
On 17 February 2021, Splatoon 3 was announced in a Nintendo Direct.

This is quite different compared to the timing of the development of Splatoon 2, which started immediately after Splatoon was released. This means that Splatoon 3 development had not started as of July 2019 and presumably started after the release of Version 5.0.0 on 31 July 2019. In an interview with the weekly Famitsu magazine from around July 2019, Splatoon series producer Hisashi Nogami said that after completing Splatoon 2, the team focused on the Octo Expansion DLC as well as updates, and would not think about the future until completing version 5.0.0 of the game. Additionally, Splatoon 3 is the first game in the series to be localized into Korean and Chinese. The Battle Lobby has been reworked into a greatly-expanded practice area accessible between matches, Splatfests are overhauled with three teams rather than two and a new Tricolor Turf War mode, and the UI has been made more responsive and informative. Additionally, Splatoon 3 streamlines many aspects of the previous games. Splatoon 3 expands the Splatoon series on many different fronts, with an extensive story mode, new Salmon Run challenges and rewards, a wider range of customisation with more options (including the additions of Splashtags and the locker room), and the new mode Tableturf Battle. Order Splatfest, Splatoon 3 's style is very chaotic, bringing post-apocalyptic, patchwork, and other chaotic elements together with the styles of both previous games. įollowing the Team Chaos victory in the Chaos vs. It sold quickly, with 10.67 million copies sold, and was approximately the seventeenth-best-selling Nintendo Switch title.

Announced during the February 2021 Nintendo Direct, it was released on the Nintendo Switch on 9 September 2022. Splatoon 3 is the third entry in the Splatoon series and the sequel to Splatoon 2.
