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Nintendo has announced that information technology will finish support for Splatoon ii's Online Lounge feature in the Nintendo Switch Online app next month. The Splatoon 2 Online Lounge allows players to conform battles through their smartphones, allowing them to send URLs to other services such as Twitter and bring players together in a single Splatoon two Online Lounge room.

Support for the Splatoon 2 Online Lounge ends on July 28. From then on, the Nintendo Switch Online app will no longer brandish the feature, and information technology won't be accessible by whatsoever user. Withal, it's not all bad news. Users will still exist able to voice chat through the Nintendo Switch Online app.

Nintendo has confirmed that while it is shutting down the Splatoon two Online Lounge, there are no other planned closures of other game-specific features within the Nintendo Switch Online app. The company besides reminded fans that starting a local or online multiplayer game is possible without using this feature.

Splatoon two is a popular multiplayer championship for the Nintendo Switch, but that popularity seems to wax and wane based on the in-game events. Equally each event crops up, pitting two rivals, ketchup and mayo, for example, confronting one another, players are forced to choose a team to side with. This ordinarily sees most Splatoon 2 fans turn out for a weekend of hectic competitive multiplayer, which dies down again once the effect is over.

Nintendo is likely ending back up for this feature every bit it plans to implement something new for Splatoon 3. While the game was sorely lacking from Nintendo's E3 2022 showcase, it'southward something that fans are e'er looking out for.