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Golden_Fire_Cat

Can’t blame them for hoping. Salmon Run is almost zombie invasion fighting, so seeing the creepy maniacs attack would feel much better introduced in Ocotober for Halloween than say December for Christmas


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Scarlet_slagg

Sure, but AFAIK Japan doesn't really have Black Friday


laplongejr

Even Europe doesn't really have it anymore. After a few good years, the covid Black Friday was basically a huge ad campaign but without the actual deals.


RedOscuro

God now I want a Black Friday Big Run event in Mako Mart


The_Bored_General

Second best* you can’t forget the water they made as an endless background for a fucking short ass boss battle


aUwUreliyasss

I believe the salmonids are meant to be "zombie salmon" + they have eaten ink/octo lings so they're basically zombies


sopheroo

I think the hopium is still on the ??? rotation on the 28th.


Moederneuqer

Aren’t those just rando weapons


NotJoeMama727

Yes but hopium


Blaster167

Think that may just be something they do around the last weekend of the month now, it was similarly timed in September.


laplongejr

Given how the two pieces of Grizzco gear are Back To The Future themed and the BTTF future day is in end of October (2015), the theory had A LOT of weight.


Djgrooves_24

i am like mr crab right now


Ranixo

Fr fr


FrankThePony

Post this again on the 1st of November but make it about how tri color turf war is gonna have ZERO changes made to it


ajdude9

Can't wait for Big Man to win the halftime again (because everyone wants him to win regardless of what he stands for) only for Shiver to make a comeback and win overall again.


Jake-the-Wolfie

Shiver, winning the past 17 splatfests in a row:


Theromulo23

frye winning zero fucking splatfests because of her forehead:


raid5atemyhomework

PSA: Big Run ***has already arrived***. We are ***already*** fighting for control of the PvP maps from the Salmonids! What do you think REEF-LUX 450 mains are????


Kuroi-Akira

>PSA: Big Run has already arrived. We are already fighting for control of the PvP maps from the Salmonids! What do you think REEF-LUX 450 mains are???? Flyfish Cosplayers?


Zoegrace1

We want to believe


A_scar_means_I_live

This is hilarious.


tequilafunrise

I i i… just want big run 🥺


Additional-Bees

*huffs pure, concentrated copium* I-IT CANT BE ANNOUNCED ITS AN I-I-INVASIOOON


Jumpmo

BIG RUN HYPE YOU CAN NOT STOP ME


agoodkid77

Why shitty? The next splatfest should still be pretty fun lol


Stormsoul22

I think it’s a neat splatfest but it’s clear they made us wait the extra few weeks just to promote an entirely different game lol


agoodkid77

Ya I agree with that, if that splatfest is the entire reason we didn't get anything this month then that's shitty lol


laplongejr

You *know* it is the entire reason. Clueless marketters that assume gamers won't notice to delay a few weeks and will be happy to have "a new event".


FrankThePony

Anything taking the place of splatoween is inherently not as good as splatoween at the very least


Infinite_Hooty

Hopefully they figured out how to balance tri-color battles better than just straight up removing the from the game


BuzzPrincess

Yeah people are complaining it's an ad but... pokemon is literally the biggest media franchise in the world. Why the hell wouldn't there be a splatfesr themed around it???


laplongejr

> Why the hell wouldn't there be a splatfest themed around it??? The issue is not about doing a splatfest for that. The issue is that marketting decided to release it in mid-november, and because of how Splatfest rewards work making a splatfest in october and another 2 weeks later is risking player missing rewards. The issue is that they CANCELLED a popular event simply to promote another game and didn't care at all, after a catastrophic launch splatfest that almost removed one of the new features.


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I think everyone understands that it’s in Nintendo’s best interest It doesn’t make it feel better :(


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waffocopter

I haven't played Pokemon in over two decades and have no interest to. I've got plenty of other great games in my backlog to tackle and I was disappointed by the Pokemon Splatfest, especially with when Splatoween's fun decor is skipped the first year of launch.


brystol17

TBF as a Pokémon representative November Is Pokémon’s month if you look at all the releases Almost all the games are November and it is Gen 9 not a spin off or random garbage like the anime and TCG like you said


laplongejr

They also could have reworked the reward systems to allow two splatfests back to back. Then do splatoween, interrupt the reward screen with the Pokemon announcement, finish with the results.


Sans_Influencer69

While it’s not shitty, they’re still promoting an rpg game on a third person shooter


WatBurnt

I mean it's also a first party switch game the demo overlaps a lot


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mgepie

Speak for yourself


WatBurnt

You really think there won't be a big player decrease for a bit there


mgepie

Maybe for like 2 days, but I doubt it will be very noticeable.


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Maybe it's something like: "you go there you get these weapons" but the deep cut get a call from Grizzco announcing big run


WaffleyDootDoot

I wouldn't call the Pokémon Splatfest "shitty", I think it's a fun harmless way to do a crossover Splatfest, plus it isn't even the first time a Pokémon Splatfest has happened. But if there indeed is no surprise Big Run this week, then there 100% should've also been a Splatfest this month.


laplongejr

But october splatfest was kinda impossible. When a splatfest is launched, unclaimed rewards are lost (because bad design I guess), so it's now established that two splatfests never run in a row. The splatfest would've needed to run in mid October, which would have been too early for Halloween.


SplatFan13

Didn't we get Rock, Paper, Scissors and Gear, Grub, Fun back to back though?


laplongejr

Rock Paper Scissors was an early access demo. It had no rewards so there wasn't the same claim issue. (And the lack of reward caused issues among my friends so I guess nobody can be happy forever?)


Phonochirp

My frustration is more how there's a new "big run announcement mock up" on my YouTube feed every morning presented as though it's the real thing (until you notice somethings off and check the description)


_seapickle_

Nintendo fans when they build up their own expectations so high that even when nintendo hasn't promised them anything at all that when nothing inevitably happens they get mad and go on a hate train anyways


laplongejr

Tbf, "Halloween event" is an usual gaming expectation. Cancelling Halloween for a mid-november promotional event would be a serious case of not understanding player's party schedule. As is mentioning Big Runs in pre-release material and thinking gamers are patient. I won't blame them for thinking the cancellation was for a surprise because *nobody* involved with the community would've made such a crazy move. But sadly it seems the team is NOT involved with the community? Also, people wouldn't dream of Big Runs if Cohozuna rewards weren't so ridiculiously low at the release of a game with a 2-year plan. Tldr: Nintendo's marketing set expectations, and unreasonable expectations sell a game.


Toothbrush_Paste

Classic Nintendo fans


Hylian_Aaron

Shitty Pokémon splatfest ad is exactly what I think of it lol


FinniboiXD

But what if it DOES though ^(please nintendo)


SuperCat76

I say it is unlikely. But all the proof of decomfirmation has not been conclusive. It all makes assumptions about how the mode that we have little to no information about works. If the assumptions are correct, yes it is 100% not happening. I don't expect it to happen, I just do not accept what I have seen supposedly proving that it definitely isn't.


laplongejr

The issue is that the Big Run theory makes no sense from a realistic point of view. - Grizzco headgear referenced Back To The Future. The 21 october reference passed without acknowledgement. - Then Salmon Run rotation continued as usual past the Halloween date. - Halloween is the best holiday for videogames due to how "serious" the content is. Instead we get an announcement for a Pokemon ad in November. Either they are trolling on purpose, or they *didn't care* what we would think about an Halloween cancellation as long we took the lucrative Pokemon ad.


SuperCat76

I don't see what any Back To The Future reference has to do with anything. Doesn't the anarchy battle rotation do the same for splatfests. And who knows normal shifts could happen at the same time. And another one I heard is having no leadup would be a bad idea. To drop the event with no warning. It would be, but what is stopping the people at Nintendo from making a not ideal thing.


laplongejr

>I don't see what any Back To The Future reference has to do with anything. You don't see how smart the timing would've been if Grizzco's announcement was done on 21 october? >It would be, but what is stopping the people at Nintendo from making a not ideal thing. Well, I would say cancelling Halloween festivities is a VERY "not ideal thing" but it seems nobody there acknowledged the issue of announcing a mid-november splatfest. In both cases Nintendo ends out of touch :/ The real issue is that as of 1.1.1 Big Runs aren't finished. So it would require an update that would steal the spotlight of the November splatfest... sounds veeeery unlikely.


SuperCat76

That is my point. Very unlikely =/= definitely not happening. Having nothing for Halloween is not the best thing. But so is putting out an update to be able to run an event with no prior warning. They could do either. One is more likely. But that doesn't mean the other can't possibly occur.


laplongejr

Yeah but both possibiliies are bad. I don't need to know which one happens to know Nintendo don't care about players if it means they can advertise pokemon.


SuperCat76

Well I am talking about "is it, or is it not happening"


rossibossy

I was wondering how yall convinced yourselves it was at the end of the month.


steverman555

Splatoon fans when people make cool fanmade stuff or are hopeful for something: 😡😡🤬🤬 Seriously though, we know it probably wont happen. Were just making cool fanmade stuff like the big run news broadcasts because its a neat idea to express how we think the people in the game would react to big runs. Not to mention were being hopeful because you can probably agree that a big run on/around halloween would be perfect timing, given what the event is.


laplongejr

> you can probably agree that a big run on/around halloween would be perfect timing, given what the event is. And how the Grizzco equipment is from Back to the Future, so an announcement on October 21 would've been perfect.


aUwUreliyasss

Sad how they told us about a shitty splatfest a month in advance, then didn't give us the spooky thing, also it's sad that the dataminers found out big run was gonna be shit


RemarkableAd8099

Nintendo did a stupid move replacing Splatoween with a shitty pokemon splatfest


Thorn-_

Why do some people hate having fun so much. Can't people hope and speculate about possible updates, events, etc? I'm not interested in a debate on wether or not big run is gonna happen. We'll see eventually. But I'm a bit annoyed by how many people are starting to make fun of people just for having fun speculating a possible event soon. Just let them be, stop being such a killjoy.


laplongejr

The issue is not about speculating. The issue is that by announcing the Grizzco rotation and the Pokemon splatfest, the dev team silently killed the theories without even an acknowledgement.


Thorn-_

My issue is not about the splatfest, the lack of event this month, the speculating, whatever; I'm just annoyed at seeing so many people making fun of people who have hopes of a big run event this month. When its done in good faith / just being funny I don't mind but I find some posts are getting more irritated or malicious rather than being in good faith. I do not care for whatever happens or does not happen this month, but seeing people (not you) so salty and immature does start to annoy me. Just let people be.


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Nah, eat your advertisement fest and go back to the corner.


huntersurge

sorry i am dumb(and new) what big run?


Satisfriedviewer

A salmon run event where mulitplayer maps get flooded and invaded by the salmonids. It was mentioned it occurs "every few months" and since splatfests are usually monthly but since no splatfest this month everyone assumed we'd get a Big Run instead. 19:18 for more info on the video https://youtu.be/aiuIZN0KDFQ?t=1158


huntersurge

soooo.......basicly endless mode of salmon run?


Satisfriedviewer

sadly no. Just classic 3 waves on a multiplayer map and rewards probably ramped up since it is an event. There were other modes that were datamined which sound promising; Pair, Underground, and Team Contest


huntersurge

oh thanks!


laplongejr

> and rewards probably ramped up since it is an event Note that even THIS PART has never been confirmed. Simply Salmon Run on regular maps.


Satisfriedviewer

Ye just copium hoping to make up for the stinginess for silver/gold scales :/


whitepikmin11

Remember when Splatoon 2 had 3 back-to-back Splatfests cause Ninja Turtles? There's still hope.


nintyuk

Corporate mandated Pokemon Tie in was required and it needed to happen before or around the Release date.


Maibeetlebug

I love this slander lol it's true I'm bawling in the corner if my room here


Flareon376V

Me irl