Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2 is a 2017 third-person shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It was released on July 21, 2017, as a direct sequel to Splatoon, including a new story-driven single-player mode and various online multiplayer modes. An expansion pack for the single-player mode titled Octo Expansion was subsequently released as downloadable content (DLC) on June 13, 2018.

Splatoon 2
Developer(s)Nintendo EPD
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Director(s)
  • Yusuke Amano
  • Seita Inoue
  • Shintaro Sato
Producer(s)Hisashi Nogami
Designer(s)
  • Jordan Amaro
  • Koji Kitagawa
  • Terumasa Kato
Programmer(s)
  • Shintaro Sato
  • Keita Tsutsui
  • Yosuke Morimoto
  • Takuya Kobayashi
  • Kazuhide Ueda
Artist(s)
  • Seita Inoue
  • Keisuke Nishimori
  • Kotomi Jin
  • Mariko Tachibana
  • Yuki Hamada
Composer(s)
SeriesSplatoon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseJuly 21, 2017
Genre(s)Third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

The game received generally positive reviews upon release, with critics stating that Splatoon 2 retained what was great about its predecessor while adding new features to keep the game fresh, while criticizing the game's online matchmaking and how its voice chat is restricted to the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app. As of December 2022, Splatoon 2 had sold over 13.6 million copies worldwide, selling more than twice as many as its predecessor and making it one of the best-selling Switch games. A sequel, Splatoon 3, was released on the Nintendo Switch on September 9, 2022.

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