Nintendo has released a new version update for Splatoon 3.

The update brings the game up to Version 8.0.0. It adds support for the Sizzle Season 2024 event, which begins on June 1st. as well as a number of additional fixes and balance adjustments.

You can check out the full patchnotes below:

Ver. 8.0.0 (Releasing May 30, 2024)

Season and Catalog Changes

• On June 1, 2024, data relating to Sizzle Season 2024 is added to the game. This includes:
  • A new catalog, including new gear, titles, banners, decorations, stickers, and emotes.
  • 1 new battle stage: Lemuria Hub.
  • 2 new main weapons and 2 variant sets of those weapons with different sub and special weapons.
  • 6 new sets of existing main weapons paired with different sub and special weapons.
  • 14 new Tableturf Battle cards.

Changes to Multiplayer

• Added 2 songs that will play during battles.
  • These songs will play starting from the beginning of Fresh Season 2024.
• New main weapons have been added.
  • These weapons will be available in the shops at the start of Sizzle Season 2024.

  Weapon	Details
  Wellstring V Custom Wellstring V	A stringer that fires 5 ink shots at once. Just like the Tri-Stringer, if you charge up to a certain amount, the ink shots will freeze and explode where they land. Unlike other stringers, if you charge up to a certain amount, its ink will be fired in a wider spread.
  Mint Decavitator Charcoal Decavitator	A splatana with wide horizontal attack range for its charged swipe. The charged swipe has a long lunge to quickly close distance with opponents.

• New weapons have been added.
  • These weapons will be available in the shops at the start of Sizzle Season 2024.

  Weapon	Sub Weapon	Special Weapon
  Custom Range Blaster	Splat Bomb	Kraken Royale
  Bamboozler 14 Mk II	Fizzy Bomb	Super Chump
  Custom Hydra Splatling	Ink Mine	Splattercolor Screen
  Heavy Edit Splatling Nouveau	Splat Bomb	Crab Tank
  Custom Douser Dualies FF	Burst Bomb	Triple Inkstrike
  Recycled Brella 24 Mk II	Toxic Mist	Triple Splashdown
  Wellstring V	Autobomb	Ultra Stamp
  Custom Wellstring V	Point Sensor	Wave Breaker
  Mint Decavitator	Suction Bomb	Big Bubbler
  Charcoal Decavitator	Splash Wall	Inkjet

• Terrain for some stages has changed.
  

  Stage	Change Details
  Barnacle & Dime	Changed terrain in all modes to increase routes into the center and options for strategic points.
  Hammerhead Bridge	Changed terrain in all modes to increase routes into the center and options for strategic points.
  Museum d’Alfonsino	Changed terrain in all modes. Changed the shape of walls surrounding the center in the following modes: Splat Zones Rainmaker
  Um’ami Ruins	Changed terrain in all modes.
  Brinewater Springs	Changed terrain in all modes.
  Scorch Gorge	Changed terrain in all modes.
  Eeltail Alley	Slightly changed terrain in all modes.
  Hagglefish Market	Slightly changed terrain in all modes.
  Flounder Heights	Slightly changed terrain in all modes.
  Marlin Airport	Slightly changed terrain in all modes.
  Manta Maria	Slightly changed terrain in all modes.
  Crableg Capital	Slightly changed terrain in the following modes: Turf War Splat Zones
  Bluefin Depot	Slightly changed terrain in Clam Blitz mode.

• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.
  

  Weapon	Change Details
  Sploosh-o-matic Neo Sploosh-o-matic	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Splattershot Jr. Custom Splattershot Jr.	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Aerospray MG Aerospray RG	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  N-ZAP ’85 N-ZAP ’89	Increased the time it takes for the chance of shots scattering, which increases when firing continuously, to reach its maximum.
  L-3 Nozzlenose L-3 Nozzlenose D	Maximum damage has been increased from 29.0 to 31.0.
  Luna Blaster Luna Blaster Neo Order Blaster Replica	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Clash Blaster Clash Blaster Neo	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Rapid Blaster Rapid Blaster Deco	Reduced the amount of time it takes for ink to begin recovering after firing by about 1/20th of a second.
  Carbon Roller Carbon Roller Deco	Damage dealt by horizontal swings and vertical swings to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Splat Roller Krak-On Splat Roller Order Roller Replica	Damage dealt by horizontal swings and vertical swings to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Inkbrush Inkbrush Nouveau	Damage dealt by ink from swinging the brush to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Octobrush Octobrush Nouveau Orderbrush Replica	Damage dealt by ink from swinging the brush to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Dapple Dualies Dapple Dualies Nouveau	Damage dealt to Splash Wall increased by about 10%.
  Tri-Stringer Inkline Tri-Stringer Order Stringer Replica	The area of terrain inked by falling spray has been increased. Adjusted the positioning of falling ink spray to make it easier to connect ink in an uninterrupted straight line.
  REEF-LUX 450 REEF-LUX 450 Deco	Made it possible to charge in midair at the same speed as when on the ground.

• Specifications for some special weapons have changed.
  

  Special Weapon	Change Details
  Reefslider	Now inks along the rails as the rails extend before launch. When the active terrain is moving, the rails will now move along with it.
  Big Bubbler	Now inks the ground where it is placed.
  Ink Vac	The ground slightly behind the user will be inked periodically while it is active.
  Splattercolor Screen	Increased the damage dealt to the following when touched by the screen: Squid Beakon Sprinkler Splash Wall Sponge Rainmaker shield

• Points required for some special weapons have been changed.
  

  Weapon	Before	After
  Big Swig Roller Express	200	190
  Painbrush	200	190
  Custom E-liter 4K	200	210
  Custom E-liter 4K Scope	200	210

• Made it so that, when using a dualie Dodge Roll or splatana charged swipe’s lunge toward the Rainmaker shield, the direction of movement will be adjusted so that players do not take excessive damage from touching the Rainmaker shield.
• Made it so that when the season switches and ranks are changed, ranks for players whose X Rankings for the previous season were in the top 1,000 ranks in any mode will be changed to rank S+0 regardless of the immediately previous rank, and those players will be able to participate in X Battles from the start.
  • This will be determined based on the ranks at the point when the news at the time of the season change is seen.
• Made it so that the number of times allies used Squid Beakons placed by a player count toward the #1 Super Jump Spot and #2 Super Jump Spot medals.

Changes to Splatfests

• Made it possible to get conch shells when you win in 10x Battles, 100x Battles, and 333x Battles.
  

  Battle	Number of Conch Shells You Can Get
  10x Battle	1
  100x Battle	10
  333x Battle	33

• In Splatfest Battles, when you battle against your own team, on rare occasions a Conch Clash, 10x Conch Clash, or 33x Conch Clash will occur. If you win, you can earn conch shells.
  • The rate of Conch Clashes occurring is the same as the rate for 10x Battles occurring when you battle against other teams.
  • The more you win Conch Clash, the more often 10x Conch Clash and 33x Conch Clash will occur.

  Battle	Number of Conch Shells You Can Get
  Conch Clash	1
  10x Conch Clash	10
  33x Conch Clash	33

• When you win a 10x Conch Clash or 33x Conch Clash, you will be able to board the Splatfest Float and take a picture.
  • You can board the Splatfest Float from the Pledge Box in Splatsville.

Changes to Salmon Run

• A special Triumvirate XTRAWAVE can now occur.
  • In this XTRAWAVE, three King Salmonids will attack at once.
  • The number of fish scales you can obtain will be triple the normal amount.
• Specifications for some main weapons have changed.
  

  Loaned Weapon	Change Details
  Grizzco Dualies	Increased the maximum damage dealt by fired shots from 30.0 to 35.0.

• Added data for a new Grizzco loaned weapon.
• Added items that can be exchanged for fish scales.
• Made it so that repelled torpedoes fired by Drizzlers are less likely to come into contact with terrain.
• It will now be possible to get decorations corresponding to certain conditions at Grizzco.
  • When you have collected golden badges for all of the job stages.
  • When you have repelled and cleared a Triumvirate attack at Hazard Level MAX.

Changes to SplatNet 3

• Added Journey 6 to Wandercrust.
  • Players will be able to support Journey 6 after completing Journeys 1 through 5.
  • Journey 6 can only be supported with points earned by inking turf from Sizzle Season 2024 onward.

Changes to DLC

• Added 10 Sheldon Licenses as items you can get from the DLC battle-boosting bonus.
  • The DLC battle-boosting bonus is included in the Expansion Pass.
  • Players who have already received the battle-boosting bonus will also be able to receive the 10 Sheldon Licenses by accessing the lobby terminal after applying the update data.

Other Changes

• Made it so that, when equipping the Squeezer or Foil Squeezer in battles and Salmon Run, continuously pressing the ZR Button in quick succession at shorter intervals than the weapon’s normal fire interval will lengthen the interval until the next shot is fired.
  • The Squeezer and Foil Squeezer are designed as weapons that players can use more efficiently by pressing the button with the proper timing.
  • This change is to prevent players from using these weapons at maximum efficiency when ignoring the timing and repeatedly mashing the button extremely quickly.
  • The adjustment has been made in a way so that those using the weapon normally will not be affected by the change.
• Friend-Request Harassment has been added to the options selectable when reporting users after battles or jobs.

This update focuses on adding features for Sizzle Season 2024 (which starts in June), making changes to Splatfests, and adjusting the balance of battles.

For battles, we’ve added things like new main weapons, as well as changed the specifications of some main weapons and special weapons.

For the Reefslider, we have made changes intended to add room for creative use, such as using it to halt an opponent’s progression.

For the Big Bubbler, we’ve made changes intended to both increase ways to use it in certain modes and make it easier to use for weapons that fight on the frontlines.

For the Ink Vac, while it is already a powerful option to protect other players while advancing, it is not very impactful when used on the spur of the moment. So we have made changes intended to make it possible to move steadily when using it while gradually retreating on your own.

For the Splattercolor Screen, we have changed it to give it additional uses for players who are already putting it to good use.

Also for battles, we have made the change we notified you about in the previous update where, when a player’s rank in any mode was within the top 1,000 ranks for the previous season’s X Battles rankings, they will be able to participate in X Battles right away after the season change. This change is to alleviate a problem with matchmaking being difficult immediately after the season switch for players with particularly high X Power.

For Splatfests, we have made it so that players will acquire conch shells in certain battles such as 10x Battles. On the other hand, because battles such as 10x Battles occur less frequently when you vote for a team with higher votes, we have also added a Conch Clash system so that opportunity to obtain conch shells does not vary too greatly.

As for other changes, we have added Friend-Request Harassment to the options selectable when reporting users after battles or jobs. We have added this option in order to deal with behavior like using inappropriate language when sending a friend request. In addition to this behavior, any behavior that is offensive, harassing, threatening, discriminatory, or abusive towards others is prohibited by the Nintendo Community Guidelines. Violating the Community Guidelines may result in action such as bans.

The next update will focus on changes to the balance of battles and is planned for the middle of Sizzle Season 2024.

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