Mark your calendars. Nintendohas announcedthatSplatoon 3’sGrand Festival will hit on September 13th. It promises to be the biggest Splatfest in the series’ history. The debate will be fought over Past, Present, and Future.

What makes this the biggest Splatfest? I’m not entirely clear on that, but the band line-up looks to be the central focus. Not only will it includeSplatoon 3’slocal band, whose name I can’t remember right now, it will also bring back the Squid Sisters and Off the Hook. Or, I guess just Off the Hook, since you can see the Squid Sisters perform during Splatfest if you have the expansion.

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It also seems to involve a new venue out in the desert, which seems like a really bad place to gather a bunch of squids and octopi.

The outfits the bands are wearing are evocative of the bleached look inSplatoon 3’sexpansion,Side Order. I’m not sure if that ties in.

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I’m not really sure of anything, especially not if there’s going to be anythingfunctionallydifferent. It should be cool, though. It’s thesecond anniversaryofSplatoon 3, which really snuck up on me. As much as I loveSplatoon, I haven’t been able to dedicate much time to this one, and it’s not for lack of wanting. I just seem to get distracted every time I try to devote any consistent playtime to it. Being an adult sucks.

Speaking of which, I’ll probably be voting Present in this debate. My therapist says I should be more focused that.

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Splatoon 3’sGrand Festival runs from September 13 (5pm PT) to September 15 (5pm PT).

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