Splatoon Raiders date
- Nintendo confirmed Splatoon Raiders for Switch 2, giving the single‑player action shooter a July 23, 2026 launch date. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com) - Nintendo Life echoed the date and called this the first substantial new look at the game for Switch 2. (nintendolife.com) - The July timing anchors Switch 2’s early software window and gives a major first‑party title to evaluate the console’s capabilities. (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
Nintendo has set Splatoon Raiders for July 23, 2026, giving the Switch 2 a dated first-party release in its first summer on sale. (nintendo.com) The new trailer says Raiders is a single-player-focused Splatoon game built around a mechanic protagonist, the music trio Deep Cut, and a chain of locations called the Spirhalite Islands. Nintendo’s official store page says players will use mechanical gadgets and ink weapons while fighting Salmonids and searching islands for treasure. (nintendo.com) Nintendo first announced Splatoon Raiders about 10 months ago as the series’ first spin-off for Switch 2, but it did not give a release date at that time. The new footage is the first substantial public look since that reveal, according to Nintendo Life’s coverage and game page. (nintendo.com, nintendolife.com) That matters for Nintendo’s 2026 software calendar because Raiders now occupies a specific July slot instead of a vague “coming later” window. It also gives buyers a first-party game designed around Switch 2, rather than another cross-generation update or rerelease, to judge the system on. (nintendo.com, nintendolife.com) Nintendo’s store listing shows a digital price of $49.99 in the United States. Nintendo Life reported a $59.99 U.S. physical edition and said the game’s box art and pricing were revealed alongside the release date. (nintendo.com, nintendolife.com) Nintendo Life also reported that three new amiibo figures based on Deep Cut — Shiver, Frye, and Big Man in Splatoon Raiders editions — are due the same day, July 23. Nintendo’s regional news posts say pre-orders are already open on the Nintendo eShop. (nintendolife.com, nintendo.com) The game also shifts Splatoon away from the online-multiplayer identity that defined the main series on Wii U and Switch. Nintendo’s description centers co-op-adjacent salvage runs, gadgets, and waves of enemies, with optional online features listed separately on the store page rather than as the main pitch. (nintendo.com, nintendo.com) The next marker is now fixed: July 23, 2026, when Nintendo moves Splatoon Raiders from teaser-status to a shipped Switch 2 game. (nintendo.com)
