Today is the final day for Splatoon 3′s first official Splatfest, with Team Fun slightly in the lead over Team Gear as we reach the halfway point. With the event into its final few hours, many players were excited to finally get into Tricolor Battles—but it seems like Nintendo has other ideas.
Players across the globe are complaining that the mode just isn’t working. When cephalopods queue into a match in the mode, they are greeted with a message saying there aren’t enough players or are just thrown into a standard Turf War match despite not choosing to play that mode in the first place.
Some fans are dissatisfied with the issues of the game’s first big Splatfest. Having its main mode just not working or giving players the opposite of what they queued up for has led many players to be angry. After all, you can only play this mode effectively one day a month when each Splatfest is happening. So players might need to wait another month or so to have another chance to participate and unlock those exclusive matches.
Many fans wonder what is causing these issues. Some players have noticed in the Splatoon 3 version 1.1.1 patch notes that Nintendo changed it, so the rate of Tricolor Battles decreases. This begs the question, why on earth is there a mode for players to choose Tricolor Battles if their chances of getting a match in its own mode aren’t 100 percent guaranteed?
It seems like something Nintendo will likely look to change in the future, but for now, don’t expect to find many Tricolor matches (or any at all) if you queue up for one. It’s all down to the luck of the draw and the servers working.
