Splatoon Raiders gets Nintendo Switch 2 release date, new trailer

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Published Apr 21, 2026, 9:25 AM EDT

Splatoon Raiders will send solo players on a treasure hunt in July

The next Splatoon game, Splatoon Raiders, is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this July. Nintendo announced a release date for its spinoff on Tuesday, alongside a new trailer for the game that shows how the single-player-focused Splatoon game will work.

In Splatoon Raiders, players will go treasure hunting across the Spirhalite Islands while battling Salmonids, the aggressive sea creatures players face in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3's Salmon Run modes. Players take on the role of a mechanic working for the Deep Cut trio — Frye, Shiver, and Big Man — and building wild new creations. Based on Nintendo's latest Splatoon Raiders trailer, players will be constructing a wide variety of new gadgets and paint-throwing devices, including turrets and melee weapons.

Crafting and customization look to be crucial to Splatoon Raiders. In addition to a customizable mechanic character, players will be able to equip a variety of tanks, weapons, gadgets, and relics that imbue special powers. It looks like players will be salvaging and gathering materials to construct some very DIY-looking machines.

Splatoon Raiders will be released on July 23, exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2. The same day, Nintendo will release a trio of new amiibo figures: Splatoon Raiders versions of Frye, Shiver, and Big Man. (That trio already got amiibo figures back in 2023 for the release of Splatoon 3.)

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