Press release:
June 30th, 2026 – Tune in on today Tuesday, June 30th at 16:00 CEST for the Splatoon Raiders Direct, featuring roughly 15 minutes of fresh details on the new single-player-focused Splatoon adventure. Splatoon Raiders launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch 2 on July 23rd.

To tune in, check out the Nintendo Direct website or the Nintendo UK YouTube channel, where the broadcast will be livestreamed.

Additionally, a Splatoon Raiders prequel comic, Deep Cut’s Island Misadventures, is now rolling out daily until July 22nd on the Nintendo Today! app for smart devices.

For further updates:

Nintendo website https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/

Nintendo Switch 2 website https://www.nintendo.com/en-gb/switch2

Nintendo of Europe on X https://x.com/nintendoeurope

Nintendo UK on X https://x.com/nintendouk

Nintendo UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo Switch UK on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NintendoSwitchUK

Splatoon on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Splatoon

Nintendo UK on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/NintendoUK

Nintendo of Europe on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nintendoeurope

Nintendo Switch on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/NintendoSwitchEurope/

About Nintendo:

Nintendo Co., Ltd., headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, has been providing a wide range of entertainment products and experiences since its founding in 1889, beginning with the manufacture and sale of Hanafuda playing cards. Since the 1983 release of the Family Computer (Famicom) system in Japan, and continuing through Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo’s focus has been the development, manufacturing, and sale of its gaming systems and software. To date, Nintendo has sold more than 6.1 billion video games and over 870 million hardware units globally, and has created franchises such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, The Legend of Zelda™, Pokémon™, Metroid™, Kirby™, Animal Crossing™, Pikmin™, and Splatoon™. Nintendo’s continuing mission is to create reasons to choose Nintendo for unique, family-friendly entertainment that puts smiles on the faces of everyone it touches.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround

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Tags: Direct, Nintendo, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, Splatoon, Splatoon Raiders