Goodbye Substack

You’ve probably heard the news about Substack recently. I won’t go over it in detail, but basically Substack is hosting some undesirable people on the platform. The publication Platformer, which has now moved to another platform called Ghost, made a great article about why Substack is at a crossroads a week or two ago which… Continue reading Goodbye Substack

Splatoween Splatfest Sneak Peek results revealed

You know what time it is. It’s 1am (well, tomorrow it’ll be 12am I guess thanks to Daylight Savings). We now have results for the Splatfest Sneak Peek for the Splatoween Splatfest. Spooky things await us this weekend, but let’s first go over the results. Team Ghost is in the lead for this Sneak Peek,… Continue reading Splatoween Splatfest Sneak Peek results revealed

Vote for your favourite team in this years Splatoween Splatfest to start earning Conch Shells

If you’ve played Splatoon 2 whilst it was still receiving regular Splatfests or in 2020 (like me), you might have taken place in the Trick vs Treat Splatfest which was a special Splatfest. This Splatfest was dubbed as ‘Splatoween’. I personally don’t remember much about it, but according to SplatNet 2, I did get Trick… Continue reading Vote for your favourite team in this years Splatoween Splatfest to start earning Conch Shells

I hosted a Splatoon tournament: who won the tournament and the challenges associated with running a tournament

I recently held a Splatoon 3 tournament for mostly anyone who was on the fediverse (basically Mastodon if you’re not familiar with the term), and today I wanted to make a post here talking about it. First of all, if you’re interested when it took place, it was a 2 hour tournament which started on… Continue reading I hosted a Splatoon tournament: who won the tournament and the challenges associated with running a tournament

You won’t be able to play Splatoon 1 online soon: here’s what you need to do to continue playing

I will admit that when I woke up today, I wasn’t expecting to hear the terrible news we’ve heard today. Not at all. Anyways, Nintendo has announced today that multiple online services for the Wii U and 3DS (such as the Nintendo Network system and SpotPass) will be shutting down in April 2024, or even… Continue reading You won’t be able to play Splatoon 1 online soon: here’s what you need to do to continue playing

Readers in Hong Kong: don’t miss out entering on this Splatoon 3 tournament + how Splatoon 1 times have halved in a few months

Hello there! I am indeed posting on this blog today to let you know of a qualifier event for a tournament in Hong Kong, as well as how Splatoon 1 speedrunning times have almost halved within two months. Information may be partially inaccurate beyond this point, I don’t really have any good translations for this… Continue reading Readers in Hong Kong: don’t miss out entering on this Splatoon 3 tournament + how Splatoon 1 times have halved in a few months

New site showing Splatoon’s history now available for Japan

Japan always gets the cool stuff doesn’t it? The Splatoon website is practically non-existent in Europe. Anyways, Nintendo has unveiled a new part of the Japanese Splatoon website which now showcases the history of the series. It currently goes from the Nintendo Digital Event that took place at E3 2014, to the Drizzle Season 2023.… Continue reading New site showing Splatoon’s history now available for Japan

Version 5.0.1 launching soon + major Side Order news

Before I start, expect spoilers for Side Order later on in the article. I’d highly recommend watching today’s Nintendo Direct if you do not want to be spoiled. After today’s Nintendo Direct finished airing, Nintendo has officially announced that Splatoon 3 version 5.0.1 will be available tomorrow at 1am. See patch notes list It doesn’t… Continue reading Version 5.0.1 launching soon + major Side Order news