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Splatoon Raiders Early Concept Made The Devs Feel Like The Bad Guys: ‘Everyone Who Played The Prototype Kept Saying, “Poor Salmonids!”’

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Splatoon Raiders
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Splatoon Raiders
Genres · adventure, fps
Release · Jul 23, 2026
Developer · Nintendo
Nintendo Switch
90 articles 44 writers 12 reviews
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Active · 2004–2017
Latest · Flowers: Le Volume sur Hiver
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Top genres · platformer, adventure, hack_and_slash
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