During the recent Splatoon 3 direct, Nintendo announced a Splatoon 3 World Premiere Splatfest for later this month.

The Splatfest will run on August 27th 2022 from 9am to 9pm, and will give players their first look at the new Splatfest format, where players have three teams to choose from instead of two. As detailed in the presentation, the theme of this Splatfest is Rock, Paper, Scissors. More details about how this format works can be found via the Tweets below:

Splatfests now have 2 halves. In the 1st half, teams compete in 4v4 Turf War battles.

The 2nd half includes Tricolor Turf War, where 3 teams fight at the same time! The top team will face a pincer attack from 2 players on the 2nd place team & 2 players on the 3rd place team! pic.twitter.com/6ZCxVYdRcP

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 10, 2022

Splatoon 3 launches officially on September 9th 2022 for Switch.

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[UPDATE]: More details about the world premiere demo have been shared.

A Nintendo Switch Online membership is required to access the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere demo. Everyone who downloads the demo will receive a code redeemable for a 7-day free trial. Code redemption begins 8/25/22 and must be redeemed before 11:59pm PT on 8/31/22.

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) August 10, 2022