Developed and published by Nintendo, Splatoon is a third-person shooter video game franchise. The very first game of this series premiered in May 2015. Followed by Splatoon 2 in July 2015. And immediately, it became a favorite video game for several players. It sold over 15 million copies, and not only was it commercially successful but it has received praise for its brilliant gameplay mechanics and superb visuals and soundtrack.
Splatoon 2 was the first game in the series to get a story style, and speculations were sparked that more content is feasible for another episode. And due to the astonishing achievement of Splatoon 2. There is no reason to think that Nintendo won’t release Splatoon 3.
There has not been any official announcement from Nintendo. But they took to Instagram to share a pic of their platoon characters with the caption.” The stars from Splatoon and Splatoon 2 are remaining fresh even if it’s frosty! But where is Marina?” Therefore enthusiast theories have been doing the rounds with many believing if this is a teaser of Splatoon 3.
Though no official comment is there by the Nintendo team, if we take a look at how the previous two installments were launched on one series, two years, we can expect the third sequel to be outside at the end of 2020.
Concerning the storyline and plot, no official notification has been out from the team. But if we go by the fan theories, the third element can be expected to exhibit story mode having various multiplayer components.
The previous throw Marie, Pearl, Marina, and Callie are expected to come back.
We can look forward to enhanced multiplayer components, too for single player function. Much like its precedent third-person shooter game, but for its third series, we can anticipate an upgrade in the group of weapons.