Are you a fan of child-friendly shooter games?

Lucky for you, there's an amazing franchize by the name of Splatoon!

Splatoon is a third-person shooter developed and published by Nintendo. The game features battles between Inklings, using weaponized ink to cover territory and "splat" opponents. The game was first revealed at the Nintendo E3 2014 Digital Event and was released for the Wii U on 29 May 2015. The game was very popular for the Wii U, selling 4.95 million copies[2] and being the sixth-best selling title on the system.

Splatoon is a third-person shooter game focused on online multiplayer battles, in which eight players are divided into two teams of four. In the game mode Turf War, teams fight to cover the arena in as much ink of their team's color as possible. In Splat Zones, they try to control certain zones for a set amount of time by covering the Splat Zone(s) in ink. Players have two main forms and may switch between the two at will: their humanoid form, in which they can use weapons to spread ink and splatter opponents, and their squid form, which they can use to swim through ink at great speed and up walls, recharge the player's ink tank faster (while in their ink) and hide in their team's ink. Players can also utilize Sub Weapons, such as Splat Bombs, and Special Weapons, such as Inkzookas.

In the primary game mode, Turf War, players are awarded points based on the amount of land they cover in their team's ink—the team that covers the most territory within three minutes wins the match.

Splatoon also features a single-player Octo Valley mode, which sees the player travel to Octo Valley and traverse levels based on 3D-platforming and puzzle-solving.

Since its initial launch, Splatoon received many updates to introduce new stages, weapons, and wholly new gameplay modes to the game's multiplayer mode. Also, Nintendo announced and hosted semi-regular community events called Splatfests, where players could pick a team to side with and play Turf Wars against each other for prizes and glory. Both upcoming updates, as well as upcoming Splatfest information, can be read about on the game's official Tumblr page, named Live from Squid Research Lab.

Since Splatoon's release to the public, a second installment called "Splatoon 2" has since released, and another installment is already on its way! This new title will be called "Splatoon 3", and it is highly anticipated among fans thanks to a number of Nintendo Directs advertizing loads of new and exciting content! Among some of these new featers are:

Splatoon 3's release date is anticipated to be sometime in 2022, but fans have been theorizing it may be pushed back another year, much like another highly anticipated title, Breath of the Wild 2.

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