Summary
Splatoon 3finally revealed some gameplay footage from its Side Order DLC, which opened the September 14 Nintendo Direct. This incoming addition to the game will arrive as thesecond wave of theSplatoon 3Expansion Pass.
The third installment in Nintendo’s family-friendly shooter series has so far proven to be a huge hit, as underlined by the fact thatSplatoon 3hit ten million saleswithin three months of its September 2022 release. Its first piece of DLC, Inkopolis, debuted in late February, mere weeks after Nintendo confirmed the game’s two-part Expansion Pass.
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And while the February announcement already revealed thatSplatoon 3’ssingle-player DLC will be called Side Order, not much has been shared about the contents of the expansion itself. That finally changed with today’s Nintendo Direct, which delivered the first gameplay trailer for Side Order. The two-minute video shows a few glimpses of Agent 8 and a robot version of Pearl exploring the Spire of Order, a giant tower that will serve as the setting of the upcoming DLC. The clip reveals that the duo will meet Acht fromSplatoon 2on their adventures, whereas Agent 8 will also take on a wide variety of enemies and even some puzzles throughout the Side Order campaign.
While Nintendo still isn’t committing to a concrete release date, the expansion’s first gameplay trailer did come with a confirmation that Side Order is planned to launch in spring 2024. That substantially narrowed down its release window, which had previously only been set for next year. Some recently shared teaser images also revealed that the upcoming DLC will feature Marina Ida, who makes up the Off the Hook pop idol duo fromSplatoon 2alongside Pearl. Today’s trailer did not actually feature Marina, but it did tease her appearance with a scene in which Acht mentioned the musically inclined Octoling.
The newSplatoon 3DLC trailer marked the start of yet another content-packed Nintendo Direct, with the 40-minute broadcast including over 30 announcements in total. Among other things, the livestreamrevealed new gameplay features of theSuper Mario RPGremakeand confirmed that the Switch port ofLuigi’s Mansion: Dark Moonwill hit the market in summer 2024 asLuigi’s Mansion 2 HD.
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