Did Splatoon 3's Updates Do Enough?

[@FaresGirond]

For me, what splatoon 3 really did Salmon run justice, I really could never imagine going back to S2 for that

[@bluekirby_64]

Hard agree. I already preferred Salmon Run to PVP in Splatoon 2 but couldn't fully enjoy it due to the time constraints, then 3 came out and added so much to it on top of making it always open. It went from a small side mode to being on pretty much the same level as the PVP ones, to the point of getting its own version of Splatfests, and I'm very happy with this.

[@asterthehedgehog6861]

Playing Salmon Run again on 2 felt more my style/pace than how hectic higher leveled Splatoon 3 games could get. I also think it’s a better challenge when you CANNOT chuck eggs around Willy nilly. Splatoon 2 also has my favorite stages where, in 3, I only liked 2 of em

[@citizenofhyrule]

i remember winning over and over in splatoon 2, i blame sbmm, in a pve gamemode no less, to the losses that shocks me outright, like someone having a power egg score (the orange ones), of 93, in TWO waves. playing with your feet might actually get you better scores than that. i simply cannot believe those people are eggsecutive VP in the slightest. dont get me started on the sbmm in other gamemodes except ranked.

[@SALTYTOAD00]

Yeah, the only thing Salmon Run in 2 has over 3 is the stages.

[@ashfallen1]

@@SALTYTOAD00 true the pve in this game is better than in splatoon 2.

[@zhang6754]

With how much the game shoves the three motif down out throats you'd think they do THREE years of content!

[@RetroGhost16]

Yeah or THIRD kits

[@Jack_Spl3]

@@RetroGhost16yeah or a third page of stages (I’m hoping for too much)

[@RitterDerHaselnuss]

I've been saying for the whole time that 3rd kits and three years content just sound sooo right. I never thought about 3 pages of stages... so yea I think that might be a liiiiittle too much. my biggest problem is just that I can't think of a THIRD thing where they could push the THREE into like that. Three kits instead of two and Three years instead of two is easy but can anyone think of a THIRD thing that currently is just at 2? it would be too perfect to miss out on...

[@asterthehedgehog6861]

I know. And I’m a guy who hates how much they hammered 3 in. I never want three team Splatfests again or Tricolor

[@Jack_Spl3]

@@asterthehedgehog6861 Fair honestly, Hammerhead in this game was terrible like seriously the fall off needs to be studied. But while I don’t think tricolor is bad itself, the stages it had were just terrible

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I think Splatoon 3 filled its own plate to a tipping point, between photo mode, replays, Locker compatibility, Tableturf, and Tricolor. They added as much as they could throughout each update, considering how much of a resource sink Side Order must have been. But taking a step back… we got a whole buffet of fun surprises that we never would have expected otherwise. Overall, I mostly play Salmon Run, and the changes added by Splatoon 3 shine brightest with its gameplay loop. I cherish this game and do still consider it to be the best of the trilogy, even with the map design’s prevalent issues. Return of the Mammalians was a treat and I’m more than satisfied with how they handled the origins of the Mollusk Era. Game design’s hard, especially with COVID. I think the team should be proud of what they managed to do.

[@hisen3.146]

We even got Squid Surge and look at how few uninkable walls we got! A mechanic that people used all the time and no-one forgot about when it would actually help them.

[@gianlucapaiola9454]

???? Half of the content is copied and pasted??!!? The netcode got worse??!!!?! The maps were bad??!!! The game at it's launch was completely empty?!??!!!? 2 years of content? More like 2 years till nintendo finishes the game but with extra glorification

[@_elynas]

I’d love to have the s2 model back where they drip feed weapons on a weekly basis and occasionally do a big update. S3 felt way too dry at times

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

I disagree. It felt like a melange of things ranging form mildly interesting to boring. Seasons have been always something to look forward and encouraged me to pick the game back up after a break.

[@ashfallen1]

For real. After the first week or two of every new season, it just felt so boring especially knowing that we had to wait another 3 months before any major content was added.

[@minimoose7772]

100% the seasonal model is a big reason I dislike s3. There's just NOTHING going on for huge stretches of time and not in a fun way, where they might do something, but in a "we have prescribed that the next 3 months will have literally nothing happening" way

[@elitetweet]

@@minimoose7772 agree in 2 you had moments like this aswell but they never announced it, which made the wait more fun because you never know when a random huge patch dropped

[@sonicrunn3r895]

I think if the weapons were like that and the stages were more consistent to specific times it would be the best of both worlds. I HATE how the S2 trailers were showing content in stages/mains upwards of 3 months away though so I personally don't like the drip feed method

[@Wackerrs]

I think most people look past the amount of small things splatoon 3 does that splatoon 1 and 2 didn’t.

[@PigeonNHL]

Like Splatfests/Big Runs/literally anything in PBs?

[@CallMe_No_One]

I do like squid rolling but stuff like maps and kits weren't fun also only adding new stuff every 3 months was just a bad idea. Doing updates more frequent would have made the game feel more fresh for me(even if they only added one or two weapons per update).

[@Chrispy103]

R.I.P. Splatoon 3 September 9th, 2022 - September 15th, 2024. You will be remembered forever.

[@Fenyx_Birb]

I feel really bad for Deep cut, one of it's members is only known for simps, one is known for a really bad losing streak, and the other- actually i don't know any big man controversy. Nintendo just said "let's make the Squid sisters and Off the hook more prominent than the idol group that stars in this game" Could just be me starting out with Splatoon 3 but i just love how Deep Cut are essentially a ragtag group of chaotic gremlins.

[@rexthewolf3149]

Forehead, Simps and Bigman.

[@inklingplush7592]

big man controversy boils down to 1. he’s a guy, and 2. he’s not an ink fish (not simpable)

[@CallMe_No_One]

Tbf splatoon 2 story didn't even mention "off the hook" afaik. So deep cut being bosses was still better then nothing.

[@thomasquesada7248]

@@CallMe_No_Oneexcept of the hook got two dlc

[@innoc4063]

Deep Cut are just Team Rocket, and I kinda love them for that.

[@medom3710]

Can we take a moment to appreciate squid roll? They created a new movement option that is both fun and easy to use with many different use cases and a high skill cealing, while also not feeling annoying to fight against usually. Probably one of my favorite movement options in any game

[@ShaOryDow]

Can we also talk about Squid Surge, who's crying in the corner since maybe 5% of players actually uses it.... Squid Roll is amazing though,

[@medom3710]

@@ShaOryDow Imagine adding a mechanic to help with climbing walls, only to then add very little verticality to the stages and make a bunch of unpaintable walls.

[@MintLeaf536]

for me, i'm almost satisfied. i just find the lack of splatanas and stringers as well as some of the maps sad

[@bluekirby_64]

Grizzco employees have been eating GOOD with this game, and I'm not referring to the Salmonids we keep smoking.

[@ashfallen1]

Yeah that’s honestly the only part of the game worth playing, out side of side order.

[@hisen3.146]

@@ashfallen1 Side Order was undercooked and never improved upon post launch. We still only have 3 bosses and one of them is the ball boss.

[@NitroBlast7]

For a new player to play Splatoon 3 right now after 2 years of content, it really feels like there's plentiful things like weapons and gear (just like I felt playing Splatoon 2 after all new content ended). However, it feels like the devs didn't release things like weapon kits quick enough and just released batches of ~11 weapons per season, especially since we got used to them relatively quickly after a season started and needed to wait another 3 months. Although playing Splatoon 3 right now feels great for a new player, some of the people that played throughout the 2 years of content might feel like it was lacking for the content updates provided seasonally.

[@jupitergd3955]

Man im going to miss what splatoon 3 made me feel with the updates and how excited i would get. Nothing left to do but wait for splatoon 4

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

the updates were generally great but the fact the catalog basically burned everything to ground makes me hope they never do a 3 month update cycle ever again, even if it means we wont have every main weapon from s1 & 2 at launch like we did here

[@OliyTC]

I just can't get over how it took 21 months for launch weapons to get a second kit. It singlehandedly prevented me from feeling like Splatoon 3 was a "complete" game until a few months ago

[@MeloniestNeon]

Short answer: No. Long answer: No on the amount of content and the frequency of drops, half yes on what we actually got. New weapons, the art, the music, the new specials (besides Screen, screw Screen), the DLC, the splatfests and big runs, the few actual challenges that change the game, those are all amazing. The weapon kits and maps on the other hand... If we got a mid-season content update with a montly or bi-monthly balance patch inbetween major updates, the system would be great. 5-7 extra kits, more gear, some SR stuff, QoL tweaks, Tableturf cards and maps, etc. would all be great for mid season patches, and would have given us all second kits FAR earlier than the end of the game's support, allowing for 3rd kits to be added around early year 2.

[@felixfraser-krauss669]

I think it’s a bit preemptive to say we’re never getting Tricolour PBs, iirc it took 2 weeks after S2s final fest before they added shifty stations and splatfest options to PBs

[@ShaOryDow]

It was about a week and a half, yeah. However, Nintendo has confirmed (at leas seasonal) splatfests, as well as big runs will continue post update cycle. Perhaps they didn't add splatfests to PB's because now with three teams, it would've just made things complicated, idk.

[@_pancakes1734]

my guess is that we'll get them when the patch for visiting grand fest offline releases

[@madladmudkip9236]

@@ShaOryDow yeah it's a lot harder to design queues for 3 teams in pbs, etc than just adding the splatfest maps like in 2. don't forget they said they're working on the grand fest lobby being available offline, so they're definitely still figuring some things out on the technical side

[@aleatorio._]

I am almost 100% sure that Splatoon 3 was supposed to have 3 years of content, but got scrapped due to Covid, the Switch 2 coming and consequentially the need for a Splatoon 4. It is still some of the best fun I've had with the franchise, ever, it had some of the coolest events, and the new weapons are also pretty nice. It's a shame it was cut short, but what we have is still enjoyable and I think we should continue to enjoy it.

[@minimoose7772]

Feels like they planned to put way more effort into this game than they did

[@-ers7827]

2 years have passed and Nintendo still has not added xp bars of gear in the equipment menu

[@Yugilein]

@@-ers7827 Oh my gosh yes! Who on their team decided to scrap that 😭

[@Luxius_8]

We still don't have a non-rushed fully developped Splatoon in its almost 10 years of existance. And with Splatoon 4 probably releasing in the Switch 2's first year, it will probably be the same.

[@freezerburning]

s3 felt a lot more experimental than the other two, it felt like the devs were throwing a lot more at the wall and seeing what would stick

[@InmateOmighty]

I’m absolutely certain a big part of why Future got zero points is because they got shafted in their own game. Sidelined in their own game’s story mode to put more Squid Sisters was such a bad move. And since Squid Sisters just won the final fest, it’s safe to say I don’t see Deep Cut ever returning. A very very unfortunate fate for what could’ve been another great idol group

[@alexaistrying]

Did you see that one video too? About how Deep Cut got sidelined? Cuz yeah, I agree with you there. I even think they did them dirty in the Grand Fest performances a bit (why did Big Man only stand there and move his arms?) Sometimes I wonder what was even the point of making them. However the devs decide to take the past theme, I hope that they at least put references to all 3 of Deep Cut's clans somewhere. Put those secret scrolls to more use, y'know?

[@DillyzThe1]

i can't believe i'm actually saying this, but i'm gonna miss deep cut. i remember how astonished i was at splatfests when i first opened the game up to anarchy rainbow playing, and how much i came to love the characters as the game went on. keep in mind that i initially kinda hated deep cut when they were revealed, and only *really* started to enjoy them as they were once i got to play the new story mode in 2022. but after all of the character development and grandfest making me realize how attached i've gotten to all 7 of them, i came to finally appreciate them as much as i should've. deep cut was always such a write-off, but they were great when they got to shine. i may love the squid sisters and even more so off the hook (i was team present lol), but deep cut will forever hold a special place in this community's hearts. EDIT/NOTE: i should mention that i spent ~20m staring at the anarchy rainbow stage because i was especially astonished at how much splatfests felt they had evolved. color pulse was classic, yeah, and so was the square, but splatsville used to be something else back when i was forced to use it. honestly, i think actually being able to reside in inkopolis square as usual after side order like we did all of those years ago just made splatsville stand out less, and i personally think splatsville would've been a little more special if i was still forced to use it. oh well, i'm glad i get to hear color pulse every splatfest once again.

[@ZPigIndustries]

the end of their involvement in the singleplayer campaign ends with them promoting an overexposed legacy character to boss how did they manage to bungle up deep cut this badly?

[@zalamazu]

Yeah, I absolutely loved the concept of antagonistic idols. Pirate idols, at that. Too bad they weren't explored enough.

[@Jack_Spl3]

It’s unfortunate that we never got 3rd kits or even Tri-color in pbs

[@DillyzThe1]

yeah, no matter how much i've complained about what could've been, i think we should all be grateful about what amazing content we managed to get given that the world was kinda dying during it's development. it's obvious that they had almost no time but that they still had all of the passion, so it's that i commemorate splatoon 3 for. it was worth waiting so many years for this little game to give us it's best shot, and i'm very happy to see what splatoon 4 could become from the end of this. also, don't worry about the lack of tricolor/splatfest private battle, as we're definitely gonna get that stuff again. after all, tricolor private battle has been implemented since the very beginning, but just disabled and banned from the little slider.

[@Neoxon619]

As great as Splatoon 3 was (especially near the end), my opinion for EPD 5 as a whole still remains the same: They should’ve supported New Horizons for longer & save Splatoon 3 for the Switch 2’s first year so some of the more fundamental issues could’ve been ironed out (Ex: Map design, some of the kits, etc.). And to be frank, Splatoon should be a once-per-system franchise like many of Nintendo’s biggest sellers. I know some of you will say “But wasn’t Splatoon 3 made by mostly junior staff?”. Well, yes & no. EPD 5 did bring on a bunch of new hires, but the overlap between Splatoon 3 & ACNH was still roughly within the same 30-40% ballpark as past entries for both (32.5% in this case). So at least as of now, Splatoon & AC do impact each other’s development to some extent. And I sadly don’t expect that to change much until 2028 when that new EPD building is opened.

[@ShaOryDow]

We got BOTW and TOTK on the same console. We got not two, but THREE mario party games for the same console. Splatoon 2 is 7 years old, or 5 years by the time Splatoon 3 released. half a decade is a pretty big wait time if you ask me.

[@Neoxon619]

@@ShaOryDow Zelda is most often a single-player game, so that’s not exactly a fair comparison. Splatoon & Animal Crossing on the other hand have the potential to be supported for years, so building out the entries that exist on the current system is more feasible.

[@NickMario1]

@@ShaOryDowMario party is awesome tho!

[@FlascencoCipher]

Terraria Calamity OST jumpscare LOL I thought I opened up Terraria Great way to start the video!

[@emilandersson8093]

Calamity music and splatoon COOKS togheter

[@федяконовальцев]

I think an enhanced port for the next console with a content extension and more story conent while a HUGE splatoon 4 is cooking would be the best scenario

[@BrilliantBro]

I LOVED the new weapons, I think all of them were great

[@raliaid3355]

8:36 Honestly I completely agree with this. The same thing happened with the shift of Splatoon 1 to 2. I wouldn’t be shocked if this was the case.

[@Relixeey]

I think that it is good enough as long as we get splatoon 4 in the next year or 2

[@bloxyjola6040]

lets hope splatoon 4 doesnt go through that iconic splatoon development hell of either being delayed due to uncontrollable factors or rushed to high hell.

[@Ember_Fox]

Loving the Calamity ost here =P

[@kabalthecybop6145]

HOLY FUCK PROCHARA PLAYS CALAMITY SO FUCKING BASED

[@VGF80]

Splatoon 3 exceeds the previous games in every way BUT the core experience. The core pvp (maps, kits etc.) took a nose dive in quality from the previous games. Perhaps the issue was that Nintendo tried to implement so many different modes and features that it kind of distracted them away from the most important parts of Splatoon 3. And as you've said, table-turf would've been better off as a standalone spinoff.

[@Lìnne1196]

I actually went back to s2 for a day. And man, it felt so different.

[@JuhoSprite]

calamity? Calamari Inkantation????

[@Psycho0Noob]

HOLY SHIT THE THE ENTIRE MUSIC IN THIS VIDEO IS FROM TERRARIA/TERRARIA MOD ???????

[@sonicrunn3r895]

From a standpoint of someone who's currently studying game development at university and has held Splatoon 3 specifically very dear to me, I think it's easier for me to sympathise with every issue this game has had and look past them. This game isn’t perfect, but it gave me a lot to love, it consist even excited me with trailers during the middle of long months, and I'm proud of the devs for being able to stick through what was undoubtedly a tough project for them. Wherever we go next after this game, I can't wait to see it.

[@Breeze926]

The thing I'm most excited for in Splatoon 4 is something that a Splatoon 3 update could never do...removing Reefslider and Tenta Missiles.

[@mcduckletts5916]

incoming splatdoomers

[@brandonbarrow3899]

Love me some calamity music

[@Friigidus]

stamper better get burst again

[@biggiedrakesnake]

getting high off that copium

[@EchoSynthesis]

As a one trick if it doesn't I'm gonna cry

[@harmless9336]

Next game I hope they just don't bring burst back. It's a crutch for far too many weapons and through every games cycle has basically become the "kit has this or kit is bad" item.

[@BigPro1123]

People are really hard coping for 3rd kits still? It’s over. Just admit it guys

[@frogmouth2]

Surely they’ll release some sorta cosmetic or something for splatoon’s 10nth anniversary this may.

[@Ushiriel]

Man im just HAPPY that they will repeat Splatoween/SpringFest and SPECIALLY FrostyFest. Switch "broke" from October 2023 to May 2024 (overheated pretty fast and would turn off after 3 mins or so of play, even in handheld mode, till I found out that ALL I HAD TO DO was remove a tiny plastic piece with a needle on the motherboard, runs perfect nao). Missed like 7 or 8 fests in all those months, and I couldn´t live with myself knowing I missed that amazing FrostyFest Lobby song "Yule Tide". I mean, listening to it on the Internet is just not the same. The Music is what got me into Splatoon after all, I can´t wait now!! :) Also hoping that they announce Private Splatfest matches anytime soon?? They announced em´ like 2 months b4 S2 Final Fest back in 2019, what´s the hold up now!?

[@beta_dot_exe]

comparing the game to splatoon 2, i would say it does miss third kits, but as a standalone experience i really cant look at splatoon 3 as anything other than a complete package. I really dont know where the commonly copypasted argument comes from that splatoon 3 feels unfinished, especially considering that the people echoing these arguments never really manage to point out *what* it is missing exactly, aside from the low hanging fruit of third kits.

[@SALTYTOAD00]

This fanbase doesn't know how well they have it if they actually think Splatoon 3 is an "unfinished game."

[@Timtams72]

Let's be real people just say that as another way to say "I Just didn't enjoy it as much" because it's funny when you look at the numbers im 75% sure this this the game with the most stuff out of the 3 period lol, in basically every regard

[@lexiw.145]

Ok from my perspective Splatoon 3 is unfinished for a number of reasons. Side Order for supposedly being a rouge-lite does not have enough levels or bosses for it to feel like each run is different. I already had repeat levels 3 runs in which is a shame especially with how many times you need to complete the spire for 100%, TLDR there is not enough replayability not to mention the lack of lore. The catalogue was repeated only a few updates in which gave them the excuse to not add in as much new gear each update, (I really hope they don't do catalogues again next game it's insanely annoying and grindy) the fact that they still haven't added all of the emotes to camera mode, the severs, and don't give me the "It's your wifi" excuse I use and have used the same wifi as when Splat 2 was out and I have gotten 10x more disconnects in 3. Locker physics being abysmal, table turf not having it's own que. Last thing would be 3rd kits but that's not really something I care all that much about. Obviously Salmon Run is better, and ROTM is good although it is just an easier version of Octo Expansion.

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

I am tired of the narrative that people don't know how tricolor is supposed to work. Tricolor was intentionally designed to have a semi-adversarial relationship between the two attacking teams. Unless it's clear that the defending team is going to win, keep the other team from getting the signal.

[@TheYosh-3210]

rip spoon the third

[@diddly_dude]

Well, i guess we will just have to wait for the switch 2 to see the next splatoon game, and i personally can't wait to see how past's victory impacts the game!

[@jpuc5568]

I need the ability to choose hubs as a mainstay it feels so nice to be able to travel and it brings big world building imo, never once played table turf

[@skyguysZ]

Regarding Challenges, my main problem with them is that they reuse the same map rotations whenever a Challenge is repeated

[@innoc4063]

I only started playing Splatoon 2 a proper amount when all of the splatfests were done with, and I still had a lot of fun with it. I'm sure there's still plenty more the playerbase can get out of the game between now and the next title. I do hope there's occasional throwback online events for people (like myself) who missed Big Run entirely.

[@Eevay_]

i have a theory, 3rd kits will release for Splatoon 3's 3rd anniversary, y'know because 3.

[@Djiimon]

8:03 I do hope that the next game implements limited kit customization like you mentioned in a previous video.

[@13_cmi]

The end of regular content means the beginning of irregular content. Get ready for wacky third kits on a random update early Wednesday morning.

[@thatgreyhat2208]

honestly, i wouldn't mind if the next splatoon game was singleplayer focused. after being with this series for 9 years and playing many very good singleplayer games, i realize from side order's production value that the dev team could make something really amazing. splatoon's core design aspects could lend themselves to a really interesting larger-scale third person shooter experince. games like dishonored, cruelty squad, and boneworks are part of what makes me think this. good games.

[@cooldude8738]

Personally, I feel like this game is in a near-perfect state the way it is. Even it’s more glaring issues like kit balancing and map designs aren’t even that bad (at least to me). Looking back, it’s really funny to me that I was first hesitant to get this game but now I’m in love with this series

[@magic3734]

The short answer: no

[@Blaze-nm1uh]

The long answer: also no

[@SneakTheOcto]

The long answer: Grand Festival was peak but everything was disappointing.

[@I.S.M-g6n]

@@Blaze-nm1uh the very long answer: noooooooooooooooo

[@THECyberStriker]

The long answer: noooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

none of these replies beat the watch the video allegations because his answer was actually yes lmao (10:34)

[@geg9029]

I remember when it was first revealed that Xenoblade 3's release date was bumped up from September to July I joked about how they swapped it and Splatoon 3's release date, but the more time that's passed the more likely it seems that that's actually what happened lol

[@soffirechange]

A major point I think it's often forgotten is that seasons did a number on them, as they couldn't choose when to drop a big update or smaller updates. They had to rely on the same 3 month gap to release new content or major stuff, which made the game quite stale at times. Seasons is a new thing for Splatoon, which showed both good things and bad things. One example of how it was a bad decision regarding new gear was how they tried to use old gear as unlockables in the catalog until they saw it was impossible to publish all that gear in the 2 years with how little amount of gear they offered each season (which that amount was their own choice and it was sometimes rather ridiculous, if you ask me), releasing it all together in an update. Working each season to get back your last rank was really cool, but with how terrible matchmaking could become sometimes, you could get a guy who at some point was Top 500 in X rank fighting against S rank level player, and it made zero sense. It was good to keep track of each season's accomplishments but, overall, seasons didn't do much for Splatoon (especially for casual players) and I think it can be maintained for the sake of map releases, catalog, and such. Splatoon 3 felt like devs mixing Splatoon 1 + 2 together, bringing conclusion both lore wise and perfectioning the last bits that were missing from Splatoon 2. However, it did try to milk dry past content (especially gear and lore) too much and too obviously. I still can't believe we didn't get losing animations and kensa weapons. I loved the new mechanics such as squid roll and squid surge, Salmon Run Next Wave, victory animations, the locker, banner, title and badge customization and the gambling machine (which was much a much needed way to get rid of gold coins). All in all, an amazing game I will continue enjoying to my hearts content, despite my complaints. Feel free to tell me anything that you loved from having seasons included! I might be forgetting some good points about that feature.

[@batmanbud2]

At the end, I am glad I have both 2 and 3. They both have features and content that the other lacks, and while I do prefer 3 over 2, it just goes to show that these games are not $60 DLC; they are each their own game.

[@SuperGamerGuy64644]

I still feel really disappointed with Splatoon 3, can't get over the map design and weapon kit issues, the tricolored battles for Splatfests don't feel nearly as fun as Shifty Station from 2, patches that mostly didnt do enough to change things for the better, lack of 3rd kits, no new ranked modes, challenges not being ALWAYS available through a rotation like Salmon Run is now, the seasonal update schedule leaves me bored half way through the season and it was more fun when we got content spread out but constantly each month, and overall I feel like this game is much less stable then 1 and 2 which is crazy because that shouldn't be the case. Only things I liked about 3 over 1 and 2 is everything done with Salmon Run, the updated gear system that now lets you change your main ability on anything, the seasonal splatfests look amazing, the base game story mode of 3 was such a step up in so many ways over the first two, music was very good, and finally the additions of squid roll and squid surge make the game much more enjoyable to play.

[@MudMarsh52]

went into this expecting the now trademarked miserable outlook that much of the community has on this game and was really pleasantly surprised. Splatoon 3 really hasnt been all doom and gloom and I think you showed that off perfectly :)

[@crystalcat3696]

2 years of content and only 2nd kits for a game that hella emphasizes 3 is unhinged

[@dylbro1166]

Splatoon 3 had squid roll and squid surge. 10/10.

[@Tyler-iw7ve]

What if tornado was a normal tide wave where anything can fall anywhere. Plus the basket was picked up and circled above the map requiring throws

[@theteeve]

two years is way too short

[@quiver8014]

Where is my permanent tri color mode.............

[@Chrispy103]

What team are you guys picking for the four repeat special SplatFests?

[@melodicevui]

I genuinely hope that the only reason Splatfest PBs haven't happened yet is because they haven't finished wirh Splatfest due to the reruns that are gonna be happening for a while longer

[@moisturecookies3789]

Splatoon 3 is the best game so far, but it also feels like an awkward middle child despite being the latest release

[@GoodlyPenguin]

For Salmo Run, YES. The multi-player maps in S3 are insanely pale in comparison to the previous games where you can flank enemies with different routed. S3 played it too safe

[@dabestspaceman]

I feel like the map designs mostly being just long hallways soured a lot of the games experience for me despite liking so many things about 3. It made it a lot easier for long ranged weapons to just shoot down the choke point constantly, making almost every match an upwards battle. Obviously more maps got added and reworked but it took awhile and by then I spent most of my time with the game in these unfun matches.

[@HunterBoyle1989]

You know, I think I’m satisfied with how s3 is where it’s at. Sure s3 isn’t perfect, but at the same time s3 feels way better than what it originally started out with. Honestly s3 is the only I’m managed to stay for the full 2 years and I couldn’t ask for more.

[@squidsofty8507]

Wait that ultra signal was throwing fizzbangs the whole time???

[@mlelm8125]

I think that the lack of options for specials and lack of third kits so far has left the game feeling lackluster. Don't get me wrong, I agree with a lot of what you said here. It just seems like this: even though we got 156 kits, maybe 10-20 percent of them feel fun both casually and competitively while actually being viable as well. I think that there's a lot of missed opportunity there

[@Fun_Balls]

Chill, you haven’t even finished watching the video yet. Edit: Congrats on potentially watching the whole video!

[@rockinggamerdude]

I have had a theory from the very beginning of three that with all the scrap stuff such as the scrap lobby scrapped splat fest hub,and scrap mode. I really do think that this was mostly another game testing there. I say the waters that’s why I also think some of maybe the challenges are used for testing.

[@Djiimon]

Considering that most every stage is still a series of hallways or a Tetris block: No.

[@skyguysZ]

I still believe in third kits just because of how slow they rolled out 2nd kits for all weapons compared to the past two games

[@Linktober04]

cold front jumpscare

[@mikekino_]

One thing im scared is i hope this isnt the last time we see the idols ESPECIALLY Deep Cut cuz i feel like they werent shown and loved enough by the devs tbh so i hope they know that Deep Cut is Loved so much by the fans

[@averypatrick5279]

Challenges are the only real disappointment to me. Having a full party mode rotation would've done wonders for the casual side of the game. I still remember hearing from friends who fell off the game after a month or two that they were really excited, just to go back to not caring.

[@S-Magma1215]

Splatoon 3 has the best quality of life and other side features and stuff like that i hope they take those aspects and send them to 4 and also look what wasnt working and tweak them

[@nathanblackburn1193]

I think in a way Splatoon 3 is what the devs wanted Splatoon 2 to be, it's why they feel so similar in places

[@sal5544]

Lowkey I know it’s annoying but I feel like in tri color was meant to have you work with the other attacking team but also compete with them as additional clout is awarded for each signal so you wouldn’t want the other team to be in the highest net positive in clout when you could get it for your team

[@CutoverDesert5]

Nice video!!

[@frostpvpmc]

but what happened to wave 3 and 4 of dlc? surely there’s gonna be something 😢😢

[@janmoon493]

I still have hope for Splatfest matches aswell as Tri-Color to be added to private battles in an upcoming balance patch with maybe even challenge modes getting added too but I'm not too sure about that last part as they tend to repeat the challenges now even with the same stages everytime and giving that away in pb's could impact the queueing in the actual mode so uhm idk

[@TiredLex]

Splatfests normally i actually think were handled fine, the problem is the themes. And for grandfest i really feel like it was unfair becajse it was S1 veterans vs everyone else it almost feels like the plan was for deep cut to flop so we can get a team future dlc in S4.

[@jimmy_jickerson]

I still think tricolor for PB's is very likely I just don't think Nintendo will drop until they're done with splatfest reruns

[@RegularSammykid2]

I love salmon run in S3. Since it was my first S3 game I’ve ever played

[@bulborb8756]

with Splatfests, having 3 teams was cool in theory, but in execution it wasn't that good with how often ditto's happened, and personally i think going back to having only 2 teams would be nice since those to me feel more balanced and are much easier to think of themes for, compared to 3 teams

[@AntiFlow-dm9zu]

tbh table turf doesnt seem like it was meant to be a new mode it was more like squid beats, something extra you can do offline

[@TSUNAMI_0707]

WAS THAT TALE OF A CRUEL WORLD IN THE BEGINNING?????? CALAMITY MOD MENTIONED????? okay theres so many calamity songs in this video, what???? chara if you’re doing a calamity playthrough PLEASE make a video, maybe on a second channel? that would be awesome

[@scarygreenmountain]

I agree, felt like this game did well but had a lot of missed potential

[@squiddler7731]

If they never add the option to play challenges in private battles, I'll never forgive them. IMO the mishandling of challenges is the true biggest sin of this game, even overtaking the lack of third kits. The reason I say that is cause even though they weren't obligated to add challenges, they were obligated to add some big new mode for players. Splatoon 1 added all the ranked modes through updates, and 2 introduced both salmon run and clam blitz. All 3 has going for it is tableturf battle and an excessive amount of limited time modes, and all those limited time modes were designed that way from the ground up (tri-color is splatfest only and big run is meant to be an event akin to splatfests). Challenges are different, there was no reason that couldn't be available 24/7, or at least 50% of the time. There's so many challenge variants available that they'd never get old, especially if they were combined with all the different maps and modes. But instead of embracing challenges as Splatoon 3's signature new mode, they were sidelined and restricted to the point where they may as well not exist for most players. As if the limited time slots weren't bad enough, nearly every challenge is restricted to a single mode with the same map rotation. Remember how fun extreme jump battles was? Well you're never going to get the chance to play it on a stage that isn't Museum or Umami tower control, because it's always been locked to that one rotation in the 4 times it's appeared over the past 15 months. Their refusal to embrace challenges not only makes me doubt they'll add it as an option in private battles (I don't see them lifting this map/mode restriction), it makes me fearful that it might not even return in a potential Splatoon 4. Only a fraction of players ever experienced it after all, they could easily rationalize that it won't be missed or won't be worth the effort. That's what I expect from eggtra work, I don't see them bringing that back unless the next game is a spin-off focused on salmon run specifically. The only reason I can rationalize making these modes so restrictive after all this time is to minimize the impact on players if they were cut in the future, just like how they were able to cut shifty stations from 2 instead of being obligated to keep and improve the idea.

[@ravenr0cks]

Not me figuring out mid video that the reefslider is a way worse Baller

[@winniedzormo2456]

i want Octavio and Cuttlefish as the next game Idol

[@FBIAgentRC-]

Ive been struggling to see splatoon 3 as a proper sequel to splatoon 2 for a very long time. Until the season that added lumeria at least. The grand festival made me reconsider it. However the game failed to deliver kits at a decent pace nor were a majority of the kits interesting to me personally (wall and sprinkler on tons of things did NOT help. this). Overall im mixed on it and still prefer playing splatoon 2 when the servers are active.