New Albacore Hotel

New Albacore Hotel is a multiplayer stage in Splatoon 2. It is designed after a rooftop pool, on top of a hotel.

Layout
The stage is divided into three transverse bands of roughly equal width, divided by water channels. Over each channel are three bridges (two in Turf War and Splat Zones): A raised grate on the left flank, a ground-level grate in the middle (missing in Turf War and Splat Zones), and a solid ground bridge on the right. There are walls and smaller obstacles strewn around the bridges. Each team's spawn point is on a raised cliff behind and to the right of the nearest band, led up to by a uninkable crisscross ramp. The spawn point's platform has a ramp leading up to it in certain modes. To the left of the spawn point is a small pathway encircling a smaller water pit. Overall, the stage is very wide and fairly flat.

Design
New Albacore hotel is a series of wooden-decked platforms rising from the titular hotel's rooftop pool. The left flank of each of the two external bands has a pool ladder leading up from the water. The central band is an artificial beach and has sand topping the platforms. The raised platforms near the spawn points have a few small lawns with green grass. The uninkable platforms leading up to the spawn area are glass panes covering a water garden with large waterlilies. Behind each spawn point are the hotel's two dining halls / restaurants, and to the left and right of the stage are large floating pavilions filled with jellyfish hotel guests. The various water channels and pits are all parts of the pool and feature jellyfish swimming or using water mattresses and swim rings. The raised areas near the spawn points include a small coffee counter behind glass walls, and the raised areas near the middle have a covered lifeguard station. The obstacles in the stage vary between wooden boxes made from the same decking as the floor, glass boxes filled with beach balls, water mattresses in upright holders, lockers, safes, and walls with video screens showing adverts for the hotel. The floor, especially in the central band, is littered with deflated swim rings, serving trays with cocktails, beach towels, and lost / forgotten wristwatches.

Splat Zones
There is a single zone in the middle of the stage, filling the middle 1/3 of the central band. It takes up most of the area between the ramps.

Tower Control
Checkpoints:

Clam Blitz
The basket for each team is in front of the spawn near the uninkable glass ramp. Grated walkways near the basket have been added for easier mobility, and some uninkable boxes have been added for cover and more movement options.

The first 30 clams on the map are distributed all along each of the three bands, with later clams spawning mostly on the center band.

Splatoon 2
New Albacore Hotel was released on July 1, 2018 at.

Trivia

 * New Albacore Hotel was first shown during E3 2018, as part of the announcement of updates extending until December 2018.
 * New Albacore Hotel, under the codename "Nakasu" was datamined from the Version 3.0.0 data prior to its official announcement.