Splatoon 2
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo EPD |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Producer(s) | Hisashi Nogami |
| Composer(s) | Toru Minegishi |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch |
| Release | Q2/Q3 2017 |
| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Splatoon 2 is an upcoming third-person shooter video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the sequel to the 2015 Wii U title, Splatoon, and is a team-based third-person shooter which is playable by up to eight players in online four-versus-four matches. The game was announced in January 2017, and will be released in Q2/Q3 2017.
Prior to Splatoon 2's official reveal, clips of the game were featured in the announcement trailer for the Nintendo Switch, the game's native console. Its unanticipated appearance led to speculation by the media and public over whether or not the footage shown was that from a port of Splatoon or a sequel. It was also presented in the trailer in a way that promoted the game as an eSport, following investments by Nintendo in Splatoon eSport tournaments in late 2016.
Splatoon 2 was officially unveiled to the public during the Nintendo Switch Presentation held in Tokyo on 13 January 2017, where it was announced for release in Q2/Q3 2017. The reveal was accompanied by a trailer featuring the game's new maps and weapons, and an on-stage appearance of producer Hisashi Nogami, in-character as a scientist from the Squid Research Lab – a fictional scientific group studying Inklings, which appeared in various promotional material for the original Splatoon.
A limited-time global multiplayer demo for the game, known as the "Splatoon 2 Global Testfire", was made available to play in March 2017. Similarly to the demo of the original game, it was only available to play for a specific time period: six one-hour play sessions across one weekend. Only two maps and four weapon sets were available to use. These play sessions were shared worldwide, allowing for testing of the global servers.
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