUT THAT REALLY HAPPENED ADOJSNDLJFASJKKJ 😭😭

[@luxrayblast]

I'll be honest, despite my 3 Splatfest victories (Sweet, White Chocolate & Vanilla Ice Cream), I was sure Team Aliens & Team Skeletons were going to win their fests..... I was wrong. But, Team Vanilla was also the first time I had a taste of 100x Battles. I was on my 3RD Battle of the day when that 100x Battle happened. 0 Festival Shells, 100% Luck and my team came out victorious. At least I won a Splatfest for each Idol. I'm just surprised Aliens & Skeletons did not win their Splatfests. This is a travesty. My second 100x Battle was on Team Big Man, My team won the battle, but, NOT the Splatfest.

[@user-jb8ds6bn2q]

As a European, I died laughing at 4:09

[@MrFourchords]

YES

[@Lummox874]

The community of this game is very simple Frye is unknown to all, Big man is nearing facing discrimination, Shiver is being simped over. Big man and Frye are funny guys, shiver is awful.

[@lauracavestri1508]

46 seconds? I feel like a stalker

[@Alphastar716]

No, your notifications are just on point 👀

[@zehaxorus]

It's all made clear that the most popular teams are going to be the ones winning a Splatfest (the exception to this was Nesse vs. Aliens vs. Bigfoot )

[@keynanmartinez]

I'm sure she will win Team Fistbump ✊

[@MrFourchords]

i have a feeling team hug will win though (which is good because I'm thinking of joining that team)

[@camcom278]

My fav splatfest was the icecream one because Me, my Brother, My dads friend son(one of our best friends), and my best friend were playing and nobody AND I MEAN NOBODY could beat us

[@animetiddies5043]

The Nessie, Aliens, Bigfoot splatfest has been my favorite theme so far even though, yes, I AM still mad about Aliens losing

[@kerplop]

I wish they would give us an option to skip on mirror matches.

[@PeepG_]

i dont think iv ever not voted shiver aside for once in all of the splatfests

[@alifetime4743]

as someone who went team nessie ( english here supporting my fellow scots ) i was gen shocked that team alien lost and felt really bad lol

[@JustCrazyDK]

8:15 Oooo The threat by not being friends. How threatening.

[@pjgamer780]

Well, they are getting better for Frye! Last splatfest was really close for team frye! Thie splatfest I might go team frye this one

[@rosadones]

There is a lot of people jumping out in this year to favor the other team

[@ebones5641]

My favorite is probably the Zelda or Pokémon won since those two are the most evenly matched splatfests

[@gregheffley5745]

Zombie vs Skeleton vs Ghost was the first Splatfest in my carreer that I got no mirror matches at all. But for me, who chose Zombie, it didn't do me any good! (Also I lost THREE 100x battles.) Regardless, if it was up to me, mirror matches wouldn't even exist! Tell me if you can think of a way to make that work.

[@SubSpaceKing]

The first ever Japanese Splatfest in Splatoon 1 had no mirror matches at all, and there were points where players would queue up for 20 minutes just to find another team to battle. That caused the first NA and European Splatfests to be delayed by a couple weeks

[@Alphastar716]

As much as they can be annoying, I'll take the mirrors over sitting in queue for 10 minutes. It at least let's me play the game while waiting for other players to show up.

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Mirror matches are a sympton of a problem, you see them A LOT in yugioh and WH40K (i play both). In wh40k is less bad because there arent THAT MANY factions to choose from, but many times its Loyalist space marines vs Loyalist space marines because of how much GW publicizes them, in yugioh its mostly because low life loosers need to win at all costs in any situation so they play only THE MOST meta decks in existance, splatoon 3 falls into both, Shiver keeps getting the best or most obvious choice most of the time, doesn't help that people seen to have a hard-on for her, at this point tho someone at Nintendo should've noticed this and fixed it, either that or they have some agenda

[@watcherwhowatches6725]

i literally forgot splatoween happened, i didn't even play the second half after being subjected to the worst maps in gaming history

[@StarDraws555]

After recent splatfest, once again Frye takes an L. The tragedy continues 🗿

[@Kykai3212]

Man, the community really hates Frye.

[@hank2815]

I was one of the 12 supersoldiers in Team Bigfoot.

[@Hestoomi]

Same lol

[@spacebar-vx7ck]

"homosexual ducks" got me

[@FakeOctoThatOwnsAAC]

"It's all fun at the end of the day" Me who switched to Fortnite because of Shiver simps and camping and wants to forget Splatoon:

[@tationotaliaferro8418]

Literally took the day off of work just to participate in the Triforce Splatfest. I don't even play Splatoon that much.

[@lunarspace1196]

Team fistbump is her time!!!

[@adamburgess311]

Frye be like: do not look away, you witness a inkling’s revival and the birth of her new splatfest

[@Miner85300]

I don’t care about the theme anymore, all I care about is getting ruler +30 (this hasn’t happened but I’ve gotten ruler +23 twice)

[@Alphastar716]

Ruler plus......30?????

[@americanwalmarts3565]

I only played two Splatfests... The Pokemon Splatfest, and the Chocolate one, and by the time the next Splatfest came out, my Online subscription expired, and I had no money to renew it, and I was also finishing up high school, so I didn't have time to play Switch games regardless, and so I ended up missing the next 8 Splatfests

[@Alphastar716]

With the upcoming splatfest, maybe you can change that and play. 👀

[@Spacebun236]

I remember me and a friend agreeing that while we have nothing against shiver (he k I love all three of them) I was so happy to see someone else win

[@colony30sshittyproudbanner]

Frye deserves better smh, I feel sometimes the options for one of the idols is so specific that people can't relate and thus get a small number of people on that team.

[@ultmewtwo]

The reason I pick team fun for the 1st one was because you can get your own food on the island and you can make gear to get your own food

[@Alphastar716]

Yeah, but why not just have functioning gear right off the bat? 👁

[@ultmewtwo]

@@Alphastar716 gear can mean anything they did not be specific witch mean it could mean you made something to fish with on the island and other stuff

[@astrapboy]

Ohh for no particular reason my fave Splatfests have been Spicy vs Sweet vs Sour Power vs Courage vs Wisdom Vanilla vs Chocolate vs Mint Chip

[@Sylveon2589]

0:56 NO WAY HFJONE

[@CEREAL_SoUp]

The first splatfest was a mistranslation, it was supposed to say "What would you bring on an island vacation?" Which makes the other teams so much more pickable because the ISLAND ISN'T DESERTED.

[@assuredpug]

*sniff* We were- we were close, fist-bump soldiers… *We will tear Shiver’s team down next Splatfest.* Anyways ggs

[@kevinlee7678]

And I suspect Shiver's team CHEATED - there is no way they could have won legitimately when our team basically won all the big battles (x100, x333), aside from some won by Big Man's team.

[@Amaury29]

​​@@kevinlee7678You really need to calm down. If Handshake won, it's not because of the players of that team. It's because of the poor tricolor system So you better calm down.

[@screamingpingu2112]

​@@kevinlee7678Those big battles likely took place in open, for which fistbump won.

[@adamjsher04]

GIVE MY GIRL A WIN. PLEASE.

[@DisassemblydroneN257]

I can agree since I’m afford a man about free Coco

[@lewis9s]

Team Fistbump guys! We gotta get our girl another W! _(and because handshakes are boring and hugging is not something I have the bravery to d to someone upon greeting them)_

[@cartoonponyta]

I’m so sorry

[@Vexlev]

69.6k subs, nice

[@doges4715]

I have not joined in on a single one of the splatfests yet lmaoo

[@ajtriforcegamerofhyrule8538]

I hadn't been motivated enough to participate in the Splatfest of lately

[@Sweetie.21]

I didn’t know you could board the float with an individual idol! I’m guessing it’s only on the first day and with the idol that represents your team?

[@Strawb-]

See, unlike the other 4 Team Fun members, I was planning on playing monopoly with crabs and playing poker with sharks; that’s clearly the most optimal strategy! Jokes aside though, as someone that was on Team White Chocolate and Team Nessie, I thought Frye would’ve 100% won! Especially since I had 0 mirror matches on Team White Chocolate- (Can’t really speak for the Zelda one though since I was on Team Courage- but I was still shocked when Frye lost-) I also feel like no one brings up how close the anniversary results were- like we barely won- (Let’s keep in mind that splatfest is about having fun! So don’t bring your spirits down when your team loses! All that matters is if you had fun! ^^)

[@Alphastar716]

You'd beat the sharks in poker, and then you just get eaten LOL!

[@Amethyst0407]

I’ll be honest ghost was my 2nd splatfest win so far. (With sweet being the first)

[@Alphastar716]

You definitely aren't alone. With there being 3 teams now, a lot of people's win-loss ratios aren't the best haha.

[@MrFourchords]

mine is Nessie vs Aliens vs Bigfoot - win (i was team nessie) Power vs Wisdom vs Courage - win (i was team power) Vanilla vs Strawberry vs Mint Choc Chip - win (i was team vanilla) Money vs Fame vs Love - lose (i was team fame) Shiver vs Frye vs Big Man - lose (i was team big man) Zombies vs Skeletons vs Ghosts (i was team ghosts)

[@CodyCrew_spl]

i mean i won a lot of 100xs so ill take it :D

[@Alphastar716]

At least that's a good thing you can take out of it x)

[@NeoMagicStar]

I just played my first splatfest EVER with Friday v Saturday v Sunday yeah so as a Saturday and Frye fan we lost