Nintendo has announced that Splatoon 2’s latest content update, also known as the 4.2.0 update, will launch this Wednesday, November 7th, bringing with it a new stage, a selection of new weapons, and more.
In a pleasant change of pace, Splatoon 2’s new stage isn’t for the ever-popular Turf Wars mode, as is most often the case, but rather its co-op-focussed Salmon Run mode. The newest area to fall foul of wave-based Salmonid infestation is known as the Ruins of Ark Polaris, and appears to be an abandoned science outpost adjacent to a semi-submerged rocket ship.
My Splatoon lore is a bit rusty, but now I’m curious to know if this vessel was intended to transport the last remnants of humanity from the Earth, before the oceans rose and the squid took on the mantle of dominant species. Splatoon lore is both great and weird.
Source: Eurogamer Splatoon 2 gets a new Salmon Run stage and a heap of new weapons later this week