The February 2023 Nintendo Direct confirms Splatoon 3‘s two-section Expansion Pass, and the ‘Side Order’ campaign has been bound to happen.
The February 2023 Nintendo Direct highlighted news about a lot of forthcoming titles including Pikmin 4, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – which officially has its May 12 release date. Nintendo also affirmed Game Kid and Game Kid Advance titles are hitting NSO, in the meantime updates were accommodated by continuous projects like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’s Booster Course Pass. Splatoon 3 players also got a more comprehensive glance at what they can expect for the foreseeable future, including the “Side Order” single-player campaign.
Paid DLC was affirmed for Splatoon 3 preceding send-off, with a silhouette of Pearl and Marina persuading fans to think it would be a similar encounter to Splatoon 2’s Octo Expansion. Nonetheless, the Splatoon 3 Expansion Pass is instead a two-section release. Section 1 launches in spring 2023, taking fans back to the series’ unique Inkopolis center existence where the Squid Sisters once again perform during Splatfests. Section 2 does not have an official release date as of this composition, yet long-lasting fans should have some thought regarding what’s happening thanks to the Splatoon series’ earlier account conventions.
Splatoon 2’s Last Splatfest Forecasted the Splatoon 3 Side Order DLC
Splatfests have been a normal piece of the Splatoon experience since its unique game was released on Wii U in 2015. These month-to-month celebrations welcome players to pick a side in debates represented by each game’s golden calf characters, after which Turf War matches build points for their group. Generally, these events are for no particular reason, with the triumphant symbol getting an opportunity to boast as all partaking players get shifting amounts of Super Sea Snails based on their exhibition. In any case, the last Splatfest in each game has long-arriving implications.
Splatoon closed its web-based updates with a Callie versus Marie Splatfest, allowing players to choose their #1 individual from the Squid Sisters. Marie won, and in Splatoon 2 she turned into the main thrust behind its Octo Ravine story after Callie was grabbed and brainwashed by the Octarian pioneer DJ Octavio. Splatoon 2 finished with a Splatfest where Marina supported Group Order and Pearl upheld Group Chaos. After Chaos won, it was obvious to see that impact as soon as Splatoon 3 uncovered its busier Splatsville center set just on the outskirts of a destroyed Eiffel Tower.
Nintendo’s latest Direct clarified that the plans for Splatoon 2’s Order versus Chaos Splatfest broadened a lot further than fans could have expected. The Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion DLC carried Pearl and Marina to the very front as Off the Snare helped an Octoling named Specialist 8 escape the Deepsea Metro. The Alterna storyline in Splatoon 3 focused fundamentally on the Squid Sisters and the franchise’s newest icon bunch Profound Cut, while tying in Mr. Grizz from the PvE Salmon Run movement, so it just makes sense to monitor Splatoon 2’s noticeable characters during Side Order.
Notwithstanding, what precisely fans can expect out of Side Order is murkier at this stage. The February 2023 teaser features a slow slant down over what appears to be the female Specialist 8 model standing in a version of Splatoon 2’s center point region Inkopolis Square, presently totally depleted of variety as dyed coral grows all over the place. Flashes of symbolism highlighting principally Pearl and Marina are intercut with clips one could hope to see in a psychological thriller like splashes of blood, tentacles shrouded in darkness, and pulsating mind-like folds.
Based on Callie’s treatment in the primary Splatoon 2 story following her last Splatfest loss, it seems likely Splatoon 3‘s Side Order will rotate around Marina considering she lost the Order versus Chaos Splatfest. Perhaps it will investigate the Octoling symbol’s memories and injury from around the time she escaped DJ Octavio’s military and met Pearl interestingly. For the present, fans should sit back and watch.
Splatoon 3 is accessible now on Nintendo Switch.