New Season Challenge

New Season Challenge
Celebrate the new season on a new stage!

Type	Online multiplayer mode, Challenge
Players	8 (4v4)
Ranked	No
Weapons	All
Controllers	Joy-Con, Nintendo Switch Pro Controller
Release Date	3 June 2023

The New Season Challenge is a Challenge first available on 3 June 2023 during Sizzle Season 2023, and was the first available Challenge in Splatoon 3.

Description

This mode is in celebration of the start of a new season and newly added stages. If the mode during this challenge is Turf War, then only primary abilities will be enabled, meaning that secondary abilities have no effect. However this will not be the case in any other mode.

In-game info

“

Compete on a perfectly level playing field—everyone will be trying out a new stage together!
Develop stage-specific strategies and tactics in real time.
Only primary gear abilities will be enabled in Turf War battles. Secondary gear abilities will have no effect!
There will be no limits on gear abilities in Anarchy Battle modes!

”

List of Challenges

Duration	Announced	Mode	Stages		Rankings
3 June 2023 at 04:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC 12:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC 20:00 UTC - 22:00 UTC	ㅤ JP^[a] EU^[b] ㅤ	Turf War	Barnacle & Dime	Humpback Pump Track	New Season Challenge/Top 100 (June 2023)
3 September 2023 at 04:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC 12:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC 20:00 UTC - 22:00 UTC	ㅤ JP^[a] EU^[b] ㅤ	Turf War	Crableg Capital	Shipshape Cargo Co.	New Season Challenge/Top 100 (September 2023)
3 December 2023 at 00:00 UTC - 02:00 UTC 04:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC 08:00 UTC - 10:00 UTC 12:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC 16:00 UTC - 18:00 UTC 20:00 UTC - 22:00 UTC	ㅤ ㅤ JP^[a] NA^[c] ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ	Turf War	Robo ROM-en	Bluefin Depot	New Season Challenge/Top 100 (December 2023)
1 March 2023 at 23:00 UTC - 01:00 UTC 03:00 UTC - 05:00 UTC 07:00 UTC - 09:00 UTC 11:00 UTC - 13:00 UTC 15:00 UTC - 17:00 UTC 19:00 UTC - 21:00 UTC	ㅤ ㅤ JP^[a] ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ NA^[c]	Turf War	Marlin Airport	Mincemeat Metalworks	New Season Challenge/Top 100 (March 2024)
2 June 2024 at 00:00 UTC - 02:00 UTC 04:00 UTC - 06:00 UTC 08:00 UTC - 10:00 UTC 12:00 UTC - 18:00 UTC 16:00 UTC - 14:00 UTC 20:00 UTC - 22:00 UTC		Turf War	Hammerhead Bridge	Lemuria Hub	New Season Challenge/Top 100 (June 2024)

Quotes

“	The first Challenge on the schedule is the New Season Challenge, celebrating the start of Sizzle Season! There will be three play windows: 6/2 from 9 PM to 11 PM, 6/3 from 5 AM to 7 AM, and 6/3 from 1 PM to 3 PM. All times PT.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter^[1]