Trick vs. Treat (2018)

Trick vs. Treat was a Splatfest event in Splatoon 2. It was held for all regions from 2018-10-19 to 2018-10-21. It was announced on 2018-10-03 on social networks after the release of version 4.1.0 and on 2018-10-05 at July 27, 2024 in-game. The results were given on 2018-10-22.

Details
The Splatfest took place over the course of 48 hours instead of the normal 24 hours. It was the first 48-hour Splatfest in Splatoon 2.

In addition to the normal changes at Splatfest time (central stage appearing in Inkopolis Square, all stages shown at night time), there were several changes unique to this Splatfest as part of the Halloween theme: https://youtu.be/NMJiEkaXgp4
 * The in-game logo showed "Splatoween" instead of "Splatoon 2".
 * Inkopolis Square had additional glow-in-the-dark decorations in the shapes of manta rays, starfish, and glowing ooze.
 * The various stages had decorative glowing stickers, graffiti, and other unique decorations.
 * Existing graffiti was modified, mainly by depicting characters as ghost, zombie or mummified versions of themselves.
 * There were also brand-new graffiti, such as a bony spider-like creature, skeletal sharks, and squid and octopi-shaped ghouls.
 * The full moon from the Retro vs. Modern and Tsubuan vs. Koshian Splatfests appeared in the sky.
 * The edges of ink splatters on the floor, on walls and on the map, as well as stage objects such as Sponge Blocks pulsated in a brighter color, appearing to glow in the dark.
 * In the opening scene for a match, the screen showed a vintage film-grain filter with ghost-like squids flying upwards.
 * A special news article in the Nintendo Switch news rewards players with 4 unique pieces of headgear (similar to the distribution of the ), all of them glowing or lighting up in the dark:
 * (Reference to the Japanese name of Jiang Shi, or Chinese vampires)
 * (Reference to the killer Jason from the Friday the 13th franchise)
 * (Reference to the killer Jason from the Friday the 13th franchise)
 * and swapped colour schemes (with Pearl's outfit being mainly black and Marina's being mainly white).
 * Various in-game characters such as and  as well as jellyfish in the Square wore glowing party hats or bedsheet ghost costumes.

Trick vs. Treat featured the 15th Shifty Station layout, "RideRail".

English
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Results if Trick were to win

Dutch
Trick (Schrik) vs. Treat (Snoep)

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French (Europe)
Trick (Tours) vs. Treat (Bonbons)

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French (Canada)
Trick (Tours) vs. Treat (Bonbons)

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German
Trick (Saures) vs. Treat (Süßes)

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Results if Trick were to win

Italian
Trick (Scherzetto) vs. Treat (Dolcetto)

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Results if Trick were to win

Japanese
Trick (トリック) vs. Treat (トリート)

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Results if Trick were to win

Russian
Trick (Гадость) vs. Treat (Сладость)

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Spanish (Spain)
Trick (Sustos) vs. Treat (Chuches)

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Results if Trick were to win

Spanish (Latin America)
Trick (Travesuras) vs. Treat (Dulces)

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Results if Trick were to win