
Update #2 [Mon 17th July, 2023 10:45 BST]: Splatoon 3's latest Splatfest has come to a close and after a packed weekend of action, Team Vanilla has emerged victorious over Strawberry and Mint Chip.
While it wasn't quite the clean sweep that we saw in the previous Zelda-themed Splatfest, the winning team took this one by a comfortable margin with 45p compared to Mint Chip's 12p and Strawberry's 0 — a tough break, Strawberry fans.
Update #1 [Fri 14th July, 2023 17:00 BST]: The June Nintendo Direct showcase was so packed that news of an upcoming Splatfest seemed like a drop in the ocean compared to some of the other announcements. Well, this is your friendly reminder that the Splatoon 3 ice cream Splatfest will be getting underway this weekend!
The question this time is all about your most sought-after scoop as Nintendo asks "Which flavour of ice cream is the best?" and you can choose to support Team Strawberry, Vanilla or Mint Chip.
You can find the precise time that the event gets underway for your region below:
- North America - 14th July 8pm EST - 16th July 8pm EST
- Australia - 15th July 11am AEST - 17th July 11am AEST
- New Zealand - 15th July 11p NZST- 17th July 1pm NZST
- UK - 15th July 1am BST - 17th July 1am BST
- Europe - 15th July 2am BST - 17th July 2am BST
- Japan - 15th July 9am JST - 17th July 9am JST
For all of the latest on this event, be sure to keep an eye on our complete Splatfest guide. Happy splatting!
Original article [Wed 21st Jun, 2023 17:30 BST]: During today's Nintendo Direct presentation, it was announced that a new Splatoon 3 Splatfest will be taking place in July, specifically from 14th July 5pm PT to 16th July 5pm PT.
The theme this time is ice cream! Three sides will once again duke it out to determine which is the best ice cream flavour, and the choices are Vanilla, Strawberry, and Mint Chip.
Where's chocolate..? Odd.
Never mind. There will also be themed battles with Challenges, and more 'Splat-tastic' events have been promised for the future.
Will you be taking part in the upcoming Splatfest? Which team will you be choosing? Let us know.
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Leaning towards Team Vanilla but strawberry ice cream tends to be good too. No interest in the toothpaste team.
Can't believe they didn't show anything for Side Order tbh.
Doubt I'll take part in it, but if I did I'd choose strawberry (although I wouldn't mind vanilla, too).
Easy choice this time around. Team Mint Chip all the way.
Team Strawberry but where is Side Order
The hearts of every Splatoon fan (myself included) shattered into pieces when we realised we weren't getting Side Order info here.
Doom and glooming aside, this is an excellent theme and I'll gladly be repping Team Vanilla with pride (yes I'm extremely basic XD).
This is bs. Nintendo knew if they put chocolate in this, it would be a sweep.
No news on Side Order is simply disappointing. I had the avatar and everything. I still hope it’s coming for the game’s one year anniversary in September.
I love vanilla ice cream and it’s Shiver’s team, so this is just perfect for me! Vanilla doesn’t have to be the boring, default choice it’s sometimes depicted. It’s simple yet satisfying with its creamy goodness. Ice cream makes for a good summer theme but it really is a shame that chocolate is overlooked. We had a Splatfest all about chocolate!
Big Man has such strange taste. Sour food, white chocolate, and now mint chocolate chip ice cream…
This really didn't feel like news fit for a Direct.
Very surprise no Splatoon DLC news
Eh vanilla for me.
I'll take a Side Order of Team Chocolate please!
...oh
Why does no one understand the glory that is Mint Chip Ice Cream? I'll be sure to defend my team this July.
I guess they didn't want a Chocolate Team shooting brown ink all over the map.
You know a Direct is bad when they announce a Splatfest in it.
Loads of people raving but to me it was just meh.
I thought I just dazed thru the dlc, glad to see my brain isn't that broken yet reading all the comments.
Another food themed Splatfest? And the way they announced it built unnecessary hype for the possible Side Order DLC. I'll still enjoy the Splatfest, don't get me wrong, but I really wish they didn't use that for Direct filling.
I'll go with vanilla or strawberry. I may pick strawberry just for the cool neon pink ink.
I just wanted Side Order news :/
Going for vanilla by the way
I'd vote for mint chip but the vanilla ink color is way funnier.
I'll ultimately probably vote for strawberry though because that pink ink fills me with happiness
Vanilla for me.
Just a fun bit of info about why it's Mint chip instead of just ... chocolate.
Mint oil is produced in northern Japan and mint sweets are deeply imbedded in food culture in the northern prefectures. As you move south this changes and people consume less and less mint. As such, "do you like Mint Ice-cream" is a REALLY decisive question in Japan. Not only is it basically a 50/50 split between "it's literally the best" and "inedible garbage that tastes like toothpaste", but the answer is deeply rooted in heritage and local pride. Think "do you like Arsenal or Man U."
https://soranews24.com/2022/06/23/is-roughly-half-of-japan-preconditioned-to-hate-mint-chocolate-sweets/
If Chocolate were one of the three choices, EVERYBODY would choose that flavor, because Chocolate outranks all other flavors!
Vanilla for the free camouflage
Anything with Mint Chip sucks...
No team chocolate because chocolate got it's own Splatfest.
Go vanilla!
Did ya know?

This same time in 2017, Splatoon 2 held a splatfest for Cake versus Ice Cream.
Ice Cream won, and 6 years later now we're fighting for the best flavour!
Go team strawberry!! I love both strawberry and mint but I picked the former since I like it a bit more
Team Strawberry all the way~!!!!
Who wants to bet during the one-year anniversary that we'll get side order news?
Busy this weekend, but hope to fit in an hour or so each day for Mint Chip!!
WAIT IT'S TOMORROW!? I THOUGHT IT WAS THE 17TH OH GOD

anyways Team Vanilla ftw
I'll be traveling, but go Vanilla.
I’m gonna have to go mint, it’s always a favorite of mine and nothing goes better but a cold minty feel in your mouth with an already cold food, and just pop some water in your mouth and Mm, feel the cold flow.
Team vanilla all the way. I love vanilla ice cream.
Am I staying up until 2am to see in this Splatfest? You're goddamn right I am.
Team Mint Chip!
Ugh, it always ends up happening on weekends where I have to work! And considering I work 10-hour shifts, that means that I only have about half of the weekend to get to the Ruler rank. What I'd give for just ONE Splatfest on a weekend where I don't have to work!
Obviously gotta be... Team MINT CHIP!
Let's go, Team Mint Chip!
Mint Choc Chip is my number 1 favourite ice cream flavour of all. .... .... but I didn't even play Splatoon during this fest lol. So I have no stake in this game.
...Splatoon 3 kind of lost its lustre for me after an initial few weeks of fun. ... :/ I think I don't like the idea that it's completely replacing Splatoon 2. It's way too similar.
Sometimes the best choice of the lot is the simplest

GG's to everyone though, this fest was probably the most fun one I've had in a long while (probably a bit biased given how I was on the winning team AND won a 100x for the first time in 3 proper but hey it is what it is XD) and I can't wait to see what theme they go with for the next time round now as well!
Shiver again.
Yawn.
Congrats to all of my fellow vanilla eaters. We proved that vanilla is the ice cream of the crop! Always happy to help Lady Shiver stay on top, too. She’s won five of Splatoon 3’s eight Splatfests so far if you count the World Premiere, while poor Frye has still only won one and Big Man’s had two.
In many ways, this felt like the Deserted Island Splatfest all over again to me. It was announced in a Nintendo Direct, Tricolor had way too many mirror matches, Shiver’s team won the votes by a landslide and Shiver won the Splatfest. I just find it intriguing.
@SoapMonki this tricolor map was a disaster compared to the last one. Defending team’s spawn was right at the first choke, so it was rare that attackers got through. Not that it ended up mattering that much, since my ten attempts to play tricolor all resulted in vanilla mirror matches.
I had a lot of fun with the tricolour battles. I'd say it was about 50/50 when it came to mirror matches vs. three different teams. The battles were pretty intense when attacking and defending, which made a nice change from the turf battles. Still way too many disconnections going on though.
I was on a bit of a losing streak with the Splatfests so I'm glad this has broken it! #Vanilla!
I don't think I've ever seen such a drastic amount of votes for one team over the other. Poor Strawberry with only like 15% of the votes.
I didn't play as much of this Splatfest but I'm glad I could rep #Vanilla
Not surprised. I was in Team Mint Chocolate Chip. Even though Team Strawberry was the smallest group, they played very well! Congratulations, Team Vanilla!
Did anyone else have a lot of connectivity issues this splatfest?
Also, I won my first 100x battle this splatfest!
Let's go! I finally won a Splatfest.
I don't understand how the voting system for Splatoon works anymore
Heck yeah! Team vanilla we just showed that boring IS practical after all!
Glad Vanilla won. I had a pretty good feeling about this one since I won the majority of my matches.
Gg to everyone! I was team Strawberry and although I’m still shocked how we got 0p in total it doesn’t really matter to me since everyone gets the snails in the end. I haven’t been playing much anyways bc of TotK
@KidSparta Agreed, tricolor was not good at all. I’m not a fan of the map since it’s just another Tetris block
Congrats Team Vanilla Ice! And thanks for fighting with me Team Strawberry Ice, it was fun!
My favourite classic ice is called Plombir, so yummy.
@KidSparta Once I get my 10 Defending Wins Badge, I am never touching Tri-Color Turf War ever again. Not only that...but once Splatoon 3's new content has stopped I will cease playing the game and move to other games.
@KidSparta I stopped bothering with Tricolor this time once it quickly became clear there would be too many mirror matches. A far cry from the Triforce map for sure. At least I got the gold Attacker badge.
On a lighter note, seeing Team Vanilla's cream ink and Team Strawberry's pink ink mixed together reminded me of Pearl.
Worst Splatfest I ever took part in despite winning. I just didn't enjoy it at all because I'm sick and tired of going up against Players that are just way out of my League. In Splatoon 2 the playing field was equal but with this game it's just the complete opposite and it just ruins the entire experience.
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