Splatoon 3 Is Bursting With Things To Do
Variety isn't necessarily the first word that comes to mind with the Splatoon series, but it certainly will be a key element of Splatoon 3. With two games and a large-scale expansion under its belt, the latest in Nintendo's kid-friendly shooter franchise builds on everything that came before. That means a game that's loaded for bear--more game modes, weapons, maps, customization features, and more. Having tried three of the modes at a preview event, the game looks robust, while remaining very recognizable for Splatoon fans.
At a hands-on event, I tried three distinct modes that show the breadth of the content offerings in Splatoon 3: the single-player Return of the Mammalians campaign, the cooperative wave-based Salmon Run, and the traditional competitive Turf War battles. And although each relies on the same basic mechanics, playing them all back-to-back in quick succession showed how ingenious and flexible those mechanics are to support very different experiences.
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Return of the Mammalians is the third installment of the ongoing Splatoon campaign series, a weirdly colorful post-apocalypse that has long implied that the Squid Kids and Octolings emerged post-humanity. This one focuses on the fuzzy Mammalians, including fuzzy hazards that can trap you temporarily. The name seems to imply this could answer some of our questions about what happened to humanity, but the handful of early stages I tried didn't venture into that territory.
Instead, Return of the Mammalians was
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