Nintendo's newest AAA release has dropped a delicious free taster

Nintendo’s latest AAA game releases this week, and you’ll be able to check it out for free ahead of its highly anticipated launch.

It’s fair to say that when it comes to first-party AAA releases, Nintendo more often than not knocks it out of the park, whether it’s Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Donkey Kong and more.

In 2015, Nintendo launched the new third-person multiplayer shooter, Splatoon. In Splatoon, players are pitted against each other in teams of two. Yet, rather than killing each other, the first team to paint the map with their team colours wins. It’s quite possibly the most family-friendly and wholesome shooter ever.

The success of Splatoon would then spawn two sequels in 2017 and 2022, respectively, with each game improving on its chaotic multiplayer shenanigans. However, this year, we’re getting a new game in the series that focuses more on the story over competitive multiplayer, that game is Splatoon Raiders, and you can play it exclusively in US retailers, Walmart and Best Buy, as well as EB Games in Canada.

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Where are the Splatoon Raiders stores located?

The Splatoon Raiders stations can be found in Walmart, Best Buy and EB Games in the following:

Best Buy

British Columbia

• Burnaby (Unit 200-6200 McKay Avenue)
• Coquitlam (2929 Barnet Highway #2140)
• Surrey (12048 80th Avenue)
• Vancouver (8133 Ontario Street)
• West Vancouver (2100 Park Royal Shopping Ctr)

Alberta

• Calgary (901 17th Ave SW)
• Calgary (350 Stewart Green SW)
• Calgary (5111 Northland Dr NW #350)
• Edmonton (13924 137 Ave NW)
• Edmonton (10304 109th St NW)

Ontario

• East Gwillimbury (175 Green Lane E)
• Etobicoke (167 North Queen St)
• Markham (5000 Highway 7 E Unit 2070L)
• Oakville (2500 Winston Park Dr Unit A)
• Scarborough (50 Ashtonbee Rd Unit 2)

Quebec

• Anjou (7999 Bd Des Galeries D'Anjou - #Y-008H)
• Brossard (8480 Boul Leduc Unit 100)
• Gatineau (920 Boulevard Maloney Ouest)
• Lasalle (7077 Boul. Newman)
• Laval (1560 Boulevard le Corbusier)

Walmart

British Columbia

• Langley (20202 66 Ave)
• North Vancouver (925 Marine Dr)
• Richmond (9251 Alderbridge Way)

Alberta

• Airdrie (2881 Main St SW)
• Calgary (1110 57 Ave NE)
• Calgary (1212 37 St SW)
• Edmonton (18521 Stony Plain Rd)
• Edmonton (6110 Currents Dr NW)
• Edmonton (13703 40th St NW)
• Fort Saskatchewan (9551 87 Ave)
• Spruce Grove (90 Campsite Rd)

Ontario

• Bowmanville (2320 Durham Regional Hwy 2)
• Kingston (1130 Midland Ave)
• London (1280 Fanshawe Park Rd W)
• Niagara Falls (7481 Oakwood Dr)
• Orillia (175 Murphy Rd)
• Scarborough (1900 Eglinton Avenue E)
• Toronto (900 Dufferin St)
• Windsor (7100 Tecumseh Rd E)
• Woodstock (499 Norwich Ave)

Quebec

• Beauport (224 Joseph Casavant Ave)
• Joliette (1505 Bd Firestone)
• Longueuil (1999 Roland-therrien)
• Ville de Québec (1700 Boul Lebourgneuf)
• Saint-Eustache (764 Arthur Sauve Boul)

What’s the story of Splatoon Raiders?

“Play as the mechanic, working with Deep Cut – a trio of swashbuckling musicians – and venture out into the mysterious Spirhalite Islands in search of treasure! Customise your character, kit yourself out with mechanical Gadgets and a host of ink-flinging weapons, and take on waves of foes called Salmonids,” reads the synopsis of the game.

“A member of Deep Cut will accompany you in a powerful construct called the Exploration Bot to help fend off enemies and gather up the loot! Bring your haul back to camp, upgrade your gear, then head out on the hunt for even more treasure!”

Splatoon Raiders releases exclusively on the Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday, July 23. Hopefully, there’ll be a demo to download on the eShop around launch. Fingers crossed.

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