A recent reveal from Nintendo confirms that Splatoon 3 will bring back all of the base weapons from the previous two games in the franchise.
With the highly-anticipated Splatoon 3 release just a few months away, Nintendo hasn’t hesitated to reveal to fans with many new tidbits of information about the sequel. Last week, Nintendo revealed a new weapon coming to the game in the Ink Vac that allows players to steal ink and spin it against their opponents, while other recent updates have revealed new weapons. details like the game’s release date and file size. Now, Nintendo’s latest reveal for the upcoming third Splatoon installment will see some of the fan-favorite weapons return.
Since its reveal early last year, Splatoon 3 has confirmed a lot of popular features from older games will return to the newest installment of the shooter series. Splatoon 3 will feature the return of the popular Salmon Run co-op 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 older weapons. As Splatoon continues to see more content revealed, Nintendo revealed Monday morning that all of the franchise’s previous base weapons will appear in Splatoon 3.
The announcement was first made via Nintendo’s official Twitter account showing the Inklings using some weapons again. While no official confirmation of the full weapon list was given along with the tweet, the return of all base weapons suggests that it’s not just all Splatoon 2 weapons that will be full. features in Splatoon 3 but also the weapon variations found in the first Splatoon. not appearing in Splatoon 2, like the E-Liter 3K and Dual Squelchers, can be seen reappearing.
The return of all the base weapons from the franchise’s past will join the growing list of new special weapons revealed for Splatoon 3 like the Ink Vac and Killer Wail previously mentioned. . The Splatoon 3 trailer showed off a lot of new weapons that players will be able to try out after Splatoon 3’s release in September, like the Crab Tank which allows players to mount a grip mechanism and use cannons that are built in. mounted to control opponents, and the Zipcaster acts as a grappling hook similar to Apex Legends’ Pathfinder.
Splatoon 3’s early announcements showed the game taking a bold new direction from its predecessor in a number of different ways. Splatoon 3’s character creation was previously confirmed to have no fixed gender option allowing players to freely customize their character with no gender-based restrictions and nameplate customization revealed recently showed more ways for players to personalize their characters and appear in Splatoon 3. Along with the game’s Salmonids receiving a similar focus to Splatoon’s Octolings, Splatoon 3 looks to have a lot to offer. excite fans of the brand when it releases this September.
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