Nintendo has announced a new update for its squid shooting game Splatoon 3 and it has all kinds of adjustments.
This latest update most notably makes a number of changes to the amiibo and also includes multiplayer mode changes as well as numerous bug fixes. Here’s the full list, courtesy of Nintendo’s official support page:
Splatoon 3: Ver. 9.2.0 (Released November 20, 2024)
Changes to amiibo
- Enabled a feature that allows players to remember the Great Festival, even when not connected to the internet, by tapping the amiibo figures of the following characters at the amiibo box in the plaza.
- Callie
- Marie
- pearl
- Marina
- Shiver
- fried
- big man
Changes to multiplayer
- Specifications of some major weapons have changed.
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Tentatek Splattershot
Clone shooting hero
The clone shoots Octo
Order shot copy- Increases fire rate by approximately 3% and extends flight distance.
Splattershot Pro
Splattershot Pro Forge- Reduces shot dispersion while on the ground by approximately 7%.
Luna Dynamo
Luna Blaster Neo
Order your copy of Blaster- Increases the radius of the damage explosion area by approximately 6%.
Nozzle L-3
L-3 D nozzle- Reduces ink consumption by approximately 4%.
H-3 injector
H-3 D injector- Reduces ink consumption by approximately 8%.
Goo Cu
Custom Goo- Reduces the time required for a full charge by approximately 1/15 of a second.
- With this change, the time until it deals 100.0 damage or more is also reduced by approximately 1/20th of a second.
Douser Dualies FF
Custom Douser Dualies FF- Reduced the time between the end of a Dodge Roll and being able to perform another action by approximately 1/20th of a second.
Secret Brella
Sorella Brella Secret- Reduced the time required for damaged tree canopies to recover from approximately 4.0 seconds to approximately 3.7 seconds.
Splatana windshield wipers
Splatana towel decoration- Reduces the charging time required to perform a charging swipe by approximately 1/30 of a second.
- The specifications of some secondary weapons have changed.
Secondary weapon Change details automatic bomb - Increases enemy detection area radius by approximately 8%.
Angle shooting - The initial speed is about 5% faster and the flight distance is extended.
Bubble bomb - Adjusted the way they bounce due to explosions and slightly reduced the distance they travel after an explosion.
- With this change, the area that can be printed with 2 or more explosions will be reduced.
- The area where ink can be refilled when not fully charged will be expanded.
Torpedo - Extends the time required to transform by approximately 1/12 second.
- This change will give enemies more time to shoot down torpedoes.
- Increases initial speed when thrown by about 3% and helps them throw farther than before.
- The specifications of some special weapons have changed.
Special weapons Change details Booyah bomb - Slightly increased the amount of Booyah charge the player and their teammates have, allowing them to throw a Booyah Bomb faster before the player sends a Booyah.
- Increases the radius of the explosion area by approximately 5%.
- Increases damage dealt to Big Bubblers by approximately 33%.
- The requirements for some special weapons have been changed.
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Changes to Salmon Run
- Improved communication handling to reduce the time between players not on the host device touching Golden Eggs and being able to use them by approximately 1.5/60 seconds on average.
Changes to Splatfests
- In Tricolor Turf War, players on different attacking teams can gauge each other’s positions by having the names of players on the other attacking team displayed on the screen. Those players’ icons will also show on the Field Map.
This update focuses on making it possible to use certain amiibo features even when not connected to the internet, as well as adjusting the balance of battles.
We’ve adjusted the Splattershot and Splattershot Pro specs with the aim of expanding the range of situations these primary weapons can handle. Additionally, these weapons have specifications that form the standard for many other weapons. By improving these, we also intend to make room for further improvements to the specs for weapons with similar distance specializations as these in balance changes in the future.
As for the other core weapons, we’ve made changes that play to their strengths and make it easier for players to use them frequently.
For Fizzy Bombs, although the effectiveness of the strategy of continuously throwing Fizzy Bombs from afar will be reduced, by making it easier to focus damage on the target and create ink lines, we’ve made it easier to support movement. Moving to the front line becomes easier.
As for Torpedoes, by giving them more time to shoot them down, we’ve made it easier for the player they’re thrown at to deal with them. Additionally, by making them easier to throw when aiming at the back or rear of an enemy, we have improved their usability for players who use them.
For Autobombs, we’ve made changes to make it easier to take advantage of their ability to detect enemies swimming in ink.
With the Angle Shooter, we’ve made changes to make it easier for you to take advantage of its trait that affects enemies further away than its other secondary weapons.
For the Booyah Bomb, we’ve made changes to make it easier to take advantage of its properties even in fast-paced battles between experienced players.
The next update will focus on changes to the balance of battles based on long-term analysis of battle data.
Bug fix
- Fixed player control errors
- Fixed an issue with Splat Bombs and Auto Bombs thrown in Salmon Run stages or stages with moving terrain where sometimes the actual trajectory of the thrown bomb differed from the predicted line displayed when press the R Button.
- Fixed an issue where when the player moved towards the screen and stopped holding a charged shot and returned to Inkling or Octoling form, the character’s direction was sometimes confused.
- Fixed an issue where when a player activated their special weapon while simultaneously making repeated double Dodge Rolls while their remaining ink was running low, sometimes a double Dodge Roll was made after activating Special weapons activation.
- Fixed an issue where, when a player performed repeated Dodge Rolls or splatana moves after performing a Super Jump, sometimes that player’s position on another player’s screen would be wrong deviated a lot and remained the same.
- Fixed an issue where when players activated a Large Bubble while swimming on a wall, the Large Bubble would sometimes be placed inside the terrain.
- Fixed an issue where when a player used Kraken Royale to dash diagonally above into a Splash Wall placed diagonally by the opponent, sometimes damage would not be dealt to the Splash Wall even though there were no obstacles other.
- Fixed an issue where when an attack hit the Inkrail start point right before the Inkrail effect ended, it would sometimes appear as though the effect had lasted even though the effect did not actually extend.
- Other fixes
- Fixed an issue where when players with certain hairstyles equipped a Captain’s Hat Replica, their appearance did not display as expected.
- Fixed an issue where when players tapped an amiibo to memorize a Great Festival while Splatfest was active, in rare cases the game would crash.
