Q 01/05

The first Splatoon game launched in 2015 on which console?

A) Nintendo 3DS

B) Nintendo Switch

C) Wii U

D) Wii

Answer · why

C) Wii U

Its GamePad showed a live overhead map of the battle.

Q 02/05

In which year was the first Splatoon released?

A) 2015

B) 2012

C) 2013

D) 2014

Answer · why

A) 2015

It arrived in late May, a year after its E3 reveal.

Q 03/05

What are the playable characters evolved from octopuses called?

A) Octarians

B) Inklings

C) Squidlings

D) Octolings

Answer · why

D) Octolings

They belong to the wider Octarian species that lost the war a century before the first game.

Q 04/05

What is the name of the three-minute mode in which teams compete to ink the most floor?

A) Ink Rush

B) Turf War

C) Splat Zones

D) Paint Royale

Answer · why

B) Turf War

Splatting enemies scores nothing directly; only covered floor counts.

Q 05/05

Splatoon 2 launched in July 2017 on which console?

A) Nintendo Wii U

B) Nintendo Switch

C) Nintendo 3DS

D) Nintendo Switch 2

Answer · why

B) Nintendo Switch

It was formally unveiled in the Switch reveal trailer that January.