Team Shiver Walks Away With Another Win In Splatoon 3's Latest Splatfest

Welp, we all know Shiver is going to win in the end. =/

That said, I'm going with Team Frye. Especially given they are finally making Deep Cut banners and pins available and I want Frye's. Hopefully Off the Hook will get some (along with Splatoon 2 music) when Side Order releases.

I think we know who’s winning this one

Wow, I can't wait for Shiver to win for the 500th time.......rolls eyes

I stan for Big Man.

But why is he Red? Doesn't fit his color palate.

Well whomever it is, it’s certainly NOT Shiver! (Not even certain she isn’t evil overlord material)

Big Man seems friendly and likeable, so I will fight for Team Big Man.

Yooo my birthday weekend. BIG MAN LET'S GO

Ay! (Yes, I'm going with Big Man.)

Poor Frye, she’s gonna be massively outnumbered this time

oh no we're at the end of splatfests already?! hard choice- Shiver is fav and so is her color although with Frye being first in Alturna does that make her the leader or is Big Man since he's last?

Eh probably big man. He’s pretty funny.

I believe in you Frye!

Shiver! I mean look at how many wins she's led us too!

Frye just can’t catch a break…

This is going to be the saltiest Splatfest yet lol. Team Frye!

Just say no to mirror matches, go Team Frye!

Fast turnaround for another splat-fest!

Big Man will rule the Splatlands after September 13th. World Peace….shall be achieved!

They made it personal. This won't be good for Frye's confidence

While I love all three pretty equally, I think I'll be picking Team Shiver because:

1) I prefer blue between the 3 color options
2) She's a pretty likely choice to win, given results from previous Splatfests
3) Sharks are cool

I guess the final Final Fest is going to be Deep Cut vs. Off the Hook vs. Squid Sisters then?

@Desrever seems to be his signature color according to the amiibo

Are you kidding me? While we already know who is going to win, I would have picked shiver regardless lmao!

Just my luck. I'll be working that weekend again. I almost never manage to get the entire weekend off to enjoy a Splatfest. I was lucky enough to have this last weekend off for the Money/Fame/Love Splatfest, but most of the time, I'm working for half of the weekend.

In any case, Shiver gets my vote.

This makes no sense, it's another Shiver win. She's actually coded to be the leader. It's at the far left so it's the first you see. The team is composed by Shiver, Frye and Bigman. She's named first. She's the first in introducing herself in the presentation of Deep Cut. She's the first who talks in the news and she always makes the cue for greetings and goodbyes.
Oh, and in the last Splatfest she just proclamed leader herself. Can someone be more obvious?

My allegiance is to Big Man, to Ay!

Who is the sting ray? It's adorable

@Tempestryke Ay! (Big Man!)

@luckyseven Danke Schoen Dah-ling.

I find Splatfests hard to get excited for now once I realised that all a team needs to win is to simply be the most popular in Japan, the popularity in the West and actual performance in battle essentially amounts to nothing (last Splatfest proved that). Taking that into consideration, I highly expect Shiver to be the most popular in Japan so she's most likely going to get a 5th consecutive win.

Frye will most likely get an inflated percentage due to fans in the West giving her sympathy votes (thus I do expect Team Frye to get some mirror matches despite what the comment section is saying) but I expect the Frye curse to kick in once again and she'll come dead last in pretty much everything.

Big Man is an anomaly. His teams either do clean sweeps or extremely horribly (Sour, Bigfoot and Courage). If this was the beginning of the game's update cycle I could see Big Man getting the popularity due to the memes and the fresh factor of finally having a male idol but I think that effect has worn off now. Unless he's incredibly popular in Japan, I don't see him getting popularity.

As for me, I honestly don't know. Shiver is the obvious, safe answer which makes it boring. If I pick Frye I'm basically asking to lose. I've picked Big Man's team the past two fests and lost both times so I want to avoid a potential 3rd consecutive Big Man lose. I'll see closer to the time.

@AlexanderDaniels I'm hoping the game acknowledges that and the whole point of the Splatfest is to potentially alter that. If Frye or Big Man wins, then the game takes that into consideration and it's then THAT idol whose always at the left side of the screen (thus the first you'll see) and the one who opens and closes all news reports.

Additionally, I'm hoping these results actually affect a future DLC expansion (either side order or a Deep Cut focused expansion) and the idol who wins plays a slightly more important role. Not to the extend that it completely overshadows the other two but still more noticeably proactive in the plot (maybe your avatar is in danger and it's that idol who comes to rescue you and temporarily serves as your solo guide?).

However, it's most likely going to affect nothing and it'll literally just be flavour text that never gets brought up again (which would be disappointing but sadly expected).

Eww, who voted for Big Man? 🤢
It's Shiver or bust. 😎

My heart says Big Man, but my minds says whoever’s more likely to win.

@masterLEON this is exactly what I'll be doing, I simply cannot stand how many mirror matches you get when you're on the popular team so I'll be choosing Frye

Big Man Supremacy!!

I voted Shiver.

Is this the final splatfest? Already?!

Go Big Man
(although skye is winning everytihng)

@Chibi_Manny No, just the 1st year anniversary splatfest.

FOR BIG MAAAN!

Go Shiver, she’s always been my fave Deep Cut member!

The design of Big Man is so dramatically better than the other 2, you wonder what happened.

That the previous duo were also so much better makes it even more curious.

Team Frye FTW!! I’m calling a peace treaty with Big Man though! As long as Shiver doesn’t win I’ll be satisfied.

I picked yellow team, because shooting glowing yellow ink IS amusing.😆 I don't feel strongly about any particular Deep Cut character.

I don't like the cult of Shiver anymore

Ay! (Big man fans rise up)

@Snatcher
Correct answer

I didn’t really need the reminder, but seeing Deep Cut in the feed always makes me smile! Thanks NintendoLife!

Argh! The last 4 Splatfest a have been on weekends where I’m not able to play! Kinda wish they would do something week long.

The switch news article that gives you the idol-themed banners isn't showing up for me. is this happening to anyone else (my switch region is Europe if that changes anything)

I'm easily team Big Man; i want to give him a hug <3

Team Shiver all the way! She is the best!

@GogGogGogGog I'm having the same problem. Maybe they dont release them to us?

TeamWafuShiverAllTheWay!

This was a great Splatfest. Had many fun encounters. Well played everyone and congratulations Team Shiver.

With how the Splatfests are going, I get the impression Splatoon fans want to be abused by the mighty though.

shiver again? this just not fun anymore like this.. and big man for ever!

Gg everyone! I played a lot this Splatfest and it was worth it in the end, go Shiver!

I’m sorry Bigman! For I have failed you.

I was thinking Shiver finally might not win. I saw a Frye mirror match in Tricolor, that never happens! And early results were almost close! But such is the way of things, I suppose.

Poor Frye. I gotta say though if this is the splatoon that decides the direction of the next game I may skip 4. Granted they may just make Shriver the villain for the next game.

I think at this point everyone just goes with Shiver as she's a safe bet and that equals more sea snails. It's kinda boring at this point.

Pretty weird that Splatoon 3 introduced the Tri-Color Splatfest just so that you could choose between Shiver and Big Man.

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

Wake me up when the Splatfest results become exciting again rather than Shiver's side always winning just because it's Shiver.

GGs to Team Shiver, my Fryemates (Pros, especially) and pain in the tail Big Man I managed to play more than usual and got to Ruler +1, and quite comfortably this time. My WR was my best so far at the end with 31 and 17 out of 50 latest battles with a couple draws. My first time since Splatoon 2 where I played more than 50 battles in a single Splatfest. But I only got 2 x10s and 1 x100, so basically the same as last time even though they said that there were supposed to be “more” x battles. I didn’t go completely mirrorless as I thought, though, with only one mirror Tricolor at the crack of dawn on Sunday. Crazy for only 17% popular vote. I thought, “cool, maybe they’ll take things eas-“ Nope! Everyone was still in sweaty mode, LOL! I liked seeing the previous Tricolor maps return, including the Scorch Gorge/Zelda. Some even had tweaks to the layout, if I recall, though some could have used more fine tuning (Eeltail and Barnacle, specifically). I’m hoping to see Shipshape Cargo as the next Tricolor map, mostly because I don’t want to see Crableg as the next Tricolor, which is more likely to happen. Altogether it’s been fun, as long as we don’t lose our heads and take it too seriously. I’m fine with getting 3 less Super Sea Snails.

@Ryu_Niiyama If we get a 4 on the next gen, I’m hoping for better ink physics. Puddling, drippyness from higher to lower platforms and downhill, actual mist and smoke, directional splatters from higher pressure weapons and heavier projectiles, players that get splatted also cover walls, deflected shots off of inflatable barriers, uninkable surfaces, or brella canopies that disperse and cause a tiny amount of splash damage, etc. Oh, and smoke bombs (think ink storm, but on the ground) That’ll get me back for sure.

@Croctopus That is some seriously strong simping right there

I wonder why bigman always wins pro

Shiver wafu is the best.

There is a way to fix the one-sided issue, the matchmaker could offer more x100/x333 opportunities to the under-represented teams. After that it’s up to those teams to win those matches en masse to sway the results. Easier said than done, of course.

EDIT: Also, there should be more ways to earn Clout per battle, even for the losing team. The game still awards gold and silver medal titles at the end for #1Turf Inker, #1 Overall Splatter, Enemy Base Inker, etc., just like in Anarchy/Ranked. Players should be able to earn extra Clout based on battle performance so everyone at least gets some points.

@Fizza What's your issue with the wins, that they're not 'diversed' enough for you? That shouldn't matter, it's not Shivers fault that Nintendo is giving her the objectively better team choices.. Japan isn't picking Shiver prior to this Splatfest solely for her, it's the side she's aligned on usually the ideal one, but not always!

@Porky wasn't there an article on this where most shiver members in JP just voted for her and never actually played the splatfest??? The popularity vote is a large factor in her winning even if they don't win too many games

@MooseTinsel Was there? Or is this another instance of "My source is I made it up."

Either way, Popularity vote is not a huge factor as it only grants 8 points while Fyre's team won the Sneak Peak vote gaining 7 points, so the two were close to equal before the deciding points were applied that are reliant on the teams overall skill.

@Fizza That's kinda what I'm alluding to. Idol preferences isn't the deciding factor of majorities pick nor should it. It's the team choices on offer. In this instance, Shiver is ideally the leader and its been stated in the game she was prior, so naturally many will side with her. But there were times when Shiver got a less ideal team preference like Spicy and Dark Chocolate and lost! I do not agree teams should get 'pity' Splatfest wins with a objectively worse team choice for diversity sake. The underlining problem is Nintendo often gives her the better of the three team choices and not offering up choices that would really split peoples vote evenly. If your suspensions are that the majority are picking solely on idol faviotism, then Nintendo should hide the idol team preferences until maybe the day of Splatfest?

I gave up on Splatfests a long, long time ago. No matter who I pick, no matter how hard I fight, the team that I choose never ends up winning. I've tried picking the same team several times in a row, I've tried switching it up at random, I've tried just going with my gut, I've tried picking the most popular choice. Nothing. Literally 100% of the time. Not once. I think I'm just cursed in that regard.

If y'all knew Shiver was going to win again, why didn't y'all pick Shiver? She's obviously the best.

The problem with the Splatoon community as a whole has been very visible in 3.
The problem is that so many people vote based on idol, and not the actual theme.
The theme here was “who would be the best leader”, however most thought of it as “who’s the best idol”.
And apparently the simps chose Shiver as the best idol, for some reason, even though she’s personality-less, boring and just not exciting whatsoever compared to Big Man and Frye.
I might write a full essay for the Splatoon 3 forum later, tbh. This problem is getting out of hand.

we've known the voting gets skewed since 1. voters have always chose by
1. which team has the better chance of getting the bonus snails
2. which idol is better
3. what are my friends choosing so I can be with them
4. what do I actually like of the choices this time
what can be done to change this...........as was said above maybe making it so the idols are not on a side(hard to do with 3 of them so far). how about you have only 1 day to choose or even going to the extreme and surprise splatfest starts now, time make your pick(shell vote changes to earning during splatfest).
all the talk about Shiver's wins should go back and look at how many Callie won, especially having a major win streak as well.

I literally just pick Shiver now, no matter what, because I know that's what the winning team will usually be (unless its a topic I'm passionate about defending even though I will probably lose). So yeah, I went with Shiver. However, Shiver is my daughter's favourite host, so i really didnt mind representing. It did seem like Frye was going to win early on though. Everyone on that side was quite tough, and Big Man's team really held their own too.

“Big Man can’t catch a break” ?!?
How about poor Frye? BG has won more feats than she has!

Woohoo! The team I voted for won for once!

I will admit, however, I honestly thought more people would go for Big Man, considering he's quite popular with the fanbase. Naturally, though, Shiver is the de facto leader of Deep Cut, not only opening and closing the Anarchy Splatcast, but also keeping Frye and Big Man in line, being the most cool and level-headed of the three.

Sadly, though, even though I was able to get to Shiver Ruler +1 rank, I wasn't able to participate in this Splatfest as much as I would have liked. I was feeling a little under the weather, and ended up sleeping most of Sunday, the one day I had off this past weekend.

This was a great splatfest. The results for win percentages (not the popularity vote) were actually really close with normal splatfest being around 33% for each team. Those tricolor battles are worth a lot and I don't usually end up even playing them..