A highly kinetic, hyper-unique multiplayer shooter. Splatoon 3 merges systemic ink-spraying and high-velocity swimming traversal with creative paint weapons and outstanding Dandori-style cooperative PVE survival, delivering a polished Switch milestone.

Splatoon 3 is a highly kinetic, outstanding third-person shooter Switch staple that completely discards traditional military bullets in favor of systemic ink spraying and swimming traversal. Playing inside the sun-bleached desert city of Splatsville, combat is built on two states: human form (firing ink guns, rollers, slosher buckets, and paint bows to cover the terrain) and squid/octopus form (swimming through matching colored ink to move at high speed, scale vertical walls, and regenerate ammunition). The game's primary competitive mode is Turf War—where the victory condition is covering the highest percentage of the map with your team's paint color rather than getting kills. It introduces key movement mechanics: Squid Roll (a rapid spin dodge out of ink) and Squid Surge (high-velocity wall climbing blasts). It also features a massive, highly creative single-player puzzle campaign and the cooperative PVE mode, Salmon Run.