{"id":13058,"date":"2018-02-12T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T01:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=13058"},"modified":"2018-02-12T20:14:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T01:14:34","slug":"splatoon-2-starter-edition-coming-march-16th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/02\/splatoon-2-starter-edition-coming-march-16th\/","title":{"rendered":"Splatoon 2 Starter Edition coming March 16th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If aren&#8217;t among the 4.9 million who have picked up a copy of <strong>Splatoon 2<\/strong> yet, a great deal is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p>On March 16th, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/review\/review-splatoon-2\/\"><em>Splatoon 2<\/em><\/a> Starter Edition will launch in stores. The special bundle includes the full game, a 100-page <em>Splatoon 2<\/em> strategy guide, and two sheets of <em>Splatoon<\/em> stickers. The bundle will retail for a suggested retail price of only $79.99 CAD. That\u2019s the same price as the stand-alone game, so this new Starter Edition adds even more value.<\/p>\n<p><em>Splatoon 2<\/em> launched for Nintendo Switch last summer and has sold more than 4.9 million units worldwide so far. The action-filled game pits teams of Inklings against each other in a variety of fun and messy modes. Since launch, Nintendo has consistently rolled out new content for the game, including recurring fan-favorite competitions called Splatfests, a new battle mode, as well as new gear and stages, like the just-announced Dark Tetra Dualies weapon and basketball-arena-themed Goby Arena stage.<\/p>\n<p>Also, as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/02\/pearl-and-marina-amiibo-for-splatoon-2-announced\/\">we brought you yesterday<\/a>, Nintendo has announced a brand new 2-pack amiibo of Pearl and Marina, two of the most popular new characters in <em>Splatoon 2. <\/em>These amiibo figures will launch in stores later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If aren&#8217;t among the 4.9 million who have picked up a copy of Splatoon 2 yet, a great deal is just around the corner. On March 16th, the Splatoon 2 Starter Edition will launch in stores. The special bundle includes the full game, a 100-page Splatoon 2 strategy guide, and two sheets of Splatoon stickers. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530],"tags":[1386,1789,1843],"class_list":["post-13058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-splatoon-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/splatoon_2_starter_edition.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3oC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8578,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/11\/new-gear-stages-and-wii-u-bundle-for-splatoon\/","url_meta":{"origin":13058,"position":0},"title":"New Gear, Stages, and Wii U Bundle for Splatoon","date":"November 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Now we love Splatoon here at Darkain Arts Gamers. 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