Splatoon 2

Splatoon 2 is a 2017 shooter game developed and published by Nintendo on the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to Splatoon. A DLC expansion for the game, Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion, was released on the Nintendo eShop in 2018.

Splatoon 2
Developer(s)	Nintendo EPD[a]
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Director(s)	Yusuke Amano[1] Seita Inoue[1] Shintaro Sato[1]
Producer(s)	Hisashi Nogami[1]
Designer(s)	Jordan Amaro Koji Kitagawa Terumasa Kato[2]
Programmer(s)	Shintaro Sato Keita Tsutsui Yosuke Morimoto[3] Takuya Kobayashi[4] Kazuhide Ueda[5]
Artist(s)	Seita Inoue Keisuke Nishimori Kotomi Jin[6] Mariko Tachibana[7] Yuki Hamada[8]
Composer(s)	Toru Minegishi[1][9] Ryo Nagamatsu[9] Shiho Fujii[9]
Series	Splatoon
Engine	LunchPack
Platform(s)	Nintendo Switch
Release	July 21, 2017
Genre(s)	Third-person shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

A Nintendo Switch playing Splatoon 2

Gameplay

Splatoon 2 features similar gameplay to the previous entry, with players being able to shoot, jump and hide in ink. Some new weapons were added in as updates.

Plot

The Octarians, an evil race of octopus-like creatures, have stolen power sources called Zapfish from Inkopolis. The main protagonist, Agent 4, is tasked with saving them and stopping the Octarians.

DLC

In 2018, Splatoon 2 received a DLC expansion named Splatoon 2: Octo Expansion. This DLC added new story levels and new gameplay elements, as well as playable Octolings, octopus-like creatures similar to the game's squid-like Inklings.

Gameplay consists of short challenge levels, usually timed, with players being given a specific weapon. They must complete the level with that weapon.

Notes

1. Additional development support by Monolith Soft.