Splatoon Raiders date
- Nintendo confirmed Splatoon Raiders will launch in July as a Switch 2 exclusive with a singleplayer focus. - The game puts players in the role of a mechanic exploring the Spirhalite Islands, and pre-orders are open. - Coverage framed this as a clear exclusive helping Switch 2’s early software momentum ahead of other summer releases. ( )
Nintendo said Splatoon Raiders will launch on July 23, 2026, as a Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive, giving the new console a first-party release in midsummer. (nintendo.com) The game is priced at $49.99 in Nintendo’s U.S. store, and pre-orders are already live for the digital version. Nintendo’s store listing says it is a “single-player-focused adventure.” (nintendo.com) Nintendo first announced the project on June 10, 2025, calling it the first Splatoon spinoff game. That original reveal said players take the role of a mechanic traveling through the Spirhalite Islands alongside Deep Cut. (nintendo.com) The new trailer adds more of the setup Nintendo had only sketched before: players salvage materials, hunt treasure, use mechanical gadgets and ink weapons, and fight waves of Salmonids. Nintendo’s store page also lists local play for one player and wireless or online play for two to four players. (nintendo.com) That release date gives Nintendo a named July exclusive for Switch 2 after the company spent 2025 introducing the game without a launch window. It also puts Splatoon Raiders into the console’s first full summer on sale, when platform holders typically try to keep hardware momentum going with first-party software. (nintendo.com) Splatoon has mostly been known for competitive multiplayer since the original Wii U game in 2015, with story modes arriving as side campaigns inside the mainline releases. Nintendo is now breaking that pattern by putting a solo-led adventure at the center of a separate game. (nintendo.com) Nintendo is also using Raiders to keep the broader Splatoon audience tied to newer hardware. In the 2025 announcement, the company said Splatoon 3 would get a free update on June 12, 2025, and confirmed cross-play between Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 players. (nintendo.com) For now, the clearest facts are the date, the platform and the format: July 23, Switch 2 only, with a mechanic-led trip through the Spirhalite Islands. After a year of “more info later,” Nintendo has turned Splatoon Raiders into a dated summer release. (nintendo.com)
