Europe is holding its own Splatfest this weekend about how to properly hang toilet paper, which still has me chuckling. What do we have coming up in North America? Something more appropriate for October. Something worth getting worked up ov...

It's always interesting to see how western shooters fare in Japan. Destiny 2 tops the charts in it's opening week, but it does so with just 50,263 sales. That's only about 5,000 more than second-place Splatoon 2, which is nearly t...

The SplatNet service, used by the original Splatoon on Wii U, will be closing its servers come the end of September.The service, which is used to gather player statistics and friend's online status, will shut down on September 30, just a mo...

Hot off the heels of the recent mayonnaise vs ketchup (semper fidelis mayonnaise) Splatfest, Nintendo of Europe has announced the theme for the Splatfest scheduled for September 1st through 3rd. That weekend you'll have to choose whether yo...

In case you forgot, about a month ago it was announced that the ongoing Splatoon manga would be receiving an anime adaptation. The release date for the first episode was yesterday, and like anything released online, has spread at a rapid pa...

[Art by 3DROD] [Update: Mayo won Europe and Japan as well. The whole world has officially been covered in the white stuff.] First there was Brexit. Then there was Trump. Now there is... Mayo. Despite being saddled to the less popular of Sp...

When I first heard about the great mayo versus ketchup debate in Splatoon 2, I didn't think much of it. "Another topic I'm not at all invested in (but will fight to the death to uphold for the bonuses)," I thought to myself. I should've con...

For those of you who have delved into the new competitive League Battle mode for Splatoon 2, you may have encountered an unfortunate glitch -- a straight-up crash. Evidently this happens if you look at your previous stats, and if you have m...

We all know that Splatoon 2 is going to get months of free content like its predecessor, but the strategy has polarized a lot of the community. Some call it free DLC, others call the retail build "early access." As someone who has played bo...

On Sunday, I spent most of my waking hours playing Splatoon 2. I'm obsessed. The campaign is delightful and creative, as expected, and I just love exploring every nook and cranny in the overworlds. The competitive multiplayer -- yeah, I nee...

Splatoon, to me, was a big hit for Nintendo Wii U. A fresh new idea during a time when the most common complaint leveled against the company was the reusing of old IPs and re-releasing the same sequels over and over. So it's no surpris...

I still remember sitting in a booth for a Splatoon preview event and thinking "I don't know if this is going to catch on." It was lovely and vibrant, par for the course for Nintendo, but it could have easily been a flash in the pan for...

Splatoon 2 is out today and with it came the announcement of the next Splatfest. Mayo and ketchup will be going head to head to decide who is the king of condiments. Ice cream dominated cake in the game's pre-launch Splatfest, but who can s...

Many of you are currently getting giddy at the idea of getting gooey, as the heavily-hyped sequel Splatoon 2 launches worldwide today on Nintendo Switch. I decided it would be fun to step way, way out of my comfort zone and explain how t...

For those unaware, Splatoon 2 has a manga currently going that somehow ties in with the game's plot. I guess it has been popular enough to receive an anime adaptation, because that is exactly what's happening. CoroCoro Comic, the publishers...

[Update: Japan's match was Rock versus Pop, and Rock won the competition.] I may have missed out on the original Splatoon, but I enjoyed seeing Destructoid's people and my friends express their love of the series. As Splatoon 2's first...

Now that I own a Nintendo Switch (I literally JUST cracked my screen protector putting it into the dock), I'm as excited as the next guy to try out Splatoon 2. That said, new developments have me a little bit worried, given my comparat...

[Humanized Off The Hook by @eafrns] Though the game is still a week out, Splatoon 2's first international Splatfest competition launches today via a free demo. In fact, the European leg of the battle has already started, while the Nort...

We are one week away from the release of the highly anticipated Splatoon 2 which has got many fans, including young Japanese aquarium-goers, very excited. Unfortunately, if you're in Japan and don't already own the console, now is not ...

I got my hands on the full version of Splatoon 2, and I'm happy to say that so far, it's on track to be at least as good as the original. You can watch the first 15 minutes for yourself below. Yet, as you may have noticed, a lot of this bui...

Happy Friday, comrades.

[Update: Whoa! This piece got a lot more people talking than I bargained for. What a pleasant surprise! If you want to read more about the topic of how PoC are represented in games, these pieces by Tanya DePass, Gita Jackson, Shont&eac...

Newcomers Marina and Pearl, which aren't fully replacing Callie and Marie (as they're still confirmed to be part of the game), will be hosting Splatoon 2's first Splatfest -- but there's a twist. It'll actually take place a week before...

I never thought I'd get remotely invested in the universe of Splatoon when I first previewed it over a year ago, but here we are, and I'm following along with official Squid Sisters fan fiction. Today's Nintendo Direct showcased some more o...

As you may have heard, the developers for NBA Playgrounds are having a hell of a time pushing an update to the Switch edition of the game. The reason cited is space issues and patch limitations from Nintendo, but this sort of leaves out the...