FrostyFest

FrostyFest is the shortened name of the Family vs. Friends Splatfest that occurred from the 4th of January until the 6th of January 2019. It was announced on the 30th of November 2018, just before the release of Version 4.3.0. The results were given on 6 January 2019.

Details[]

The Splatfest took place over the course of 48 hours instead of the normal 24 hours. It was the second 48-hour Splatfest in Splatoon 2.

In addition to the normal changes at Splatfest time (central stage appearing in Inkopolis Square, all stages shown at night time), there were several changes unique to this Splatfest as part of the Christmas and New Year theme, similar to the changes for Splatoween:

The in-game logo showed Frosty Fest instead of Splatoon 2.
There was a new Match Start theme which was exclusive to this Splatfest.
Inkopolis Square had additional white and gold decorations in the shapes of icicles, snowflakes and stars.
The various stages had decorative stickers, graffiti, and other unique decorations.
- Existing graffiti was modified, mainly by depicting characters as decorated with ribbons, bows, and snowflakes.
The sky appeared to be overcast and outdoor areas such as the Square saw snow falling.
Players' ink appeared especially shiny, with glittering particles inside, similar to the player's ink in Octo Canyon.
Gold and silver confetti fell down at the start of matches.
Snow started to fall on select stages on the last minute of matches.
A special news article in the Nintendo Switch news rewarded players with four unique pieces of headgear in the holiday spirit:
- New Year's Glasses DX
- Twisty Headband
- Festive Party Cone
- Eel-Cake Hat

Shifty Station[]

Fam vs. Friend featured the eighteenth Shifty Station layout, Flooders in the Attic, which features Bounce Pads and Flooders. The Flooders had a unique design, with candles and stacks of presents on top of them. The flames on the candles could be put out if shot at.

Trivia[]

This Splatfest was first shown in a commercial for the Nintendo Switch that was uploaded by Nintendo online before the event's official announcement on Twitter later that day.
- The Inkling script on the Splatfest Tees shown in the commercial read "TRICK" and "TREAT" instead of "FAMILY" and "FRIENDS," respectively.
- This also makes it the first Splatfest to ever be announced before its predecessor.
- The announcement of Fam vs. Friend was most likely pushed ahead to before the Version 4.3.0 release, due to its unique decor and appearances being in the game files in advance, and previous instances of data miners extracting such information as soon as a new version is released.
Like Hero vs. Villain before it, the initial announcement for this Splatfest used longer team names ("Family" vs. "Friends") instead of the shorter versions that are shown in-game and in SplatNet 2.
The ink colors of Fam vs. Friend are very similar (but not identical) to the Chaos vs. Order splatfest.