{"id":13660,"date":"2018-05-06T22:37:36","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T02:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=13660"},"modified":"2018-05-06T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T02:38:24","slug":"raph-wins-round-1-splatfest-continues-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/05\/raph-wins-round-1-splatfest-continues-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Raph wins round 1; Splatfest continues Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Raph and Leo were the subjects of the first round of the Splatfest, and Team Raph came out on top with a 2-1 win.<\/p>\n<p>Round 2 of the Splatfest begins May 13th at midnight ET. Michaelangelo and Donatello will be going head to head and voting begins the evening of May 8th.<\/p>\n<p>In promotion of the upcoming \u201cRise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u201d animated series on Nickelodeon, this will be a TMNT themed tournament-style Splatfest. Round 1 takes place May 4th and features Raph vs. Leo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 1: Raph vs. Leo<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 4 (Friday), 9 p.m. PT \u2013 May 5 (Saturday), 9 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 2: Mikey vs. Donnie<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 11 (Friday), 9 p.m. PT \u2013 May 12 (Saturday), 9 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finals<\/strong><br \/>\nMay 18 (Friday) 9 p.m. PT \u2013 May 19 (Saturday), 9 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love working with unexpected partners to expand our brand and bring smiles to people\u2019s faces in surprising ways,\u201d said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America\u2019s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. \u201cTeaming up with Nickelodeon and\u00a0<em>Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles<\/em>\u00a0made perfect sense, as we share many of the same fans who enjoy family-friendly entertainment and classic characters.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"tumblr-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/embed.tumblr.com\/embed\/post\/t:fJ35Yx2LUjWw7aMoVXPitQ\/173641852309\/v2\" data-did=\"30d82a78696055c62b075991d8f772e38586b1e8\"  ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/splatoonus\/173641852309\/raph-and-leo-went-toe-to-toe-and-team-raph-came\">https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/splatoonus\/173641852309\/raph-and-leo-went-toe-to-toe-and-team-raph-came<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/post.js?_v=38df9a6ca7436e6ca1b851b0543b9f51\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raph and Leo were the subjects of the first round of the Splatfest, and Team Raph came out on top with a 2-1 win. Round 2 of the Splatfest begins May 13th at midnight ET. Michaelangelo and Donatello will be going head to head and voting begins the evening of May 8th. In promotion of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13661,"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":[1386,1789,1518,1843],"class_list":["post-13660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-splatfest","tag-splatoon-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/68a9df9f-9a7a-4fe8-a33a-374e94a98ead.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-3yk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13588,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2018\/04\/tmnt-themed-splatfest-comimg-may-4th\/","url_meta":{"origin":13660,"position":0},"title":"TMNT themed Splatfest comimg May 4th","date":"April 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Nintendo has announced the latest Splatfest coming to Splatoon 2. 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