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A player named 新月 cleared floor 1000 of Splatoon Raiders’ Bottomless Buffet, a brutal endgame mode, after nearly 2.5 hours of attempts. The achievement is notable for its difficulty, but it yields no special reward—no title, cosmetic, or acknowledgment beyond experience and weapon drops—making the grind feel thankless despite the impressive feat.
Kotaku’s Rebekah Valentine says Splatoon Raiders is fun but badly needs a quick retry option: when you’re in a tight spot you currently must either fail or quit, then replay a cutscene and walk back to the mission hub to start over, with minimal reward difference. A fast Retry menu that lets you restart from the beginning (perhaps after checking rewards and changing loadout) would streamline short, wave-based missions like Awlmun Den, which the article specifically mentions as a candidate.
Shigeru Miyamoto argues Nintendo stays resilient by prioritizing 'fun to play' over chasing trends, avoiding live-service games, and focusing on accessible hardware and experiences rather than specs—explaining why Nintendo stays out of the industry’s doom headlines while peers chase risky bets.
Splatoon Raiders has launched on Nintendo Switch 2; this guide recommends embracing gyro aiming, ink the ground around you to move faster and refill, use gadgets constantly, seek out hidden spots with Bot Hop to reach high or distant areas, enable Color Lock for easier ink distinction, replay missions for new rewards and upgrades, experiment with different weapons and ink tanks, and team up in co-op to share rewards and scale loot.
The Splatoon Raiders development team abandoned an early colonial island setting after feedback that made players feel they were attacking Salmonids, redesigning the world to be eerier and more unfamiliar and adjusting Salmonid visuals and lighting ahead of the July 23 release.
Splatoon Raiders reshapes the series into a looter shooter you can play solo, preserving Splatoon’s candy-colored aesthetic while adding deep customization, varied levels, and up to four-player co-op. It emphasizes experimentation over grind, delivers tension-filled missions and boss encounters, and launches on the Nintendo Switch 2 on July 23.
Splatoon Raiders shifts the franchise toward a cooperative, gadget-driven experience but lands as a more pedestrian spin-off: solo play feels weaker, the story is minimal, and while the ink-based combat remains recognizable, the game lacks the main series’ charm, releasing July 23 for £41.99.
Kotaku’s takeaways from Nintendo Direct: Splatoon Raiders is the series’ first single-player spin-off for Switch 2, promising a less-linear, open-ended raid experience set on islands with treasure hunts and a hub Hideout Ship for upgrades. Players will craft gadgets, collect Spirhalite Shards, and tackle tougher salmonid battles with scalable difficulty, while a dedicated Raiders Direct is planned for June 30 ahead of the July 23 launch.
No Man's Sky's Swarm update introduces a universe-threatening Hive of Glass and large-scale battles with hundreds of drone ships. The event is described as an Expedition and uses a Splatoon-like personality test to split players into three factions, who must cooperate to push back the invaders. Rewards include new armor, a jetpack, and a rifle, with the most successful faction memorialized in the Space Anomaly. Patch notes are on Hello Games' site, and this marks the third update of the year ahead of the game's tenth anniversary in August.
Nintendo announces Splatoon Raiders, a single-player-focused spinoff that preserves the main series' ink combat and soundtrack, landing on Switch 2 on July 23, 2026 with a new Spirhalite Islands campaign and online/local co-op for up to four players, as Nintendo fills out its light Switch 2 lineup for the year.
Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Horizons 3.0 update introduces new villagers and items unlocked via amiibo, including characters from Zelda and Splatoon series, with flexible scanning options and additional rewards, launching on January 15th.
Nintendo announced the full list of Zelda and Splatoon amiibo that unlock new villagers in Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the upcoming 3.0.0 update and Switch 2 Edition, releasing on January 15, 2026, featuring characters like Tulin, Mineru, Cece, and Viche.
Nintendo is offering limited-time icon elements inspired by Splatoon games that can be redeemed with My Nintendo Platinum Points during specific waves from October 16 to November 13, encouraging users to update their user icons.
Nintendo announced a new Splatoon spinoff called Splatoon Raiders for Switch 2, set in the Spirhalite Islands, and revealed a major free update for Splatoon 3 on June 12th, featuring new weapons, classic maps, and enhanced visuals for Switch 2 compatibility.
Nintendo is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Splatoon with various festivities including a music update featuring 47 tracks, new user icons for Nintendo Switch Online, and a free downloadable wallpaper showcasing artwork from the series.