We are but a few short days away from the release of Splatoon 3's Chill Season 2022 update on 1st December (or 30th November for America), and Nintendo has started to reveal when we can expect the season's events to kick off.
While there is no word on anything Splatfest related as of yet, we do now know that Big Run - the upcoming new game mode - will make its debut in an event over the weekend of 10th-12th December (or 9th-11th from 4pm PT for those in the States). @NintendoEurope shared this announcement via Twitter alongside a selection of photos showing what the new challenge might hold.
Big Run looks to be a twist on the classic Salmon Run format only, uh, bigger. No more will it be the case that you will have to fly out to a remote island to take on hoards of Salmonids (unless you are playing in Salmon Run, of course) as these new events will see those pesky little fishies come to our prized stages.
The first stage to succumb to the Salmonid's attacks in the December event will be Wahoo World. Yes, there is a case to be had for just letting the Salmonids keep this one, but we must put that distaste behind us and rally together to keep them off our turf!
Once the event's opening weekend is over, who knows which stage will be the next target? One thing that is for certain is that Chill Season 2022 is going to provide Splatoon 3 with a much-needed refresh. If you need a reminder of everything that is coming to the game in the update, check out our handy round-up from the initial announcement below.
Are you excited for Big Run? Assemble your Salmonid splatting team and let us know in the comments!
[source twitter.com]
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I love Salmon Run and this should be a fun twist on things. Looking forward to it.
Also, what's wrong with Wahoo World? I usually find it to be a pretty fun map.
@BenAV Same, I quite enjoy it myself. I guess maybe some players don't like it because maybe it favors some weapons? I don't know, I like it a lot too.
I wish there were more nerfs to some Salmon Run bosses, like the Flyfish especially.
@BenAV I also struggle to find out exactly why people dislike Wahoo World. Even I'm not a huge fan of it but I don't really understand why. It's not a bad map, though, and I think it'll play out for Salmon Run really well.
Looking forward to giving this a go. My kid and I bought Splatoon 3 mostly for the single player, and we've played it, but not much else besides the Splatfests. I've tried Salmon run a coupe of times and I like the co-op hoard mode vibe.
@StarPoint awful awful awful map for ranked modes. splatzones zone is tiny and in a hazardous area, tower control it sort of has a hanging area around the 70 point mark which is a pain, the rotating gimmick sucks, no, its no good. great decor and atmosphere, awful layout
I like Wahoo World quite a bit, so I'm fighting for it.
I had planned a big event for my D&D campaign that will span all of this Saturday & Sunday, and for the last month or so, I've been worried that it will overlap the first Big Run event. I'm incredibly relived that I can enjoy the first Big Run to its fullest without having to compromise my other incredibly nerdy hobby
The Salmonids will be merry, alright. I just would’ve liked more rewards like super sea snails or King Salmonid scales. As for Wahoo World, I never had serious problems with it. At least it’s a Splatoon 2 map that tried to be more interesting when the maps in the last game were generally less eccentric like the ones in the first game.
@BenAV yeah i honestly dont get it. i dont really hate any particular maps
@BenAV the reason most people dislike wahoo world is because one of the two entrances to mid is on-and-off every 30 seconds
its annoying for ranked modes and such
I much prefer Wahoo World to Mahi-mahi; it doesn't have pools that I always manage to fall in!
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