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After ten years of Splatoon, it's still one of my favorite Nintendo franchises
Ten whole years. Ten years ago, I was finishing university and desperately trying to scrape money together for a Wii U, so I could play the brand new ink-slinging game Splatoon. Here we are in the year 2025, with three entries to the series, and the feeling of getting old. Say what you will about the Wii U. It may have flopped in the grander scheme of things, but it introduced some excellent games. Not only Splatoon - it had Mario Kart 8, a Wind Waker remaster, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Super Mario Maker. We, um, don’t talk about the Animal Crossing game, though. Splatoon leapt into fruition on May 28, 2015, in Japan, and on May 29 for the rest of the world. That’s ten years ago. I know I mentioned that before, but I still can’t quite get my head around it. The game is one of the more successful ones on the Wii U, selling nearly five million copies, which is really impressive when only around 13 million Wii Us ever got sold. Since then, the franchise has had two more entries on the Switch, and we’re eagerly awaiting news of a potential Splatoon 4 release date on the Nintendo Switch 2. Continue reading After ten years of Splatoon, it's still one of my favorite Nintendo franchises MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion guide, Splatoon 3 soundtrack, Splatoon amiibo
Ten whole years. Ten years ago, I was finishing university and desperately trying to scrape money together for a Wii U, so I could play the brand new ink-slinging game Splatoon. Here we are in the year 2025, with three entries to the series, and the feeling of getting old.
Say what you will about the Wii U. It may have flopped in the grander scheme of things, but it introduced some excellent games. Not only Splatoon - it had Mario Kart 8, a Wind Waker remaster, Yoshi’s Woolly World, and Super Mario Maker. We, um, don’t talk about the Animal Crossing game, though.
Splatoon leapt into fruition on May 28, 2015, in Japan, and on May 29 for the rest of the world. That’s ten years ago. I know I mentioned that before, but I still can’t quite get my head around it. The game is one of the more successful ones on the Wii U, selling nearly five million copies, which is really impressive when only around 13 million Wii Us ever got sold. Since then, the franchise has had two more entries on the Switch, and we’re eagerly awaiting news of a potential Splatoon 4 release date on the Nintendo Switch 2.
MORE FROM POCKET TACTICS: Splatoon 2 Octo Expansion guide, Splatoon 3 soundtrack, Splatoon amiibo
