You can also get the game at Amazon and GameStop, albeit with no free extras thrown in. For those who prefer to go digital, Nintendo is offering double My Nintendo Gold points on the Nintendo eShop from now through Sept. Walmart is offering a Neon Inkling Squid Plush in four different colors (perfect for collectors or kids who want something to cuddle up with), while Best Buy will give you a free keychain with your preorder. 9 release date, and some of them are throwing in some extra goodies for those who buy early. Splatoon 3 is available for preorder now at most major retailers ahead of its Sept. Where to preorder Splatoon 3 and the Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch OLED Here are my early impressions, as well as a heads up on where to get your hands on the game. After about an hour of trying out the single-player campaign and engaging in some raucous multiplayer bouts with my fellow attendees, I didn’t want to put the controller down.

9 - as well as get a close-up look at the special-edition Splatoon 3 Nintendo Switch OLED launching this month. I had a chance to go hands-on with Nintendo’s hotly anticipated ink-shooter - which is up for preorder now and releasing Sept. It’s a delightful formula that’s accessible enough for casual gamers while packing plenty of depth for the competitive crowd, and it’s looking to get even better in the upcoming Splatoon 3 for Nintendo Switch. The boost of Splatoon 3's launch brings the platform's Japanese install base to over 26 million.Splatoon is an online multiplayer shooter delivered in a way only Nintendo can - instead of engaging in realistic violence, teams of half-kids, half-squids engage in raucous competitions over who can cover more of the arena with bright, colorful ink. Switch was, as usual, the top-selling format with 3.5 millions games sold (91% of total), and just shy of 500,000 consoles sold, led by the OLED Model at 367,000. Nintendo titles alone accounted for just over three million, marking a seventh consecutive month as the biggest selling publisher. In total, 3.9 million boxed games were sold in Japan last month – meaning Splatoon 3 accounting for 69% of all sales. There was one other new entry in the Top 10 last month: Bandai Namco's drum-centric rhythm action game Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival, which debuted at No.8.įurther down the rankings, other new releases included JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R (No.11), Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling Into Darkness (No.14) and The Last of Us Part 1 (No.18).

The game's domestic performance far outstripped sales of next biggest release, Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline, even if you combine the performance of the three console SKUs, which all made it into the Top 10. It also scored the franchise's first No.1 in the UK retail charts. The platform holder previously announced that Splatoon 3 sold 3.45 million physical and digital copies in Japan within three days, making it Switch's fastest-selling game in the company's home market. Nintendo's cartoony shooter shifted 2.7 million physical copies following its release on September 9, according to the latest charts from Famitsu. Splatoon 3 was comfortably the biggest selling game at Japanese retail last month.

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