Nintendo's 'Splatoon 3' features cute battles with paint brushes, bathtubs, and even windshield wipers. Unlike other shooter games, Splatoon has attracted an especially friendly, inclusive fan base.

Splatoon is celebrating its 10-year anniversary today, May 28, 2025. Below, we examine how it reached outside the realm of video games for its unique blend of inspirations.

We talked to Nintendo’s Bill Trinen about all things Splatoon 3, from its exciting new single-player campaign to its refined gameplay and wealth of addicting multiplayer options.

The ink-blasting multiplayer action of Splatoon 3 is shaping up to be one of the best Nintendo Switch games of the holiday season. Here are our early impressions.

Splatoon 3 Already Took Its Time To Release . The recent Nintendo Switch 2 Direct came and went without any announcements related to Splatoon.While 2025 could’ve been the perfect time to release ...

The squid kids are back in Splatoon 3, which marks the return of Nintendo’s paint-flinging online shooter series. It launches on the Switch on September 9th.

Splatoon 3 has arrived on the Nintendo Switch, and returning players are able to transfer some of their Splatoon 2 data to the sequel.However, you only have one chance to do so when you first boot ...

Launch Splatoon 3 and you'll be able to access Splatnet 3 as a tie-in app. Select the QR Code Reader to scan the code seen on Twitter. When complete, you will see a message indicating that you ...

Splatoon 3 doesn’t feel all that new a lot of the time – it just feels like a sharper, slicker, better-looking version of what came before. The story mode is the exception to that.

Splatoon 3 isn't quite as novel the third time around, but a great campaign, tons of multiplayer options, and a few new surprises make it much more of a good thing.

Note: This review exclusively covers the multiplayer modes of Splatoon 3. For our thoughts on the campaign, check out our Splatoon 3 single-player campaign review. At first glance, you might not ...