Splatoon 3 pre-orders are live but there's still no inkling of a release date

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Splatoon 3 pre-orders are live at 𓆉retailers in the US and UK, but Nintendo has yet to reveal exactly when we'll bཧe splatting down.

As spotted by Nintendo Life, Spl🧔atoon 3 pre-orders quietly opened up for physical and digital versions of the game. In the US, you can nab a pre-order at or (never mind the December 31 placeholder date), while UK shop♛pers will want to head to , , or Amazon UK.

Nintendo announced 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Splatoon 3 a little over a year ago during a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Nintendo Direct, a🍒nd more recently it revealed a summer 2022 release window, but there's still no hard release date. That's a little unusual considering it's almost March and pre-orders are going live, but we don't ye🌄t have much of a reason to worry about a delay. Nintendo, as it is wont to do, is likely just taking its time nailing down a date and finding the right occasion to make it public.

The sequel is bringing back the fan-favorite Turf War mode where you vie for 🐼control over various maps by splatting down enemies and covering surfaces in colored ink.💃 Also returning for Splatoon 3 is the co-op mode introduced in Splatoon 2, now called Salmon Run: The Next Wave. The most recent Nintendo Direct showed off a good chunk of gameplay from the new iteration of the co-op mode, as well as some of the strange new fishy horrors you'll combat in the course of your extremely dangerous part-time job.

For what to play right now and over the weekend, check out our comprehensive guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best Switch games out there.

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