Rock vs. Pop (2017)


 * For the Splatfest from Splatoon, see Rock vs. Pop (2015)

Rock vs. Pop or ロック vs ポップ (Rock vs. Pop) was a Splatfest event in. It was held in Japan only. It was announced on 2017-07-06. The event lasted four hours. The results were given on 2017-07-16.

It was accessible by downloading the Splatoon 2 Splatfest World Premiere from the Nintendo eShop.

Details
The Splatfest World Premiere was a free demo that only allowed players to play the Splatoon 2 tutorial, see the news announcement of the Rock vs. Pop Splatfest, and choose a side. All of this could be done in advance of the Splatfest event. Unlike the full version of Splatoon 2, the Splatfest World Premiere had only two stages per two hours. For the first two hours, Starfish Mainstage and Inkblot Art Academy were playable. For the last two hours, Moray Towers and Humpback Pump Track were playable.

The Splatfest theme was two music genres, rock and pop.

Results
Due to being available before the full release of Splatoon 2, there is no record of this Splatfest in SplatNet 2.

Dialogue
Announcement

Introduction

Results

Results if Pop were to win

Trivia

 * This Splatfest's topic was repeated from the European version of.
 * Rock vs. Pop and the other regions' corresponding Splatfest, Cake vs. Ice Cream were the only Splatfests in Splatoon 2 that were shorter than 24 hours.
 * They are also the shortest Splatfests in the series, as the Splatfest of the Splatoon 3 Splatfest World Premiere (Rock vs. Paper vs. Scissors) lasted twelve hours.
 * This Splatfest and those of the other regions were the only Splatoon 2 Splatfests to lack variations of Shifty Station.
 * Ebb & Flow was the only battle theme that played during this Splatfest.