Version 2.12.1 (Splatoon)

Version 2.12.1 is a revision to Splatoon that came into effect on 2023-08-03 at July 27, 2024, five months after the servers for this game alongside Mario Kart 8 were taken down on 2023-03-03 for emergency maintenance. It is the latest version of Splatoon.

Adjustments and fixes

 * Fixed vulnerability relating to online battles.

Trivia

 * This is the first update to Splatoon in nearly 7 years; the previous update, Version 2.12.0, released on 2016-09-13.
 * This is Splatoon 's only update with a tertiary version number.
 * This will likely be the game's final end-of-life bug fix as Nintendo stated they may end both Splatoon and Mario Kart 8 online services should another exploit be found.
 * This is reinforced by Nintendo announcing that Wii U and Nintendo 3DS online play will end support in April 2024.
 * This update is the game's first update since its sequel games and  released.