{"id":382765,"date":"2026-01-02T02:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382765\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T02:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T02:42:10","slug":"splatoon-3-has-now-been-rated-for-the-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/382765\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 3 Has Now Been Rated For The Switch 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/fa1930c704d86\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"\/><\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a Nintendo Switch 2 rating for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pikmin_3_deluxe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pikmin 3 Deluxe<\/a> was spotted on the European age rating board PEGI.<\/p>\n<p>Now, in another development, a Switch 2 version of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Splatoon 3<\/a> has been spotted on the same website (<a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/12\/splatoon-3-rated-for-switch-2-in-europe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thanks for the heads up, Gematsu<\/a>). The difference here is Splatoon 3 already received a free Switch 2 update last June, enhancing the game&#8217;s resolution and frame rate.<\/p>\n<p>As you can see below, the Switch 2 version was added on 31st December 2025. It joins the existing Switch version filed by &#8216;Nintendo of Europe SE&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Splatoon 3\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/0c8343afc7070\/splatoon-3.large.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767321729_125_splatoon-3.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"456\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Splatoon 3\"\/><\/a> Image: Nintendo<\/p>\n<p>Splatoon 3 originally started on the Switch in 2022 and its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2025\/09\/splatoon-3-version-10-1-0-now-live-for-switch-and-switch-2-here-are-the-full-patch-notes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">most recent update was in September 2025<\/a>. It will be followed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch-2\/splatoon-raiders\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Splatoon Raiders<\/a> &#8211; a new spin-off game this year (that&#8217;s 2026). This new game will be a single-player story-focused experience.<\/p>\n<p>If we hear any significant updates regarding this Switch 2 rating for Splatoon 3, we&#8217;ll provide an update.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text source\">[source <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/pegi.info\/search-pegi?q=Splatoon+3\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pegi.info\/search-pegi?q=Splatoon+3\" target=\"_blank\">pegi.info<\/a>, via <a class=\"external\" title=\"External Link: https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/12\/splatoon-3-rated-for-switch-2-in-europe\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gematsu.com\/2025\/12\/splatoon-3-rated-for-switch-2-in-europe\" target=\"_blank\">gematsu.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>\tRelated Games<\/p>\n<p>\tSee Also<\/p>\n<p class=\"avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766234948_764_avatar.jpg\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Liam Doolan\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He&#8217;s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Nintendo Earlier this week, a Nintendo Switch 2 rating for Pikmin 3 Deluxe was spotted on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[1076,1299,5177,75,186615,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-382765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-europe","9":"tag-nintendo","10":"tag-nintendo-switch","11":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","12":"tag-splatoon","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}