Splatoon Raiders is an exception to the rule. The ink-splattered Nintendo Switch 2 shooter is a mess in the most positive sense of the word. In its most pulse-pounding moments, when I’m trying to ink my way out of a Salmonid mosh pit that overtakes the screen,

Splatoon Raiders greatly adapts the franchise's enjoyable gameplay to a new format, but it gets stale a bit too quickly.

Splatoon is an unusual series for Nintendo, in that it mainly revolves around the one area Nintendo isn’t usually famed for – online multiplayer. There’s doubtless a sizable portion of the Nintendo player base who may be curious about Splatoon’s popularity and unique style but aren’t really interested in playing with others online – and that’s even before you take parents with younger players into account – and for those people,

Splatoon Raiders is a very addictive take on the looter-shooter genre by Nintendo, but not the ultimate single-player Splatoon experience.