Highlights
- Unlock Super Sea Snails by battling it out in Splatoon 3's March 22 Splatfest event from March 22 to March 24.
- Players have to choose their preferred instrument: drums, guitar, or keyboard, in the Americas region event.
Nintendo has announced Splatoon 3's next Splatfest, which begins on March 22. Splatoon 3's March event will have a rock 'n roll, instrument-based theme and will allow teams to battle it out for the lion's share of Super Sea Snails.
This marks Splatoon 3's fourteenth Splatfest for the Americas region since the game released. Splatfests are limited-time events that allow users to pick from three teams and compete in Turf Wars to earn their team points. All Splatfest participants are gifted with Super Sea Snails upon the event's completion, but the winning team is given an extra amount. Splatoon 3's last Splatfest occurred earlier in February and featured a favorite-day-of-the-weekend theme. The next event's theme is similarly relatable for most users.
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Splatoon 3's next Splatfest asks users, "Which instrument would you play?" with the options being drums, guitar, and keyboard. A user's answer dictates which team they are placed on. The event runs from March 22 at 5 pm PT to March 24 at 5 pm PT. This is the theme for the Americas region, but the Japanese region's event asks a significantly different question. Its next Splatfest asks, "What do you think of potato chips?" and gives users three flavors to choose from. Nintendo is also releasing special edition shirts themed around the game's chip-themed event in the region, but it's not clear whether other regions will get a similar treatment.
Splatoon 3's March 22 Splatfest Details
- Event runs from March 22 to March 24
- Asks users, "Which instrument would you play?" with the options being drums, guitar, and keyboard
Splatoon 3's significant popularity in Japan is highlighted by the contrast in views between the Japanese event's announcement and the American event's announcement on Twitter, with 1.2 million views against 272,000 views at the time of writing. However, the game is alive and well in many regions around the world, certainly including North America.
Splatoon 3's last update fell on February 21 and brought plenty of new additions to the game. Update 7.0.0 added support for the Side Order DLC and new ways to adjust gear. It also added content that will go live on March 1 when Fresh Season 2024 launches, including two new main weapons, nine new sets of main weapons paired with various sub or special weapons, a new battle stage and Salmon Run stage, and 20 new Tableturf Battle cards. Throughout Fresh Season 2024 and beyond, users will also see more than 150 pieces of gear from Splatoon 2 added to shops, which will be rotated daily.
Splatoon 3's entertaining gameplay and Nintendo's post-launch support help rank the game as one of the Switch's best first-party titles.
Splatoon 3
The third installment of Nintendo's popular paint-style ink-slinging third-person shooter. Splatoon 3 gives players a whole new world to explore with an interesting singleplayer mode and all the multiplayer madness that players have come to know and love from the series.
