# Nintendo Basically Says That Splatoon 4 Will Happen

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/nintendo-basically-says-that-splatoon-4-will-happen/
- Published: 2026-07-21T17:43:04+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-29T02:20:05+00:00
- Original publisher: GameSpot
- Original article: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/nintendo-basically-says-that-splatoon-4-will-happen/
- Topics: Entertainment, Gaming, Software, Technology, TV

## Key points

- Nintendo signals competitive Splatoon games will continue.
- Raiders is a spin-off, not Splatoon 4.
- No fourth game has been formally announced.

## Summary

Nintendo has indicated that competitive multiplayer will remain part of the Splatoon series, prompting expectations that a traditional fourth instalment will eventually follow. The comments matter because the newly released Splatoon Raiders spin-off takes the franchise in a different direction, but Nintendo says this does not replace its established competitive format.

Producer Seita Inoue addressed why Raiders was made as a spin-off rather than “Splatoon 4”, saying Nintendo wanted a different style of gameplay and a new way into the series. He noted that Splatoon has included more than PvP through Salmon Run and single-player modes, and said Nintendo has developed and updated three main titles over more than 11 years; Splatoon 3 launched in 2022.

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