Challenge

Challenge​

Challenge

Test yourself with limited-time battles!

Type	Online multiplayer mode
Players	1-4
Ranked	No
Weapons
Controllers	Joy-Con Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Release Date	3 June 2023 (playable only during event)

Challenge mode is an event mode which was added in Sizzle Season 2023. Officially a replacement for Splatoon 2's League Battle, Challenges are limited-time competitions of standard modes with unique in-match conditions. They can be played solo or with a team, and feature a two-hour ranked play window similar to League Battle, but unlike League Battle's constant rotations, the windows only occur at a few specific times during a season. Winning five games in a Challenge awards the player with a Shell-Out Token.

Description

Challenges are limited-time competitions of standard modes with unique in-match conditions. They can be played solo or with a team, and feature a two-hour ranked play window similar to League Battle, but unlike League Battle's constant rotations, the windows only occur at a few specific times during a season. The monthly event battles that appeared in Splatoon 2's League Battle mode were confirmed to return as Challenges. Winning 5 games in a Challenge awards the player with a Shell-Out Token. Just like Anarchy Battles, Challenges unlock when a player reaches Level 10.

List of Challenges

As of Version 7.0.0, there are 25 known challenge modes. Challenges usually occur once per week, with the Monthly Challenge occurring once per month, and the New Season Challenge occurring at the start of each season.

Challenge Mode	Description	Game Modes
New Season Challenge	The first challenge to occur after the launch of a new Season. Players play a game of Turf War on the new stages released for the season. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.	✓
Too Many Trizookas!	Players are only able to use weapons with Trizooka as its special weapon. Their special will charge significantly faster in this mode and will fill even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.			✓		✓
The Sheldon Sampler Challenge	Players are given a random weapon at the start of the game, regardless if they own the weapon or not.		✓
Monthly Challenge	No additional modifiers are added to this mode. Players are encouraged to achieve the highest power possible.		✓	✓	✓	✓
Foggy Notion	The stage is covered with fog that varies in strength throughout the match.	✓
Duel of Dynamic Duos	Players queue up as a team of two. Respawn time is shortened.			✓
Art Battle for the Ages	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Roller or Brush weapon classes.					✓
Extreme Jump Battle	Players' jump height is significantly increased. Spawn armor is also increased. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.			✓
Zip-to-it Zipcaster Challenge	Players are only able to use weapons with Zipcaster as its special weapon. Their special will charge significantly faster in this mode and will fill even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.		✓
Work the Angles	Players are only able to use weapons with Angle Shooter as its sub weapon. The Angle Shooter's damage will be greatly increased in this mode as well as its ink consumption. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.		✓
Tournament Test Run (Japan)	A practice run for future tournaments in the Japan region. Players can participate, regardless of whether they want to participate in future tournaments or not.	✓
Swim It to Win It	Players' swim speed is significantly increased. Swim Speed Up gear abilities have no effect. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.		✓
Tournament Qualifiers (Japan)	A Challenge to qualify for a tournament in the Japan region. Players can participate, regardless of whether they want to participate in tournaments or not.	✓
Inkjets for Everyone!	Players are only able to use weapons with Inkjet as its special weapon. Their special will charge significantly faster in this mode and will fill even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.		✓
Modded Rainmaker Test-Fire	The Rainmaker is modified to shoot three balls of ink instead of the usual one. Additionally, the holder receives the Tacticooler buff while they hold it. The Rainmaker's explosion timer lasts 30 seconds instead of 60.				✓
Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown	Players are given a random weapon and set of amiibo gear at the start of the game, regardless if they own any of them or not.			✓
Barrel of Splats	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Splatling class.			✓
Reefslider Rally	Players are only able to use weapons with Reefslider as its special weapon. Their special will charge significantly faster in this mode and will fill even if the player is not inking turf. Only primary abilities are allowed in this mode.	✓
Oh My Gush	Gushers are spread around the stage.	✓
Fastest Blasters	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Blaster class.			✓
Towering Tower Control	The Tower Control tower appears in a different form with more space for players.			✓
Making It Rain...Here?	The Rainmaker weapon appears in other modes than Rainmaker.	✓
Fully Charged	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Charger class.			✓
Dualies at Ten Paces	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Dualie class.		✓
Curling Hurl	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Curling Bomb sub weapon. The size, contact damage and explosion size will be greatly increased.		✓
Full Stream Ahead	Players are only allowed to use weapons within the Roller or Brush weapon classes. The Rollers and Brushes movement speed when inking will be greatly increased in this mode as well as their ink consumption.		✓

Rankings

All three timeframes per Challenge feature a list of the Top 100 Teams, Duos, and Solo players respectively.

List of rankings:

• Challenge/Top 100 (Sizzle Season 2023)
• Challenge/Top 100 (Drizzle Season 2023)

Social media announcements

After a special Challenge has concluded, social media channels of three regions will generally announce the teams that placed first, second, and third with the highest Challenge Power for a certain timeslot. They will also announce the team with the middle-ranking among all teams as the Average Roe award. The announcement is accompanied by in-game screenshots of the teams posing on the stages that were available for the Challenge.

The special Challenges that have gotten these announcements are New Season Challenge and Monthly Challenge. To be eligible for announcements on social media, participants have to join and play as a group of 3 to 4 players where half or more have set their Splatfest region to one that matches one of the social media channels.

• SplatoonNA (The Americas)
• Nintendo UK VS (Europe)
• SplatoonJP (Japan)

"3 Challenges in a row" Monthly Challenge

"Summer Holidays Challenge Rush"

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A "3 Challenges in a row" Monthly Challenge is a rerun of past Challenges with largely the same stages and modes scheduled for three consecutive days. These reruns were previously solely announced on Japanese social media as a "Challenge Rush." While they are meant to be a way for players who missed these past Challenges to still experience them, anyone can participate in them.

• The "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Too Many Trizookas!, The Sheldon Sampler Challenge, and Foggy Notion from 1 August 2023 through 3 August 2023.
  • The second edition of the "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Duel of Dynamic Duos, Art Battle for the Ages, and Extreme Jump Battle from 22 August 2023 through 24 August 2023.
• The "Winter Holidays Challenge Rush" was a rerun of Too Many Trizookas!, Swim It to Win It, and Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown from 27 December 2023 through 29 December 2023.
• The "Spring Holidays Challenge Rush" is a rerun of Sheldon's Dress-Up Showdown, Oh My Gush, and Extreme Jump Battle from 30 March 2024 through 2 April 2024.

Past "Challenge Rushes"

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  Second edition of the "Summer Holidays Challenge Rush"

Quotes

“	Ballistics aside, we have an update about the League Battle feature from Splatoon 2. A similar feature is coming in Sizzle Season with a new name - Challenges! These are an exciting new way to battle with special rules for a limited time, and you can join solo or with friends.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

“	A new mode - Challenge - is coming to #Splatoon3 in Sizzle Season 2023! Look forward to monthly challenges and events with special rules. Test your Turf War talent on a brand new stage in the first event, taking place 03/06!	”
— @NintendoEurope on Twitter

Dialogue

View the quotation page.

Badges

Badges are available for reaching each tier of high score in any Challenge.

Image	In-game description
	Top 50% in a Challenge!
	Top 20% in a Challenge!
	Top 5% in a Challenge!

Gallery

Promotional images

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  Promotional image from the mode's reveal

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  Promotional image showing the mode's in-game guide screen

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  Promotional image for the Too Many Trizookas! Challenge

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  Promotional image for the Foggy Notion Challenge

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  Promotional image for the Extreme Jump Battle Challenge

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  Promotional image showcasing the Challenges schedule for the start of Sizzle Season 2023, from the official Japanese Twitter account

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  Promotional image shown on SplatNet 3

In-game

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  Earning a Shell-Out Token. The player has currently won 3 matches and needs to win 2 more to earn it.

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  Calculating Challenge Power

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  Finished calibrating Challenge Power

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	イベントマッチ Ibento Matchi	Event Match
Dutch	Eventgevecht	Event Battle
French (NOE)	Matchs Challenge	Challenge Match
German	Event-Kampf	Event Battle
Italian	Partita evento	Event match
Russian	Бой-событие Boy-sobytie	Event battle
Spanish (NOA)	Combate especial	Special battle
Spanish (NOE)	Combate evento	Event battle
Chinese (Simplified)	活动比赛 huódòng bǐsài	Event match
Chinese (Traditional)	活動比賽 huódòng bǐsài (Mandarin) wut6 dung6 bei2 coi3 (Cantonese)	Event match
Korean	이번트 매치 Ibeonteu maechi	Event match
Internal	League