Splatoon 3 Bringing Back All Basic Weapons from Previous Games
With the highly-anticipated release of Splatoon 3 only a few months away, Nintendo has not been shy about teasing fans with plenty of new tidbits of information about the upcoming sequel. Last week saw Nintendo reveal a new weapon coming to the game in the Ink Vac allowing players to steal incoming ink and turn it around against their opponent, while other recent updates have unveiled details like the game's set release date and file size. Now, Nintendo's newest reveal for the upcoming third Splatoon will see several fan-favorite weapons returning.
Since its reveal early last year, Splatoon 3 has already confirmed a plethora of popular features from older games will be returning to the shooter franchise's newest entry. Splatoon 3 will feature the return of the popular co-op Salmon Run game mode with new bosses and twists based on Splatoon 3's new mechanics, as well as new special weapons like the Killer Wail and Big Bubbler based on older weapons. As Splatoon continues to see more content teased, Nintendo revealed Monday morning that all of the franchise's past basic weapons would be making an appearance in Splatoon 3.
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The announcement was first made via Nintendo's official Twitter account showing off Inklings wielding several of the returning weapons. While no official confirmation of the full weapon list was made alongside the tweet, the return of all basic weapons suggests that not only will all of Splatoon 2's weapons be fully featured in Splatoon 3 but also that weapon variants featured in the first Splatoon that did not appear in Splatoon 2, like the E-Liter 3K and Dual Squelchers, may see a re-appearance.
The return of all of the franchise's past
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