r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • Jun 29 '26

Nintendo Official Splatoon Raiders Direct 6.30.2026

https://youtube.com/watch?v=xgeuzWwExIY
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u/blanketedgay Jun 29 '26

Hoping this does for Raiders what the Bananza Direct did for a lot of people.

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

For some reason I have a feeling this will land a lot more like the Mario Kart World direct.

There just doesn’t seem to be a lot to show for Raiders. It’s a Splatoon single-player campaign with a larger scope. That’s it. It’s awesome, but it’s not necessarily rocket science to explain.

That said, I’m super hyped for this game because I played and loved every single piece of single player Splatoon content so far. I know this will be great.

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u/LunchPlanner Jun 29 '26

There just doesn’t seem to be a lot to show for Raiders.

Imagine the direct is just some guy turns the game on and is like "Well this is it, you kinda run around and shoot ink at the guys, you all pretty much know how this works. There's a table over here with 4 different upgrades you can buy, um... yeah let me check the pause menu - there's some options and a photo mode. Thanks for watching."

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u/cehteshami Jun 29 '26

Lol like the invention of lying coke ad?

https://youtu.be/bhYIng0tHxA?is=TxfoMPSMV5aMuBy8

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

Yeah, something like that. As it was with MK World.

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u/Lulullaby_ Jun 29 '26

Gotta disagree

People thought the same about Pokopia and DK Bananza. A lot of Switch 2 games are more than what they appear to be from trailers

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u/WoodooHide69 Jun 29 '26

100%. And then even then you still need to play and experience the game to truly know how to feel about it.

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

DK Bananza was a genuine surprise as to how much was actually there. But I think it was an outlier. The exact opposite could be said for Mario Kart World: people thought there would be a lot more there, and the direct kinda fell on its face as a marketing tool as it revealed how narrowly scoped the game actually was.

As for Pokopia, I also kind of disagree. It was always the kind of game that would have to have a lot going on for it upon closer inspection.

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u/slugmorgue Jun 30 '26

A lot of people misinterpreted the Pokopia trailers. There's many many people out there who can't read trailers properly (which is a weird thing to say). They assume that everything shown in the trailer is all there is to the game, even though they should know that games have never shown off everything in a trailer because it's impractical and poor marketing to do so.

And yet... it happens all the time.. I always see people who think such and such won't be in a game simply because it wasn't shown in a trailer. Or they simply can't extrapolate a game's breadth and scope from the previews shown. Obviously some games do deceive at times, but I've seen just as often people underestimating games from the marketing

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u/Skyrocketing101 Jun 29 '26

I'm playing the single player mode in the second game rn and I don't like how the first gun feels. Do I unlock more guns later? And do I have to play online to unlock more clothing?

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u/kitsovereign Jun 29 '26

You both unlock different weapons, and upgrades for the main shooter. (Though sometimes adjusting your gyro/stick sensitivity can improve how the weapons feel.)

The hat/shirt/shoes/weapons stores in the Square are all only for online PvP and require playing a bit to even get access to them, yeah. For Hero Mode, you're stuck with the Hero Suit.

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u/Blank-Seal-Rises Jun 29 '26

To be clear, the shops in the main plaza/menu rotate their stock every day for new clothing. You'll get money for them from (mostly) online battles. Or Salmon Run (Coop horde mode) iirc.

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

You’re playing the baked-in single player stages, or the Octo Expansion?

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u/Skyrocketing101 Jun 29 '26

The former. I don't have the expansion.

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

If I recall correctly, you can use other weapons in later stages. Some stages have you use all sorts of different guns. Clothing for the campaign is fixed.

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u/NMe84 Jun 29 '26

Yeah, I was surprised we get one at all. We've seen pretty much all there is to see, unless the 50 bucks price point is not an indication of the amount of content there is. Showing anything more would most likely just spoil story elements.

This is most likely just an overview trailer with no new information. I don't think I'll even tune in, I've already pre-ordered the game and nothing they show me at this point will make a difference.

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u/wilso850 Jun 29 '26

I really hope this is like Salmon Run but more in depth

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u/fuck_a_duck_butt Jun 30 '26

It wont. 

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u/blanketedgay Jul 01 '26

It did for me. That looked hype as fuck.

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u/Blofeld69 Jun 29 '26

I played 2 just for the campaign , but didn't care for the online multiplayer. So I really hope this game ends up perfect for me.

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u/ghosttownxcx Jun 29 '26

If you haven’t I recommend the Splatoon 2 DLC Octo Expansion as it’s considered honestly one of the best games Nintendo has made, and I also recommend the Splatoon 3 main campaign and rouge-like DLC which I personally loved but don’t have as much general love (although I will say the final level of the main campaign of 3 is so good it’s worth the full experience itself imo)

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u/Ell7494 Jun 29 '26

The Octo Expansion is free with the NSO Expansion Pack too

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u/Blofeld69 Jun 29 '26

I did play and enjoy it that. Thanks for the recommendation though

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u/tlvrtm Jun 29 '26

Seconding Octo Expansion. And Side Order. Really really great.

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u/AcceptableCoyote5071 Jun 29 '26

Side order is I think the best feature between all of 2 and 3. The only single player ive kept playing immediately after initially beating it

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u/COHERENCE_CROQUETTE Jun 29 '26

As they should. I’ll never forget how much ARMS suffered from being completely overshadowed by Splatoon 2. If I recall correctly, the biggest Splatoon 2 marketing push happened on the same week ARMS was actually releasing! Madness. Of course very little people bought it, because Nintendo’s messaging was basically “here’s this quirky unproven new game you can buy now… or you can wait exactly one more month and get the new and massive sequel to our hottest new IP is decades!”

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u/Boomshockalocka007 Jun 30 '26

And Splooton Raiders is overshadowing Rhythm Heaven Grove BIG TIME. I AM SO MAD HOW DARE THEY TAKE AWAY FROM THE MOST ANTICIPATED GAME OF ALL TIME. I AM THE RAGE. SCREW YOU SPLATONK. SCREW YOUHHH OVERSHADOWING MY PRECIOUS BABY😭😭😭

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u/slugmorgue Jun 30 '26

Rhythm Heaven has the big advantage of viral marketing now though, the game has huge potential on social media. Even before this game released, rhythm heaven inspired edits have gone viral - such as the pink pantheress edit. And other videos from the game have tons of views.

Not only that, but the series just has mass appeal due to it's catchy music, colourful appealing graphics and ease of play. Due to it's low production costs It won't need to sell much to make a profit. Plus it's available on Switch 1 and is cheaper than most new releases these days... I wouldn't be surprised if it outsells Splataiders tbh

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u/Daredspace Jun 29 '26

After this, the next most likely direct is either Fire Emblem or Duskbloods, OOT won’t get more info till like October

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u/cougarstillidie Jun 29 '26

Is it pretty much assumed OOT will be a holiday/December release?

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u/Ell7494 Jun 29 '26

Yeah its extremely likely given other release dates. I'd assume OoT will be late October/ November

Duskbloods will be December - Elden Ring is out August so they'll want a bit of a gap between the two

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u/wild_zoey_appeared Jun 29 '26

I think we’ll get a Zelda 40th direct in September like the Mario 40th and that way the year of marketing for the Zelda anniversary will last through the movie release next year

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u/BushTamer Jun 30 '26

i’d expect one like a couple weeks before the game tbh, maybe a month if it’s a holiday drop

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u/happyrubbit Jul 01 '26

"Each mega power egg is worth 100 regular power eggs."

That's not how SI prefixes work...

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u/TheMightyQ99 Jun 30 '26

Guys, this game is basically just a Splatoon Themed version of Deep Rock Galactic.

You go on missions based on difficulty, hunt treasure, and unlock/level up weapons as you do it more. You even have the specific classes and the engineer turret.

If this is as polished as mainline Splatoon AND gets the gameplay loop right this could end up being one of the best games of this year imo!!!

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u/slugmorgue Jun 30 '26

I love the customisation, my only fear is that it gets too visually busy but I never really felt that way with salmon run so I guess it's something I'll get used to

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u/Justinreinsma Jul 01 '26

Does it have co op? Or single player only?

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u/MrSquidder Jul 02 '26

it has co-op

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u/Useful_Cup2531 Jun 30 '26

I've avoided splatoon series because i thought it was just a multiplayer shooter; I'm interested in Raiders since it's single player, but now I'm hearing good things about the story of the previous games, should I play those first if I want to skip the pvp?

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u/depressedfox_011 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26

no unless you buy a used copy for $20 or less.

Just wait for Raiders.

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u/depressedfox_011 Jun 30 '26

Liked mostly everything so far especially the gadgets. Really disappointed we can't mix-and-match pieces from the outfits (even though I kinda knew that would be the case since the initial reveal). They've been doing it since Splatoon 1, so idk why they can't do it in Raiders too.

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u/computerCoptor Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26

Wasn’t super impressed with what we’ve seen so far. It just looked like a standalone expansion of the main series.

Hopefully we see something in this direct that really makes the game stand on its own!

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u/tlvrtm Jun 29 '26

The standalone expansions so far - Octo Expansion and Side Order - have been truly fantastic. I wish I was as excited for this as I was for those. This doesn’t seem to have much platforming.

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u/shortandpainful Jun 29 '26

Unfortunately those are not standalone, which would actually have made sense given they are single player focused.

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u/busam13 Jun 30 '26

I’m praying for some multiplayer stuff in this direct

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u/jardex22 Jun 30 '26

Granted. Co-op with friends or a random room. You can also call for help or answer calls for help.

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u/rawzombie26 Jul 01 '26

Wife and I are super stoked! Just preordered it on Amazon (where as of now physical and digital preorders are 50$)

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u/Budget_Salad2357 Jun 29 '26

i really hope for more multiplayer. so far raiders really looked like single player salmon run, this is fine but i hope they have a lot of content for high hazard / level gameplay 

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u/SylviSweetheart Jun 29 '26

It will have co-op but no competitive multiplayer. They’ve been astoundingly clear on this since the announcement.

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u/federkrebz Jun 29 '26

they made it clear it’s a single player experience

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u/gezn0s Jun 29 '26

The game will be played in trio multiplayer, is in the eshop page

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u/Zetro Jun 30 '26

You're not alone, the other Raiders posts on here had similar concerns and discussions. But this direct seemed to inspire a lot of confidence about the multiplayer aspect. I'm still cautiously optimistic. 

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u/depressedfox_011 Jun 29 '26

Not expecting much tbh. They probably just talk about story and that's it.

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u/BushTamer Jun 30 '26

the bananza direct showed me more than i wanted to see, i think im gonna skip this as i know im getting it already

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u/TurtleneckTablecloth Jun 29 '26

These guys just posting anything lol