Splatoon 1's servers end today, I am very grateful for all the fun, splat fest and Turf wars I got to take part in. Although playing ranked was a nightmare not sure why they limited those other modes to just rank where if you lose you put yourself in danger of losing your rank but I digress. I haven't played the sequels other than my library's copy of Splatoon 3 for single player cause I would have to pay for Nintendo online to take part and I already used the free trial and while I do like having a gaggle of NES & SNES games to play on and off again I don't think it be worth it just for a gaggle of games and 1 game's online mode. Maybe when the switch 2 or whatever I'll picked up Splatoon 4, although I always fancied the idea of a Single player focused Splatoon game and Yes I know there's DLC that's just that but I then I'd have to pay more for that and I'm not made of money.

Splatoon was also my first online focused game, I never really saw the appeal of those type of games it always seemed like it was just an endless loop of battles in where you fight other player just to flex your skills and my friends confirm yea, that's basically those type of games in a nutshell. Splatoon was still really fun regardless (The rage I got from ranked matches aside).

Thank you Splatoon 1, you'll live on in private servers, replays of single player and super squid jump.